RFR: JDK-8072725: Provide more granular levels for GC verification

[Poonam Bajaj Parhar]

Hello Jon,

On 12/21/2015 2:29 PM, Jon Masamitsu wrote:
> Poonam,
>
> Some of the string list parameters allow separation by , or " ".  Did
> you consider adding that?
>
The VerifySubSet string list can accept the strings separated by comma 
or a space. Before verification, we just need to check if a particular 
subset is present in the VerifySubSet list or not. We don't need any 
complicated processing of the strings list here.

Thanks,
Poonam

> Jon
>
> PS. See share/vm/compiler/compilerDirectives.cpp
>
> ccstrlist DirectiveSet::canonicalize_disableintrinsic(ccstrlist 
> option_value)
>
>
> On 12/15/2015 03:15 PM, Poonam Bajaj Parhar wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please review these changes that split up the work done under 
>> Verify*GC options. This will be very useful in debugging GC 
>> issues/crashes where verifying the whole memory system with Verify*GC 
>> options slows down the process and makes it impossible to reproduce 
>> the problem.
>>
>> The changes introduce a new option /VerifySubSet///that can be used 
>> to specify the specific memory sub-systems that one wants to verify. 
>> It can be one or more of the sub-systems from these: threads, heap, 
>> symbol_table, string_table, codecache, dictionary, 
>> classloader_data_graph, metaspace, jni_handles, c-heap and 
>> codecache_oops. If nothing is specified with /VerifySubSet/ then 
>> whole of the memory system is verified with Verify*GC options.
>>
>> Bug:JDK-8072725: <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8072725> 
>> Provide more granular levels for GC verification
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~poonam/8072725/webrev.00/
>> Testing: JPRT, tested the changes with a simple test program.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Poonam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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