ClassLoader.loadLibrary NullPointerException Regression in 8u242

[Andrew Hughes]

On 04/03/2020 10:32, Anton Kozlov wrote:
> Hello, Laurent,
> 
> On 04.03.2020 12:23, Laurent Goubet wrote:
>> This is actually a workaround that had been initially shared by a Sun engineer (apparently) at http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=707176 ... The forum no longer exists at that url and I haven't found a cache anywhere, but simply searching for that url on google will return a few results of people copy/pasting the comment about the source of the workaround... I guess there are a lot more programs using that workaround without citing the source.
> 
> Thanks for provided details. It really helps to understand the impact. There are a lot of apps mentioning the URL in comment to something similar. Now the impact seems much wider.
> 
> On 04.03.2020 13:16, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> Therefore, I suggest we revert 8231584 in its entirety from 8u (and 11u?). We can do this reversal
>> for April releases, if we act soon.
> 
> Agree. Choosing between finding for a proper forward-fix now, leaving as is and reverting, later seems most appropriate.
> I'll file an jira issue and label it as jdk8u-critical-request.
> I'm not going to do a webrev for simple backport.
> 
> Thanks,
> Anton
> 

A simple backport of what? If we're going to approve a critical fix, I'd
want to see a webrev of what is going to be committed.

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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