[12] RFR: 8208499 NMT: Missing memory tag for Safepoint polling page

Aleksey Shipilev shade at redhat.com
Mon Jul 30 17:28:07 UTC 2018


On 07/30/2018 05:34 PM, Zhengyu Gu wrote:
>>> *) memory/allocation.hpp, is it really necessary to drop values from enum?
>>
>> The values are unnecessary. Every time we add a new tag, we have to shift/update values, which is
>> inconvenience and might introduce bugs.

Right. What I meant was the apparent disconnect between bug synopsis and the actual change. I would
have expected only Safepoint-related changes, not collateral refactoring. It is your call if you
want to conflate the two.

-Aleksey



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