[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8191955: AArch64: incorrect prefetch distance causes an internal error

Wed Nov 29 10:17:32 UTC 2017

On 28/11/17 19:50, White, Derek wrote:
> AllocatePrefetchDistanceConstraintFunc is the bounds-checking function for AllocatePrefetchDistance. It's not possible run with -1 specified on the command line (with or without Ningsheng's patch).
> 
>> java -XX:AllocatePrefetchDistance=-1 -version
> AllocatePrefetchDistance (-1) must be between 0 and 512
> Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
> Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Fair enough.  The patch is OK.

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Andrew Haley
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