RFR : 8217786: Provide virtualization related info in the hs_error file on linux s390x

[David Holmes]

Hi Matthias,

On 28/01/2019 6:48 pm, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
> Hello, please review  this change ; it adds  virtualization related info in the hs_error file on linux s390x .

Can't you include this information in an existing section of the error 
processing code instead of adding a new function that is empty 
everywhere except Linux?

Thanks,
David

> On linux s390x, we usually  (always?)   run in virtualized environments (LPAR and/or z/VM / KVM ).
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> It is helpful for instance in support cases to get some information about the virtualized environment in the hs_error file .
> A lot of info can be taken from the /proc/sysinfo file on linux s390x .
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> Bug/webrev :
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> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217786
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mbaesken/webrevs/8217786.1/
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> Best regards, Matthias
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