src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp

@@ -4160,10 +4160,17 @@
              "(3) no orphan methods exist for class C (i.e., methods for "  \
              "which the VM declares an intrinsic but that are not declared "\
              "in the loaded class C. "                                      \
              "Check (3) is available only in debug builds.")                \
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+  develop_pd(intx, InitArrayShortSize,                                      \
+          "Threshold small size (in bytes) for clearing arrays. "           \
+          "Anything this size or smaller may get converted to discrete "    \
+          "scalar stores. ")                                                \
+          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
+          constraint(InitArrayShortSizeConstraintFunc, AfterErgo)           \
+                                                                            \
   diagnostic(bool, CompilerDirectivesIgnoreCompileCommands, false,          \
              "Disable backwards compatibility for compile commands.")       \
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   diagnostic(bool, CompilerDirectivesPrint, false,                          \
              "Print compiler directives on installation.")                  \