JDK-8059466 : Force young GC to initiate marking cycle when stat update is requested
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 8u40,9
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-09-30
  • Updated: 2015-06-03
  • Resolved: 2014-10-06
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Description
Currently we set a state to initiate the marking at the next young GC, but this might never happen if there is not enough allocations going on. Change this to force a young GC which initiates marking when the request is done.