Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.24.0 release notes
These release notes support the Eclipse OpenJ9 0.24.0 release plan.
Supported environments
OpenJ9 release 0.24.0 supports OpenJDK 8, OpenJDK 11, and OpenJDK 15.
All releases are tested against the OpenJ9 functional verification (FV) test suite, the OpenJDK test suites, and additional tests at AdoptOpenJDK.
To learn more about support for OpenJ9 releases, including OpenJDK levels and platform support, see Supported environments.
Notable changes in this release
The following table covers notable changes in v0.24.0. Further information about these changes can be found in the user documentation.
| Issue number |
Description |
Version / Platform |
Impact |
|
#10873 and #11082 |
Changes to message logging |
All versions |
The -Xsyslog option replaces the -Xlog option for message logging. For compatibility with the reference implementation a limited set of -Xlog suboptions are supported. |
| #10175 |
Support for the JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable |
All versions |
For compatibility with the reference implementation, OpenJ9 now supports the JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable for setting command line options. |
| #10521 and #10668 |
-XX:[+|-]PortableSharedCache option support update
|
All versions |
This option is now supported on IBM Z systems® and POWER® systems. |
| #10819 |
-XX:[+|-]ShareAnonymousClasses option behavior update |
OpenJDK 15 |
In earlier releases, this option controls the storage of VM anonymous classes in the shared classes cache for all OpenJDK versions. In this release, the option now enables and disables the storage of hidden classes in the shared classes cache on OpenJDK 15 and later versions. |
| #10774 |
Additional parameters for jcmd Dump.* commands |
All versions |
Additional parameters can now be included for the jcmd Dump.* commands. The default for both system and heap dumps is now request=exclusive+prepwalk. For more information, see the user documentation. |
| #10761 |
Change in behavior for the jextract utility |
All versions |
If the build ID of the jextract utility does not match the build ID of the SDK that is recorded in the system dump, an exception message is generated. A new option, -r, is introduced to force the utility to continue. |
| #11000 |
New suboption for -Xcheck:jni for fatal JNI errors |
All versions |
A new abortonerror suboption for -Xcheck:jni provides diagnostic data when fatal JNI errors occur. For more information, run -Xcheck:jni:help. |
| #11184 |
New Java dump content on processor features |
All versions |
The ENVINFO section of a Java dump file now includes further information about processor features to help diagnose problems with JIT and AOT compilations that depend on underlying hardware. |
| #10129 |
Windows builds now compile with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 |
OpenJDK 8 |
The Visual Studio redistributable files included with the build are updated to match. |
Known Issues
The v0.24.0 release contains the following known issues and limitations:
| Issue number |
Description |
Platform |
Impact |
Workaround |
| #8034 |
Balanced garbage collection policy not supported |
Linux on 64-bit ARM (AArch64) |
The Balanced GC policy cannot be used. |
Use an alternative GC policy, such as gencon. |
| #479 |
Non-compressed references VM builds not available |
AIX |
Non-compressed references VM builds, which support heaps larger than 57GB, are built on Linux, Windows, and macOS. |
Manual builds on other platforms are possible by following our detailed build instructions. |
Other changes
A full commit history for this release is available at Eclipse OpenJ9 v0.24.0.
