RELEASE NOTES: JDK 8u77

Notes generated: Sun Dec 01 12:51:35 CET 2024

JEPs

None.

RELEASE NOTES

hotspot/compiler

Issue	Description
JDK-8130150	Implemented performance improvements for BigInteger.montgomeryMultiply We have implemented improvements that will improve performance of several security algorithms, especially when using ciphers with key lengths of 2048-bit or greater. To turn on these improvements, use the options -XX:+UseMontgomeryMultiplyIntrinsic and -XX:+UseMontgomerySquareIntrinsic. This improvement is only for Linux and Solaris on x86_64 architecture.

Issue

Description

JDK-8130150

Implemented performance improvements for BigInteger.montgomeryMultiply

We have implemented improvements that will improve performance of several security algorithms, especially when using ciphers with key lengths of 2048-bit or greater. To turn on these improvements, use the options -XX:+UseMontgomeryMultiplyIntrinsic and -XX:+UseMontgomerySquareIntrinsic. This improvement is only for Linux and Solaris on x86_64 architecture.

FIXED ISSUES

client-libs/javax.swing

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8147994	[macosx] JScrollPane jitters up/down during trackpad scrolling on MacOS/Aqua

hotspot/compiler

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8152098	Fix 8151522 caused test compiler/intrinsics/squaretolen/TestSquareToLen.java to fail
P3	JDK-8081778	Use Intel x64 CPU instructions for RSA acceleration
P4	JDK-8130150	Implement BigInteger.montgomeryMultiply intrinsic