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<a href="../aot/" class="md-nav__link">
AOT Compiler
</a>
</li>
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<input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle="__nav_11" type="checkbox" id="__nav_11" >
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Class data sharing
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Class data sharing" data-md-level="1">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
Class data sharing
</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../shrc/" class="md-nav__link">
Introduction
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../shrc_diag_util/" class="md-nav__link">
Diagnosing problems
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</ul>
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<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../attachapi/" class="md-nav__link">
Java Attach API
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<input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle="__nav_13" type="checkbox" id="__nav_13" >
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Diagnostics
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Diagnostics" data-md-level="1">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
Diagnostics
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<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../diag_overview/" class="md-nav__link">
Overview
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Dumps
<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Dumps" data-md-level="2">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
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<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dump_javadump/" class="md-nav__link">
Java dump
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<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dump_heapdump/" class="md-nav__link">
Heap dump
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System dump
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Tools
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
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</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jextract/" class="md-nav__link">
Dump extractor
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jdmpview/" class="md-nav__link">
Dump viewer
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_traceformat/" class="md-nav__link">
Trace formatter
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</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_builder/" class="md-nav__link">
Option builder
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</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jcmd/" class="md-nav__link">
Java command (jcmd) tool
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jmap/" class="md-nav__link">
Java memory map (jmap) tool
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jps/" class="md-nav__link">
Java process status (jps)
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jstack/" class="md-nav__link">
Java stack (jstack) tool
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_jstat/" class="md-nav__link">
Java statistics monitoring (jstat) tool
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../tool_migration/" class="md-nav__link">
Switching to OpenJ9
</a>
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</ul>
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Interfaces
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Interfaces" data-md-level="2">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
Interfaces
</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../interface_jvmti/" class="md-nav__link">
JVMTI
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../interface_dtfj/" class="md-nav__link">
DTFJ
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../interface_lang_management/" class="md-nav__link">
Language Management
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</ul>
</nav>
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</ul>
</nav>
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Command-line options
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="Command-line options" data-md-level="1">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
Command-line options
</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../cmdline_specifying/" class="md-nav__link">
Specifying options
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../cmdline_general/" class="md-nav__link">
Standard options
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../cmdline_migration/" class="md-nav__link">
Switching to OpenJ9
</a>
</li>
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System property options
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<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="System property options" data-md-level="2">
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<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
System property options
</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../d_jvm_commands/" class="md-nav__link">
Using System properties
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmenableclasscaching/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.enableClassCaching
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmenablelegacydumpsecurity/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.enableLegacyDumpSecurity
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmenablelegacylogsecurity/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.enableLegacyLogSecurity
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmenablelegacytracesecurity/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.enableLegacyTraceSecurity
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmgpudisable/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.gpu.disable
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmgpuenable/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.gpu.enable
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmgpuverbose/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.gpu.verbose
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmlangmanagementosmxbeaniscputime100ns/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.lang.management.OperatingSystemMXBean.isCpuTime100ns
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmlangmanagementverbose/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.lang.management.verbose
