RFR (S) JDK-8025700: RuntimeMXBean.getInputArguments() should include -server/-client/-d32/-d64

[Mandy Chung]

On 10/3/2013 6:40 AM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please take a look at the potential fix for:
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8025700
>
> The webrev is here:
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8025700/webrev.01/
>
> Rationale: when doing the Java tools which need to replicate the VM
> launch, e.g. fork the JVM with the same set of command line options, we
> need the exact command line. Otherwise we miss the significant part of
> configuration, which confuses people. So far we miss "-server",
> "-client", "-d32", and "-d64" options from there. I have seen troubles
> with jmh and jcstress stemming from this very issue.

What other command-line options are missing besides 
-server/-client/-d32/-d64?

RuntimeMXBean.getVmName() tells you whether server or client, 32-bit or 
64-bit JVM is running.   Would that satisfy your need?

Mandy