7168505: (bf) MappedByteBuffer.load does not load buffer's content into memory

[Alan Bateman]

On 15/05/2012 11:28, Rémi Forax wrote:
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> The VM can deoptimize when you ask for a Field on the static field.
> I think Cliff Click has played with something like that.
Off-hand, I don't know without checking into it. Do you any objection to 
the change proposed? I'd like to get it into 7u6 so that load works as 
it should. This means getting it fixed in jdk8 first. We can of course 
explore other approaches after that.

-Alan