Hi Dawid,
So if we want this to be included in 8u162 [1] (to be released on
January 2018), we better hurry up and submit a backported patch before
end of October...
I can sponsor the patch. Will you be willing to prepare it or do you
need some help?
I think it should be a straightforward b
Hi Peter,
Thank you for your comments and the fix. It's a good idea to mark
cachedLoader with the Thread object.
I think we need to check the marking thread of cachedLoader before
updating it. Otherwise, there is a scenario that can leak a CachedLoader
object:
//1. Thread-A enters readObje
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the pointer. Whether or not this fix should be backported
to 8u is probably not for me to decide... but if I can provide some
rationale then I think it'd be better to backport for the following
reasons:
- This assertion isn't frequent, but it does happen from time to time.
Ro
Hi Dawid,
The [2] mentions a thread which resulted in a patch by Martin Bucholtz
for JDK 9:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065172
...but it seems this has not been backported to 8u (yet). The question
is, will there be any more 8u releases? Would you like this to be
backported to
