RFR [9] 8146736: Move sun.misc performance counters to jdk.internal.perf

[Alan Bateman]

On 10/01/2016 09:31, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> In preparation for JEP 260, the performance counters can be moved out of
> sun.misc and located somewhere more appropriate, like jdk.internal.perf.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/8146736/
>
> Mandy asked whether this change should go through jdk9/hs-rt or jdk9/dev,
> I see no strong reason why is should go through hs-rt, so propose to go through
> jdk9/dev, unless there are objections. The hotspot changes are minor.
>
> Note: the use of cleaner in Perf will be replaced with the proposed CleanerFactory
> when it is added.
>
>
This looks okay to me. Going through jdk9/hs-rt means it could be 
several weeks before it gets to jdk9/dev so would be good to avoid the 
slow route if you can.

-Alan.