[8u-dev] Request for Approval: 8171219: Missing checks in sparse array shift() implementation

[Jim Laskey (Oracle)]

+1

> On Jan 11, 2017, at 12:39 PM, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannes.wallnoefer at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Please approve backport to 8u-dev:
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171219
> JDK9 Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/8171219/webrev/
> JDK8u Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/8171219/webrev-8u/
> Review thread: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nashorn-dev/2016-December/006737.html
> 
> The patch applied cleanly to 8u except for SparseArrayData.java, where explicit boxing/unboxing of long values has been removed in JDK9. I preserved the boxing/unboxing in the backport to keep it consistent.
> 
> Thanks,
> Hannes