hg: jdk6/jdk6/jdk: OPENJDK6-29: JDK fails to zero jdk_version_info correctly

[Andrew Haley]

On 03/24/2014 09:32 AM, Alex Bligh wrote:
> 
> --On 24 March 2014 09:15:03 +0000 Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> We need an OPENJDK-6 bug for this that references the fact the change
>>>> is in 6989466.
>>>>
>>>> You can list me as a reviewer.
>>>
>>> I think this bug is also present elsewhere in openjdk-6, specifically in
>>> the jvm.
>>
>> Yes.  However, this doesn't have the same evil effects as the zero
>> jdk_version_info bug.  It should be fixed, though.
> 
> What I'm seeing is finalizers not being called for no apparent reason
> in production code, the source for which has not changed.
> 
> I'm not sure to be honest whether the fix required is a change to the
> jdk on our build boxes or a change to the jre on the boxes running the
> code. As the openjdk .deb packages take >16 hrs to build here it's
> easier said than done to test.

It's a runtime change.

Andrew.