JDK-8252734 : Release Note: Disabling large pages on Windows
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 15
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2020-09-03
  • Updated: 2021-05-14
  • Resolved: 2020-09-04
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JDK 15
15Resolved
Description
-XX:+UseLargePages has no effect on Windows in this release. It was found that GDI APIs used by java2d don't support large pages. The JVM detects this problem and both warns about this and reverts to using small pages. See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4567569/gdi-apis-may-fail-when-large-pages-or-vad-spanning-is-used