RFR [8055338]: (process) Add instrumentation to help diagnose JDK-6573254

[Ioi Lam]

With the Windows/x86/x64 memory model, is the write to 
vm_getting_terminated guaranteed to be observable by java_start()?

- Ioi

On 8/18/14, 2:19 PM, Ivan Gerasimov wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This is a request to temporarily add some instrumentation code to 
> hotspot to help diagnose the intermittent failure on Windows, which 
> results in a wrong exit code of (sub-)process.
>
> BUGURL: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8055338
> WEBREV: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~igerasim/8055338/0/webrev/
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Ivan
>