RFR: 8261447: MethodInvocationCounters frequently run into overflow [v8]

[Igor Veresov]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 17:30:47 GMT, Lutz Schmidt <lucy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/share/oops/method.cpp line 518:
>> 
>>> 516:   // Print a "overflow" notification to create awareness.
>>> 517:   const char* addMsg;
>>> 518:   unsigned int maxInt = (1U<<31) - 1;
>> 
>> Why not use INT_MAX?
>
> Will change.

I'd be better to change the logic to check if the counter is ```>= InvocationCounter::count_limit``` then it's in overflow.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2511