RFR (S): 8015440 java/lang/management/MemoryMXBean/ResetPeakMemoryUsage.java fails with RuntimeException

[Bengt Rutisson]

Staffan,

Looks good.

One minor question:

Would it make sense to move the comment regarding 
MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount into the existing comment section rather 
than adding a new section for it? I think it might increase the chances 
that someone reads the comment if it is closer to the @run command.

Not an important thing to fix. I'll leave it up to you how to do it.

Thanks,
Bengt

On 5/28/13 10:11 AM, Staffan Larsen wrote:
> Please review the following fix:
>
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sla/8015440/webrev.00/
> bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8015440
>
> The problem is that serial gc does not compact the heap at every full gc but only every 4th full gc (by default). When the heap isn't compacted the "usage" is returned as a higher-than-expect value. This can be changed with -XX:MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount=1.
>
> Testing: I have rerun the test on a machine where it failed to make sure that it runs correctly with the extra flag.
>
> Thanks,
> /Staffan