[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] [8] Review request for 8005607: Recursion in J2DXErrHandler() Causes a Stack Overflow on Linux

[Anton Litvinov]

Hello,

Please review the following fix for a bug.

Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8005607
          https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8005607
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alitvinov/8005607/webrev.00

The bug consists in a crash which is caused by a stack overflow for the 
reason of an infinite recursion in AWT native function J2DXErrHandler() 
under certain circumstances on 32-bit Linux OS. The fix is based on 
introduction of the logic, which detects indirect recursive calls to 
J2DXErrHandler() by means of a simple counter, to J2DXErrHandler() 
native function. Such a solution requires minimum code changes, does not 
alter the handler's code significantly and eliminates this bug.

Adding 2d-dev at openjdk.java.net e-mail alias to the list of recipients of 
this letter, because the edited function's name is related to Java 2D 
area of JDK, despite of the fact that the edited file is located in AWT 
directory.

Thank you,
Anton