[8u] RFA (S) 8059677: Thread.getName() instantiates Strings

[Seán Coffey]

On 02/02/2016 12:20, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> Thank you, pushed to jdk8-dev:
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8148842
>    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/hotspot/rev/efe013052465
>    http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/jdk/rev/2cdb8c0719ad
>
> But, did I push it right? It got "Fix Versions: 8u82", while I expected
> 8u76. Have we forked 8u76 already?
Correct. RDP2 happened at the end of January. See : 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2016-January/004762.html

If you've a strong request for 8u76 inclusion, then you can follow the 
post RDP2 request process to propose it.

regards,
Sean.
>
> Cheers,
> -Aleksey
>
> On 02/01/2016 05:38 PM, Seán Coffey wrote:
>> Approved for jdk8u-dev.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Sean.
>>
>> On 01/02/16 14:26, Roger Riggs wrote:
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On 2/1/2016 7:05 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to backport a simple performance optimization to 8u:
>>>>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8059677
>>>>
>>>> This change was in JDK 9 for at least a year now, and no problems were
>>>> apparently discovered. The change comes in two parts:
>>>>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/9dc4d4fc73ca
>>>>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/0bddfc90d139
>>>>
>>>> Review thread:
>>>>
>>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-November/029569.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note that Roger had specific concerns about backporting, which seem
>>>> unproblematic:
>>>>
>>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-November/029589.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JDK part applies without problems, and HS part needs some fuzz in
>>>> vm/runtime/thread.cpp. These are the proposed webrevs against 8u, for
>>>> convenience:
>>>>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8059677/8u/webrev.01.hs/
>>>>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8059677/8u/webrev.01.jdk/
>>>>
>>>> I re-ran full JPRT against 8u with this change, and it was clean.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Aleksey
>>>>
>>>>
>