IV72389: JAVA JIT COMPILER INCORRECTLY COMPILED CODE FOR COMPARING CLASSE S

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: N/A
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  Stack Trace: N/A
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  Failures are often seen during tests for equality or cloning
  object.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• The problem roots in comparing class pointers. The generated
  code for comparing classes has either a wrong offset or an
  incorrect size for the class pointers that are being compared.
  

Problem conclusion

• The JIT has been updated to generate correct assembly
  instructions when comparing class pointers.
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  This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
   8 SR1 (8.0.1.0)
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  Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs.
  For those running stand-alone, information about the available
  Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
   https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

• Fixed component name

  JIT

• Fixed component ID

  620700124

Applicable component levels

• R130 PSY

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