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

[Poonam Parhar]

Hello Andrew,

On 7/6/18 11:35 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> 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.

Yes, it will be really good to have this enhancement in 8u.

Regards,
Poonam