Re: [jvm-l] Improving the performance of stacktrace generation

2013-04-11 Thread John Rose
On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote: > Unfortunately there's no API to get just a partial stack trace, via > JVMTI or otherwise. The relevant code in Hotspot itself is rather > simple; I started prototyping a JNI call that would allow getting a > partial trace. Perhaps somet

Re: [jvm-l] Improving the performance of stacktrace generation

2013-04-11 Thread Charles Oliver Nutter
d > > Kind regards, > > William > >>-Original Message- >>From: Bob Foster [mailto:bobfos...@gmail.com] >>Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 01:32 AM >>To: jvm-langua...@googlegroups.com >>Cc: 'Da Vinci Machine Project' >>Subject: Re: [jvm-

Re: [jvm-l] Improving the performance of stacktrace generation

2013-04-11 Thread william . louth
-released Kind regards, William >-Original Message- >From: Bob Foster [mailto:bobfos...@gmail.com] >Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 01:32 AM >To: jvm-langua...@googlegroups.com >Cc: 'Da Vinci Machine Project' >Subject: Re: [jvm-l] Improving the performance of st

Re: [jvm-l] Improving the performance of stacktrace generation

2013-04-10 Thread Bob Foster
> Any thoughts on this? Does anyone else have need for lighter-weight name/file/line inspection of the call stack? Well, yes. Profilers do. Recall Cliff Click bragging a couple of years ago at the JVM Language Summit about how fast stack trace generation is in Azul Systems' OSs...and knocking Hot