RFR: 8224201: Simplify JVM flag macro expansions
Thomas Schatzl
thomas.schatzl at oracle.com
Tue May 21 10:41:40 UTC 2019
Hi,
On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 12:56 +0200, Stefan Karlsson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please review this patch to simplify how we generate the different
> parts of the JVM flags code.
>
> https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8224201/webrev.01/
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224201
>
> Notable parts of the patch:
> - Introduces a ALL_FLAGS macro, used to expand code for all flags.
> - Uses the ALL_FLAGS where appropriate.
> - Constraints list didn't expand JVMCI flags. Fixed by using
> ALL_FLAGS.
> - Moved <sub-system>_globals.hpp generated declarations to be
> expanded
> in globals.hpp.
> - Unified FLAG_MEMBER and FLAG_MEMBER_WITH_TYPE into
> FLAG_MEMBER_ENUM
> and change names accordingly.
>
> This change makes it easier to do future changes to the JVM flags
> handling code. For example: "JDK-8224203Remove need to specify type
> when using FLAG_SET macros"
although I saw that you already have quite a few reviewers after
working through it: looks good. Very nice cleanup.
Thanks,
Thomas
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