On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Marcus Larsson <marcus.lars...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please review the following patch to make sure UL truncates existing log > files before writing to them. Since files are opened in append mode, > truncation isn't done automatically, so instead the patch adds an attempt to > remove the log file before opening it. > > Webrev: > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mlarsson/8146879/webrev.00/ > > Issue: > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146879 > > Testing: > Included test through JPRT > > Thanks, > Marcus
Deleting possibly critical data seems like a good way to generate a mob of angry users.