[8u-dev] Request for approval to backport: 8044762 and 8049226

[Rob McKenna]

Approved.

Please add a suitable noreg label to the 2nd bug.

	-Rob

On 20/04/16 04:55, Omair Majid wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to backport the following two changesets that improve the
> behaviour of the JVM when the jdwp port can not be opened. Before these
> patches, the JVM would abort(3). After these, it exit(3)s. This makes
> the behaviour much saner, avoiding unnecessary core dumps. It also makes
> the exit behaviour better, handling jdwp errors similar to how the JVM
> handles the cases when the main class can not be found: it exits instead
> of abort'ing.
> 
> The bugs names are quite misleading, so please watch out.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8044762
> (Not available publicly; I can't access it myself)
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~omajid/webrevs/8044762-jdk8u/00/
> JDK 9 Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/5e7143c1abc1
> 
> The only difference from 9 is that com/sun/jdi/OptionTest.java is not
> present in the ProblemList.txt file so it isn't removed. I can't find
> the original review thread for this. The change itself seems very safe
> to me, it just adds a null pointer guard to existing code.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8049226
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~omajid/webrevs/8049226-jdk8u/00/
> Original review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2014-August/015360.html
> JDK 9 Changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/jdk/rev/8c8a7b6f49de
> 
> This change from 9 applies as-is, aside from the changed paths.
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair
> 
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