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmotisharedsharedclassglobalfilterclass/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.oti.shared.SharedClassGlobalFilterClass
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachcommand_timeout/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.command_timeout
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachdirectory/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.directory
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachdisplayname/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.displayName
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachenable/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachid/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.id
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachlogging/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.logging
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachlogname/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.log.name
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachshutdown_timeout/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.shutdown_timeout
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dcomibmtoolsattachtimeout/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.timeout
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../dfileencoding/" class="md-nav__link">
-Dfile.encoding
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djavacompiler/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djava.compiler
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djavalangstringsubstringnocopy/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djava.lang.string.substring.nocopy
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djavalangstringbuffergrowaggressively/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djava.lang.stringBuffer.growAggressively
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativecbc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeCBC
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativechacha20/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeChaCha20
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativecrypto/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeCrypto
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativedigest/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeDigest
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativegcm/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeGCM
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../djdknativersa/" class="md-nav__link">
-Djdk.nativeRSA
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item md-nav__item--nested">
<input class="md-nav__toggle md-toggle" data-md-toggle="__nav_14_5" type="checkbox" id="__nav_14_5" >
<label class="md-nav__link" for="__nav_14_5">
JVM -X options
<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
</label>
<nav class="md-nav" aria-label="JVM -X options" data-md-level="2">
<label class="md-nav__title" for="__nav_14_5">
<span class="md-nav__icon md-icon"></span>
JVM -X options
</label>
<ul class="md-nav__list" data-md-scrollfix>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../x_jvm_commands/" class="md-nav__link">
Using -X options
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../x/" class="md-nav__link">
-X
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xaggressive/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xaggressive
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xalwaysclassgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xalwaysclassgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xaot/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xaot
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xargencoding/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xargencoding
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xbootclasspath/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xbootclasspath
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xceehdlr/" class="md-nav__link">
-XCEEHDLR
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcheck/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcheck
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xclassgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xclassgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcodecache/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcodecache
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcodecachetotal/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcodecachetotal
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcomp/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcomp
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompactexplicitgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcompactexplicitgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompactgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcompactgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompilationthreads/" class="md-nav__link">
-XcompilationThreads
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompressedrefs/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xcompressedrefs
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xconcurrentbackground/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xconcurrentbackground
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xconcurrentlevel/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xconcurrentlevel
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xconcurrentslack/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xconcurrentslack
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xconmeter/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xconmeter
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenableexcessivegc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xdisableexcessivegc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenableexplicitgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xdisableexplicitgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xdisablejavadump/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xdisablejavadump
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenablestringconstantgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xdisablestringconstantgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xdump/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xdump
