RFR(XS): 8153275: Zero JVM fails to initialize after JDK-8152440

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 11:30 +0200, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 09:48 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
> > 
> > On 04/04/16 18:44, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Could somebody please sponsor and review the following Zero-only
> > > fix?
> > > The fix for JDK-8152440 was incorrect in that it set the value
> > > for InitArrayShortSize to an illegal value (-1) failing
> > > constraint
> > > validation. Albeit not being used it must still pass constraint
> > > validation. Otherwise, the JVM fails to initialize and all bets
> > > are
> > > off. Thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153275
> > > webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8153275/
> > > webrev.01/
> > OK, but please make the comment clearer.  I didn't understand it.
> > 
> >  "the allowed range [ 0 ... 9223372036854775807 ]"
> > 
> > is much clearer.
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> Updated webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8153275/webrev.02/

Could somebody sponsor this please?

Thanks,
Severin