[8u] RFR 8073108: Use x86 and SPARC CPU instructions for GHASH acceleration

[Severin Gehwolf]

Hi,

On Fri, 2019-11-22 at 13:30 +0000, Yuri Gaevsky wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> > I didn't know you have already proposed a backport for this bug. I
> > assumed nobody did because the ticket was not flagged with
> > "jdk8u-fix-request". Sorry.

If somebody is working on a backport it should be noted as such in the
bug comments. jdk8u-fix-request is for flagging the bug to maintainers
for approval.

> There is no need to apologise, it's great to finally see the review for JDK-8073108
> is progressing. :-)
> 
> IIUC, the marking of the appropriate JBS issue with 'jdk8u-fix-request' is the *next step*
> in the backporting process. 

Yes, that's the process which should be followed in general.

If unsure whether it's worth backporting a fix, due to it being large
and/or risky, feedback can be solicited on the mailing list. Consider
CC'ing maintainers once a consensus has been reached.

Thanks,
Severin