Hi, JDK-8234466[1] introduced isInitializing to JarFile, which cause a small startup regression in various tests due increasing the number of classes loaded and earlier lambda bootstrapping. The regression can be resolved by not explicitly initializing the thread local variable to a non-null value.
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8237508/open.00/ Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8237508 Testing: tier1-3 Thanks! /Claes [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234466
