[7u40] Request for phase 2 approval for 8020504: Intermittent java.io.IOException: Bad file number during HotSpotVirtualMachine.executeCommand

[Seán Coffey]

Peter,

can you work with Alejandro on pushing this one to 7u40 ? I presume this 
fix will come in via a hsx24 bulk integration.

regards,
Sean.

On 16/07/2013 12:30, Peter Allwin wrote:
> Hello!
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> I'm requesting approval to push this change into 7u40.
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> It addresses an issue in the attach mechanism which causes intermittent
> failures due to stale .java_pid files being left in the temp directory.
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> The change is identical from JDK8, with the following exceptions:
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> -          NOT_SERVICES_RETURN macro has been removed from
> attachListener.hpp (not used in JDK7)
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> -          testlibrary/Platform.java file has been added (a jtreg
> testlibrary utility class)
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> JPRT has been run with a specific regression test for this issue.
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> Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8020504
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> JDK8 changeset:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-rt/hotspot/rev/2e8f19c2feef
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> 7u40 webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~allwin/8020504/webrev.00/
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> JDK8 review thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2013-July/008045.
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> Reviewed-by: dcubed, dholmes, sspitsyn, mgerdin, ctornqvi, dsamersoff
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> Thanks!
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> /peter
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