RFR(XS): 8098815: Assertion failure in CDS shared string archive support on Windows

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi,

On Wed, 2015-06-17 at 10:52 -0400, Tom Benson wrote:
> Hi,
> Please review this change for JDK-8098815.  The CDS code which maps the 
> shared strings from an archive file must check for a zero length before 
> calling the G1 fill_archive_regions routine.  It already checks this 
> before the earlier calls to check_archive_address and 
> alloc_archive_regions, for which fill_archive_regions is the final step. 
> The problem occurred only on Windows because the string table is not 
> included in the archive there.
> 
> JBS:   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8098815
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tbenson/8098815/webrev.00/
> Tested: JPRT

  looks good.

Thanks,
  Thomas