RFR: 8224980: FLAG_SET_ERGO silently ignores invalid values [v2]

[Tobias Holenstein]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 06:28:57 GMT, Tobias Hartmann <thartmann at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Okay - whether this should produce warnings is a distinct issue for compiler folk to decide.
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> I think it's fine to cap the values of the individual thresholds at their maximum without a warning, when `CompileThresholdScaling` is used.
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> Similar issues were already discussed in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/8501.
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>> I suggest to address this issue in a separate RFE.
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> @tobiasholenstein did you file that separate RFE?

> I think it's fine to cap the values of the individual thresholds at their maximum without a warning, when `CompileThresholdScaling` is used.
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> Similar issues were already discussed in #8501.
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> > I suggest to address this issue in a separate RFE.
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> @tobiasholenstein did you file that separate RFE?

No I did not file an RFE back then. But it seems like this PR resolves the issue

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12549