RFR(S): 8200078: [Graal] runtime/appcds/GraalWithLimitedMetaspace.java crashes in visit_all_interfaces

[Calvin Cheung]

Thanks, Ioi.

Calvin

On 3/29/18, 2:24 PM, Ioi Lam wrote:
> Looks good. Thanks Calvin
>
> Ioi
>
>> On Mar 29, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Calvin Cheung<calvin.cheung at oracle.com>  wrote:
>>
>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200078
>>
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ccheung/8200078/webrev.00/
>>
>> During CDS dumping, when a class fails to load due to OOM (insufficient metaspace), GC tries to free the class which will in turn frees its _transitive_interfaces. But if the _transitive_interfaces is being shared with another class which has been loaded successfully, it will result in vm crash.
>>
>> The change is to stop CDS dumping right away when an OOM due to insufficient metaspace is encountered.
>>
>> Testing:
>>     hs-tier1 through hs-tiers on Oracle supported platforms.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Calvin