[10] RFR(M) 8182701: Modify JVMCI to allow Graal Compiler to expose platform MBean

[Jaroslav Tulach]

On čtvrtek 3. srpna 2017 17:03:39 CEST Jaroslav Tulach wrote:
> On čtvrtek 27. července 2017 15:01:17 CEST Alan Bateman wrote:
> > On 27/07/2017 10:07, Jaroslav Tulach wrote:
> > > Yes, it seems like a desirable goal to let Graal compiler work with just
> > > java.base. Is there a description how to build JDK9/10 with just
> > > java.base
> > > that I could follow and test against?
> > 
> > You can use jlink to create a run-time image that only contains
> > java.base (jlink --module-path $JAVA_HOME/jmods --add-modules java.base
> > --output smalljre).
> 
> Status update: I've just tried to run Graal compiler against JDK9 with only
> java.base and jdk.internal.vm.ci modules, and there are some problems. I
> need to resolve them first before I provide updated version of my patch.

FYI: As of 
https://github.com/graalvm/graal/commit/
ca9071941a1be7f1a3725529ecc231ff621d5ed0
the Graal compiler can run with java.base, jdk.unsupported and jdk.vm.ci only 
modules. But it wasn't easy, especially the http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/
PropertyChangeListener required a bit of work.

-jt