[8u-dev] Request for approval - 8153711: [REDO] JDWP: Memory Leak: GlobalRefs never deleted when processing invokeMethod command

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> Approved
> 
> 	-Rob
> 

And pushed:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u-dev/jdk/rev/3243d893b0b2

> On 10/10/16 05:27, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Please approve this backport request for JDK-8153711, which fixes a
> > memory leak in JDWP. The fix has been in JDK 9[1] a couple of weeks now
> > and no regressions have been discovered since it was pushed.
> > 
> > It's a clean backport of the JDK 9 fix (after unshuffle) with minimal
> > changes to the test which is needed due to differences in test
> > libraries.
> > 
> > Webrev:
> >  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8153711/webrev.jdk8.01/
> > HG-export:
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8153711/JDK-8153711-jdk8-jdk-final.export.patch
> > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153711
> > Original review thread:
> > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2016-September/020407.html
> > 
> > Once approved, I'd need somebody who can push this changeset for me please!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Severin
> > 
> > [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/4c843eb35b8a
> 

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Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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