From 96a7db7b3cd5e1370df195a910b94eaece6c3d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Holmes Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 06:43:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 8309228: Clarify EXPERIMENTAL flags comment in hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp Reviewed-by: stuefe --- src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp index f03036cc0d8..180ba7f337b 100644 --- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp +++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp @@ -67,21 +67,22 @@ // option, you must first specify +UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions. // (This master switch also affects the behavior of -Xprintflags.) // -// EXPERIMENTAL flags are in support of features that are not -// part of the officially supported product, but are available +// EXPERIMENTAL flags are in support of features that may not be +// an officially supported part of a product, but may be available // for experimenting with. They could, for example, be performance // features that may not have undergone full or rigorous QA, but which may // help performance in some cases and released for experimentation // by the community of users and developers. This flag also allows one to // be able to build a fully supported product that nonetheless also // ships with some unsupported, lightly tested, experimental features. +// Refer to the documentation of any products using this code for details +// on support and fitness for production. // Like the UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions flag above, there is a corresponding // UnlockExperimentalVMOptions flag, which allows the control and // modification of the experimental flags. // // Nota bene: neither diagnostic nor experimental options should be used casually, -// and they are not supported on production loads, except under explicit -// direction from support engineers. +// Refer to the documentation of any products using this code for details. // // MANAGEABLE flags are writeable external product flags. // They are dynamically writeable through the JDK management interface