java crash on amd64 when switching to java perspective in eclipse

[Sean McNeil]

On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 16:58 -0800, Sean McNeil wrote:
> Great!  I've read this information and guess-timated where the issue
> with REX and NEGL happens to be.  With a simple little patch I've
> managed to eliminate my repeatable crashes.  The system seems much much
> more stable now.
> 
> --- hotspot/src/cpu/amd64/vm/amd64.ad.orig      Wed Feb  8 15:18:24 2006
> +++ hotspot/src/cpu/amd64/vm/amd64.ad   Wed Feb  8 15:17:35 2006
> @@ -7246,7 +7246,7 @@
> 
>    format %{ "negl    $dst\t# int" %}
>    opcode(0xF7, 0x03);  // Opcode F7 /3
> -  ins_encode(REX_reg(dst), OpcP, RM_opc_mem(secondary, dst));
> +  ins_encode(REX_mem(dst), OpcP, RM_opc_mem(secondary, dst));
>    ins_pipe(ialu_reg);
>  %}

Just to let you know, I've been using eclipse with this fix now for 2
days of heavy usage and haven't crashed once.

You mentioned a ports freeze in other emails - can this patch get in
before the freeze?