RFR: 8376051: gc/stress/TestStressG1Uncommit.java fails assertLessThan: expected that xxx < xxx

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:33:13 GMT, SendaoYan <syan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> [JDK-8238686](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8238686) change the default value MinHeapFreeRatio/MaxHeapFreeRatio to 0/100, this change make G1 never uncommit heap memory to OS system, this will make test test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/stress/TestStressG1Uncommit.java fails "assertLessThan: expected that xxx < xxx", and the tested java process never print "Uncommit regions" which checked by this test.
> 
> This PR set MinHeapFreeRatio/MaxHeapFreeRatio to the original value 40/70 to make this test work expectly, and Use WhileBox.fullGC() instead of System.gc() which will make test more robustness.
> 
> Change has been verified locally on linux-x64 by run this tests both with release build and fastdebug build.

I don't see why do we need `WhiteBox` for this? Why wouldn't `System.gc()` suffice?

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29357#pullrequestreview-3691418923