[8u-dev] Request for approval for CR JDK-6869327: Add new C2 flag to keep safepoints in counted loops.

[David Buck]

approved for backport to jdk8u-dev

Cheers,
-Buck

> On Dec 15, 2015, at 19:01, Andreas Eriksson <andreas.eriksson at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like approval for a JDK 8 backport of 6869327: Add new C2 flag to keep safepoints in counted loops.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6869327
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aeriksso/6869327/webrev.jdk8u/
> Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2015-December/020306.html
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Kozlov (kvn)
> 
> I'll send an approval request for JDK-8144935, a follow up bug, shortly.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas