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  2. JDK-8227041

runtime/memory/RunUnitTestsConcurrently.java has a memory leak

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        runtime/memory/RunUnitTestsConcurrently.java attempts to stress-test the metaspace allocator by allocating a metachunk of ~512K:

        metaspace.cpp:

        static void test_virtual_space_list_large_chunk() {
           ....
            vs_list->get_new_chunk(large_size, 0);
        }

        That chunk then is leaked.

        Within RunUnitTestsConcurrently.java, this function is called in a tight loop by 30 threads concurrently for 15 seconds. Depending on how fast the machine is, this will usually eat up 10-20GB, often causing the process being OOM killed.

        This is probably also the cause for JDK-8225200.


              stuefe Thomas Stuefe
              stuefe Thomas Stuefe
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