Re: Hotspot JVM GDBJIT plugin

[Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>]

On 05/25/2012 10:03 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Kaushik" == Kaushik Srenevasan <kaushik@twitter.com> writes:
> 
> Kaushik> With frame filters, would JIT readers still be necessary to
> Kaushik> unwind the frame or is that done from Python too?
> 
> You would still need a JIT reader to do the unwinding.
> 
> The Python feature is really just about massaging the display of frames
> already found by gdb.  At least in the first revision there won't be a
> way to hook into the unwinding process.  We haven't even really
> discussed letting people write unwinders in Python; I guess it could be
> done.
> 
> Kaushik> If they're not, are JIT readers going to be supported going forward?
> 
> Yes, they will be.
> 
> Kaushik> When is this expected to hit trunk?
> 
> Phil?

The field substitution stuff is all there, I am currently working on
the "elide" API which allows you to merge frames.  As for trunk, I
intend to submit it for review at the end of next week if I can.  Then
it is a matter of the usual review process after that.

Cheers,

Phil