RFR: 8282691: add jdb "-R" option for passing any argument to the launched debuggee process [v2]

[Chris Plummer]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 19:16:54 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/jdk.jdi/share/classes/com/sun/tools/example/debug/tty/TTYResources.java line 480:
>> 
>>> 478:              "    -tclient          run the application in the HotSpot(TM) Client Compiler\n" +
>>> 479:              "    -tserver          run the application in the HotSpot(TM) Server Compiler\n" +
>>> 480:              "    -R<option>        Forward <option> to debuggee process\n" +
>> 
>> The existing description start with a lowercase character so probably best to keep that consistent.
>> 
>> Also maybe it should make it clear that the options are forwarded to the debuggee then it is launched by jdb, the option is otherwise ignored.
>
>> There is some magic that lets us add "--add-modules", then "jdk.attach" separately, but retrieve them later as "--add-modules=jdk.attach" in the test. I don't see what is doing that, so I ran it and verified the test works.
> 
> Yes, there is some magic. No, I don't know where it's done. It seems it must be done by the launcher somewhere, but I can't find it. But the hotspot arguments.cpp does expect it:
> 
> 
>     } else if (match_option(option, "--add-modules=", &tail)) {
>       if (!create_numbered_module_property("jdk.module.addmods", tail, addmods_count++)) {
>         return JNI_ENOMEM;
>       }
> 
> I don't see any checks for `--add-modules` without the `=`.

ok

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7708