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<h1 id="-xxidletuningminfreeheaponidle">-XX:IdleTuningMinFreeHeapOnIdle</h1>
<p><strong>(Linux&trade; only)</strong></p>
<p>This option controls the percentage of free memory pages in the object heap that can be released when the OpenJ9 VM is in an idle state.</p>
<p><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> <strong>Restrictions:</strong> This option applies only to Linux architectures when the Generational Concurrent (<code>gencon</code>) garbage collection policy is in use. This option is not effective if the object heap is configured to use large pages.</p>
<h2 id="syntax">Syntax</h2>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span>    -XX:IdleTuningMinFreeHeapOnIdle=&lt;percentage&gt;
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<p>When used with <code>-XX:+IdleTuningGcOnIdle</code>, this option can be used to place an upper bound on the percentage of free memory pages in the object heap that can be released when the VM is in an idle state. If <code>-XX:IdleTuningMinFreeHeapOnIdle</code> is not specified, the VM uses a default value of 0.</p>
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<p>If you set <code>-XX:IdleTuningMinFreeHeapOnIdle=10</code>, no more than 90% of the free memory pages in the object heap can be released by the VM when it is in an idle state.</p>
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<li><a href="../xxidletuningminidlewaittime/#xxidletuningminidlewaittime" title="When the VM is idle, this option controls the minimum length of time that the VM must be idle before the status of the VM is set to idle. Further tuning options control the compaction of the object heap and the release of free memory pages, which reduces the footprint of the VM.">-XX:IdleTuningMinIdleWaitTime</a></li>
<li><a href="../xxidletuningcompactonidle/#xx/|-/idletuningcompactonidle" title="This option controls garbage collection processing with compaction when the status of the VM is set to idle.">-XX:[+|-]IdleTuningCompactOnIdle</a></li>
<li><a href="../xxidletuninggconidle/#xx/|-/idletuninggconidle" title="This option can be used to reduce the memory footprint of the VM when it is in an idle state.">-XX:[+|-]IdleTuningGcOnIdle</a></li>
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