6941923: RFE: Handling large log files produced by long running Java Applications

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Yasumasa,

Personally, I would prefer to add an ability to log to syslog then use 
standard well known log handling infrastructure.

-Dmitry


On 2011-09-12 05:18, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using "logrotate" tool on RHEL for various log rotation.
> Now, HotSpot has gclog rotation function for log size base.
> However, I need to rotate gc log synchronizing with logrotate tool.
>
>
> So, I've made a patch for executing gclog rotation from external tool.
>
>
>   * Changes in HotSpot (hotspot.patch):
>    * gclog rotation request is received via AttachListener.
>    * logrotation function ( rotatingFileStream::rotate_log() ) has
>      1 parameter. It's determined that gclog rotation is forced or not.
>    * HotSpot allows "GCLogFileSize == 0" . Because we can rotate gclog
>      via external tool.
>
>   * Changes in JDK (jdk.patch):
>    * gclog rotation is invoked via "jinfo" command with "-rotategclog"
>      option.
>    * With "-rotategclog -force" option, gclog is rotated mandatorily.
>    * "jinfo" is executed "rotategclog" command in AttachListener on
>      target JVM.
>
>
> I've attached these patch in this email. Please check it.
>
> I would like to contribute this patch, and I hope to apply this patch to
> JDK 6 / 7 / 8.
>
>
> Please cooperate.
>
> Best regards,
> Yasumasa
>


-- 
Dmitry Samersoff
Java Hotspot development team, SPB04
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