Strange Long ParNew GC Pauses (Sample Code Included)

[James Lent]

As a clarification when I say Oracle 6 I am testing with:

$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-oracle/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_45-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.45-b01, mixed mode)

I do see the issue with my OpenJDK 6:

$/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_35"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.13.7) (6b35-1.13.7-1ubuntu0.12.04.2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

and both versions of 7 and 8.  One example is:

$ /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

I have no insight into whether the problem is new or the window moved.
I have done very limited testing looking for other bad sizes.  There may
be a way to automate that search, but, I thought once the problem was
repeatable with a simple program it would be easy to determine what was
going on.

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