RFR: 8373945: vmTestbase eatMemory/ClassUnloader provoke OOME to force GC and might cause GC in other threads [v15]

[Leonid Mesnik]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:22:58 GMT, SendaoYan <syan at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi all,
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>> This PR use `WhiteBox.getWhiteBox().fullGC()` instead of `eatMemory` to grigger full GC. The OOME trigger by `eatMemory` may cause vmTestbase/nsk/monitoring/stress/classload tests intermittent fails when run those tests simultancely on some machines. The WB.fullGC() might be use for same purpose. It also reduce test execution time.
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>> Change has been verified locally by running tests vmTestbase/nsk/monitoring/stress/classload on linux-x64.
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>> Additional testing:
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>> - [x] All jtreg tests by fastdebug build
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> SendaoYan has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Change the copyright year from 2025 to 2026

The fix looks good. Thank you for this improvement. Hope it makes our testing more stable.

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Marked as reviewed by lmesnik (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28891#pullrequestreview-3644932150