On Feb 25, 2015, at 12:20 AM, John Rose <john.r.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:49 AM, Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> There will be only one runtime Unsafe sub-type ever observed in a >>> particular VM. >> >> Oh, that's very nice. > > That doesn't help with B accesses on L platforms and vice versa. > Having an optional boolean parameter (gating reverseBytes) will help. > Yes, that's a good point. > Also, it makes Unsafe non-final, which frankly gives me the willies. > (Technical term, used by folks that have been through too many security > escalations.) > Let's not create any new ways for industrious hackers to attack Unsafe. > I was getting nervous about this too :-) Paul.
