RFR: 8354520: IGV: dump contextual information [v2]

[Manuel Hässig]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:30:46 GMT, Roberto Castañeda Lozano <rcastanedalo at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/utils/IdealGraphVisualizer/README.md line 57:
>> 
>>> 55: The JVM provides some entry functions to dump graphs from a debugger such as
>>> 56: `gdb` or `rr`, see the different variants of `igv_print` and `igv_append` in
>>> 57: `compile.cpp`. In combination with the IGV network interface, these functions
>> 
>> Suggestion:
>> 
>> [`compile.cpp`](src/hotspot/share/opto/compile.cpp). In combination with the
>> IGV network interface, these functions
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but what is the value of adding such a link here?

I often find them helpful to find the files a readme is referring to, so I tend to add them. But it's up to you whether you like them as well :slightly_smiling_face:

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24724#discussion_r2057913177