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenableexcessivegc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xenableexcessivegc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenableexplicitgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xenableexplicitgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xenablestringconstantgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xenablestringconstantgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xfastresolve/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xfastresolve
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xfuture/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xfuture
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgcsplitheap/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgc:splitheap
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgcmaxthreads/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgcmaxthreads
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgcpolicy/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgcpolicy
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgcthreads/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgcthreads
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xgcworkpackets/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xgcworkpackets
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xint/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xint
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xss/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xiss
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xjit/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xjit
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xjni/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xjni
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlinenumbers/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlinenumbers
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xloa/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xloa
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xloaminimum/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xloainitial
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xloaminimum/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xloamaximum
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xloaminimum/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xloaminimum
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlockreservation/" class="md-nav__link">
-XlockReservation
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlockword/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlockword
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlog/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlog
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlp/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlp
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlpcodecache/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlp:codecache
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xlpobjectheap/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xlp:objectheap
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmine/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmaxe
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xminf/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmaxf
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmint/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmaxt
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmca/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmca
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmca/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmco
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmcrs/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmcrs
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmine/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmine
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xminf/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xminf
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmint/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmint
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmn/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmn
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmn/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmns
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmn/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmnx
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmo/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmo
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmoi/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmoi
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmo/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmos
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmo/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmox
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmr/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmr
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmr/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmrx
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xms/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xms
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xmso/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmso
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xms/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xmx
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xaot/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xnoaot
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xclassgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xnoclassgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompactexplicitgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xnocompactexplicitgc
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../xcompactgc/" class="md-nav__link">
-Xnocompactgc
</a>
</li>
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<h1 id="garbage-collection-policies">Garbage collection policies</h1>
<p>OpenJ9 provides several garbage collection (GC) policies that are designed around different application workloads and service level agreements. Each GC policy consists of a set of characteristics and features that aim to optimize one or more performance aspects of a running application. These performance aspects include application throughput, memory footprint, average pause times, worst-case pause times, and startup time.</p>
