RFR (XS) JDK-8164482,[REDO] G1 does not implement millis_since_last_gc which is needed by RMI GC

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi again,

On Mon, 2016-09-05 at 13:13 +0200, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 09:40 -0400, Joseph Provino wrote:
> > 
> > Please review this small change.
> > JDK-8164482 [REDO] G1 does not implement millis_since_last_gc which
> > is needed by RMI GC
> > webrev:  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jprovino/8164482/webrev.00
> 
>   looks good.

  after having another look, I do not think the change is
good: millis_since_last_gc() tracks the time since any last gc
(probably collection pause), so the last gc time needs to be updated at
the end of every gc, not only full gcs.

The member and the getter name should also reflect this.

> 
> Can you file an enhancement that lets all collectors track the time
> of
> the last gc with full precision, i.e. doing the division by
> NONSECS_PER_MILLISEC only once before returning the value from
> millis_since_last_gc()?

Thanks,
  Thomas