RFR: 8209802: Garbage collectors should register JFR types themselves to avoid build errors.

[Stefan Johansson]

Thanks Kim and Thomas for the reviews,
Stefan

On 2019-09-03 15:48, Thomas Schatzl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 2019-09-02 at 21:18 +0200, Stefan Johansson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this patch to fix JDK-8209802.
>>
>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209802
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8209802/00/
>>
>> Summary:
>> This patch builds on the cleanup made in JDK-JDK-8230431, and adds an
>> initialize method to G1NewTracer, that takes care of registering
>> serializers needed for the two G1-specific constants in JFR. There is
>> also a G1 periodic event but there is no similar way to register this
>> from G1 code so it needs to be solved by guarding the G1 specific
>> code in jfrPeriodic.cpp.
>>
>> Testing:
>> Mach5 tier 1-3
>>
> 
>    looks good.
> 
> Thomas
>