RFR: 8129590: TestShrinkDefragmentedHeap.java runs out of memory

[Jesper Wilhelmsson]

Looks good!
/Jesper

Stefan Johansson skrev den 1/7/15 15:51:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this test-fix to avoid:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8129590
>
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sjohanss/8129590/hotspot.00/
>
> Summary:
> The test specified the initial heap size and the young generation size but not
> the maximum heap size. It needs more memory than the initial heap size and in
> most cases this is not a problem, because the heap can be expanded. But on hosts
> with very little memory it becomes a problem, because the maximum heap size gets
> limited to the same size as the initial heap size.
>
> A simple fix for the issue is to set the the maximum heap size to something a
> little larger than the initial heap size to make sure the expansion is possible.
> This might come with other problems if the host can't support the needed heap
> size, but in such cases I think we should avoid running this test.
>
> Testing:
> * Verified fix on failing host.
> * Reproduced failure locally by setting small Xmx and verified that making it
> larger fixes the issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan