[8u-dev] RFA: JDK-8064811: Use THREAD instead of CHECK_NULL in return statements

[Hohensee, Paul]

Pushed. Thanks, David and Sean!

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On 10/16/18, 7:46 AM, "David Holmes" <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:

    JPRT passed.
    
    David
    
    On 16/10/2018 5:14 PM, David Holmes wrote:
    > Hi Paul,
    > 
    > I'm running this through JPRT but the backport looks okay to me.
    > 
    > Thanks,
    > David
    > 
    > On 16/10/2018 8:08 AM, Hohensee, Paul wrote:
    >> Please approve a backport of JDK-8064811 to 8u.
    >>
    >> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8064811
    >> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~phh/8064811/webrev.00/
    >> Review thread: 
    >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2014-November/016018.html 
    >>
    >>
    >> The patch applies cleanly net of line numbers, copyright notice dates, 
    >> and code that exists in JDK9 but not in JDK8.
    >>
    >> It builds and runs jdk8 hotspot jtreg tests on a linux x64 host, which 
    >> is the only one to which I have access. If needed, would someone 
    >> please run it through JPRT?
    >>
    >> Thanks,
    >>
    >> Paul
    >>
    >>
    >>