[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8059847: complement JDK-8055286 and JDK-8056964 changes

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:33:12 GMT, ktakakuri <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> This is a backport of JDK-8059847: complement JDK-8055286 and JDK-8056964 changes
> 
> JDK-8055286 and JDK-8056964 are already backported to JDK8, but this patch is not. For this reason, CompileCommand=option does not support flags of type double, as reported. So this patch should be applied.
> 
> The original patch is applied cleanly.
> 
> Testing: hotspot_tier1 including the test which come with this patch.
> 
> Thank you.

Please explain why this backport is needed? It's a P5 enhancement and it's unclear why it's needed now in the current stage of the lifecycle of OpenJDK 8.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/396#issuecomment-1829831904