On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:22:41 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaes...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Currently jcmd command GC.heap_dump only works with an additionally provided >> file name. >> Syntax : GC.heap_dump [options] <filename> >> >> In case the JVM has the XX - flag HeapDumpPath set, we should support an >> additional mode where the <filename> is optional. >> In case the filename is NOT set, we take the HeapDumpPath (file or >> directory); >> >> new syntax : >> GC.heap_dump [options] <filename> .. has precedence over second option >> GC.heap_dump [options] …in case -XX: HeapDumpPath=p is set >> >> This would be a simplification e.g. for support cases where a filename or >> directory is set at JVM startup with -XX: HeapDumpPath=p and writing to the >> path is intended/recommended for usage also in the jcmd case. > > Matthias Baesken has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > alloc_and_create_heapdump_pathname adjust comment about freeing the > returned pointer Looks reasonable, this is a harmless change, but the name `dump_to_heapdump_path` looks too details(and somewhat strange) to me ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18190#pullrequestreview-1935544801