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

[Seán Coffey]

Approved for porting.

regards,
Sean.

On 02/01/18 16:01, Seán Coffey wrote:
> 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
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