RFR: 8240521: Revert backport of 8231584: Deadlock with ClassLoader.findLibrary (was ClassLoader.loadLibrary NullPointerException Regression in 8u242)

[Anton Kozlov]

On 05.03.2020 22:34, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>> Just in case, you may find the patch (just "hg backout 1d666f78532a) at:
>>
>>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~akozlov/8240521/webrev.00/
>>
> 
> Ah right. Yes, this looks fine, I get the same thing from hg backout.
> 
> Flag the bug with jdk8u-critical-fix and I'll approve for 8u252. Once
> approved, the commit should be to the jdk8u forest, not jdk8u-dev.

Thanks, flagged.

> I'm not sure of the situation with 11. Are people reliant on this hack
> there too?

I'm not sure either. We have only one report, for 8u.
Speculatively, yes. Once 11u exposed the hack worked, people may rely on it.

Thanks,
Anton