JDK-8012212 : Want to link against kstat on solaris x86 as well as sparc
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: hs24,hs25
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: solaris
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2013-04-15
  • Updated: 2013-07-18
  • Resolved: 2013-04-18
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7u40Fixed hs24Fixed
Description
It would be nice to be able to extract kstat counters on Solaris x86 as well, but this is defined out in the makefiles. Let's change this.
Comments
I'd like to use kstat to extract counters for tracing events.
16-04-2013

Nils, could you please add the motivation to the request?
16-04-2013