Backporting JDK-8217264 on JDK11u

[Brice Dutheil]

Hi Chrstopher,

Thank you for the feedback.

I will go ahead with maybe two PR: one for the javadoc and one for the
deadlock prevention fix.

On Mon 10 Oct 2022 at 18:07 Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>
wrote:

> Hi Brice,
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> yes, the backport you suggest seems appropriate. Please go ahead with a PR
> if you like.
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> Cheers
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> Christoph
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> Hi everyone,
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> I was redirected there, to ask about backporting some fixes made to
> `HttpClient` to JDK11u.
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> Indeed, some API usage around the BodySubscribers with a common need of
> handling GZipped HTTP payload, are problematic (results in a deadlock) on
> JDK11 because,
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> 1. The API is improperly documented ; this was fixed in JDK 13 with
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8217627
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> 2. Daniel fuchs contributed a mechanism that prevents the deadlock, also
> contributed in JDK 13 with https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8217264
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> While I would prefer users to upgrade to a more recent JDK, I believe
> fixing this deadlock on an LTS seems appropriate.
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> Thank you in advance for considering the backport of these fixes.
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> Cheers,
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> -- Brice
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