[8u] Request for approval: Backport of 8161147, 8162603

[Tobias Hartmann]

Thanks, Rob!

Best regards,
Tobias

On 02.09.2016 18:18, Rob McKenna wrote:
> Approved
> 
> 	-Rob
> 
> 
> On 02/09/16 05:39, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> please approve the following backports to JDK 8u.
>>
>> 8161147: jvm crashes when -XX:+UseCountedLoopSafepoints is enabled
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161147
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/286ad75013e2
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2016-July/023700.html
>>
>> And the follow up test fix:
>>
>> 8162603: Unrecognized VM option 'UseCountedLoopSafepoints'
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8162603
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-comp/hotspot/rev/40b4cb7908a1
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-compiler-dev/2016-July/023915.html
>>
>> Both fixes were pushed to JDK 9 months ago and showed no problems. The patches apply cleanly to JDK 8u.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tobias