Request to backport 7032458 - Zero and Shark fixes

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 17:46 Wed 04 May     , Xerxes Rånby wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to backport 7032458 to jdk6:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-comp/hotspot/rev/e863062e521d
> 
> I have uploaded a webrev to:
> http://labb.zafena.se/openjdk/7032458-hs20-backport-zero-shark-fixes-04/
> 
> Synopsis: Zero and Shark fixes
> 
> This backport makes Zero handle the two new internal instructions fast_aldc and fast_aldc_w in hs20,
> the backport also makes Hotspot use the Shark JIT when it are compiled in, without this fix Shark are practically disabled and only use the interpreter.
> 
> 
> 
> I do not have push access so I need someone to push this 7032458 backport for me after review.
> 
> I have signed the SCA
> Evidence: http://sca.java.net/CA_signatories.htm
> and contributed to OpenJDK before
> Example: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/hotspot/rev/1fcd6e9c3965
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Xerxes

My recollection of our discussion of this is that the OpenJDK6 version is a subset of the patch
to OpenJDK7 because the OpenJDK7 version tried to fix many issues in one patch.

I'd prefer this went in with a fresh bug ID to avoid confusion between this patch and the one in 7.
-- 
Andrew :)

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