Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7191872, discovered separately and patched by Volker. The existing code in 7u writes an integer to a void* field which is a 64-bit big-endian long on some platforms.
The 8 changeset: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/2d/jdk/rev/4dd6f7bb8bbd applies without change: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/7191872/ Previously reviewed by Phil on the 2d list: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2013-May/003281.html Ok for 7u? -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
