[8u] Request for approval for CR 8138966 - Intermittent SEGV running ParallelGC

[david buck]

approved for backport to 8u-dev

Cheers,
-Buck

On 2015/11/20 20:04, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hello,
>
>    can I have approval for the backport of JDK-8138966: Intermittent SEGV
> running ParallelGC.
>
> This issue fixes crashes on non-TSO platforms with parallel GC by adding
> necessary memory barriers (which are NOPs on TSO platforms).
>
> CR:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8138966
>
> JDK9 - Review thread link:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-dev/2015-October/015161.html
>
> JDK8u - Review thread link:
> n/a. Applies cleanly apart from path changes in the patch. This was due
> to directory restructuring in JDK9 that is unrelated to this change.
>
> JDK9 changeset link:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-rt/hotspot/rev/d5e5e9f4fc04 (pushed
> into group repos 11/04)
>
> (JDK8u webrev for completeness)
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aph/8138966/jdk8/
>
> Thanks,
>    Thomas
>
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