RFR: 8271949: dumppath in -XX:FlightRecorderOptions does not affect [v8]

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:45:10 GMT, Yasumasa Suenaga <ysuenaga at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> We set `dumppath` in `-XX:FlightRecorderOptions` or `JFR.configure dumppath` jcmd when we want to set emergency dump path. However they do not afffect.
>> 
>> ### -XX:FlightRecorderOptions
>> 
>> 
>> $ java -XX:FlightRecorderOptions=dumppath=`pwd` -XX:StartFlightRecording -Xlog:exceptions=info --version
>> [0.032s][info][exceptions] Exception <a 'java/lang/IllegalArgumentException'{0x00000007470163b8}: Unknown argument 'dumppath' in diagnostic command.> (0x00000007470163b8)
>> thrown [open/src/hotspot/share/services/diagnosticFramework.cpp, line 215]
>> for thread 0x00007f4f700236a0
>> [0.033s][error][arguments ] Unknown argument 'dumppath' in diagnostic command.
>> Error occurred during initialization of VM
>> Failure when starting JFR on_create_vm_2
>> 
>> 
>> ### jcmd
>> 
>> `jcmd` shows the configuration change was succeeded, but it would not affect.
>> 
>> 
>> $ jcmd 1046 JFR.configure dumppath=/tmp
>> 1046:
>> Dump path: /tmp
>
> Yasumasa Suenaga has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Add warning message

This change seems to have caused a number of JFR test failures:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8275373
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8275375

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5019