RFR: 8210416: [linux] Poor StrictMath performance due to non-optimized compilation

[Severin Gehwolf]

Hi Erik,

On Fri, 2018-09-07 at 10:19 -0700, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Instead of checking for compiler version, you could simply use the 
> FLAGS_COMPILER_CHECK_ARGUMENTS macro. This would apply to both gcc and 
> clang. We usually prefer this over version checks (unless a version is 
> just known to be unstable with a certain flag, in which case a 
> capability check will not work).

I see. Note JDK-8157358, though, which seems to have changed[1] the
build system to not use FLAGS_COMPILER_CHECK_ARGUMENTS as it seems to
break cross-compilation. It's not used at the moment. Do you still want
me to use it?

> CoreLibrarkes.gmk:
> 43: I think "with" is superfluous

Thanks, fixed locally.

> Otherwise I think this looks like the right direction.

Glad to hear that.

Thanks,
Severin

[1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/rev/f51004322fbe