RFR: 8305896: Alternative full GC forwarding [v12]

[Erik Österlund]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:35:31 GMT, Roman Kennke <rkennke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I've written that code using publicly available documentation. Do I need legal review to do that? Alternatively I would use the murmur3 mixer which is public domain.
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> I changed that code to use the murmur3 mixer instead. This is PD and should hopefully not cause troubles.

Is it used in hotspot already? The pragmatic thing would be to not introduce code with external licenses, whatever that license is, unless you want a ride in a legal slow path. We felt that pain with zHash. 1/10 would not recommend. Of course if you need it we can do it, but I'd think twice before going down that route.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13582#discussion_r1180614053