RFR: 8367485: os::physical_memory is broken in 32-bit JVMs when running on 64-bit OSes

[Anton Artemov]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:42:11 GMT, Anton Artemov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi, please consider the following changes:
> 
> In this PR we address the overflow issue in `os::physical_memory()` on Linux, which can occur when running a 32-bit JVM on a 64-bit machine, introduced by https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357086. The problem is that the product of _SC_PHYS_PAGES and _SC_PAGESIZE can overflow according to the documentation. 
> 
> The issue is addressed by changing the output type of all related functions to `uint64_t`.
> 
> Tested in tiers 1 - 5.

Thanks, I have re-factored everything with `uint64_t`. Now overflowing is not an issue.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27335#issuecomment-3307269856