RFR(S): 8138681: Runtime.getFreeMemory() reports wrong value after humongous allocation.

David Lindholm david.lindholm at oracle.com
Fri Nov 20 09:08:43 UTC 2015


Mikael,

Thanks for the review!

/David

On 2015-11-20 10:04, Mikael Gerdin wrote:
> David,
>
> On 2015-11-19 16:30, David Lindholm wrote:
>> Mikael,
>>
>> Thanks for looking at this!
>>
>> On 2015-11-19 15:01, Mikael Gerdin wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> On 2015-11-19 11:08, David Lindholm wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please review this patch that changes how the usage of humongous 
>>>> regions
>>>> are calculated. Since we (currently) cannot use the remainder of the
>>>> last humongous region, we say that the complete region is used for the
>>>> humongous object.
>>>>
>>>> This is done by setting top=end and adding dummy/filler objects to the
>>>> end of the last region.
>>>
>>> It seems strange to me to set the block offset table covering the
>>> filler object to point to the start of the humongous object.
>>> I would find it more natural to insert the filler object and update
>>> the block offset table in the loop where the top pointer is set:
>>>
>>> for (uint i = first + 1; i < last - 1; ++i) {
>>>   hr = region_at(i);
>>>   hr->set_top(hr->end());
>>>   if (_hr_printer.is_active()) {
>>>     ...
>>>   }
>>> }
>>>
>>> // Fill out last region
>>> hr = region_at(last - 1);
>>> hr->set_top(obj_top);
>>> HeapWord* fill = hr->allocate(filler_obj_size); // allocate also calls
>>> alloc_block on the BOT.
>>> fill_with_objects(fill);
>>
>> As we discussed offline I think I must create the filler objects and
>> update the BOT before the storestore, and after that update the
>> top-pointers.
>>
>> However, as we also discussed offline I now call alloc_block()
>> separately for the filler object. Please see
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~david/JDK-8138681/webrev.01/
>
> Looks good.
> /Mikael
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>>> /Mikael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8138681
>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~david/JDK-8138681/webrev.00/
>>>>
>>>> Testing: Passed JPRT, vm.gc testlist and the attached test from the 
>>>> bug.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> David
>>>
>>
>




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