RFR(S): 8061443: Whitebox get*VMFlag() methods fail with develop flags in product builds

[Tobias Hartmann]

Thanks, Vladimir.

Best,
Tobias

On 21.10.2014 19:59, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
> Looks reasonable to me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vladimir
> 
> On 10/21/14 6:08 AM, Tobias Hartmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> please review the following patch.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8061443
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8061443/webrev.00/
>>
>> Problem:
>> The Whitebox API methods get*VMFlag() fail with develop/notproduct flags in
>> product builds.
>>
>> Solution:
>> The code is changed to invoke 'Flag::find_flag' with allow_locked=true and
>> return_flag=true to return both locked and notproduct/develop flags. I also
>> changed the JVM monitoring and management code 'jmm_GetVMGlobals()'.
>>
>> I adapted the existing tests to check for develop flags as well. I noticed that
>> HotspotDiagnosticMXBean.getVMOption() fails with double flags and filed
>> JDK-8061616 [1].
>>
>> Testing:
>> - New testcases
>> - JPRT
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tobias
>>
>>
>> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8061616
>>