Does HotSpot ever stop profiling?

[Stefan Reich]

Here's another thing I would love to have cleared up.

Once a method is C2-compiled - does it still update its invocation counters?

I would assume counting stops at that point since we have done all we could
for the method. Also the invocation counting overhead is always
embarrassing when fighting some C++ guys over claims on how "slow" Java is.
:o)

OTOH, there might be scenarios where it makes sense to have a second look
at "hot" methods, even if they are C2-compiled. Not sure if that scenario
exists in the current infrastructure.

Which one is it in reality?

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Stefan Reich
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