RFR(xs): 8213834: JVMTI ResourceExhausted should not be posted in CompilerThread

[David Holmes]

On 22/11/2018 5:36 pm, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
> Hi JC,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 6:03 PM JC Beyler <jcbeyler at google.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
> <snip>
>>
>> I actually agree with not using the service thread to be honest, resource exhaustion seems to be something you'd want to know sooner than later.
>>
>> How about we do both?
>>    - Fix it now so that the compiler thread does not post the event because we'd rather not have crashes and that can get backported
>>    - Put out a RFE that would add the information to ThreadInfo and work through the process of a CSR/etc. to get it working for future versions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jc
>>
> 
> Makes sense, sure. But both Dan and Serguei voiced opposition to this
> patch. Dan, Serguei, what do you think?

I note neither Dan nor Serguei responded to my response to them :)

Cheers,
David
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> 
> If we do not find an agreement, I would rather close this bug as WNF
> than push it in without consensus. I would then just fix it downstream
> in our port.
> 
> Your proposed RFE would still make sense, but not in jdk12 anymore,
> let alone in older releases.
> 
> Thanks, Thomas
>