RFR 8179018: Remove obsoleted one X options from JDK 10

harold seigel harold.seigel at oracle.com
Fri Jul 21 14:48:53 UTC 2017


Thanks Coleen!

I'll add the release note keyword.

Harold


On 7/21/2017 10:03 AM, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
>
> Looks good.  I don't see these in the jdk anywhere.
>
> Maybe you need to put a release-note=yes in the bug in case there are 
> a couple of customers who haven't yet gotten the message.
>
> thanks!
> Coleen
>
> On 7/21/17 8:16 AM, harold seigel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this small JDK-10 change to completely remove obsoleted 
>> options -Xoss, -Xsqnopause, -Xoptimize, -Xboundthreads, and 
>> -Xusealtsigs.  Now when any of these options are specified, users 
>> will get the following:
>>
>>    java -Xoptimize -version
>>    Unrecognized option: -Xoptimize
>>    Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
>>    Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
>>
>> Open Webrev: 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8179018/webrev/index.html
>>
>> JBS Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179018
>>
>> The change was tested with the JCK lang and VM tests, the JTreg 
>> hotspot, java/io, java/lang, java/util, sun/security, and other JTReg 
>> tests, the co-located NSK tests, and with JPRT.
>>
>> The -Xusealtsigs option appears in man page files such as 
>> jdk/src/linux/doc/man/ja/java.1.  These references should get removed 
>> as part of JDK-8179018 
>> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8179018>.
>>
>> Thanks, Harold
>>
>



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