The Return of the Frame Pointers
Brendan Gregg
MARCH 16, 2024
2014: Java in Flames Broken Java Stacks (2014) When I joined Netflix in 2014, I found Java's lack of frame pointer support broke all application stacks (pictured in my 2014 Surge talk on the right). Java, for example, has the -XX:+PreserveFramePointer option. The actual overhead depends on your workload.
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