RFR (XS): 8015635: Crash when specifying very large code cache size

[Pavel Punegov]

Hi Albert,

Could you please write a regression test for this? I think it'd be good to 
have a test for this.

Thanks,
Pavel

On Thursday 27 June 2013 14:01:55 Albert Noll wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for reviewing this small patch.
> 
> Best,
> Albert
> 
> jbs: https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8015635
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~anoll/8015635/webrev/
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eanoll/8015635/webrev/>
> 
> Problem: A code cache size larger than 2G is not supported and therefore
> results in VM crashes.
> Solution: Limit the size of the code cache to at most 2G when arguments
> are checked. If a larger code cache size is specified with
> -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=..., the JVM does not start and reports an error.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Albert
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