Request for review 7188233: Deprecate the UseVMInterruptibleIO flag for JDK8

[David Holmes]

Hi Harold,

Looks good to me.

Aside: please continue the original email thread when revising the 
request so that there is continuity of the discussion and we don't get 
multiple email threads with the same subject.

Thanks,
David

On 17/10/2012 6:53 AM, harold seigel wrote:
> Summary: The -XX:+UseVMInterruptibleIO flag is deprecated for JDK8. The
> flag will still enable Interruptible IO on Solaris, but users will get a
> warning.
>
> This is a revised request. Comments were added to the code and the
> deprecate message was slightly enhanced.
>
> Open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/Bug7188233
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ecoleenp/Bug7188233>
>
> Bug link at http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7188233
>
> Tested with JCK, JPRT, and tests on Solaris that behave differently
> depending on the setting of the UseVMInterruptibleIO flag.
>
> Thanks, Harold