JDK-8079081 : CMMarkStack indices should be unsigned.
Type:Enhancement
Component:hotspot
Sub-Component:gc
Affected Version:9
Priority:P4
Status:Resolved
Resolution:Duplicate
OS:generic
CPU:generic
Submitted:2015-04-29
Updated:2016-07-14
Resolved:2016-07-14
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The various size and index values for CMMarkStack are presently declared as being of type jint. There is no good reason for them to be a signed type. Better would be unsigned int or size_t.
Comments
Closing as duplicate of JDK-8160897 since that requires changes to the relevant members anyway.
14-07-2016
Have fix. Probably going to merge it into JDK-8159422 as this is almost a rewrite.