[8u] RFR 8269594: assert(_handle_mark_nesting > 1) failed: memory leak: allocating handle outside HandleMark

[Hohensee, Paul]

Lgtm.

Thanks,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: jdk8u-dev <jdk8u-dev-retn at openjdk.java.net> on behalf of Zhengyu Gu <zgu at redhat.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 6:29 AM
To: jdk8u-dev <jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net>
Subject: [8u] RFR 8269594: assert(_handle_mark_nesting > 1) failed: memory leak: allocating handle outside HandleMark

I would like to backport this low risk and single line patch to 8u to
fix potential hard-to-find memory leak.

Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8269594
Patch:
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk17/commit/4b4bef4e1e06c8efbfeb2c28e0658ce91ee9ad66

The original patch does not apply cleanly, due to undefined "self"
variable, changed to "thread()" instead.

8u webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zgu/JDK-8269594-8u/webrev.00/


Thanks,

-Zhengyu