[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8021961: setAlwaysOnTop doesn't behave correctly in Linux/Solaris under certain scenarios

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:28:53 GMT, Taizo Kurashige <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is a backoport of JDK-8021961: setAlwaysOnTop doesn't behave correctly in Linux/Solaris under certain scenarios
> 
> Original patch does not apply cleanly to 8u, bacause "parent" is declared at XWindowPeer.java#1652 in 8u.
> So I deleted that declaration. 
> 
> There is a related Issue: JDK-8222323, and I submit the corresponding PR. Testing was done after applying this related patch.
> Testing: jdk_awt on RHEL7, GHA testing
> 
> Thanks.

It looks like the `parent` line was added to 8u for the backport of JDK-8187803, as it wasn't present due to this change (JDK-8021961) being absent. So replacing it with the earlier declaration in 8021961 seems correct.

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Marked as reviewed by andrew (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/377#pullrequestreview-1726076064