<p>Different policies require a Java heap that is configured in different ways in order to achieve different goals. The simplest configuration consists of a single area of memory, often referred to as a <em>flat</em> heap. Other configurations divide the heap into different areas or regions, which might contain objects of different ages (<em>generations</em>) or sizes.</p>
<p>A GC cycle is a repeatable process that involves a set of GC operations. These operations process all or parts of the Java heap to complete a discrete function and are discussed in more detail in <a href="../gc_overview/#gc-operations">GC operations</a>.</p>
<p>GC policies use different GC cycles to manage different aspects of the heap. For example, the <code>gencon</code> policy runs a partial GC cycle on the <em>nursery</em> area of the heap to complete a <em>scavenge</em> operation. At other times, <code>gencon</code> also runs a global GC cycle on the entire Java heap to complete <em>mark</em> and <em>sweep</em> (and optionally <em>compact</em>) operations. </p>
<p>GC cycles might be divided into increments that run over a period of time to reduce maximum pause times. These increments might involve <em>stop-the-world</em> (STW) pauses that must halt application threads to give certain GC operations exclusive access to the Java heap. Alternatively, increments might include GC operations that can run concurrently with application processing.</p>
<p>The following table shows the heap configuration and the GC cycles and operations used by different policies:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Policy</th>
<th>Heap configuration</th>
<th>GC cycles / operations</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><code>gencon</code></td>
<td>Two areas: nursery and <em>tenure</em> <br> Two generation groups: new/older</td>
<td>Global GC cycle: concurrent <em>mark-sweep</em> operations, optionally followed by a compact operation <br> Partial GC cycle: STW scavenge operation or concurrent scavenge operation (if optionally enabled)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>balanced</code></td>
<td>Multiple regions of equal size <br> Multiple generations</td>
<td>Global GC mark cycle: incremental concurrent mark operation (<em>global mark phase</em>) <br> Partial GC cycle: STW <em>copy forward</em> operation and optional mark, sweep, or compact operations</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>optavgpause</code></td>
<td>One area: flat <br> One generation</td>
<td>Global GC cycle: concurrent <em>mark-sweep</em> operations, optionally followed by a compact operation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>optthruput</code></td>
<td>One area: flat <br> One generation</td>
<td>Global GC cycle: STW <em>mark-sweep</em> operations, optionally followed by a compact operation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>metronome</code></td>
<td>Multiple regions by size class <br> One generation</td>
<td>Global GC cycle: incremental STW <em>mark-sweep</em> operation in small interruptible steps</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>nogc</code></td>
<td>One area: flat</td>
<td>No GC cycles</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><span aria-hidden="true" class="twemoji note"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="m497.9 142.1-46.1 46.1c-4.7 4.7-12.3 4.7-17 0l-111-111c-4.7-4.7-4.7-12.3 0-17l46.1-46.1c18.7-18.7 49.1-18.7 67.9 0l60.1 60.1c18.8 18.7 18.8 49.1 0 67.9zM284.2 99.8 21.6 362.4.4 483.9c-2.9 16.4 11.4 30.6 27.8 27.8l121.5-21.3 262.6-262.6c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.3 0-17l-111-111c-4.8-4.7-12.4-4.7-17.1 0zM124.1 339.9c-5.5-5.5-5.5-14.3 0-19.8l154-154c5.5-5.5 14.3-5.5 19.8 0s5.5 14.3 0 19.8l-154 154c-5.5 5.5-14.3 5.5-19.8 0zM88 424h48v36.3l-64.5 11.3-31.1-31.1L51.7 376H88v48z"/></svg></span> <strong>Note:</strong> All OpenJ9 GC policies support compressed references on 64-bit platforms, which compresses heap pointers to 32 bits if the total heap size does not exceed the theoretical upper bound of 64 GB. Applications that require more heap space can select any heap size within the bounds imposed by the operating system and available system RAM, without using compressed references. For more information, see <a href="../allocation/#compressed-references">compressed references</a>.</p>
<h2 id="policy-selection-and-tuning">Policy selection and tuning</h2>
<p>The default policy is the Generational Concurrent (<code>gencon</code>) GC policy, which suits a broad spectrum of applications. Choosing a different GC policy should be guided by the application dynamics and an observation of how the application interacts with the heap during startup and at steady state. To help with this analysis, all OpenJ9 GC policies are instrumented to collect a wide range of GC-related metric data for reporting in a <a href="../vgclog/">GC log file</a>.</p>
<p>To enable GC logging for the OpenJ9 Java runtime, include the <code>-verbose:gc</code> option on the command line. By default, this option prints output to <code>stderr</code> but you can send the output to a log file by using <a href="../xverbosegclog/"><code>-Xverbosegclog</code></a>. You can then visualize the output by loading the GC log into the <a href="https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/ibm-monitoring-and-diagnostic-tools-garbage-collection-and-memory-visualizer-gcmv">Garbage Collector and Memory Visualizer (GCMV)</a> plugin for the Eclipse IDE. OpenJ9 Java GC logs can also be analyzed by some online services, such as <a href="https://gceasy.io/">GCEasy</a>.</p>
<p>The following sections provide more information about each policy and when you might choose it for your application. To select a GC policy other than <code>gencon</code>, specify the <a href="../xgcpolicy/"><code>-Xgcpolicy</code></a> option on the command line. To adjust the initial and maximum size of the Java heap, use the <a href="../xms/"><code>-Xms</code> and <code>-Xmx</code></a> command line options. For generational GC policies, you can also set the <a href="../xmn/"><code>-Xmn</code>, <code>-Xmns</code>, and <code>-Xmnx</code></a> options.</p>
<h2 id="gencon-policy-default"><code>gencon</code> policy (default)</h2>
