On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 20:57:02 GMT, Anton Kozlov <akoz...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review a small change that adds an option to GC.heap_dump to use an 
>> existing file. 
>> 
>> The option is necessary if the target file is a predefined file-like object, 
>> like a named pipe. This opens up a lot of possibilities to process a heap 
>> dump without storing it to the file system first.
>> 
>> Reviews of the CSR linked to the bug would be appreciated as well.
>
> Anton Kozlov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Fix windows flags (although complied fine)

Thanks for the comments! Indeed, the change is about the "overwrite" option 
only. The CSR describes why the option is necessary, and sockets and pipes are 
just examples. I have rephrased CSR to be more explicit about the option, but 
not examples.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4183

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