[8u-dev] Request for approval: backport 8152271: MemberNameTable doesn't purge stale entries

[David Holmes]

Hi Kevin,

On 27/01/2017 8:25 PM, Kevin Walls wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to backport the following to 8u-dev.
>
> 8152271: MemberNameTable doesn't purge stale entries
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152271

That change was backed out again:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8161445

David
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> An hg import from the 9 changeset:
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/13b2c7ac95a5
>
> ...works and tests well in jprt and with a manual testcase that showed a
> gc slowdown before the fix.
>
>
> Thanks
> Kevin
>
>