<p>The Generational Concurrent GC policy (<a href="../xgcpolicy/#gencon"><code>-Xgcpolicy:gencon</code></a>) is probably best suited if you have a transactional application, with many short-lived objects. This policy aims to minimize GC pause times without compromising throughput. This is the default policy employed by the VM, so if you want to use it you don't need to specify it on the command line when you start your application.</p>
<p>If your application requires the allocation of objects of very different sizes and liveness on the Java heap, you might experience heap fragmentation, which in turn might lead to global heap compaction. In these circumstances, the <a href="../xgcpolicy/#balanced-policy">Balanced GC policy</a> might be more appropriate.</p>
<h3 id="gc-processing">GC processing</h3>
<p>With the <code>gencon</code> policy, the Java heap is divided into two main areas, the nursery area, where new objects are created and the tenure area, where objects are moved if they have reached <em>tenure age</em>.</p>
<p>The nursery area is subdivided into two further areas, the <em>allocate</em> space and the <em>survivor</em> space. A partial GC cycle that involves a <a href="../gc_overview/#gc-scavenge-operation">GC scavenge operation</a> is used to reclaim memory from the nursery area. This process is illustrated in the following diagram, which shows a sequence of four main events:</p>
<p><img alt="The diagram is explained in the surrounding text" src="../cr/gencon_java_heap.jpg" title="Object allocation" /></p>
<ol>
<li>Objects are created in the allocate space.</li>
<li>The allocate space is full.</li>
<li>A local GC scavenge process runs and reachable objects are either <em>evacuated</em> (copied) into the survivor space or into the tenure area if they have reached tenure age. Any objects that can't be reached are left untouched and subsequently cleared.</li>
<li>The allocate and survivor spaces swap roles. The original survivor space becomes the allocate space where new objects are created, and the original allocate space becomes the survivor space ready for the next local GC scavenge process.</li>
</ol>
<p>The relative sizes of the allocate and survivor spaces are dynamically adjusted by a technique called <em>tilting</em>. When the nursery area is first created, it is evenly divided between the allocate and survivor spaces. If, after a GC scavenge operation runs, the amount of space required for the survivor area is comparatively small, the boundary between the two spaces is adjusted by tilting. For example, if the survivor space requires only 10% of the nursery area, the <em>tilt ratio</em> is adjusted to give 90% of the nursery area to the allocate space. With more space available for new objects, the frequency of scavenge cycles is reduced.</p>
<p>The tenure age of an object is determined by the VM and reflects the number of times that an object has been copied between the allocate space and the survivor space. The age is in the range 1 - 14 and is adjusted dynamically by the VM depending on the object survival rate at particular ages. For example, if an object has a tenure age of <code>5</code>, it has been copied backwards and forwards between allocate and survivor spaces five times. If the VM sets a tenure age of <code>5</code> based on the percentage of space remaining in the nursery area, the next scavenge moves the object from the nursery to the tenure area. You can set an initial tenure age with the <a href="../xgc/#scvtenureage"><code>-Xgc:scvTenureAge</code></a> option. You can also prevent the VM dynamically adjusting the tenure age by setting the <a href="../xgc/#scvnoadaptivetenure"><code>Xgc:scvNoAdaptiveTenure</code></a> option so that the initial age is maintained throughout the run time of the VM.</p>
<p>Within the tenure area, new objects are allocated into the small object area (SOA), which is illustrated in the earlier diagram (see item 3). A large object area (LOA) is set aside for objects greater than 64 KB that cannot be allocated into the SOA to minimize fragmentation. The LOA is allocated by default but is reduced and removed after a few GC cycles if it isn't populated. To prevent the creation of an LOA, you can specify the <a href="../xloa/"><code>-Xnoloa</code></a> option on the command line when you start your application. When the tenure area is close to full a global GC cycle is triggered.</p>
<p>The partial GC cycle (scavenge) reduces pause times by frequently reclaiming memory in the nursery area which, for a transactional application with many short-lived objects, has the most recyclable space. While most of the objects stay in the nursery area after the scavenge operation is complete, a small fraction are moved to the tenure area. Over time the tenure area might become full. So, whilst a partial GC cycle is operating on the nursery area, a concurrent global GC cycle also runs alongside normal program execution to mark and remove unreachable objects from the tenure area. These two GC approaches combine to provide a good trade-off between shorter pause times and consistent throughput.</p>
<h3 id="concurrent-scavenge">Concurrent Scavenge</h3>
<p>A special mode of the <code>gencon</code> policy is known as <em>Concurrent Scavenge</em>. This mode aims to further reduce the average time spent in STW pauses by collecting garbage from the nursery area in parallel with running application threads. Whilst aiming to reduce the average time, this mode does not improve the worst case pause time when compared to running <code>gencon</code> without Concurrent Scavenge enabled.</p>
<p>To enable Concurrent Scavenge, see <a href="../xgc/#concurrentscavenge">-Xgc:concurrentScavenge</a>.</p>
<p>This mode can be enabled with hardware-based support and software-based support:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Hardware-based support: (Linux on IBM Z&reg; and z/OS&reg;)</strong> This mode works on the IBM z14™ and later mainframe system with the Guarded Storage (GS) Facility. The GS Facility provides hardware-based support to detect when potentially stale references to objects are accessed by an application. This means that the garbage collector can start processing objects in parts of the heap without halting an application because the GS Facility is on hand to spot accesses to an object and send a notification. The object that was ready to be swept away can be moved, and references to it can be reset.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Software-based support: (64-bit: Linux on (x86-64, POWER, IBM Z&reg;), AIX&reg;, macOS&reg;, and z/OS&reg;)</strong> With software-based support, Concurrent Scavenge can be enabled without any pre-requisite hardware although the performance throughput is not as good as hardware-based support.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>More information about Concurrent Scavenge mode can be found in the blog post <a href="https://blog.openj9.org/2019/03/25/concurrent-scavenge-garbage-collection-policy/">Concurrent Scavenge Garbage Collection Policy</a>.</p>
