RFR: 8358619: Fix interval recomputation in CPU Time Profiler

[Johannes Bechberger]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:45:48 GMT, Jaroslav Bachorik <jbachorik at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Fixes the recomputation issue by passing either the rate or the period directly to the sampler (instead of just the rate value with the period value converted into a rate). This prevents issues when the number of cores changes during the JFR recording.
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> src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/sampling/jfrCPUTimeThreadSampler.cpp line 171:
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>> 169:   double _rate;
>> 170:   u8 _period_nanos;
>> 171:   bool _is_rate;
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> Can this be turned into `union`? 
> Only one of `_rate`  or `_period_nanos` will ever be set at a time.

good idea

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25775#discussion_r2154397271