RFR: 8361339: Test gc/shenandoah/TestLargeObjectAlignment.java#generational fails on macOS aarch64 with OOM: Java heap space [v4]

[duke]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 21:51:22 GMT, Rui Li <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Sporadic failures were observed for TestLargeObjectAlignment.java#generational. The current theory is that jtreg deafult heap size on the reporter's machines is too small, and the randomness in test just sometimes created a huge heap larger than what the test had. 
>> 
>> Did a calculation for the worst case (see the code snippet at the end - it removes the Random in the original test and always allocates the array to full) and the test needs at least 2g. Initiating 3g heap for safety to reduce the noise.
>> 
>> Also use the test to compare between Shenandoah vs GenShen: on my laptop (Mac M3), Shen failed at 2150m Xmx, GenShen could pass Xmx2150m and failed at Xmx2050m (step: 50m), so GenShen isn't worse, it's actually better. The reported GenShen failure observation probably came from the Random.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> public class TestLargeObjectAlignmentDeterministic {
>> 
>>     static final int SLABS_COUNT = Integer.getInteger("slabs", 10000);
>>     static final int NODE_COUNT = Integer.getInteger("nodes", 10000);
>>     static final long TIME_NS = 1000L * 1000L * Integer.getInteger("timeMs", 5000);
>> 
>>     static Object[] objects;
>> 
>>     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>>         objects = new Object[SLABS_COUNT];
>> 
>>         for (int i = 0; i < SLABS_COUNT; i++) {
>>             objects[i] = createSome();
>>         }
>>     }
>> 
>>     public static Object createSome() {
>>         List<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
>>         for (int c = 0; c < NODE_COUNT; c++) {
>>             result.add(new Integer(c));
>>         }
>>         return result;
>>     }
>> 
>> }
>
> Rui Li has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Bump maxMem to 4g

@rgithubli 
Your change (at version 142d00e2d5a0f4ea61348551971272aa756b6727) is now ready to be sponsored by a Committer.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28167#issuecomment-3513472725