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ZGC: Take virtual memory usage into account when sizing heap

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P3
    • 16
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    • hotspot
    • gc
    • b28

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      MaxVirtMemFraction limits the amount of address space the GC should use for the heap. This is used by the heuristics in Arguments::set_heap_size() to select an appropriate default max heap size. However, that heuristic can select a max heap size that will not fit with ZGC, since ZGC uses additional address space (for multi-mapping and the virtual-to-physical ratio). As a result, if the address space is limited, and -Xmx is not specified, then ZGC might refuse to start with the error:

      "Failed to reserve enough address space for Java heap"

      I propose we abstract MaxVirtMemFraction to make it configurable for each GC, so that the heuristics in Arguments::set_heap_size() will pick a default max heap size that also works for ZGC.

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