JDK-8077382 : Temporarily disable eager reclaim by default
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 8u60,9
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Not an Issue
  • Submitted: 2015-04-10
  • Updated: 2016-04-14
  • Resolved: 2015-04-28
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JDK 8
8u60Resolved
Related Reports
Blocks :  
JDK-8077383 - Re-enable eager reclaim by default
Relates :  
JDK-8069367 - Eagerly reclaimed humongous objects left on mark stack
Description
Eager reclaim causes regular assertion failures in the nightlies. Temporarily disable eager reclaim as default. Follow-up change JDK-8077383 will re-enable it after issues have been fixed.
Comments
While preparing this change, the main fix for the entire problem (JDK-8069367) got pushed to jdk9. Last fixes are currently out for review.
28-04-2015
ILW = High (crash), High (regularly), Low (disable early reclaim) = P2
10-04-2015
Please re-enable eager reclaim using JDK-8077383 as associated bugs have been fixed.
10-04-2015