This is a description from Steve Groeger:

I would like to propose the change below to src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/ModuleReferenceImpl.c native code so that the getName function use ReleaseStringUTFChars() to release the memory obtained using GetStringUTFChars() instead of the current jvmtiDeallocate() method.
 
This change seems to be inline with documented use of these functions in the Oracle documentation for JNI Functions (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jni/spec/functions.html)
 
The code as is seems to cause a potential memory leak as the memory may not be released correctly (as the correct Release/Deallocate is not being used).
 
diff --git a/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/ModuleReferenceImpl.c b/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/ModuleReferenceImpl.c
--- a/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/ModuleReferenceImpl.c
+++ b/src/jdk.jdwp.agent/share/native/libjdwp/ModuleReferenceImpl.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
    }
    (void)outStream_writeString(out, name);
    if (name != NULL) {
- jvmtiDeallocate(name);
+ JNI_FUNC_PTR(env, ReleaseStringUTFChars)(env, namestr, name);
    }
    return JNI_TRUE;
}
 
I originally raised this issue on the core-libs-dev list but they recommended I raise it on this list.
I would appreciate any feedback please, and how I would go about obtaining a sponsor and contributor
 
Thanks
Steve Groeger