[8u-dev] Request for approval for CR JDK-8144935: C2: safepoint is pruned from a non-counted loop

[David Buck]

approved for backport to jdk8u-dev

Cheers,
-Buck

> On Dec 15, 2015, at 19:05, Andreas Eriksson <andreas.eriksson at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like approval for a JDK 8 backport of 8144935: C2: safepoint is pruned from a non-counted loop
> The changeset from JDK 9 applies cleanly.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8144935
> JDK 9 Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/a6eb7b850dbd
> JDK 9 review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2015-December/020338.html
> 
> This is a follow up bug to JDK-6869327, which I just sent out an approval request for as well:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2015-December/004630.html
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas