[9] RFR(S): 8139380: VMError::report_and_die() does not produce replay file

[Christian Thalinger]

Oops.  Sorry, this is my code.  Thanks for fixing it.

> On Oct 16, 2015, at 1:10 AM, Zoltán Majó <zoltan.majo at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> please review the patch for 8139380.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8139380
> 
> Problem: The test compiler/ciReplay/TestVM.sh intentionally crashes the VM and expects compiler replay data to be saved into a file ('test_replay.txt'). Since the JVMCI changes were pushed, the test fails on some platforms we support because the file is not created by the VM.
> 
> The file should be created by VMError::report_and_die(). However, a SIGSEGV is thrown in VMError::report() (report() is called by report_and_die()) that causes the VM to exit without saving replay data.
> 
> 
> Solution: Update VMError::report() to use an appropriate format string to print the VM version in both JVMCI-enabled builds and builds without JVMCI.
> 
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zmajo/8139380/webrev.00/
> 
> Testing:
> - JPRT (testset hotspot);
> - executed failing test on all supported platforms, the failure is not triggered.
> 
> Thank you and best regards,
> 
> 
> Zoltan
>