JEP 271 GC Log Comparison

The table below shows some examples of logs produced by the current (2015-11-13) prototype for JEP 271. For comparison logs with -XX:+PrintGC and -XX:+PrintGCDetails is also provided. It is intended that -Xlog:gc should be similar to -XX:+PrintGC and that -Xlog:gc* should be similar to -XX:+PrintGCDetails.

There is also a run with -XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy included. This has been replaced by logging on the "ergo" tag.

The logging provided by JEP 271 is much more flexible in its configuration options than the old logging. So, there are many more configurations that can be used to produce logs and control the output. These are just examples and hopefully they show the intent well enough to give an overview.

Old LoggingNew Logging
-XX:+PrintGC-XX:+PrintGCDetails-XX:+PrintGCDetails-XX:+PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy-Xlog:gc-Xlog:gc*-Xlog:gc*=debug-Xlog:gc*=trace-Xlog:gc*,gc+ergo*=trace
SerialGC Serial-printgc.txt Serial-printgcdetails.txt Serial-printgcdetails-printadaptivesizepolicy.txt Serial-Xlog-gc-info.txt Serial-Xlog-gc-star-info.txt Serial-Xlog-gc-star-debug.txt Serial-Xlog-gc-star-trace.txt Serial-Xlog-gc-ergo-star-trace.txt
G1 G1-printgc.txt G1-printgcdetails.txt G1-printgcdetails-printadaptivesizepolicy.txt G1-Xlog-gc-info.txt G1-Xlog-gc-star-info.txt G1-Xlog-gc-star-debug.txt G1-Xlog-gc-star-trace.txt G1-Xlog-gc-ergo-star-trace.txt
Parallel Parallel-printgc.txt Parallel-printgcdetails.txt Parallel-printgcdetails-printadaptivesizepolicy.txt Parallel-Xlog-gc-info.txt Parallel-Xlog-gc-star-info.txt Parallel-Xlog-gc-star-debug.txt Parallel-Xlog-gc-star-trace.txt Parallel-Xlog-gc-ergo-star-trace.txt
CMS ConcMarkSweep-printgc.txt ConcMarkSweep-printgcdetails.txt ConcMarkSweep-printgcdetails-printadaptivesizepolicy.txt ConcMarkSweep-Xlog-gc-info.txt ConcMarkSweep-Xlog-gc-star-info.txt ConcMarkSweep-Xlog-gc-star-debug.txt ConcMarkSweep-Xlog-gc-star-trace.txt ConcMarkSweep-Xlog-gc-ergo-star-trace.txt

The previous versions with example logs and some more explanations are available here:
pre-review.00 2015-10-26
pre-review.01 2015-11-06