Hi, Please find below a patch for a small optimization in Formatter.formatMessage. This patch also removed the synchronized keyword which was there for historical reasons - but which has become needless.
More background available at: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153666 (thanks Martin!) and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36433146/why-is-the-formatmessage-method-in-java-util-logging-formatter-synchronized (thanks Jason!) bug: 8153666: Optimize Formatter.formatMessage https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153666 patch: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dfuchs/webrev_8153666/webrev.00 best regards, and thanks to all who provided suggestions and archeological background! -- daniel
