RFR: 8257901: ZGC: Take virtual memory usage into account when sizing heap
Per Liden
pliden at openjdk.java.net
Tue Dec 8 13:46:21 UTC 2020
MaxVirtMemFraction limits the amount of address space the GC should use for the heap. This is used by the heuristics in Arguments::set_heap_size() to select an appropriate default max heap size. However, that heuristic can select a max heap size that will not fit with ZGC, since ZGC uses additional address space (for multi-mapping and the virtual-to-physical ratio). As a result, if the address space is limited, and -Xmx is not specified, then ZGC might refuse to start with the error:
"Failed to reserve enough address space for Java heap"
I propose we abstract MaxVirtMemFraction to make it configurable for each GC, so that the heuristics in Arguments::set_heap_size() will pick a default max heap size that also works for ZGC.
Testing: Manual testing using different ulimit -v sizes.
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Commit messages:
- 8257901: ZGC: Take virtual memory usage into account when sizing heap
Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1696/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=1696&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8257901
Stats: 17 lines in 6 files changed: 15 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1696.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/1696/head:pull/1696
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1696
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