RFR JDK-8198253: ThreadInfo.from(CompositeData) assigning fields incorrectly in JDK 9

[David Holmes]

Hi Jeremy,

On 16/02/2018 10:46 AM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Been a long time!  I'd like someone to do a code review.  This is in 
> code I wrote a few years ago, and got wrong.  At the time, David Holmes, 
> Staffan Larsen, and Mandy Chung reviewed it.  It does mean that people 

Was there no bug back then? Do you have a link to the review thread? I 
don't recall this one. :)

Thanks,
David

> using ThreadInfo.from(CompositeData) may be getting the wrong values out 
> for ThreadInfo, so it is definitely worth fixing.
> 
> The patch below fixes the bug, but is a pretty questionable approach.  
> Better approaches happily considered.
> 
> Patch:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmanson/8198253/webrev.00/
> 
> Bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198253
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jeremy