ZGC: Allow -XX:AllocateHeapAt to use any filesystem

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P4
    • 15
    • Affects Version/s: 15
    • Component/s: hotspot
    • gc
    • b12
    • linux

      ZGC currently only allows tmpfs and hugetlbfs as backing filesystems. However, there are use cases when other filesystems might be useful too. For example, DAX-enabled filesystems backed by NVRAM. We could loosen the filesystem type check done by ZGC and allow any filesystem to be used.

            Assignee:
            Yasumasa Suenaga
            Reporter:
            Yasumasa Suenaga
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