RFR: JDK-8327769: jcmd GC.heap_dump without options should write to location given by -XX:HeapDumpPath, if set

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 08:23:04 GMT, Stefan Karlsson <stefank at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > GC folk should be reviewing this not runtime.
> 
> I don't fully agree with that. How these serviceability tools work, and their interfaces, are usually not something that we GC devs are directly responsible for. This change could be reviewed by any HotSpot developer that has a stake in the hprof tooling.

Sorry I assumed GC folk had an interest in `-XX:HeapDumpPath` and so how it might get used.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18190#issuecomment-1993986904