Integrated: 8253690: [PPC64] Use flag kind "diagnostic" for platform specific flags

[Martin Doerr]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:49:01 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Current platform implementation (globals_ppc.hpp) uses regular product flags for almost everything.
> Most platform specific flags were never intended for official support. They are only there to diagnose issues and find
> workarounds. So flag kind "diagnostic" fits better for them.
> 
> Note that I rearranged a couple of lines when looking at the diff.
> My actual change is what is described here: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8253692

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: a8242892
Author:    Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/a8242892
Stats:     36 lines in 1 file changed: 11 ins; 10 del; 15 mod

8253690: [PPC64] Use flag kind "diagnostic" for platform specific flags

Reviewed-by: stuefe, lucy

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/413