RFR: 8353439: Shell grouping of -XX:OnError= commands is surprising [v3]

[Kevin Walls]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 10:44:02 GMT, Kevin Walls <kevinw at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We should be consistent, and run all OnError items in a new shell.  Currently the ; separator causes a new shell, but multiple -XX:OnError= options are grouped into the same shell.
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>> next_OnError_command() decides on where a new command starts.  It should recognise newlines, and all commands will get their own shell.
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> Kevin Walls has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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Thanks Thomas!
Yes I would think if people are really very sensitive to the restart time, then they just aren't using OnError.  If they do, then I hope the fork time is dwarfed by the time spent writing the core (or they use OnError instead of writing a core).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24354#issuecomment-2786512653