JDK-8008508 : CMS does not correctly reduce heap size after a Full GC
- Type: Bug
- Component: hotspot
- Sub-Component: gc
- Priority: P4
- Status: Resolved
- Resolution: Fixed
- Submitted: 2013-02-20
- Updated: 2013-04-30
- Resolved: 2013-04-07
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| JDK 8 | Other |
|---|---|
8Fixed  |
hs25Fixed |
Description
In general CMS does not reduce it's heap size because the free space is maintained in a freelist and reducing the committed space in the virtualspace for the CMS generation is complicated. The exception is after a Full GC when CMS should reduce the size of the heap.