RFR: 8255616: Disable AOT and Graal in Oracle OpenJDK

[Volker Simonis]

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 12:06 AM <mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
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> 2020/11/4 14:53:47 -0800, vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com:
> > On 11/3/20 2:51 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> >> this is an interesting step and I wonder how it affects the OpenJDK
> >> Graal, Metropolis and Leyden projects?
> >>
> > ...
> >
> > I will let Mark to talk about Project Leyden.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Vladimir Kozlov
> >
> > ...
> >>
> >> - Project Leyden [?]: @Mark: what's actually the state of Project
> >> Leyden? We had a discussion [3], a vote [4] and the approval of the
> >> project [5] yet nothing has happened ever since. There's neither a
> >> project page nor a mailing list.
>
> Unfortunately, due to other priorities I haven’t had the time to get
> this project started properly.  I hope to be able to do that soon.
>
> >> Considering the fact that Leyden was supposed to "be based upon
> >> existing components in the JDK such as the HotSpot JVM, the `jaotc`
> >> ahead-of-time compiler, application class-data sharing, and the
> >> `jlink` linking tool" I wonder if Leyden is already dead before its
> >> instantiation if "jaotc", one of its core components, has now been
> >> deprecated? Or are there any plans to enhance C2 for AOT scenarios?
>
> We are considering the possibility of using C2 for ahead-of-time
> compilation.
>

Vladimir, Mark,

thanks a lot for your answers.
It's encouraging to see that you keep on investing in C2.

Best regards,
Volker

> - Mark
>