RFR: 8211238: @Deprecated JFR event [v8]

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 10:15:32 GMT, Jaroslav Bachorik <jbachorik at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> A question about "level". Is the intention that the value can be anything, e.g. some new event next month might use the values "1", "2, "3"? Just asking because ordinarily deprecated vs. terminally deprecated is very specific to the manner in which a program element is deprecated and I assume you don't want this event grabbing the general name for a very specific event setting.
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>> Yes, the design is generic. An event control/setting to be used also for other events.
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> Hi @mgronlun - sorry for opening a design discussion in PR :(
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> I wonder - will this report each single one invocation of a deprecated method conforming to the rules (JDK method called from non-JDK code)? Can this, potentially, flood the recording if the deprecated method gets called from a hot loop?

> Hi @jbachorik, it will only report one event per unique call site, during link time. Its not a function of hotness, only unique edge discovery.

Excellent! Thanks!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16931#issuecomment-1838845171