> macOS launcher code sets JAVA_MAIN_CLASS_<pid> which is read by AWT to set > the name of the application in the system menu bar. > > Because this set shortly after the VM is running, it causes a thread safety > issue described in https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8270549 > > Since the AWT already looks for the system property > "apple.awt.application.name" for this same purpose, > we can set that instead of the env. var and avoid the threading issue. > > This trades the JAVA_MAIN_CLASS_<pid> pollution of the environment for > setting a system property which is visible to apps as well but it seems a > reasonable trade-off since we already (implicitly) support this variable > anyway in preference to the env. var.
Phil Race has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: 8274397: [macOS] Stop setting env. var JAVA_MAIN_CLASS_<pid> in launcher code ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5724/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5724/files/232bfae4..93108c59 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5724&range=01 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5724&range=00-01 Stats: 5 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 4 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5724.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/5724/head:pull/5724 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5724
