[1/5] RFR (L) 7092821: java.security.Provider.getService() is synchronized and became scalability bottleneck

[Andrew Hughes]

On 16:48 Tue 22 Sep     , David Alvarez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been working on a set of patches for 8u282. In total, there are 6
> patches:
> 
> * [1] 7092821: java.security.Provider.getService() is synchronized and
> became scalability bottleneck
> - [2] 8228613: java.security.Provider#getServices order is no longer
> deterministic
> - [3] 8246613: Choose the default SecureRandom algo based on registration
> ordering
> - [4] 8248505: Unexpected NoSuchAlgorithmException when using secure random
> impl from BCFIPS provider
> - [5] 8231387: java.security.Provider.getService returns random result due
> to race condition with mutating methods in the same class
> - [6] 8250787: Provider.put no longer registering aliases in FIPS env
> 
> All these patches are related and should be pushed together. [1] to [5] are
> backports from tip. For [6] there is no equivalent on tip, but it is the
> same patch I have submitted for 11.0.9. Only one of them is a clean
> backport, [5], so the rest will be requiring RFRs. Given that [1] is fairly
> big, and that the rest don't really make sense without it, I will wait to
> send the rest until it gets approved.
> 
> The patch changes how Provider.getService works. It also changes how all
> default services are registered to make use of putService instead of the old
> put, so there are plenty of changes.
> 
> David
> --
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7092821
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8228613
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8246613
> [4] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8248505
> [5] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8231387
> [6] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8250787
> 
> 

I'm familiar with this from 11u. I think it's too risky for 8u.

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

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

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