[jdk8u-dev] Request for approval : 8098581: SecureRandom.nextBytes() hurts performance with small size requests

[david buck]

approved for backport to 8u-dev

January portion of JDK 9 review thread including final approval:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2016-January/013375.html

Cheers,
-Buck

On 2016/05/10 17:27, Seán Coffey wrote:
> I'd like to backport 8098581 to jdk8u-dev. It was integrated into JDK 9
> in February and should bring some performance improvements in the
> SecureRandom area. The fact that the SunPKCS11 Provider is disabled for
> SecureRandom generation will be documented in accompanying release
> notes. JDK 9 changeset applies cleanly with the exception of some
> copyright year edits.
>
> bug : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8098581
> JDK 9 changeset : http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/55518739e399
> JDK 9 review :
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2015-December/013130.html
>
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