On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:29:07 GMT, Sean Mullan <mul...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the implementation of JEP 486: Permanently Disable the Security 
>> Manager. See [JEP 486](https://openjdk.org/jeps/486) for more details. The 
>> [CSR](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8338412) describes in detail the 
>> main changes in the JEP and also includes an apidiff of the specification 
>> changes.
>> 
>> NOTE: the majority (~95%) of the changes in this PR are test updates 
>> (removal/modifications) and API specification changes, the latter mostly to 
>> remove `@throws SecurityException`. The remaining changes are primarily the 
>> removal of the `SecurityManager`, `Policy`, `AccessController` and other 
>> Security Manager API implementations. There is very little new code.
>> 
>> The code changes can be broken down into roughly the following categories:
>> 
>> 1. Degrading the behavior of Security Manager APIs to either throw 
>> Exceptions by default or provide an execution environment that disallows 
>> access to all resources by default.
>> 2. Changing hundreds of methods and constructors to no longer throw a 
>> `SecurityException` if a Security Manager was enabled. They will operate as 
>> they did in JDK 23 with no Security Manager enabled.
>> 3. Changing the `java` command to exit with a fatal error if a Security 
>> Manager is enabled.
>> 4. Removing the hotspot native code for the privileged stack walk and the 
>> inherited access control context. The remaining hotspot code and tests 
>> related to the Security Manager will be removed immediately after 
>> integration - see [JDK-8341916](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8341916).
>> 5. Removing or modifying hundreds of tests. Many tests that tested Security 
>> Manager behavior are no longer relevant and thus have been removed or 
>> modified.
>> 
>> There are a handful of Security Manager related tests that are failing and 
>> are at the end of the `test/jdk/ProblemList.txt`, 
>> `test/langtools/ProblemList.txt` and `test/hotspot/jtreg/ProblemList.txt` 
>> files - these will be removed or separate bugs will be filed before 
>> integrating this PR. 
>> 
>> Inside the JDK, we have retained calls to 
>> `SecurityManager::getSecurityManager` and `AccessController::doPrivileged` 
>> for now, as these methods have been degraded to behave the same as they did 
>> in JDK 23 with no Security Manager enabled. After we integrate this JEP, 
>> those calls will be removed in each area (client-libs, core-libs, security, 
>> etc).
>> 
>> I don't expect each reviewer to review all the code changes in this JEP. 
>> Rather, I advise that you only focus on the changes for the area 
>> (client-libs, core-libs, net, ...
>
> Sean Mullan has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 175 commits:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'jdk-sandbox/jep486' into JDK-8338411
>  - Specify that params passed to getPermissions and implies are ignored and
>    implies always returns false.
>  - Change deprecated annotations to api notes on getPolicy and setPolicy.
>  - clientlibs: Updated Problemlist
>    Deleted javax/swing/JPopupMenu/6694823/bug6694823.java entry since it was 
> determined that it is not a JDK bug but expected behavior on windows and 
> linux platform.
>  - clientlibs: Deleted JPopupMenu tests
>    The following tests are deleted as they don't hold value without SM
>    test/jdk/javax/swing/JPopupMenu/6691503/bug6691503.java - It tests that 
> the popup are
>    always-on-top for apps which doesn't hold value after SM removal.
>    
>    test/jdk/javax/swing/JPopupMenu/6694823/bug6694823.java - Tests whether 
> popup can overlap taskbar.
>    Works differently on macOS and windows & linux but this is the expected 
> behavior.
>    Details in JDK-8342012. Not a functional issue.
>  - clientlibs: GetSoundBankSecurityException.java renamed to 
> EmptySoundBankTest.java
>  - clientlibs: GetSoundBankSecurityException.java renamed to 
> EmptySoundBankTest.java
>    test renamed, test summary updated
>  - Restore note for implementers in 
> src/java.prefs/share/classes/java/util/prefs/AbstractPreferences.java
>  - Change "SecurityManager" to "Security Manager". Add some missing code and 
> linkplain tags.
>  - Add api note to class description that permission checking is not 
> supported and remove text about getting permissions from system policy. In 
> getPermissions(), change "granted to the given codesource" to "for the 
> codesource".
>  - ... and 165 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/1476f6c4...e490f698

The `java/nio/file` src and test changes look all right.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21498#issuecomment-2442669945

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