I'd like to backport this changeset to jdk8u-dev. review thread : http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-April/026289.html changeset : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/b1e7a6433b7a Changeset applies cleanly. regards, Sean.