JDK-8024803 : move Flag::_type to Flag::_flags
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: hs25
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2013-09-13
  • Updated: 2014-02-10
  • Resolved: 2014-02-10
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8024545 - make develop and notproduct flag values available in product builds
Description
Currently Flag::_type is a const char* but we could easily encode the type in the _flags.  This would save some space.
Comments
It's not worth the time and effort. Unclear how much space it would save and whether it's in r/w or r/o part of the binary.
10-02-2014
These are command line flags in globals.hpp. How many of these are in product mode? Would encoding and decoding the name of the flag increase lookup time? What sort of encoding would you use?
07-02-2014
We can put it into HS25 but we don't have to.
17-09-2013
Will this be fixed for hs25? Or later?
17-09-2013