RFR: 8244670: convert clhsdb "whatis" command from javascript to java [v3]

Kevin Walls kevinw at openjdk.java.net
Tue Dec 21 09:51:21 UTC 2021


On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:46:45 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> "whatis" is one of the old clhsdb commands that was written in javascript and lost when Nashorn support was removed. The old "whatis" is the same as the old "findpc", but also called LoadObject.lookup() on the address and also tried to determine the C++ Type of the address. However, with the improvements made to PointerFinder by JDK-8247514, findpc now also includes support for this (plus other types of address lookups), so these two commands will do the same thing. I'm still adding "whatis" since some people might still rely on it from when it worked in JDK 8, and may not know that findpc will do the same.
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> Chris Plummer has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   fix typo

Marked as reviewed by kevinw (Committer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6887


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