RFR (S) 8222186: Shenandoah should not uncommit below minimum heap size
Roman Kennke
rkennke at redhat.com
Tue Apr 9 18:51:13 UTC 2019
Looks good to me, thanks!
Roman
> RFE:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8222186
>
> Fix:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8222186/webrev.01/
>
> There is some confusion what -Xms really means. Current code assumes
> it only means "initial" heap
> size, which allows it to uncommit the heap below -Xms. However, users
> expect -Xms to mean "minimum
> heap size" to set the low watermark for heap shrinkage. We need to
> amend Shenandoah to avoid
> uncommitting below that watermark.
>
> Testing: hotspot_gc_shenandoah (includes new test cases), eyeballing
> gc logs
>
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