RFR(XS): 8232757: VM fails to report an error for DumpLoadedClassList when cds is disabled

[David Holmes]

+1 on both counts. A build bug should be filed.

Thanks,
David

On 22/10/2019 3:41 pm, Ioi Lam wrote:
> This looks good to me. But probably the command in the bug report:
> 
> bash configure --disable-cds --enable-generate-classlist
> 
> should also produce an error as well.
> 
> Thanks
> - Ioi
> 
> On 10/21/19 9:59 PM, Jie Fu wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8232757
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jiefu/8232757/webrev.00/
>>
>> -XX:DumpLoadedClassList doesn't work as expected when cds is disabled.
>> People my get confused since the VM doesn't report an error for this 
>> case.
>> So it might be worth fixing it.
>>
>> For more background of this issue, please refer to the JBS.
>>
>> Testing:
>>  - make test TEST="runtime/cds runtime/modules" CONF=server-release 
>> with cds enabled/disabled
>>  - make test TEST="tier1 tier2 tier3" CONF=server-release
>>
>> Could you please review it and give me some advice?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Best regards,
>> Jie
>>
>>
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