[8u40] Request for approval for CR 8055785 - Modifications of I/O methods for instrumentation purposes

[Brian Burkhalter]

Please review the proposed patch for the indicated issue:

JDK 8u Issue:		https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8055785
JDK 8u Patch:		http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/8055785/webrev.00/

This change builds and passes the jdk_io and jdk_net tests on all platforms. It is derived from the previously approved and integrated change to JDK 9:

JDK 9 Issue:		https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8054720
JDK 9 Patch:		http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/0aa1bc5db42c
JDK 9 Review:		http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-August/028301.html

Thanks,

Brian