On 2016-01-14 23:43, Kim Barrett wrote:
On Jan 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Marcus Larsson <marcus.lars...@oracle.com> wrote:
Hi,
Please review the following patch to make sure UL truncates existing log files
before writing to them. Since files are opened in append mode, truncation isn't
done automatically, so instead the patch adds an attempt to remove the log file
before opening it.
Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mlarsson/8146879/webrev.00/
Issue:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146879
Testing:
Included test through JPRT
Thanks,
Marcus
Deleting possibly critical data seems like a good way to generate a mob of
angry users.
The GC log has always been overwritten on a restart. The propsed change
to the UL file handling makes the log files work similar to how they
used to work. So, I think we will get less problems with users after
this change than before it.
Bengt
