[7u4] Request for approval for bulk integration of hs23-b07

[John Coomes]

Edvard Wendelin (edvard.wendelin at oracle.com) wrote:
> Approved, given that SQE gives Go after PIT-testing.

Thanks.  However, problems were detected during PIT, so I am
withdrawing the request.

-John

> On Dec 6, 2011, at 1:02 AM, John Coomes wrote:
> 
> > Requesting approval to integrate hs23-b07 into jdk7u4-b03.
> > 
> > A webrev is available at:
> > 
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcoomes/7u4/hs23-b07-jdk7u4-b03.webrev/
> > 
> > Pre-integration testing is in progress; the integration will proceed
> > only after SQE has analyzed the results and approved.
> > 
> > The fixes in the proposed integration are below.  All have undergone
> > nightly testing and are already in a jdk8 repository.
> > 
> > 6593758: RFE: Enhance GC ergonomics to dynamically choose ParallelGCThreads
> > 7097002: G1: remove a lot of unused / redundant code from the G1CollectorPolicy class
> > 7106024: CMS: Removed unused code for precleaning in remark phase
> > 7110017: is_headless_jre should be updated to reflect the new location of awt toolkit libraries
> > 7110173: GCNotifier::pushNotification publishes stale data.
> > 7110718: -XX:MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount=0 crashes the JVM
> > 7111795: G1: Various cleanups identified during walk through of changes for 6484965
> > 7112308: Fix Visual Studio build for precompiled header
> > 7112743: G1: Reduce overhead of marking closure during evacuation pauses
> > 7112997: Remove obsolete code ResetObjectsClosure and VerifyUpdateClosure
> > 7113503: Bump the hs23 build number to 07
> > 7114303: G1: assert(_g1->mark_in_progress()) failed: shouldn't be here otherwise
> > 7116189: Export JVM_SetNativeThreadName from Hotspot
> > 7116481: Commercial features in Hotspot must be gated by a switch
> > 7116730: Revert 7116481: Commercial features in Hotspot must be gated by a switch
> > 
> > -John
>