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

[David Holmes]

This seems to be a request for a partial backport of

"JEP 228: Add More Diagnostic Commands"

I don't think a partial backport is a good idea.

David H.

On 3/01/2018 12:01 AM, 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