RFR: 8167194: [JVMCI] no reliable mechanism for querying JVMCI system properties

[Vladimir Kozlov]

Looks good.

thanks,
Vladimir

On 10/5/16 1:03 PM, Doug Simon wrote:
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>> On 05 Oct 2016, at 21:10, Doug Simon <doug.simon at oracle.com> wrote:
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>>> On 05 Oct 2016, at 20:49, Vladimir Kozlov <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com> wrote:
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>>> On 10/5/16 11:34 AM, Doug Simon wrote:
>>>> I chose system property because these properties are set with the command line system property syntax.
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>>> You mean "were set"? It use normal VM flag now.
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>> No. The properties *are* still system properties (e.g., -Dgraal.PrintCompilation=true). The only non-standard way about how we use them is that they are accessed via VM.getSavedProperties() instead of System.getProperty() so that non-trusted code cannot influence JVMCI or Graal.
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>>>> I’d actually prefer shortening it to just “properties” if you think it doesn’t risk any ambiguity.
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>>> For me "shortening" is better - few bytes less in VM size :)
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>> Ok, I’ll create a new webrev.
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8167194.v2/
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> -Doug
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