RFR: 8221212: ZGC: Command-line flags should be marked experimental

[Erik Österlund]

Hi Per,

Looks good.

Thanks,
/Erik

On 2019-03-21 08:28, Per Liden wrote:
> 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