[8u] RFR 8233197: Invert JvmtiExport::post_vm_initialized() and Jfr:on_vm_start() start-up order for correct option parsing

[Jaroslav Bachorík]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:25 PM Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On 03/06/2020 08:52, Jaroslav Bachorík wrote:
> > BTW, since this patch missed the cutoff date for 8u262 mostly due to
> > review would it be ok to consider it still as a part of the critical
> > fix process?
>
> Yes, but why is "Without this patch JVM will crash if a recording is
> started from agent premain" important? Is that something that
> frequently happens?

I don't know about the frequency but it basically prevents dynamically
turning on JFR recording and reliably collecting the startup data.

-JB-

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