RFR: JDK-8321017: Record in JFR that IEEE rounding mode was corrupted by loading a library [v2]

[Andrew Haley]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 07:25:49 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > /label jfr
> > > I'm not sure I understand the issue, but adding a field to an event because of a GCC bug seems excessive.
> > 
> > 
> > It's a nasty hard-to-find bug that breaks Java compatibility. Some people have wondered if this is a real-world problem, and the answer is that it's happening, right now, in Oracle's CI testing.
> 
> Interesting, do you have some details about the 'Oracle CI testing' occurrence ? If so, what lib caused it ?

It was here:
https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320151

> Do you think it would be beneficial to have it in the JFR for this particular case (maybe as a separate event if this is prefered over the current suggestion) ?

Yes. I think it would be strange to have such a nasty bug and have JFR not record the fact.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16903#issuecomment-1858811084