(9) RFR: 8179515: Class java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom fails to Initialize when using SecurityManager

[David Holmes]

Thanks Paul!

David

On 12/05/2017 7:14 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
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> Paul.
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>> On 11 May 2017, at 13:46, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179515
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8179515/webrev/
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>> This is a fix contributed by Doug Lea, from a suggestion made by Alan Bateman. While I'm handling the fix process for Doug, it isn't my fix so I am also a Reviewer of this fix. I expect Martin to also review.
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>> The fix is quite simple - break the dependency between ThreadLocalRandom and the security framework by replacing a doPrivileged block that reads a system property with a call to the JDK internal VM.getSavedProperty(). This allows TLR to be used transitively from the security framework without creating a cyclic initialization dependency which leads to failure to initialize.
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>> This fixed is approved for 9.
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>> Thanks,
>> David
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