Hi, I'd like to propose a fix for an old issue on 32 bit Windows (also for an 11u backport): https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8220348
Some jdk native methods use jni_SetLongArrayRegion with a stack allocated buffer. jni_SetLongArrayRegion uses Copy::conjoint_jlongs_atomic which requires jlongs to be 8 byte aligned (asserted). However, Windows 32 bit only uses 4 byte alignment for jlong arrays by default. I found such issues in the following files: src/java.prefs/windows/native/libprefs/WindowsPreferences.c src/java.security.jgss/share/native/libj2gss/GSSLibStub.c I suggest to use __declspec(align(8)) there. Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mdoerr/8220348_ntintel_stack_align/webrev.00/ Please review. I think using 8 byte alignment is not a disadvantage for 64 bit. I guess there are still people interested in this platform with jdk14. Otherwise I could contribute it as 11u only fix. Is there a better way to force 8 byte alignment for jlongs or jlong arrays on stack? Best regards, Martin