[8u-dev] Request for approval: backport of JDK-8059661: Test SoftReference and OOM behavior

[Alexander Vorobyev]

Hi All,

I'd like approval for a JDK 8 backport of JDK-8059661 
(https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8059661)

The changeset from JDK 9 applies cleanly.
But it was slightly changed: it uses standard java.util.Random() instead 
of Utils.getRandomInstance(), because JDK-8044186 
(https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8044186) is not backported to 
JDK 8 yet.
Also, it contains one-line fix for JDK-8065865 
(https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065865). Fix for JDK-8059661 
could not be compiled without it.

JDK 9 Changeset:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/18f7ade7de0d
JDK 9 review thread:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-dev/2014-October/010977.html

Thanks,
Alexander