JDK-8194258 : PPC64 safepoint mechanism: Fix initialization on AIX and support SIGTRAP
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 10
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • CPU: ppc
  • Submitted: 2017-12-28
  • Updated: 2018-04-05
  • Resolved: 2018-01-10
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Description
VM crashes on AIX when using -XX:-OptimizePollingPageLocation or when allocation at desired addresses failed.
In addition, SIGTRAP-based polling performs slightly better on PPC64 and avoids the need for allocating a protected page.