[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8266187: Memory leak in appendBootClassPath()

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:38:23 GMT, Zhengyu Gu <zgu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Backport this patch for parity with Oracle 8u331. It fixes a memory leak 
> and risk is low,
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8266187
> Patch: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/aa90df6f51940a73f9aa078a32768855c8568034
> 
> The original patch does not apply cleanly. The conflict is copyright year line. Resolved manually.
> 
> The original code review thread: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2021-December/014484.html

@zhengyu123 Please use `Backport aa90df6f51940a73f9aa078a32768855c8568034` as the PR title as this is a backport. I see a "issue not open warning" for the associated bug.

I think this can also be marked `/clean` as it's only path reshuffling from the original patch.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/42