What's new in version 0.20.0

The following new features and notable changes since version 0.19.0 are included in this release:

• -XX:[+|-]ExitOnOutOfMemoryError option behavior update
• New -XX:[+|-]GlobalLockReservation option added

Features and changes

-XX:[+|-]ExitOnOutOfMemoryError option behavior update

The -XX:[+|-]ExitOnOutOfMemoryError option is updated to exit only on VM OutOfMemoryErrors instead of both VM and Java™ thrown errors to match the HotSpot option. See -XX:[+|-]ExitOnOutOfMemoryError for more details about this option.

New -XX:[+|-]GlobalLockReservation option added

(AIX® and Linux on Power Systems™ only)

Option -XX:[+|-]GlobalLockReservation enables a new optimization targeted towards more efficient handling of locking and unlocking Java objects. See -XX:[+|-]GlobalLockReservation for more details about this option.