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

[Rob McKenna]

Hi Stefan,

This needs to be fixed in 9 & 8u first. Also given that there are 
changes to the original fix it will need a codereview for 7.

     -Rob

On 06/10/14 14:01, Stefan Johansson wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>