RFR (XS): 8157188: 2 test failures in demo/jvmti due to unexpected class file version 53

[Alan Bateman]

On 19/05/2016 05:52, David Holmes wrote:
> Not sure who really owns this file so cc'ing core-libs and 
> serviceability.
>
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8157188
>
> The file src/java.base/share/native/include/classfile_constants.h 
> describes information about classfiles and is used by libverify and 
> ./demo/share/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c
>
> This file has not been updated for classfile version 53 and so asserts 
> will fail in java_crw_demo.c when it encounters classes compiled for 
> version 53 - as they now are. This version change caused test failures 
> in the hotspot forest when it was pulled down earlier this week.
>
> This fix trivially bumps the current version number to 53 to fix the 
> failing tests. It is a separate issue as to whether other changes are 
> needed in this file to reflect what is new with classfile version 53.
It's the serviceability area that has historically maintained this. The 
change looks fine.

-Alan