RFR: 8010992: Remove calls to global ::operator new[] and new

[Pavel Punegov]

Yumin,

Should the bug [*] be closed as a duplicate of this as you changed the failing 
part?

Also, do you have a JPRT build with your changes? Was there any testing done?

[*] JDK-7045180 unexpected C++ exception in ObjectSynchronizer::inflate
( https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-7045180 )


On Thursday 11 April 2013 23:12:04 Yumin Qi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    Can I have your inputs for the fix?
>    webrev:
> 
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8010992/webrev/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eminqi/8010992/webrev/>
> 
>    Bug:  8010992: Remove calls to global ::operator new[] and new
> https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8010992
> 
> Problem description:  Remove the usage of global operator ::new[] and
> 
> ::new. In hotspot debug build, disable the usage of global new[] and
> 
> new.  Hotspot does not throw c++ exceptions, but it cannot prevent third
> party code to catch such exceptions.  By disabling use of global
> operator new[] and new, we constrain the exception disposal within
> hotspot. C++ classes (as same for structs) in hotspot have to either
> extends from CHeapObj or ResourceObj unless they are stack objects or
> values which have to be from StackObj or _ValueObj respectively.  Or
> they have to implement their own operator new[] or new.
> 
> Thanks
> Yumin
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