Deprecate VMThreadHintNoPreempt and CompilerThreadHintNoPreempt

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    • Type: CSR
    • Resolution: Approved
    • Priority: P3
    • 11
    • Component/s: hotspot
    • None
    • behavioral
    • minimal
    • This was an obscure option that may have been given to Solaris customers experimentally.
    • add/remove/modify command line option
    • Implementation

      Summary

      Deprecate Solaris-only options VMThreadHintNoPreempt and CompilerThreadHintNoPreempt.

      Problem

      These are Solaris-only options that default to false and if turned on may have adverse affects on performance and are also untested.

      Solution

      Deprecate and remove.

      Specification

      product(bool, VMThreadHintNoPreempt, false,
      "(Solaris only) Give VM thread an extra quanta") \

      product(bool, CompilerThreadHintNoPreempt, true,
      "(Solaris only) Give compiler threads an extra quanta")
      \

            Assignee:
            Coleen Phillimore
            Reporter:
            Coleen Phillimore
            David Holmes
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