[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8266936: Add a finalization JFR event

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:06:41 GMT, Jaroslav Bachorik <jbachorik at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Backport of https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/4731

I put the rationale (making the life of the users which tend to be stuck at LTS releases easier) in the backport request in the JIRA ticket.

> why not backport any other events

TBH, I am not sure why there is such a great resistance to backporting events, especially if they happen to be a simple change and might bring really good value to the users (not saying this is the case, though). The JFR format is self describing and the events themselves are discoverable at runtime so it is not like introducing a new event would cause backward compatibility issues.

Well, I tried. We heard legitimate reasons from our customers why it would make sense to them to have this particular event in an LTS version but I knew it was going to be an uphill battle ...

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17u-dev/pull/351