Status 2018-05-30

[Zhengyu Gu]

Last Week:
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    String deduplication refactoring:

    Upstream:
    8203641: Refactor String Deduplication into shared
    Under review:
    http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2018-May/032565.html

    Shenandoah:
 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/shenandoah-dev/2018-May/006036.html

    Other:
    Looked into upstream StringTable, class unloading changes.

    Tried to build Solaris x86 VBox, so I don't have to bug Oracle folks 
for submit errors. Unfortunately, could not patch up to the level 
required to build jdk.

Next Week:
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   Depends on what come out of Shenandoah status discussion.


Thanks,

-Zhengyu