8157758: JDK9 does not compile on Linux with GCC 6.1 because left-shifting a negative number has undefined behavior

[mrserb]

Hi all,

This pull request contains a backport of commit 4abb5e4a from the openjdk/jdk repository.

The commit being backported was authored by Alex Henrie on 23 Jun 2016 and was reviewed by Kim Barrett and Max Ockner.

Thanks!

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Progress

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Issue

• JDK-8157758: JDK9 does not compile on Linux with GCC 6.1 because left-shifting a negative number has undefined behavior (Bug - P3)

Reviewing

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$ git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev.git pull/682/head:pull/682
$ git checkout pull/682

Update a local copy of the PR:
$ git checkout pull/682
$ git pull https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev.git pull/682/head

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$ git pr checkout 682

View PR using the GUI difftool:
$ git pr show -t 682

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https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/682.diff

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[openjdk]

This backport pull request has now been updated with issue and summary from the original commit.