RFR: 8312585: Rename DisableTHPStackMitigation flag to THPStackMitigation

Thomas Stuefe stuefe at openjdk.org
Fri Aug 4 09:38:33 UTC 2023


On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:02:59 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The flag newly added by [JDK-8312182](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8312182) is prompting the use of `-XX:+DisableTHPStackMitigation` to disable the THP stack mitigation, thus allowing THP in thread stacks. This double negation does not read well, and not in line with other mitigation flags like `IntelJccErratumMitigation`.
> 
> It would be better to rename the flag to avoid double-negation, before it proliferates to other JDK releases.
> 
> (I would have the same comment during the original review, but missed it :P)
> 
> Additional testing: 
>  - [ ] GHA
>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug, affected test

Note that the original name was already discussed a lot and went through several changes.

I am fine with whatever variant we come up (all alternatives sound sensible to me), but it would be good if we resolved that soon before starting to backport [JDK-8312182](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/14919).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14992#issuecomment-1665321512


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