[8u] Request for enhancement backport approval for CR JDK-8027434: "-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError" uses fork instead of vfork

[Seán Coffey]

Muthusamy,

please look at fixing this in the 11 Updates release first. Also, can 
you check with hotspot engineers around the suitability of this fix in 
an update release ?

Regards,
Sean.

On 17/10/18 12:26, Muthusamy Chinnathambi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> May I get the approval of enhancement backport of 'JDK-8027434: "-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError" uses fork instead of vfork' to jdk8u-dev.
>
> Jdk12 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8027434
>
> Short description of the change:
> When the system does not have enough memory available to fork, the option "-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError" may not work. Even a simple command "kill" does not get executed. This change is to use vfork instead of fork during "OnOutOfMemoryError".
>
> I have tested it with the jprt and jtreg tests.
>
> Regards,
> Muthusamy C