RFR: 8327793: Deprecate jstatd for removal [v2]

[Kevin Walls]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:54:36 GMT, Kevin Walls <kevinw at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> jstatd is an RMI server application which monitors HotSpot VMs, and provides an interface to the monitoring tool jstat, for use across a remote RMI connection.
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>> RMI is not how modern applications communicate. It is an old transport with long term security concerns, and configuration difficulties with firewalls.
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>> The jstatd tool should be removed. Deprecating and removing jstatd will not affect usage of jstat for monitoring local VMs using the Attach API.
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> Kevin Walls has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   No annotations for src/jdk.jstatd/share/classes/sun/jvmstat/monitor/remote

OK sure - I had thought the src annotations were useful but if not needed I am taking them out.

Yes, I was thinking to do a separate man page CR.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19658#issuecomment-2161244463