> Pretty much what it says. The new option controls a static member in > InstanceKlass that's consulted to determine whether the finalization > machinery is activated for instances when a class is loaded. A new native > method is added so that this state can be queried from Java. This is used to > control whether a finalizer thread is created and to disable the `System` and > `Runtime::runFinalization` methods. Includes tests for the above. > > Adding an option to disable finalization is part of [JEP > 421](https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/421).
Stuart Marks has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision: Rename InstanceKlass::finalization_enabled to is_finalization_enabled. Minor cleanups. ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6442/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6442/files/911af0b1..5df8bf9f Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6442&range=02 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6442&range=01-02 Stats: 4 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 4 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6442.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6442/head:pull/6442 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6442
