Request for review: 7196080: assert(max_heap >= InitialHeapSize) in arguments.cpp

[Jon Masamitsu]

Tao,

As per our discussion feel free to delete both
assertions.

Jon

On 03/07/13 08:13, Jon Masamitsu wrote:
> Tao,
>
> The original assertion seems a worthwhile one
> (i.e., the maximum heap size is >= to the
> initial heap size) to enforce.   The CR says the problem
> that not everything has been page aligned.  Is
> the latter not true?
>
> Jon
>
> On 03/06/13 14:33, Tao Mao wrote:
>> 7196080: assert(max_heap >= InitialHeapSize) in arguments.cpp
>> https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-7196080
>>
>> webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tamao/7196080/webrev.00/
>>
>> changeset:
>> 1. inequality doesn't transfer here.
>> X >= align_down(X)
>> X >= I
>> altogether, cannot infer that align_down(X) >= I. Simple math!
>> So, I have removed the original assertion "max_heap >= InitialHeapSize".
>> 2. It's reasonable to check an extra assertion "max_heap > = 
>> OldSize", following the comment above the assertions.