OOM error caused by large array allocation in G1

[Thomas Schatzl]

Hi,

On Tue, 2017-11-21 at 21:48 +0800, Lijie Xu wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
[...]
> > > I want to know whether my guess is right ...
> > 
> > Very likely. This is a long-standing issue (actually I have once
> > investigated about it like 10 years ago on a different regional
> > collector), and given your findings it is very likely you are
> > correct.
> > The issue also has an extra section in the tuning guide.
> 
> ==> This reference is very helpful for me. Another question is that
> "Do Parallel and CMS collectors have this defect too"? 

No. Parallel and CMS full GC always move all objects. I filed JDK-81915
65 [0] to at least avoid the OOME. Maybe it can be fixed by jdk 11.

Thanks,
  Thomas

[0] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191565