ProcessImpl: Can we obsolete the vfork mode?

[Thomas Stüfe]

This is the deprecation issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357179
Deprecation patch PR: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/25282
Deprecation CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357180
Deprecation Release Note: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357181

Cheers, Thomas

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Side note, I did not find any tests for the VFORK mode. Even the FORK mode
> seems not that well covered ( we only seem to run
> java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Basic.java in FORK mode)
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am fine with waiting past 25, though the continued existence of this
>> mode makes me apprehensive. Back at SAP I have seen real customer issues
>> from these kind of problems, and we only catched those out of accident.
>>
>> A separate deprecation for JDK 25 may be a good first step (a warning,
>> but continued acceptance, of the VFORK mode)
>>
>> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM Joseph D. Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I concur that this work is better down early in JDK 26.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>> On 5/16/2025 12:26 AM, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
>>>
>>> Okay, moved the release version to 26.
>>>
>>> Could one of you (you or @Roger Riggs <roger.riggs at oracle.com> ) review
>>> the CSR if you have the cycles to spare?
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357090
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM Alan Bateman <alan.bateman at oracle.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16/05/2025 05:10, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Alan. I will prepare a patch and a CSR.
>>>>
>>>> Okay, and maybe something for early in JDK 26 to avoid touching this
>>>> area close to the fork for JDK 25 RDP1.
>>>>
>>>> -Alan
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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