RFR(XS): 8153835: Fix range of flag MaxDirectMemorySize which is parsed at jlong.

[Gerard Ziemski]

hi Goetz,

How about if we just change the MaxDirectMemorySize type to uint64_t, like so:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gziemski/8153835_rev1/


cheers


> On Apr 13, 2016, at 8:25 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> could someone please have a look at this tiny issue? And sponsor?
> 
> Thanks,
>  Goetz.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>> Sent: Freitag, 8. April 2016 10:53
>> To: hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: RFR(XS): 8153835: Fix range of flag MaxDirectMemorySize which is
>> parsed at jlong.
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The upper limit of the range for flag MaxDirectMemorySize is MAX_SIZE_T.
>> 
>> The flag is used to set a property that is parsed into a long. Thus, the max
>> 
>> value on 64-bit platforms is too large.
>> 
>> Fix: Limit the range to max_jlong, too.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Please review this change. I please need a sponsor.
>> 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/wr16/8153835-MaxDMSz/webrev.01/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>>  Goetz.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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