<h2 id="balanced-policy"><code>balanced</code> policy</h2>
<p><strong>(64-bit only)</strong></p>
<p>The Balanced GC policy (<a href="../xgcpolicy/#balanced"><code>-Xgcpolicy:balanced</code></a>) evens out pause times and reduces the overhead of some of the costlier operations that are typically associated with garbage collection, such as compaction and class unloading. The Java heap is divided into a large number of regions (1,000 - 2,000), which are managed individually by an incremental generational collector to reduce the maximum pause time on large heaps and increase the efficiency of garbage collection. The aim of the policy is to avoid global garbage collections by matching object allocation and survival rates.</p>
<h3 id="when-to-use">When to use</h3>
<p>The Balanced policy suits applications that require large heaps (&gt;64 MB) on 64-bit platforms. This policy might be a good alternative for applications that experience unacceptable pause times with <code>gencon</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>If you have problems with application pause times that are caused by global garbage collections, particularly compactions, this policy might improve application performance.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>If you are using large systems that have Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) characteristics (x86 and POWER&trade; platforms only), the Balanced policy might further improve application throughput.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>However, even though pause times are typically evened out across GC operations, actual pause times are affected by object allocation rates, object survival rates, and fragmentation levels within the heap, and cannot therefore be bound to a certain maximum nor can a certain utilization level be guaranteed.</p>
<h3 id="gc-processing_1">GC processing</h3>
<p>During VM startup, the GC divides the heap memory into regions of equal size. These regions remain static for the lifetime of the VM and are the basic unit of garbage collection and allocation operations. For example, when the heap is expanded or contracted, the memory committed or released corresponds to a certain number of regions. Although the Java heap is a contiguous range of memory addresses, any region within that range can be committed or released from a pool as required. This enables the Balanced GC to contract the heap more dynamically and aggressively than other garbage collectors, which typically require the committed portion of the heap to be contiguous.</p>
<p>Regions impose a maximum object size. Objects are always allocated within the bounds of a single region and are never permitted to span regions. The region size is always a power of two; for example, 512 KB, 1 MB, and so on (where KB is 2<sup>10</sup> bytes and MB is 2<sup>20</sup> bytes). The region size is selected at startup based on the maximum heap size. The collector chooses the smallest power of two which will result in less than 2048 regions, with a minimum region size of 512 KB. Except for small heaps (less than about 512 MB) the VM aims to have between 1024 and 2047 regions.</p>
<p>Object ages are tracked for each region with a maximum of 24 possible generations. The following diagram illustrates the structure of the object heap:</p>
<p><img alt="The diagram is explained in the surrounding text" src="../cr/balanced_regions.png" title="Region structure and characteristics found in the object heap" /></p>
<p>The <em>eden</em> space is a set of regions of age 0, which contain the newest objects allocated. The size of the eden space is determined by the number of regions that it contains. When the region count for the eden space reaches a predetermined threshold (<em>taxation</em> threshold), a partial GC cycle runs to reduce the number of used regions, typically by using a copy forward operation. Empty regions can then be assigned to the eden space from the pool. In specific cases, mark and compact operations might be used, for example, when there are not enough free survivor regions available. The partial GC cycle is a STW operation that always includes the eden space, but might include older regions. Objects from collectible regions of age N are moved into another region of the same age N or to an empty region that is assigned an age of N. Then, the ages of all regions across the heap are incremented by 1, except for the maximum age 24 regions. Regions of age 24 are included in partial GC collection sets in order to defragment them.</p>
<p>Partial GC cycles work to reclaim free regions in the heap for allocating new objects. Because some objects from eden regions always survive, a partial GC cycle can reclaim only about 90% of this memory. To keep up with object allocation, partial GC cycles also reclaim free regions by defragmenting older regions. For example, a partial GC cycle that moves objects from 5 fragmented older regions into 2 empty regions, reclaims 3 regions for new object allocation. However, over time the overall amount of fragmented memory decreases and records about object liveness in older regions become less accurate. Eventually, the work done by partial GC cycles to reclaim memory cannot keep pace with memory consumption. Free regions become so scarce that a global mark operation (GMP), which is triggered by another taxation threshold, is required to build a new record of object liveness across the heap. A sweep operation uses this record to measure the amount of free memory in fragmented older regions, which later partial GC cycles can act upon to move objects and reclaim free regions.</p>
<p>A global sweep operation also runs to reclaim memory so that it can create empty regions. The global sweep operation, while logically associated with the global mark operation, runs in the same STW increment as the first partial GC cycle after the mark operation completes. Because the GC cycle responsible for the global mark operation runs concurrently, it might overlap and interleave with a few partial GC cycles.</p>
