[8u-dev] RFA for 8038636, 8055008, 8156137: SIGSEGV in ReceiverTypeData::clean_weak_klass_links ...and 8057570.

[Kevin Walls]

Thanks Sean!



On 07/01/2018 12:20, Seán Coffey wrote:
> Approved for jdk8u-dev.
>
> regards,
> Sean.
>
> On 06/01/2018 10:23, Kevin Walls wrote:
>> Hi - just a resend with RFA as the subject line: this is an 8u 
>> approval request, not a review request.
>>
>>
>> On 04/01/2018 14:24, Kevin Walls wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd like to get approval for the 8u backport of these changes: we 
>>> primarily want JDK-8156137 back into 8u, but it has some dependencies.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156137
>>>
>>> 8u webrev: webrev: 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kevinw/8055008.8156137/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> 8u backport approval on runtime-dev: 
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2017-November/025354.html
>>>
>>> ..that's a long email that shows the chain of changes in order, with 
>>> their jdk9 changesets and comments where they differ for 8u.
>>>
>>>
>>> I will follow up on 8040237 separately: it's a short code change 
>>> with further protection against tripping up on redefined classes, 
>>> which was observed in a test.  The change in the webrev has now had 
>>> some good real-world testing with no problems uncovered.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Kevin
>>
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