Workaround for JRE bug freezing the PDE

JakubValtar · JakubValtar · commit 95e04cd45fe4 · 2015-10-30T03:03:58.000+01:00
Because of a JRE bug, code completion will occasionally freeze the PDE. Never seen this one before, however, it happened to me three times in a row while I was giving a lecture today and I had to kill the PDE and write all the code again. I can reproduce it back to beta 7. It is caused by JIT compiler, workaround is to disable it for this particular method. See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8060036 and http://kingsfleet.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/but-thats-impossible-or-finding-out.html
diff --git a/build/windows/config.xml b/build/windows/config.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
     <opt>-Djna.nounpack=true</opt>
     <!-- starting in 3.0, require Java 8 -->
     <minVersion>1.8.0_51</minVersion>
+	<!-- TODO: remove the line below as soon as we are on 1.8.0_60 or newer,
+	 see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8060036 and
+	 http://kingsfleet.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/but-thats-impossible-or-finding-out.html -->
+	<opt>-XX:CompileCommand=exclude,javax/swing/text/GlyphView,getBreakSpot</opt>
     <!-- increase available per PDE X request -->
     <maxHeapSize>256</maxHeapSize>
   </jre>
