RFR: 8364182: Add jcmd VM.properties command [v2]

Kieran Farrell kfarrell at openjdk.org
Thu Jan 8 19:50:08 UTC 2026


> The goal of this PR is to add a means of exposing security properties at runtime to aid the debugging security related issues/misconfigurations etc. Currently, only initial security properties set at start up can be exposed via the `InitialSecurityProperty` JFR event. 
> 
> This patch introduces a new jcmd diagnostic command `VM.properties`, which enables developers to print either the current system properties or security properties of a running Java process via command-line arguments (-system or -security). To avoid clutter within the jcmd command list, the old `VM.system_properties` command is hidden, but not removed so will not break existing usages. The implementation of each is shared to reduce duplication.

Kieran Farrell has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains eight additional commits since the last revision:

 - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into sec_props2
 - static helper method for both jcmd calls
 - missing )
 - working with single arg
 - updates
 - update args
 - two args -not yet tested
 - initial patch

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29124/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29124/files/cda609fc..232feeaa

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29124&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29124&range=00-01

  Stats: 211900 lines in 2740 files changed: 163444 ins; 31329 del; 17127 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29124.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29124/head:pull/29124

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29124


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