OperatingSystemMXBean backport to OpenJDK 8u261

[Bob Vandette]

We only updated the existing APIs in JDK 8 and JDK 11
rather than add the new APIs. This is why there wasn’t a CSR for JDK 8.
The CSR for JDK 11 just approved the concept of existing API implementation
behavior changes with the only requirement being a release note.   Since the CSR wasn’t
strictly required, we only did the document update for JDK 8.

Bob.


> On Jul 7, 2020, at 1:07 PM, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2020-07-07 at 17:16 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> On 07/07/2020 16:58, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
>>> I'm working on an OpenJDK 8u backport of this. It requires some process
>>> work (CSR), and for 8u, container metrics code needs to be backported
>>> first.
>> 
>> I would have thought that, given Oracle have decided to ship it,
>> the CSR should already have happened.
> 
> Yes, this is one of the changes which puzzels me. I've asked where the
> CSR is for 8u[1], but got no response unfortunately :( Maybe the call
> was to not do a CSR since only the behavior of the methods changed?
> 
> To be on the safe side, I've submitted this one (waiting for CSR
> review):
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8248804
> 
> If you could help shed some light on this, I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8242287
>