[8u] RFA 8077420: Build failure with SS12u4

[Rob McKenna]

Approved

    -Rob

On 01/05/18 06:13, David Buck wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Please approve the backport of the following fix from JDK 9 to 8u-dev:
> 
> bug report:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8077420
> 
> JDK 9 code review thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2015-April/017930.html
> 
> JDK 9 changeset:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/hotspot/rev/4b1c654a2c53
> 
> The change applies cleanly to 8u-dev. JPRT run and hotspot testset passes
> with current compilers. Efficacy of fix manually confirmed by building with
> SS 12.4 (C++ 5.13).
> 
> Cheers,
> -Buck