RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u77
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Notes generated: Mon Apr 01 08:57:06 CEST 2024

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

hotspot/compiler:

    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.


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/javax.swing:
  (P3) JDK-8147994: [macosx] JScrollPane jitters up/down during trackpad scrolling on MacOS/Aqua

hotspot/compiler:
  (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