[GR-52314] Make MissingRegistrationReportingMode a runtime option

docs/reference-manual/native-image/ReachabilityMetadata.md

@@ -468,14 +468,14 @@ The Native Image agent does not support custom implementations of `ResourceBundl
 
 This mode will be made the default behavior of Native Image in a future release. We encourage you to start transitioning your code as soon as possible.
 The [Native Image agent](AutomaticMetadataCollection.md) outputs JSON files that conform to both the default and strict modes of operation.
-The following options are useful for debugging issues during the transition to the strict mode:
-
-* `-H:ThrowMissingRegistrationErrors=<package list>`: limits `MissingReflectionRegistrationError` to be thrown from a defined list of packages.
-  This is useful when using some library code that has not been ported to the new mode yet;
-* `-H:MissingRegistrationReportingMode`: sets how `MissingReflectionRegistrationError` is reported:
-    * `Throw` is the default. The error is simply thrown as a Java exception;
-    * `Warn` outputs a small stack trace for every error encountered, which results in a report of all the places the tested code is going to throw when the strict mode is enabled;
-    * `Exit` exits the program when encountering the error. This is useful to detect blanket `catch (Throwable t) {` blocks that would otherwise silence the error.
+Native Image also provides some useful options for debugging issues during the transition to the strict mode:
+
+* To make sure that the reflection for your image is configured correctly you can add `-H:ThrowMissingRegistrationErrors=` to the native-image build arguments.
+  If the resulting image fails in libraries that are not under your control, you can add a package prefix to the option to limit the errors to operations called from classes within the specified packages: `-H:ThrowMissingRegistrationErrors=<package-prefix>`.
+* The default behavior under `-H:ThrowMissingRegistrationErrors=` is to throw an error, which will potentially end the program execution.
+  To get an overview of all places in your code where missing registrations occur, including a small stack trace, without committing to the strict behavior you can add `-XX:MissingRegistrationReportingMode=Warn` to the program invocation.
+  To detect places where the application accidentally swallows a missing registration error (such as with blanket `catch (Throwable t)` blocks), you can add `-XX:MissingRegistrationReportingMode=Exit` to the program invocation.
+  The application will then unconditionally print the error message and stack trace and exit immediately without throwing.
 
 ### Further Reading
 

substratevm/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This changelog summarizes major changes to GraalVM Native Image.
 * (GR-47712) Using the `--static` option without the `--libc=musl` option causes the build process to fail (and reports the appropriate error). Static linking is currently only supported with musl.
 * (GR-50434) Introduce a `"type"` field in reflection and JNI configuration files to support more than simple named types.
 * (GR-51053) Use [`vswhere`](https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere) to find Visual Studio installations more reliably and in non-standard installation locations.
+* (GR-52314) `-XX:MissingRegistrationReportingMode` can now be used on program invocation instead of as a build option, to avoid a rebuild when debugging missing registration errors.
 
 ## GraalVM for JDK 22 (Internal Version 24.0.0)
 * (GR-48304) Red Hat added support for the JFR event ThreadAllocationStatistics.

substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/MissingRegistrationUtils.java

@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@
  */
 package com.oracle.svm.core;
 
-import static com.oracle.svm.core.SubstrateOptions.ReportingMode.Warn;
-
 import java.io.Serial;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import com.oracle.svm.core.util.ExitStatus;
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public static SubstrateOptions.ReportingMode missingRegistrationReportingMode()
 
     private static final int CONTEXT_LINES = 4;
 
-    private static final Set<String> seenOutputs = SubstrateOptions.MissingRegistrationReportingMode.getValue() == Warn ? ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet() : null;
+    private static final AtomicReference<Set<String>> seenOutputs = new AtomicReference<>(null);
 
     public static void report(Error exception, StackTraceElement responsibleClass) {
         if (responsibleClass != null && !MissingRegistrationSupport.singleton().reportMissingRegistrationErrors(responsibleClass)) {
@@ -93,13 +92,13 @@ public static void report(Error exception, StackTraceElement responsibleClass) {
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-                if (seenOutputs.isEmpty()) {
+                if (seenOutputs.get() == null && seenOutputs.compareAndSet(null, ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet())) {
                     /* First output, we print an explanation message */
                     System.out.println("Note: this run will print partial stack traces of the locations where a " + exception.getClass().toString() + " would be thrown " +
                                     "when the -H:+ThrowMissingRegistrationErrors option is set. The trace stops at the first entry of JDK code and provides " + CONTEXT_LINES + " lines of context.");
                 }
                 String output = sb.toString();
-                if (seenOutputs.add(output)) {
+                if (seenOutputs.get().add(output)) {
                     System.out.print(output);
                 }
             }

substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java

@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ public enum ReportingMode {
                     "\"Throw\" (default): Throw a MissingReflectionRegistrationError;",
                     "\"Exit\": Call System.exit() to avoid accidentally catching the error;",
                     "\"Warn\": Print a message to stdout, including a stack trace to see what caused the issue."})//
-    public static final HostedOptionKey<ReportingMode> MissingRegistrationReportingMode = new HostedOptionKey<>(
+    public static final RuntimeOptionKey<ReportingMode> MissingRegistrationReportingMode = new RuntimeOptionKey<>(
                     ReportingMode.Throw);
 
     @Option(help = "Instead of warning, throw IOExceptions for link-at-build-time resources at build time")//