RFR: 8370572: Cgroups hierarchical memory limit is not honored after JDK-8322420 [v2]

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:36:54 GMT, Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - Also no need to touch the other getter
>>  - Whitespace
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>> I tried to come up with a regression test for it, but could not: local reproducers require amending _host_ configuration, which requires superuser privileges, among other hassle it introduces.
> 
> Without a proper regression test this is bound to fall through the cracks again. So are you sure this cannot be tested? It should be fine if the test needs root privileges (we could skip it if not root). But it would be better than not having one.

> I leave the final decision whether to include the test or not up to @jerboaa .

In one of those cases, could you please submit the related RFE and PR the test from there? Thanks.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28006#issuecomment-3462847145