[8u-dev] Request for Approval: 8169481: StackOverflowError on start when parsing PAC file to autodetect Proxy settings

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

Please approve backport to 8u-dev:

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8169481
JDK9 webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/8169481/webrev-9/
JDK8u webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/8169481/webrev-8u/
Review thread: webrev was reviewed via private email

The patch applies cleanly to 8u. The original fix for 9 contained a test script that caused other tests to fail on various platforms, so the test was removed and the original bug marked as noreg-hard (see JDK-8173888). The 8u backport does not contain the test.

Thanks,
Hannes