[8u40] Request for Approval: 8054029: (fc) FileChannel.size() returns 0 for block devices on Linux

[Rob McKenna]

Approved.

     -Rob

On 06/11/14 21:44, Ivan Gerasimov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Would you please approve the backport of this edge-case fix?
> The fix applies cleanly modulo unshuffling.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8054029
> Jdk9 Change: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/raw-rev/f8b718af3f3c
> Review: 
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2014-September/002738.html
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Ivan