On Nov 24, 2017, at 10:24 AM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote:
> If you backport JDK-8177809 and build with any recent gcc then you should > find that the results are consistent. If you really need to build gcc 4.1.x > (2006) then the changes for JDK-8177809 would require #ifdef so that they > aren't compiled in. > > I realize your interest is jdk8u but for the main line then we do need to > re-examine the dusty #ifdef in UnixNativeDispatcher.c. I think Oracle builds > of jDK 10 use gcc 4.9.2, I believe others are probably building with newer > versions. Seems like one or the other of the foregoing should be done, i.e., adding the same conditional compilation directive to the patch for JDK-8177809, or removing it altogether from UnixNativeDispatcher.c. Brian
