[7u] Request for approval for CR 8009928 PSR: PERF Increase default string table size

[Seán Coffey]

Harold,

David is correct. Please follow up with Alejandro about getting your fix 
integrated via next bulk hsx integration.

regards,
Sean.

On 24/04/13 05:25, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Harold,
>
> Hotspot fixes do not usually go through an individual approval process 
> for jdk7u. Normally hotspot fixes are pushed to the hs24 repo and 
> there is a bulk approval request when hs24 is pushed up to jdk7u-dev 
> (after PIT).
>
> David
>
> On 24/04/2013 12:49 AM, harold seigel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this request to backport the JDK8 fix for 8009928 to
>> jdk7u-dev.  The fix improves performance for Fusion Apps and other
>> products by increasing the default StringTable size on 64 bit platforms
>> to 60013.
>>
>> The JDK8 bug is http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8009928
>>
>> The fix was approved for JDK 8.  See
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-rt/hotspot/rev/63e31ce40bdb
>>
>> The backport is simpler than the fix for JDK 8.  The coding changes for
>> the backport are at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8009928_7u/
>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ehseigel/bug_8009928_7u/>
>>
>> The change was tested with the JCK lang and vm tests and by hand, using
>> the -XX:+PrintStringTableStatistics flag to verify that the correct
>> default StringTable sizes were being used for both 32 and 64 bit 
>> platforms.
>>
>> Thank you,  Harold