review request -- JDK-801106 Some tests have failed with SIGSEGV on arm-hflt on build b82

[JOSEPH PROVINO]

That's a good solution.  Is there any reason NMT_detail_supported can't 
be made const or
better yet eliminate the variable and just use if 
(PLATFORM_NMT_DETAIL_SUPPORTED) ?

joe

On 5/20/2013 6:02 PM, BILL PITTORE wrote:
>  Maybe something like I did for SUPPORTS_NATIVE_CX8. This gets defined 
> in globalDefinitions_<cpu>.hpp.
> In this situation maybe something like:
>
> memTracker.cpp
>   bool NMT_detail_supported = PLATFORM_NMT_DETAIL_SUPPORTED;
>
> then in globalDefinitions_<cpu>.hpp
>
> #define PLATFORM_NMT_DETAIL_SUPPORTED {true | false} as the case may be.
>
> Then you eliminate the need to add code to pd_initialize()
>
> bill
>
> On 5/20/2013 3:26 PM, JOSEPH PROVINO wrote:
>> Make it easy to disable NMT detail in platform specific code.
>>
>> A new variable NMT_detail_supported is defined and set to true.
>> It can be disabled in platform specific code as needed.
>>
>> Webrev is here: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jprovino/8011064/webrev/
>>
>> JDK-8011064 <https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8011064>Some 
>> tests have failed with SIGSEGV on arm-hflt on build b82 
>> <https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8011064>
>
>