RFR: 8241678: Remove PerfData sampling via StatSampler [v2]

Casper Norrbin cnorrbin at openjdk.org
Tue Apr 29 09:48:05 UTC 2025


> Hi everyone,
> 
> This change removes the legacy `PerfData` sampling mechanism implemented through the `StatSampler` — an always-on periodic task that runs every 50ms my default. The sampling feature was originally introduced to collect performance counters and timestamps, but has since seen very little use.
> 
> For G1/ZGC, the only sampled value is a timestamp (`sun.os.hrt.ticks`). For Serial/Parallel, it also samples some heap space counters, but these are already updated after each GC cycle, making the sampling redundant. With sampling removed, the `PerfDataSamplingInterval` flag becomes obsoleted, as it no longer serves any purpose.
> 
> The only thing relying on the sampled timestamps is `jstat`: running `jstat -t` prints an extra column with the time since VM start. To preserve this funcitonality, we can calculate the timestamps as an offset from the already existing `sun.rt.createVmBeginTime` instead.

Casper Norrbin has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  feedback fixes

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872/files/7f8141ba..ed3670eb

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24872&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24872&range=00-01

  Stats: 28 lines in 3 files changed: 1 ins; 5 del; 22 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24872/head:pull/24872

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872


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