+1 Paul.
> On 11 May 2017, at 13:46, David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179515 > webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8179515/webrev/ > > This is a fix contributed by Doug Lea, from a suggestion made by Alan > Bateman. While I'm handling the fix process for Doug, it isn't my fix so I am > also a Reviewer of this fix. I expect Martin to also review. > > The fix is quite simple - break the dependency between ThreadLocalRandom and > the security framework by replacing a doPrivileged block that reads a system > property with a call to the JDK internal VM.getSavedProperty(). This allows > TLR to be used transitively from the security framework without creating a > cyclic initialization dependency which leads to failure to initialize. > > This fixed is approved for 9. > > Thanks, > David
