The following loop in Arguments::parse() can be optimized with 'continue' at the end of each matching option:

  for (index = 0; index < args->nOptions; index++) {
    const JavaVMOption *option = args->options + index;
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:Flags=", &tail)) {
      flags_file = tail;
      settings_file_specified = true;
    }
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:+PrintVMOptions", &tail)) {
      PrintVMOptions = true;
    }
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:-PrintVMOptions", &tail)) {
      PrintVMOptions = false;
    }
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions", &tail)) {
      IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions = true;
    }
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:-IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions", &tail)) {
      IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions = false;
    }
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:+PrintFlagsInitial", &tail)) {
      CommandLineFlags::printFlags(tty, false);
      vm_exit(0);
    }
#if INCLUDE_NMT
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:NativeMemoryTracking", &tail)) {
      // The launcher did not setup nmt environment variable properly.
      if (!MemTracker::check_launcher_nmt_support(tail)) {
        warning("Native Memory Tracking did not setup properly, using wrong launcher?");
      }

      // Verify if nmt option is valid.
      if (MemTracker::verify_nmt_option()) {
        // Late initialization, still in single-threaded mode.
        if (MemTracker::tracking_level() >= NMT_summary) {
          MemTracker::init();
        }
      } else {
        vm_exit_during_initialization("Syntax error, expecting -XX:NativeMemoryTracking=[off|summary|detail]", NULL);
      }
    }
#endif

#ifndef PRODUCT
    if (match_option(option, "-XX:+PrintFlagsWithComments", &tail)) {
      CommandLineFlags::printFlags(tty, true);
      vm_exit(0);
    }
#endif
  }