[8u60] request for approval: 8080190: PPC64: Fix wrong rotate instructions in the .ad file

[Alejandro E Murillo]

Volker,
if this is only affecting ppc then go ahead and push  manually.
if not, let me know and I can grab the patch and push it via jprt

cheers
Alejandro

On 5/19/2015 10:46 AM, Rob McKenna wrote:
> Hi Volker,
>
> You can push directly to the hotspot team repo. It will make 8u60 
> assuming you push before RDP 2.
>
> http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/releases/8u60.html
>
> You should have committer access to that repo. Let us know if not.
>
>     -Rob
>
> On 19/05/15 14:54, Volker Simonis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> could you please approve the downport of the following, ppc-only fix
>> to jdk8u/hs-dev/hotspot
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8080190
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/2015/8080190.8u/
>> Review: 
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2015-May/thread.html#17920
>> URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/4140f485ba27
>>
>> The change cleanly applies to the jdk8u/hs-dev/hotspot repository.
>>
>> I would really like to bring this into 8u60 as this is a serious bug
>> which leads to incorrect computations.
>> Is this still possible by goiong trough jdk8u/hs-dev/hotspot?
>>
>> The other question is if I can push this ppc-only change myself to
>> jdk8u/hs-dev/hotspot or if I need a sponsor?
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Volker
>>

-- 
Alejandro