Update Java Live-Heap profiler section #34183
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Update Live-Heap profiler section in Java profiler enablement page
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| The allocation engine does not depend on the `/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid` setting. | ||
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| Note: Live-heap profiler is based on Datadog Profiler library, not JFR-based, so live heap profile type is not available on Windows. |
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What's JFR?
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| Note: Live-heap profiler is based on Datadog Profiler library, not JFR-based, so live heap profile type is not available on Windows. | |
| **Note**: Live-heap profiler is based on the Datadog Profiler library and not JFR. Live-heap profile type is not available on Windows. |
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JFR is Java Flight Recorder. Continuous profiler has got 2 profiling modes, one using Datadog profiler library (ddprof) and other using JFR
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Thanks! We can leave it as an acronym. I didn't realize it was already being used in the doc.
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This PR updates the Java Profiler enablement documentation to explicitly state that the Live Heap Size Profiler is not supported on Windows.
While the Windows limitation of the Datadog Profiler native library is already mentioned elsewhere in the public documentation, it is not currently reiterated in the section that explains how to enable the Live Heap Profiler. This can lead to confusion for users attempting to enable live heap profiling on Windows platform
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