RFR: 8367485: os::physical_memory is broken in 32-bit JVMs when running on 64-bit OSes [v10]

[Andrew Haley]

On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:21:17 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stuefe at openjdk.org> wrote:

> `size_t` carries a meaning: it is generally understood to be a measurement for a memory size,

Strictly speaking, the size of the largest teoretically possible object.

> We now have a distinction between reported memory size and size of memory the process can address

Now? I'm old enough to remember when this was true on most PCs and minis. What goes around, comes around again. 😀

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27335#issuecomment-3333869267