Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863

[Harald Kuhr]

Ah,

Thanks! 

Seems I missed that part… I’ll try to clean up my mess and try again.


— 
Harald K

> 18. okt. 2021 kl. 09:30 skrev Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>:
> 
> Hi Harald,
> 
> You do not need to open a backport issue. That will be handled
> automatically if you push.
> 
> But you need to open the PR against jdk11u-dev.
> See also https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/How+to+contribute+a+fix
> 
> Best,
>  Goetz.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On
>> Behalf Of Harald Kuhr
>> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 9:25 AM
>> To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>
>> Cc: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> I’ve created the PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u/pull/14
>> 
>> But as this is my first PR agains OpenJDK, I am uncertain if I need a new issue
>> on JDK 11 to be able to merge, or can I refer the existing (6986863) issue? It
>> seems a new issue is required, I am not able to file issues in the current
>> OpenJDK issue tracker, which leaves me with a kind of catch-22… Any advice
>> on how to proceed would be appreciated!
>> 
>> Also my OCA is signed but pending verification, so I guess I just have to sit
>> back and wait for a while.
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> 
>> —
>> Harald K
>> 
>>> 17. okt. 2021 kl. 00:12 skrev Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi Harald,
>>> 
>>> it looks like a non-trivial change. However, as it is a bugfix, I guess it can be
>> considered for backporting to 11u.
>>> 
>>> To bring it forward I suggest you start by creating a Pull Request with a
>> backport to https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u-dev. Or find a developer
>> who would do so ��
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Christoph
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> On
>>>> Behalf Of Harald Kuhr
>>>> Sent: Freitag, 15. Oktober 2021 09:29
>>>> To: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>> Subject: Possibility of backporting fix for JDK-6986863
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> As the author of TwelveMonkeys ImageIO (
>>>> https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys), I am very happy to see
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6986863 (ProfileDeferralMgr
>>>> throwing ConcurrentModificationException) finally being fixed in Java 17!
>>>> 
>>>> However, I wonder what it would take to backport Sergey’s fix (
>>>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/64a150c5) to OpenJDK 11 (or
>> even
>>>> 8)?
>>>> 
>>>> Many users are running into this bug, and it is hard to create a reliable
>>>> workaround in libraries. It will take time before JDK 17 is adopted by most
>>>> users (many are still using Java 8), and a backport is therefore needed.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> PS: I initially posted a similar request to client-libs-dev, but was told
>>>> to ask in the "updates" lists. Hoping this is the correct mailing list. If
>>>> not, please give me a gentle push in the right direction.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> —
>>>> Harald K
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