RFR: 8152311: allow JVMCI compiler to change the compilation policy for a method

[Doug Simon]

> On 05 May 2016, at 20:06, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> I looked on VM changes. You put #include under #if INCLUDE_JVMCI but call to JVMCIRuntime::adjust_comp_level() method are guarded only by flag. Some compilers may complain.

Ok, I added the missing #if INCLUDE_JVMCI guards. Are there regular test builds with INCLUDE_JVMCI=0 that would have caught this?

> In thread.hpp is there a reason to use several bool fields instead of one field for flags?

Probably didn’t seem worth it when there were only 2 bool fields. Now that there will be three, should I convert to using a flags field?

Thanks for the review.

-Doug

> Thanks,
> Vladimir
> 
> On 5/5/16 5:39 AM, Doug Simon wrote:
>> Please read the bug for a full description of this proposed change.
>> 
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152311
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8152311/
>> 
>> -Doug
>>