[8u-dev] Request for enhancement backport approval for CR 8054889 - Compiler team's implementation task

[Seán Coffey]

Thanks for the notice Buck. I'll get back to you on this one shortly.

regards,
Sean.


On 02/01/2018 14:01, David Buck wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Please consider the following enhancement for approval:
>
> bug report:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8054889
>
> This is an important serviceability improvement. These new diagnostic 
> commands provide us with a supported and safe way to better understand 
> what the JIT compiler is doing. I have run all the standard JPRT 
> hotspot tests, run the testcases included in the changeset, and 
> manually confirmed that the new diagnostic commands work as expected. 
> The change itself is extremely small and safe. I believe any risk 
> posed by including this in JDK 8 is negligible.
>
> Cheers,
> -Buck