RFR: JDK-8276422 Add command-line option to disable finalization [v3]

[Stuart Marks]

On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 01:03:22 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > When the finalization is disabled, perhaps jcmd GC.finalizer_info should just be made as a nop in the VM.
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> Yes that is a trivial change to add. @stuart-marks I can provide the code. You can choose whether to include in this PR or else we can do a follow-up.

Seems simple enough. Is there any testing that needs to be done for this? Does jcmd output require CSR review? I guess there would be a compatibility issue if there were something that was parsing the output of jcmd. Or is it solely intended to be read by humans?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6442