RFR(s): 8025279 metaspace/flags/maxMetaspaceSize throws OOM: out of Compressed Klass space

[Coleen Phillmore]

Mikael,
This looks good.
Coleen

On 9/26/2013 12:26 AM, Mikael Gerdin wrote:
> Hi
>
> Please review this small fix for throwing OutOfMermoryError with the 
> correct cause string when failing to allocate a Klass.
>
> The code incorrectly sets the cause string to "Compressed class space" 
> if the allocation type is ClassType even if the VM is configured to 
> not use a separate compressed class space.
>
> The fix adds a helper function to determine if a MetadataType would be 
> allocated in the compressed class space or not and uses that to figure 
> out what string to send and which OOME to throw.
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mgerdin/8025279/webrev.0
> Bug link: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8025279