Backporting 8020983: OutOfMemoryError caused by non garbage collected JPEGImageWriter Instances

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> Mario Torre backported "8020983: OutOfMemoryError caused by non garbage
> collected JPEGImageWriter Instances" to jdk6:
> 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~neugens/8020983/webrev/
> 
> It's basically identical to the JDK8 changeset [1], with only minor
> differences related to some spacing changes, the diamond operator and
> variable types in code not touched by the patch.
> 
> Is this okay for pushing? Or does it make more sense to wait after a
> release for security patches goes out?
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
> [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/2d/jdk/rev/7f0e569c5a66
> 
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0.  What problem does this solve?

1.  Is this in jdk7u?

2.  Is this in IcedTea6?

3.  Where has the bug ID information gone from the backported changeset?
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Andrew :)

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