RFR: 8041506 - The test gc/g1/TestHumongousShrinkHeap.java reports that memory is not de-committed

[Dmitry Fazunenko]

Hi Andrey,

Sorry, it took too long from me to review you change.
I have several comments:
- overall fix looks good
- I think you need to change the subject: you fix 8041946, not 8041506
- Replace 'TestHumongousShrinkHeap' with 'TestShrinkDefragmentedHeap'
- Make MemoryUsagePrinter as static inner class of test (to avoid 
possible conflicts with other tests)
- It would be good if you provide more text description to the test, like
   * allocate small objects mixed with humongous ones
       "ssssHssssHssssHssssHssssH"
   * release all allocated object except the last humongous one
       ".............................................H"
   * invoke gc and check that  memory returned to the system (amount of 
committed memory got down)
- I'm not sure that you can predict the expected amount of committed 
memory at the end... I wouldn't use the expectedCommitted in the test 
(there are many memory consumers, not only your test, so the final 
committed should be either less or greater than expectedCommitted )
- I think you don't need to touch  'test/TEST.groups'. There is 
:needs_g1gc tests group (hs/test/closed/TEST.group) which lists all g1 
specific tests.
- Please provide information on how you tested your change.

Thanks,
Dima


On 15.05.2014 15:29, Andrey Zakharov wrote:
> Hi.
> To proper testing of free list sorting we need to defragment memory 
> with small young and humongous objects
> This is test scenario:
> Make enough space for new objects to prevent it going old.
>  - allocate bunch of small objects, and a bit of humongous
> several times.
>
> Free almost all of allocated stuff. Check that heap shrinks after GC.
>
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jwilhelm/8041506/webrev.02/
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8041506
>
> Thanks.
>