Hotspot: GC "logs" from hell

[Jon Masamitsu]

Bernd,

It will be cool if you can get involved.  Not being
able to fix this has weighed on people here.

I've also heard from another engineer who might have
some code to contribute.  I'm still waiting to hear details
on that.  That email thread will move to the open depending
on the other engineer.

I'm feeling encouraged.  Thanks.

Jon



On 5/23/13 2:48 PM, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Am 23.05.2013, 20:56 Uhr, schrieb Jon Masamitsu 
> <jon.masamitsu at oracle.com>:
>> This has been on our to-do list for
>> quite a while, but  it seems like every time we try to push it up,
>> something new gets dropped on top and pushes it back
>> down.
>
> Sure, what I think might be a good strategy is to leverage the event 
> work. If I understand it correctly there is already a event ringbuffer 
> for the flightrecorder stuff. And if all relevant GC events are pushed 
> (with most relevant metrics) to that ring already (for the commercial 
> products) the dumping of that buffer to a logfile is a more isolated 
> extension to the JVM (as opposed to collecting all gc events which is 
> all over the Hotspot gc subsystem).
>
> This should also allow to reduce the diagnostic code (printf formats) 
> all over the place.
>
>> If in the end all we can do is provide guidance, is there
>> any sentiment in the community to try and get this done
>> separate from Oracle?
>
> I would certainly contribute, however my C is very rusty (I do not 
> even have a working build environment locally).
>
> Gruss
> Bernd