Request for Approval: 4858370: JDWP: Memory Leak: GlobalRefs never deleted when processing invokeMethod command

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> 
> Please approve and sponsor the following backport for JDK-4858370 to
> JDK 7u-dev. It's the same patch as went into JDK 8. It only differs
> from the 9 version in the test and in the same way as JDK 8's version
> differed from 9.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-4858370
> webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-4858370/webrev.jdk7.01/
> hg-export:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-4858370/JDK-4858370-jdk8-jdk.export.patch
> 
> Original review thread for JDK 9 is here:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2016-March/019155.html
> 
> JDK 8 backport request thread is here:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2016-March/005216.html
> 
> Please let me know if there are questions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin
> 

Approved.
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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