[PATCH FOR REVIEW] 7036559: ConcurrentHashMap footprint and contention improvements

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On 31/05/2013 22:38, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> > This fix was determined to be a prerequisite backport for the 2013-04
> > security fixes.
> >
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/jdk6/7036559/
> >
> > Ok for OpenJDK6?
> It may be that the fix that you are looking to backport is only
> applicable to CHMv7 and newer, in which case you might not need to do
> anything for jdk6.
> 
> -Alan.
> 

Are you referring to this fix or the security fix that requires it?  We have
very little information on the last security update, so we're playing it safe.

http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-2426
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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