RFR: JDK-8303861: Error handling step timeouts should never be blocked by OnError and others [v2]

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:54:20 GMT, Roman Kennke <rkennke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thomas Stuefe has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   limit step timeout to 5 seconds max
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> src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp line 1787:
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>> 1785:   // Global timeout hit?
>> 1786:   if (!ignore_global_timeout) {
>> 1787:     const jlong reporting_start_time_l = get_reporting_start_time();
> 
> What is the meaning of _l here? Is it to indicate the type of the variable? If so, I would suggest to remove it. (I know it is pre-existing. I leave this up to you.)

This is a remnant of the old implementation. I'll change it.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12936