shenandoah/jdk8u barfs when trying to select ShenandoahCodeRootsStyle ("improperly specified option"), because it is defined as uint, not as uintx like other options. Fix for 10, that will trickle down to 9 and 8u: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/shenandoah/options-uintx/webrev.01/ Testing: hotspot_gc_shenandoah Thanks, -Aleksey