The UseMallocOnly development option was originally used to detect memory stomping bugs with Arena allocations when the JVM was first in development.
The option has had a few bugs and is not in general use. There are ideas to add another way of Arena canary checking.
The option has had a few bugs and is not in general use. There are ideas to add another way of Arena canary checking.
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JDK-8007475 Memory stomp with UseMallocOnly
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- Closed
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JDK-8297138 UB leading to crash in Amalloc with optimized builds
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- Closed
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