JDK-6817419 : G1: Enable extensive verification for humongous regions
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: hs14
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2009-03-13
  • Updated: 2016-04-04
  • Resolved: 2009-04-02
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Description
It's beneficial to have a full-fledged verification for the humongous objects/regions. Currently we only verify that they are valid oops and that they reference valid oops, which is not enough to detect dangling references in G1 as well as rset anomalies.

Comments
EVALUATION http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/hotspot-gc/hotspot/rev/25e146966e7c
16-03-2009