[External] : Re: JDK-8290981: Enable CDS for zero builds

[Ioi Lam]

On 8/18/2022 9:34 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 8/16/22 18:05, Ioi Lam wrote:
>> I have prepared a PR for enabling CDS for zero (with help from Aleksey
>> Shipilëv)
>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/9869__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!L1VWYO1YSdu5JP8l9in8YrWDSe0jg5AqyT5h73A8stmwg_nEcC-81x9kQVua_xJhV-TC2ZOHLWk$ 
>>
>> If anyone is maintaining zero builds of the JDK, it would be great if
>> you could try this patch and see if it introduce any regressions.
>
> Well, I am maintaining lots of Zero builds, and at least x86_64 Zero 
> works. This should cover the majority of potential problems with Zero 
> on other arches too. The rest of the problems, if any, would likely 
> come from massive rebuilds of Java packages using the Zero VM in the 
> system JDK, which would be hard to easily test.
>
> Adrian, tell us if you can/want to do that :) But I think it would be 
> fine as it is.
>
I haven't heard back from Adrian but it looks like it's covered pretty 
well with Aleksey's tests. So I'll integrate soon.

Thanks
- Ioi