RFR: 8328880: Events::log_exception should limit the size of the logging message

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:54:26 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This simple enhancement allows for `Exceptions::_throw` to limit the message length printed by `Events::log_exception` in the same way that unified logging is limited. We simply allow a `message_length_limit` variable to be passed down - default value zero which means no limit (i.e. the full `strlen` of the message will be printed).
>> 
>> Testing:
>> - tiers 1-3
>> 
>> Thanks
>
> Looks reasonable. (First time I see `%.*s`, this is a cute trick I did not know about before.)

Thanks for the review @shipilev !

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20638#issuecomment-2299822509