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

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Yumin,

You might consider to simplify the code a bit:

 const char *fmt =
   ((*(s+1) & ~0x80) == 'x') ? "0x" JULONG_FORMAT_X : JULONG_FORMAT;

 args_read = sscanf(s, fmt, &n);

-Dmitry


On 2014-05-13 21:24, 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/
> 
> 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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Dmitry Samersoff
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