[8u-dev] RFA: JDK-8146115: Improve docker container detection and resource configuration usage

[Andrew Hughes]

On 6 July 2018 at 13:54, Poonam Parhar <poonam.bajaj at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please approve the backport of the following enhancement to 8u-dev:
>
> Enhancement: JDK-8146115 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146115>:
> Improve docker container detection and resource configuration usage
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~poonam/8146115/webrev.02/
> Review Thread:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2018-May/032261.html
>
> The changes also include the fixes for the following two bugs:
> Bug JDK-8186248 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8186248>: Allow
> more flexibility in selecting Heap % of available RAM
> Bug JDK-8190283 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8190283>: Default
> heap sizing options select a MaxHeapSize larger than available physical
> memory in some cases
>
>
> Thanks,
> Poonam
>

Thanks for this. It's something I'd started to look at backporting
myself, but the
work is definitely non-trivial. It'll be good to see it in 8u.
-- 
Andrew :)

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