Integrated: 8357135: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Error creating or attaching to libjvmci after JDK-8356447

[Doug Simon]

On Mon, 19 May 2025 17:50:21 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

> As of [JDK-8356447](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8356447), libgraal initialization happens during VM startup. If during this initialization, the libgraal heap cannot be created due to lack of virtual address space, the VM will exit with:
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> Error occurred during initialization of VM
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Error creating or attaching to libjvmci (err: -1000000801, description: Reserving address space for the new isolate failed.)
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> This causes problems for tests that limit the virtual address space with `ulimit -v` such as `gc/arguments/TestUseCompressedOopsFlagsWithUlimit.java` and `vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/Allocate/alloc001/alloc001.java`.
> Since these tests were passing on libgraal prior to JDK-8356447, they obviously do not require JIT compilation. The simplest fix is to then use `-Xint` to disable the JIT.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 1258af42
Author:    Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/1258af42bec92a2797897cb6126b60b582a29d76
Stats:     7 lines in 2 files changed: 7 ins; 0 del; 0 mod

8357135: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Error creating or attaching to libjvmci after JDK-8356447

Reviewed-by: never, yzheng

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25307