JDK-8001424 : G1: Rename certain G1-specific flags
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: hs25
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2012-10-23
  • Updated: 2013-09-18
  • Resolved: 2013-01-03
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Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8001421 - Backport (and name change) certain important command line flags for G1
Relates :  
JDK-8001425 - G1: Change the default values for certain G1 specific flags
Description
I'd like to propose renaming the following flags - 
G1DefaultMinNewGenPercent to G1NewSizePercent,
G1DefaultMaxNewGenPercent to G1MaxNewSizePercent, 
G1OldCSetRegionLiveThresholdPercent to G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent

The NewSize and MaxNewSize are pretty commonly used flags in Hotspot. Also, while recommending the OldCSetRegionLiveThresholdPercent flag, we will have to provide more background information, instead just talking about MixedGC directly is something that I prefer.
Comments
See description.
30-11-2012
I think Monica's suggestions for the new names are reasonable and are bit less of a mouthful than the old. The best plan is to change the names in hs25 and then backport the changes to hs24.
25-10-2012
Once the flags are renamed we may have to update slide decks, external blogs, and some release notes.
25-10-2012