Bug ID: JDK-6920109 G1: lingering instabilities with ReduceInitialCardMarks

JDK-6920109 : G1: lingering instabilities with ReduceInitialCardMarks

Type: Bug
Component: hotspot
Sub-Component: gc
Affected Version: hs17

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Duplicate
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 2010-01-26
Updated: 2013-09-18
Resolved: 2010-12-09

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JDK 7
7Resolved

Related Reports

Duplicate :	JDK-6974966 - G1: unnecessary direct-to-old allocations
Relates :	JDK-6920090 - G1: Disable ReduceInitialCardMarks at least until 6920109 is fixed
Relates :	JDK-6953483 - Typo related to ReduceInitialCardMarks leaves concurrent collectors vulnerable to heap corruption
Relates :	JDK-7005808 - G1: re-enable ReduceInitialCardMarks for G1

Description

Reports from internal testing suggest that ReduceInitialCradMarks may be the
source of lingering instabilities with G1. See 6920090, which is turning off
that feature for G1, at least until this bug can be fixed.