Summary

The Hotspot option -XX:+Debugging disables assertions in some places and is a product option. It should never have been an option. It should be a global variable inside of Hotspot.

Problem

This flag was is inappropriately exposed in product mode as an option.

Solution

Remove the option, and use as a global variable to disable crash reports while debugging.

Specification

  product(bool, Debugging, false,                                           \
          "Set when executing debug methods in debug.cpp "                  \
          "(to prevent triggering assertions)")                             \

Should be removed.