[7u80] Request for approval 8026303: CMS: JVM intermittently crashes with "FreeList of size 258 violates Conservation Principle" assert

[Stefan Johansson]

Ping,

Who is responsible for approving backports needed for linux-sparc? Do we 
need to anything special to get this approved?

Thanks,
Stefan

On 2014-09-30 14:51, Stefan Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please approve the backport of the fix for JDK-8026303 to jdk7u-dev. 
> This fix resolves the issue reported in JDK-8055730:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8055730
>
> The changeset applies without any conflicts after the changeset has 
> been modified to match JDK-7 source. Two main changes was done to the 
> changeset, see this webrev for details:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8026303/webrev.changeset/
>
> Full webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8026303/webrev.00/
>
> Original bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8026303
> Original webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmasa/8026303/webrev.00/
> Original changeset:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-gc/hotspot/rev/0ade41b2dbeb
> Review:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-dev/2013-November/008976.html 
>
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
>
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