Just an administrative FYI. Bug ID 6941923 has already been used to push a fix to the HotSpot repo:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-gc/hotspot/rev/2a241e764894 so it cannot be used again in the HotSpot repo. If this work is going to move forward, then a new bug ID will be needed. Dan On 9/11/11 7:18 PM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using "logrotate" tool on RHEL for various log rotation. > Now, HotSpot has gclog rotation function for log size base. > However, I need to rotate gc log synchronizing with logrotate tool. > > > So, I've made a patch for executing gclog rotation from external tool. > > > * Changes in HotSpot (hotspot.patch): > * gclog rotation request is received via AttachListener. > * logrotation function ( rotatingFileStream::rotate_log() ) has > 1 parameter. It's determined that gclog rotation is forced or not. > * HotSpot allows "GCLogFileSize == 0" . Because we can rotate gclog > via external tool. > > * Changes in JDK (jdk.patch): > * gclog rotation is invoked via "jinfo" command with "-rotategclog" > option. > * With "-rotategclog -force" option, gclog is rotated mandatorily. > * "jinfo" is executed "rotategclog" command in AttachListener on > target JVM. > > > I've attached these patch in this email. Please check it. > > I would like to contribute this patch, and I hope to apply this patch to > JDK 6 / 7 / 8. > > > Please cooperate. > > Best regards, > Yasumasa >
