Hi everyone, This change removes the legacy `PerfData` sampling mechanism implemented through the `StatSampler` — an always-on periodic task that runs every 50ms my default. The sampling feature was originally introduced to collect performance counters and timestamps, but has since seen very little use.
For G1/ZGC, the only sampled value is a timestamp (`sun.os.hrt.ticks`). For Serial/Parallel, it also samples some heap space counters, but these are already updated after each GC cycle, making the sampling redundant. With sampling removed, the `PerfDataSamplingInterval` flag becomes obsoleted, as it no longer serves any purpose. The only thing relying on the sampled timestamps is `jstat`: running `jstat -t` prints an extra column with the time since VM start. To preserve this funcitonality, we can calculate the timestamps as an offset from the already existing `sun.rt.createVmBeginTime` instead. ------------- Commit messages: - removed the PerfDataSamplingInterval flag - calculate timestamp in jstat instead of sampling - StatSampler + sampling code removed Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=24872&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8241678 Stats: 864 lines in 23 files changed: 158 ins; 652 del; 54 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/24872/head:pull/24872 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24872
