request for review (s) - 8005452: Create new flags for Metaspace resizing policy

[Jon Masamitsu]

I've added checks to arguments.cpp that are analogous to the
checks for MinHeapFreeRatio / MaxHeapFreeRatio

Changes since webrev.00 are in arguments.cpp

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmasa/8005452/webrev.01/

Thanks, Vitaly.

Jon

On 1/15/2013 5:55 AM, Vitaly Davidovich wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> Does it make sense to validate that the new flags are consistent (I.e. max
>> = min)? That is, if user changes one or both such that max<  min, should
> VM report an error and not start?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sent from my phone
> On Jan 14, 2013 10:31 AM, "Jon Masamitsu"<jon.masamitsu at oracle.com>  wrote:
>
>> 8005452: Create new flags for Metaspace resizing policy
>>
>> Previously the calculation of the metadata capacity at which
>> to do a GC (high water mark, HWM) to recover
>> unloaded classes used the MinHeapFreeRatio
>> and MaxHeapFreeRatio to decide on the next HWM.  That
>> generally left an excessive amount of unused capacity for
>> metadata.  This change adds specific flags for metadata
>> capacity with defaults more conservative in terms of
>> unused capacity.
>>
>> Added an additional check for doing a GC before expanding
>> the metadata capacity.  Required adding a new parameter to
>> get_new_chunk().
>>
>> Added some additional diagnostic prints.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**jmasa/8005452/webrev.00/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmasa/8005452/webrev.00/>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>