RFR: 8172964: [aix] AIX VM should not handle SIGDANGER

[Thomas Stüfe]

Thanks Christoph!

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com
> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> +1
>
> This really seems the right thing to do here.
>
> Best regards
> Christoph
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hotspot-runtime-dev [mailto:hotspot-runtime-dev-
> > bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Volker Simonis
> > Sent: Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2017 17:59
> > To: Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
> > Cc: ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net; hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.
> java.net
> > Subject: Re: RFR: 8172964: [aix] AIX VM should not handle SIGDANGER
> >
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > aside from the copyright notices which have to be updated to 2017 now
> > (no need for a new webrev however) your changes look good.
> >
> > Thanks for fixing,
> > Volker
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > please review this bugfix for AIX.
> > >
> > > Issue
> > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172964
> > > Webrev:
> > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8172964-AIX-
> > SIGDANGER/webrev/
> > >
> > > In short, this removes the handling for SIGDANGER from the hotspot.
> > > Handling SIGDANGER has almost no benefit for us but interferes with AIX
> > OOM
> > > killing mechanism, making effects of ow-paging-space situations on AIX
> more
> > > severe than they would need to be.
> > >
> > > For more details, please see the bug report.
> > >
> > > Thanks & Kind Regards,
> > >
> > > Thomas
>