[8u] RFR: 8017629: G1: UseSHM in combination with a G1HeapRegionSize > os::large_page_size() falls back to use small pages

[Stefan Karlsson]

The backport looks good.

Thanks,
StefanK

On 2016-05-19 17:22, Andreas Eriksson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this JDK 8 backport of 8017629: G1: UseSHM in 
> combination with a G1HeapRegionSize > os::large_page_size() falls back 
> to use small pages.
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8017629
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aeriksso/8017629/webrev.00/
>
> The changeset is functionally identical to the JDK 9 version, but 
> several differences in whitespace, and a few context differences 
> (mainly a comment that were in 8 but not in 9) made it not apply cleanly.
>
> JDK 9 webrev can be found here for comparison:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stefank/8017629/webrev.03/
>
> Note: I'll also be backporting 8077276 
> (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8077276) since this 
> changeset depends on that fix.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>