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

[Andrew Haley]

On 28/05/2020 10:08, Jaroslav Bachorík wrote:
> I guess so. But such a test is not a part of the original changeset.
> Is it necessary to be extending the scope of the original patch
> (https://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/rev/127ca611f19b)?

Yes please. 8u is old code, and your first task is not to break it. If
this involves being more defensive than upstream, that's fine. Class
initialization order at startup is notoriously sensitive and responsible
for breaking things in subtle ways.

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