RFR: 8221212: ZGC: Command-line flags should be marked experimental
Per Liden
per.liden at oracle.com
Thu Mar 21 07:28:47 UTC 2019
ZGC (the -XX:+UseZGC command-line flag) is marked experimental, which
means that you always need to use -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions to
unlock that option. However, some of ZGC's flags are incorrectly marked
as product flags. This can be a bit confusing, since those flags (but
not the -XX:+UseZGC flag) will show up when using -XX:PrintFlagsFinal,
even though they are effectively experimental and has no use/meaning
unless ZGC is enabled.
We should not mark any ZGC flags as product flags, until the -XX:+UseZGC
flag is made a product flag.
I have not filed a CSR for this, since these flags are effectively
experimental already today, but just aren't properly marked as such.
Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8221212
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~pliden/8221212/webrev.0
/Per
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