bootcycle build on ix86-linux-gnu broken since jdk-13+18

[Ioi Lam]

On 6/19/19 5:12 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 6/14/19 1:57 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> Compiling 12 properties into resource bundles for jdk.jdeps
>> #
>> # There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
>> # Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to allocate 2155274940 bytes for
>> AllocateHeap
>> # An error report file with more information is saved as:
>>
>> It looks like the normal build instead of the bootcycle build succeeds.  Does
>> anybody else is doing regular ix86 builds and could help narrowing down when
>> this started to fail?
> Is this a 32-bit x86 kernel virtual machione or are you building a
> 32-bit JDK in a 64-bit environment? What does cat /proc/meminfo say?
>
Andrew, the bug that causes the broken build is 
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8226404

The failure doesn't always happen, but it's more likely to happen when 
your BOOT_JDK is significantly different than the JDK sources in both 
age and 32/64 bit-ness.

Thanks
- Ioi