RFR(XS): 8042885: java does not take hexadecimal number as vm option

[Yumin Qi]

Lois,

   I will update you jtreg result soon.
   Thanks for the review!

Yumin

On 5/14/2014 4:38 AM, Lois Foltan wrote:
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> Hi Yumin,
>
> Looks good, I like this change.  Can you accompany your fix with a 
> Hotspot runtime jtreg test for this new capability?
>
> Thanks,
> Lois
>
> On 5/13/2014 1:24 PM, Yumin Qi wrote:
>> Hi, please review the small change for
>>
>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042885
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~minqi/8042885/
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>> Summary: Java does not take number with hexadecimal format as 
>> options, like -XX:SharedBaseAddress=0x1D000000 will cause VM exit 
>> with improper argument. For addresses, we more like to use 
>> hexadecimal format since it is close to machine address display 
>> naturally.
>>
>> Tests: JPRT and manual test:  java -XX:UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions 
>> -XX:SharedBaseAddress=0x1D000000 -Xshare:dump
>>
>> Thanks
>> Yumin
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