Requesting approval to backport this one from JDK8 with 10.9 releasing soon.
bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024461 webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jchen/8024461.jdk7/ review link: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2013-October/003835.html Thanks, Johnny Chen