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8335479: JFR: Missing documentation for -XX:StartFlightRecording
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egahlin committed Jul 3, 2024
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you can attach a debugger to it to investigate the cause of the error.
By default, this option is disabled.
.TP
\f[V]-XX:StartFlightRecording=\f[R]\f[I]parameter\f[R]\f[V]=\f[R]\f[I]value\f[R]
\f[V]-XX:StartFlightRecording:\f[R]\f[I]parameter\f[R]\f[V]=\f[R]\f[I]value\f[R]
Starts a JFR recording for the Java application.
This option is equivalent to the \f[V]JFR.start\f[R] diagnostic command
that starts a recording during runtime.
\f[V]-XX:StartFlightRecording:help\f[R] prints available options and
example command lines.
You can set the following \f[I]parameter\f[R]\f[V]=\f[R]\f[I]value\f[R]
entries when starting a JFR recording:
.RS
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.PP
If %p and/or %t is specified in the filename, it expands to the
JVM\[aq]s PID and the current timestamp, respectively.
The filename may also be a directory in which case, the filename is
generated from the PID and the current date in the specified directory.
.RE
.TP
\f[V]name=\f[R]\f[I]identifier\f[R]
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20ms.
For more information about the settings syntax, see Javadoc of the
jdk.jfr package.
.PP
To only see warnings and errors from JFR during startup set
-Xlog:jfr+startup=warning.
.RE
.TP
\f[V]-XX:ThreadStackSize=\f[R]\f[I]size\f[R]
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