On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 21:52:19 GMT, Chris Plummer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Remove support for the debug agents USE_ITERATE_THROUGH_HEAP support, and the > debugflags option used to enable it. Support has been broken for a very long > time and can't possibly be relied on by anyone. Please see the CR for a full > description. > > Note there is a very small compatibility risk with removing the debugflags > option (any script that uses it would break). But since it was only used in > support of USE_ITERATE_THROUGH_HEAP, is not included in the docs, and is only > included in the help output for debug builds, I think the risk is very low. > If used, script failures are likely a good thing as it would call attention > to the fact that the user is attempting to use functionality that doesn't > (and hasn't) worked. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 873666d1 Author: Chris Plummer <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/873666d157340b3b953ad869576afd30d4304610 Stats: 101 lines in 3 files changed: 2 ins; 79 del; 20 mod 8369451: Debug agent support for USE_ITERATE_THROUGH_HEAP is broken and should be removed Reviewed-by: sspitsyn, amenkov ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27706
