Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8000999/
8000999: backport of JSR 292 to 7u This is an umbrella bug for these changes (which are backported in one changeset): 6983728: JSR 292 remove argument count limitations 7128512: Javadoc typo in java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle 7117167: Misc warnings in java.lang.invoke and sun.invoke.* 7129034: VM crash with a field setter method with a filterArguments 7087658: MethodHandles.Lookup.findVirtual is confused by interface methods that are multiply inherited 7127687: MethodType leaks memory due to interning 7023639: JSR 292 method handle invocation needs a fast path for compiled code 7188911: nightly failures after JSR 292 lazy method handle update (round 2) 7190416: JSR 292: typo in InvokerBytecodeGenerator.getConstantPoolSize 7191102: nightly failures after JSR 292 lazy method handle update (round 3) 7194612: api/java_lang/invoke/MethodHandles/Lookup/index.html#ExceptionsTests[findVirtualNSME] fails w/ -esa 7194662: JSR 292: PermuteArgsTest times out in nightly test runs There are of course corresponding changesets in JDK 8 but I don't list them here. The backport is a verbatim copy of the JDK 8 files into a 7u repository. The HotSpot changes were already committed before the HS24 fork. -- Chris