<p>With the <code>balanced</code> policy, a global GC cycle is sometimes required in addition to the global mark operations and partial GC cycle. This global GC cycle is rare, occurring only in very tight memory conditions when other GC cycles cannot free enough memory on the heap.</p>
<p>Most objects are easily contained within the minimum region size of 512 KB. However, to support large arrays, which cannot be contained in a region, the <code>balanced</code> GC policy uses an <em>arraylet</em> representation in the heap. For more information about structure and layout, see <a href="../allocation/#arraylets">Arraylets</a>.</p>
<p><span aria-hidden="true" class="twemoji note"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="m497.9 142.1-46.1 46.1c-4.7 4.7-12.3 4.7-17 0l-111-111c-4.7-4.7-4.7-12.3 0-17l46.1-46.1c18.7-18.7 49.1-18.7 67.9 0l60.1 60.1c18.8 18.7 18.8 49.1 0 67.9zM284.2 99.8 21.6 362.4.4 483.9c-2.9 16.4 11.4 30.6 27.8 27.8l121.5-21.3 262.6-262.6c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.3 0-17l-111-111c-4.8-4.7-12.4-4.7-17.1 0zM124.1 339.9c-5.5-5.5-5.5-14.3 0-19.8l154-154c5.5-5.5 14.3-5.5 19.8 0s5.5 14.3 0 19.8l-154 154c-5.5 5.5-14.3 5.5-19.8 0zM88 424h48v36.3l-64.5 11.3-31.1-31.1L51.7 376H88v48z"/></svg></span> <strong>Note:</strong> With arraylets, JNI access to array data might involve reconstituting arraylets as contiguous arrays, which can significantly slow down processing.</p>
<p>To learn about the default heap size and the tuning options that can be used with the <code>balanced</code> policy, see <a href="../xgcpolicy/#balanced-defaults-and-options"><code>-Xgcpolicy:balanced</code></a>.</p>
<h2 id="optavgpause-policy"><code>optavgpause</code> policy</h2>
<p>The <em>optimize for pause time</em> policy (<a href="../xgcpolicy/#optavgpause"><code>-Xgcpolicy:optavgpause</code></a>) uses a global GC to manage a flat heap comprised of a single area and to compact the heap if the heap becomes fragmented. The global GC cycle starts preemptively so that the cycle finishes before the heap is exhausted. By anticipating global collections and initiating some mark operations ahead of collection, the <code>optavgpause</code> policy reduces GC pause times when compared to <code>optthruput</code>. However, the reduction in pause time comes at the expense of some performance throughput.</p>
<h3 id="when-to-use_1">When to use</h3>
<p>Consider using this policy if you have a large heap size (available on 64-bit platforms), because this policy limits the effect of increasing heap size on the length of the GC pause.</p>
<p>Although <code>optavgpause</code> uses a write barrier to support concurrent mark operations, it does not use a generational write barrier. For some application workloads, such as those that frequently change large and old reference arrays, this strategy might be of greater benefit. However, in many situations, the default <a href="#gencon-policy-default"><code>gencon</code></a> policy offers better performance.</p>
<p>By using a flat heap, <code>optavgpause</code> avoids potential issues with very large objects. With <code>gencon</code>, the heap is divided into areas (nursery and tenure) in order to manage generations of objects. Although there might be sufficient free space on the overall Java heap for a very large object, it might not fit into the nursery area. If the allocator does succeed in allocating a very large object, further GC cycles might be required to create enough contiguous free space.</p>
<p>Overall, <code>optavgpause</code>, along with <code>optthruput</code>, is best suited to short-lived applications and to long-running services that involve concurrent sessions with short lifespans. Short-lived applications with adequate heap sizes usually complete without compaction. The flat heap fragments more slowly when session-bound objects are allocated and drop out of the live set in short overlapping clusters.</p>
<h3 id="gc-processing_2">GC processing</h3>
<p>The <code>optavgpause</code> policy requires a flat Java heap. A global GC cycle runs concurrent <em>mark-sweep</em> operations, optionally followed by compact operations. By running most operations concurrently with application threads, this strategy aims to reduce GC pause times as much as possible.</p>
<h2 id="optthruput-policy"><code>optthruput</code> policy</h2>
<p>The <em>optimize for throughput</em> policy (<a href="../xgcpolicy/#optthruput"><code>-Xgcpolicy:optthruput</code></a>) uses a global GC cycle to manage a flat heap that is comprised of a single area and to compact the heap if the heap becomes fragmented. The global collector runs mark and sweep operations that are triggered by an allocation failure when the heap is exhausted. As a result, applications stop for long pauses while garbage collection takes place.</p>
<h3 id="when-to-use_2">When to use</h3>
<p>You might consider using this policy when a large heap application can tolerate longer GC pauses to obtain better overall throughput. Unlike <code>gencon</code>, the <code>optthruput</code> policy does not use object access barriers. In some workloads, the cost of these barriers might be high enough to make <code>optthruput</code> preferable. However, in many situations, the default <a href="#gencon-policy-default"><code>gencon</code></a> policy offers better performance.</p>
<p>By using a flat heap, <code>optthruput</code> avoids potential issues with very large objects. With <code>gencon</code>, the heap is divided into areas (nursery and tenure) in order to manage generations of objects. Although there might be sufficient free space on the overall Java heap for a very large object, it might not fit into the nursery area. If the allocator does succeed in allocating a very large object, further GC cycles might be required to create enough contiguous free space.</p>
<p>Overall, <code>optthruput</code>, along with <code>optavgpause</code>, is best suited to short-lived applications and to long-running services that involve concurrent sessions with short lifespans. Short-lived applications with adequate heap sizes usually complete without compaction. The flat heap fragments more slowly when session-bound objects are allocated and drop out of the live set in short overlapping clusters.</p>
<h3 id="gc-processing_3">GC processing</h3>
<p>The <code>optthruput</code> policy requires a flat Java heap. A global GC cycle runs <em>mark-sweep</em> operations, optionally followed by compact operations. The cycle requires exclusive access to the heap, causing application threads to halt while operations take place. As such, long pauses can occur.</p>
