hang when using -XX:-UseCompilerSafepoints

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 13.11.2014 11:47, David Holmes wrote:
> On 13/11/2014 5:43 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> On 13.11.2014 08:40, David Holmes wrote:
>>> There is some history in JDK-4974572 (which is non-public I'm afraid).
>>> To all intents and purposes the flag at that point was used to enable
>>> testing of workarounds if problems were suspected in the "new"
>>> safepointing code. I think it has outlived its usefulness by a few major
>>> releases so I'm happy to see it go.
>>
>> Filed:
>>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8064777
> 
> You actually filed 8064776 first :)

O_o. The submit timestamps are the same. JIRA is funky today, huh.

> But neither is needed as removal can be the solution of 8064749.

I thought we are better off tracking this separately, and then close
all/any pending bugs about UseCompilerSafepoints as WNF citing 8064776.
Still want to do this in 8064749?

Also, I wonder if we want to demote the flag to experimental in 8u. This
does not sound like a backport of 8064749 at all, but rather a separate
change.

-Aleksey.