# HG changeset patch
# User mullan
# Date 1497874563 14400
# Node ID d0a0f9e3cf9f03542c0c0d1826e9cc831219fca3
# Parent  6a4875229b96776f7f6ba0cfe793950df5055e0a
8181295: Document that SecurityManager::checkPackageAccess may be called by the VM
Reviewed-by: mchung

diff -r 6a4875229b96 -r d0a0f9e3cf9f src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java	Mon Jun 19 07:19:27 2017 +0300
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/SecurityManager.java	Mon Jun 19 08:16:03 2017 -0400
@@ -1496,7 +1496,10 @@
      * Throws a {@code SecurityException} if the calling thread is not allowed
      * to access the specified package.
      * <p>
-     * This method is called by the {@code loadClass} method of class loaders.
+     * During class loading, this method may be called by the {@code loadClass}
+     * method of class loaders and by the Java Virtual Machine to ensure that
+     * the caller is allowed to access the package of the class that is
+     * being loaded.
      * <p>
      * This method checks if the specified package starts with or equals
      * any of the packages in the {@code package.access} Security Property.