RFR: 8376125: Out of memory in the CDS archive error with lot of classes [v7]

Wed Feb 4 20:35:18 UTC 2026

On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 07:57:16 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> updated.  Thank you!
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> I tried running the test on my Intel Core i7-14700 box and it took more than 10 minuets on a fastdebug build.
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> I am not sure if we actually need this test case -- archiving a lot of classes doesn't increase coverage in any meaningful way.
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> We need a test case for the `Out of memory in the CDS archive` error in archiveUtils.cpp, but that's not tested in this test. If we really want to do it, it's much easier to add a new diagnostic switch to limit the size of the buffer, so you can get into the out of memory condition quickly.

Thank you @iklam!  The test case is better for manual testing.  I removed it.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29494#discussion_r2765864720