6949307: G1: raise a vm error, do not core dump, if target pause time and target interval are inconsistent

Fri, 07 May 2010 13:14:41 -0400

author
tonyp
date
Fri, 07 May 2010 13:14:41 -0400
changeset 1965
79107c3a6bd5
parent 1949
b9bc732be7c0
child 1966
215576b54709

6949307: G1: raise a vm error, do not core dump, if target pause time and target interval are inconsistent
Summary: First, change the guarantee to raising a vm error. Second, set the interval dynamically, and based on the pause time target, if it is not set explicitly.
Reviewed-by: ysr, johnc

src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions
src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions
src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions
     1.1 --- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Thu Jun 10 08:27:35 2010 -0700
     1.2 +++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectorPolicy.cpp	Fri May 07 13:14:41 2010 -0400
     1.3 @@ -274,10 +274,64 @@
     1.4  
     1.5    // </NEW PREDICTION>
     1.6  
     1.7 +  // Below, we might need to calculate the pause time target based on
     1.8 +  // the pause interval. When we do so we are going to give G1 maximum
     1.9 +  // flexibility and allow it to do pauses when it needs to. So, we'll
    1.10 +  // arrange that the pause interval to be pause time target + 1 to
    1.11 +  // ensure that a) the pause time target is maximized with respect to
    1.12 +  // the pause interval and b) we maintain the invariant that pause
    1.13 +  // time target < pause interval. If the user does not want this
    1.14 +  // maximum flexibility, they will have to set the pause interval
    1.15 +  // explicitly.
    1.16 +
    1.17 +  // First make sure that, if either parameter is set, its value is
    1.18 +  // reasonable.
    1.19 +  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxGCPauseMillis)) {
    1.20 +    if (MaxGCPauseMillis < 1) {
    1.21 +      vm_exit_during_initialization("MaxGCPauseMillis should be "
    1.22 +                                    "greater than 0");
    1.23 +    }
    1.24 +  }
    1.25 +  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(GCPauseIntervalMillis)) {
    1.26 +    if (GCPauseIntervalMillis < 1) {
    1.27 +      vm_exit_during_initialization("GCPauseIntervalMillis should be "
    1.28 +                                    "greater than 0");
    1.29 +    }
    1.30 +  }
    1.31 +
    1.32 +  // Then, if the pause time target parameter was not set, set it to
    1.33 +  // the default value.
    1.34 +  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxGCPauseMillis)) {
    1.35 +    if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(GCPauseIntervalMillis)) {
    1.36 +      // The default pause time target in G1 is 200ms
    1.37 +      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxGCPauseMillis, 200);
    1.38 +    } else {
    1.39 +      // We do not allow the pause interval to be set without the
    1.40 +      // pause time target
    1.41 +      vm_exit_during_initialization("GCPauseIntervalMillis cannot be set "
    1.42 +                                    "without setting MaxGCPauseMillis");
    1.43 +    }
    1.44 +  }
    1.45 +
    1.46 +  // Then, if the interval parameter was not set, set it according to
    1.47 +  // the pause time target (this will also deal with the case when the
    1.48 +  // pause time target is the default value).
    1.49 +  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(GCPauseIntervalMillis)) {
    1.50 +    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(GCPauseIntervalMillis, MaxGCPauseMillis + 1);
    1.51 +  }
    1.52 +
    1.53 +  // Finally, make sure that the two parameters are consistent.
    1.54 +  if (MaxGCPauseMillis >= GCPauseIntervalMillis) {
    1.55 +    char buffer[256];
    1.56 +    jio_snprintf(buffer, 256,
    1.57 +                 "MaxGCPauseMillis (%u) should be less than "
    1.58 +                 "GCPauseIntervalMillis (%u)",
    1.59 +                 MaxGCPauseMillis, GCPauseIntervalMillis);
    1.60 +    vm_exit_during_initialization(buffer);
    1.61 +  }
    1.62 +
    1.63 +  double max_gc_time = (double) MaxGCPauseMillis / 1000.0;
    1.64    double time_slice  = (double) GCPauseIntervalMillis / 1000.0;
    1.65 -  double max_gc_time = (double) MaxGCPauseMillis / 1000.0;
    1.66 -  guarantee(max_gc_time < time_slice,
    1.67 -            "Max GC time should not be greater than the time slice");
    1.68    _mmu_tracker = new G1MMUTrackerQueue(time_slice, max_gc_time);
    1.69    _sigma = (double) G1ConfidencePercent / 100.0;
    1.70  
     2.1 --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Jun 10 08:27:35 2010 -0700
     2.2 +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Fri May 07 13:14:41 2010 -0400
     2.3 @@ -1376,11 +1376,6 @@
     2.4    }
     2.5    no_shared_spaces();
     2.6  
     2.7 -  // Set the maximum pause time goal to be a reasonable default.
     2.8 -  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxGCPauseMillis)) {
     2.9 -    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MaxGCPauseMillis, 200);
    2.10 -  }
    2.11 -
    2.12    if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MarkStackSize)) {
    2.13      FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MarkStackSize, 128 * TASKQUEUE_SIZE);
    2.14    }
     3.1 --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Jun 10 08:27:35 2010 -0700
     3.2 +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri May 07 13:14:41 2010 -0400
     3.3 @@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@
     3.4            "Adaptive size policy maximum GC pause time goal in msec, "       \
     3.5            "or (G1 Only) the max. GC time per MMU time slice")               \
     3.6                                                                              \
     3.7 -  product(intx, GCPauseIntervalMillis, 500,                                 \
     3.8 +  product(uintx, GCPauseIntervalMillis, 0,                                  \
     3.9            "Time slice for MMU specification")                               \
    3.10                                                                              \
    3.11    product(uintx, MaxGCMinorPauseMillis, max_uintx,                          \

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