<h2 id="metronome-policy"><code>metronome</code> policy</h2>
<p><strong>(Linux on x86-64 and AIX platforms only)</strong></p>
<p>The metronome policy (<a href="../xgcpolicy/#metronome-aix-linux-x86-only"><code>-Xgcpolicy:metronome</code></a>) is an incremental, deterministic garbage collector with short pause times. Applications that are dependent on precise response times can take advantage of this technology by avoiding potentially long delays from GC activity.</p>
<h3 id="when-to-use_3">When to use</h3>
<p><code>metronome</code> is designed for applications that require a precise upper bound on collection pause times as well as specified application utilization: the proportion of time that the application is permitted to use, with the remainder being devoted to GC. The <code>metronome</code> GC runs in short interruptible bursts to avoid long STW pauses.</p>
<h3 id="gc-processing_4">GC processing</h3>
<p>The Java heap is allocated as a contiguous range of memory, partitioned into small regions of equal size (~64 KB). The <code>metronome</code> policy does not dynamically resize the heap; the heap is always fully expanded, even if <a href="../xms/"><code>-Xms</code></a> is not set to <a href="../xms/"><code>-Xmx</code></a>.</p>
<p>Each region of the heap is either empty, or contains only objects in one of 16 size classes. The heap also supports <a href="../allocation/#arraylets">Arraylets</a> for dealing with large arrays. This organization improves the use of available heap space, reducing the need for heap compaction and defragmentation, and providing more precise control over the incremental sweep operation.</p>
<p><span aria-hidden="true" class="twemoji note"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="m497.9 142.1-46.1 46.1c-4.7 4.7-12.3 4.7-17 0l-111-111c-4.7-4.7-4.7-12.3 0-17l46.1-46.1c18.7-18.7 49.1-18.7 67.9 0l60.1 60.1c18.8 18.7 18.8 49.1 0 67.9zM284.2 99.8 21.6 362.4.4 483.9c-2.9 16.4 11.4 30.6 27.8 27.8l121.5-21.3 262.6-262.6c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.3 0-17l-111-111c-4.8-4.7-12.4-4.7-17.1 0zM124.1 339.9c-5.5-5.5-5.5-14.3 0-19.8l154-154c5.5-5.5 14.3-5.5 19.8 0s5.5 14.3 0 19.8l-154 154c-5.5 5.5-14.3 5.5-19.8 0zM88 424h48v36.3l-64.5 11.3-31.1-31.1L51.7 376H88v48z"/></svg></span> <strong>Note:</strong> With arraylets, JNI access to array data might involve reconstituting arraylets as contiguous arrays, which can significantly slow down processing.</p>
<p>Although high application utilization is desirable for optimal throughput, the GC must be able to keep up with the application's memory allocation rate.</p>
<p>A higher utilization typically requires a larger heap because the GC isn't allowed to run as much as a lower utilization would permit. The relationship between utilization and heap size is highly application dependent, and striking an appropriate balance requires iterative experimentation with the application and VM parameters. You might need to adjust heap size or pause time or target utilization to achieve an acceptable runtime configuration.</p>
<p>To learn about default options and tuning options that can be used with the <code>metronome</code> policy, see <a href="../xgcpolicy/#metronome-defaults-and-options"><code>-Xgcpolicy:metronome</code></a>.</p>
<h2 id="nogc-policy"><code>nogc</code> policy</h2>
<p><a href="../xgcpolicy/#nogc"><code>-Xgcpolicy:nogc</code></a> handles only memory allocation and heap expansion, but doesn't reclaim any memory. The GC impact on runtime performance is therefore minimized, but if the available Java heap becomes exhausted, an <code>OutOfMemoryError</code> exception is triggered and the VM stops.</p>
<h3 id="when-to-use_4">When to use</h3>
<p>This policy is not suited to the majority of Java applications. However, the following use cases apply:</p>
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<p>GC performance: Use <code>nogc</code> as a baseline when testing the performance of other GC policies, including the provision of a low-latency baseline.</p>
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<p>You might use <code>nogc</code> when an application is so short-lived that allocated memory is never exhausted and running a full GC cycle is therefore a waste of resources.</p>
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<p>Similarly, when memory application is well understood or where there is rarely memory to be reclaimed, you might prefer to avoid unnecessary GC cycles and rely on a failover mechanism to occasionally restart the VM.</p>
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<p><span aria-hidden="true" class="twemoji note"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="m497.9 142.1-46.1 46.1c-4.7 4.7-12.3 4.7-17 0l-111-111c-4.7-4.7-4.7-12.3 0-17l46.1-46.1c18.7-18.7 49.1-18.7 67.9 0l60.1 60.1c18.8 18.7 18.8 49.1 0 67.9zM284.2 99.8 21.6 362.4.4 483.9c-2.9 16.4 11.4 30.6 27.8 27.8l121.5-21.3 262.6-262.6c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.3 0-17l-111-111c-4.8-4.7-12.4-4.7-17.1 0zM124.1 339.9c-5.5-5.5-5.5-14.3 0-19.8l154-154c5.5-5.5 14.3-5.5 19.8 0s5.5 14.3 0 19.8l-154 154c-5.5 5.5-14.3 5.5-19.8 0zM88 424h48v36.3l-64.5 11.3-31.1-31.1L51.7 376H88v48z"/></svg></span> <strong>Note:</strong> You should be especially careful when using any of the following techniques with <code>nogc</code> because memory is never released under this policy: </p>
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<li>Finalization </li>
<li>Direct memory access </li>
<li>Weak, soft, and phantom references</li>
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<h2 id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h2>
<p>You can diagnose problems with garbage collection operations by turning on verbose GC logging. By default, the information is printed to STDERR but can be redirected to a file by specifying the <code>-Xverbosegclog</code> option. The log files contain detailed information about all operations, including initialization, STW processing, finalization, reference processing, and allocation failures. For more information, see <a href="../vgclog/">Verbose GC logs</a>.</p>
<p>If verbose logs do not provide enough information to help you diagnose GC problems, you can use GC trace to analyze operations at a more granular level. For more information, see <a href="../xtgc/">-Xtgc</a>.</p>
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