changeset 9734:d10e26451cd0

8134972: [BACKOUT] GC: implement ranges (optionally constraints) for those flags that have them missing Reviewed-by: jwilhelm
author sangheki
date Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:49:46 -0700
parents d487a586ed9c
children f44314157fcb
files src/share/vm/gc/g1/g1_globals.hpp src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.cpp src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.hpp src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.cpp src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.hpp src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagRangeList.cpp src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp test/gc/arguments/TestG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis.java test/gc/arguments/TestG1HeapRegionSize.java test/gc/arguments/TestHeapFreeRatio.java test/gc/arguments/TestInitialTenuringThreshold.java test/gc/arguments/TestObjectTenuringFlags.java
diffstat 13 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 710 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/share/vm/gc/g1/g1_globals.hpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc/g1/g1_globals.hpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define SHARE_VM_GC_G1_G1_GLOBALS_HPP
 
 #include "runtime/globals.hpp"
-#include <float.h> // for DBL_MAX
 //
 // Defines all globals flags used by the garbage-first compiler.
 //
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@
           "update buffer processing info "                                  \
           "(0 means do not periodically generate this info); "              \
           "it also requires -XX:+G1SummarizeRSetStats")                     \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(bool, G1TraceConcRefinement, false,                            \
           "Trace G1 concurrent refinement")                                 \
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@
   product(double, G1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis, 10.0,                       \
           "Target duration of individual concurrent marking steps "         \
           "in milliseconds.")                                               \
-          range(1.0, DBL_MAX)                                               \
+          range(1.0, (double)max_uintx)                                     \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1RefProcDrainInterval, 10,                                 \
           "The number of discovered reference objects to process before "   \
@@ -91,11 +89,9 @@
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, G1SATBBufferSize, 1*K,                                    \
           "Number of entries in an SATB log buffer.")                       \
-          range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, G1SATBProcessCompletedThreshold, 20,                        \
           "Number of completed buffers that triggers log processing.")      \
-          range(0, max_jint)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, G1SATBBufferEnqueueingThresholdPercent, 60,                \
           "Before enqueueing them, each mutator thread tries to do some "   \
@@ -118,31 +114,26 @@
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, G1UpdateBufferSize, 256,                                  \
           "Size of an update buffer")                                       \
-          range(1, NOT_LP64(32*M) LP64_ONLY(1*G))                           \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1ConcRefinementYellowZone, 0,                              \
           "Number of enqueued update buffers that will "                    \
           "trigger concurrent processing. Will be selected ergonomically "  \
           "by default.")                                                    \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1ConcRefinementRedZone, 0,                                 \
           "Maximum number of enqueued update buffers before mutator "       \
           "threads start processing new ones instead of enqueueing them. "  \
           "Will be selected ergonomically by default. Zero will disable "   \
           "concurrent processing.")                                         \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1ConcRefinementGreenZone, 0,                               \
           "The number of update buffers that are left in the queue by the " \
           "concurrent processing threads. Will be selected ergonomically "  \
           "by default.")                                                    \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1ConcRefinementServiceIntervalMillis, 300,                 \
           "The last concurrent refinement thread wakes up every "           \
           "specified number of milliseconds to do miscellaneous work.")     \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1ConcRefinementThresholdStep, 0,                           \
           "Each time the rset update queue increases by this amount "       \
@@ -152,7 +143,6 @@
   product(intx, G1RSetUpdatingPauseTimePercent, 10,                         \
           "A target percentage of time that is allowed to be spend on "     \
           "process RS update buffers during the collection pause.")         \
-          range(0, 100)                                                     \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, G1UseAdaptiveConcRefinement, true,                          \
           "Select green, yellow and red zones adaptively to meet the "      \
@@ -168,24 +158,18 @@
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, G1RSetRegionEntriesBase, 256,                               \
           "Max number of regions in a fine-grain table per MB.")            \
-          range(1, max_jint)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1RSetRegionEntries, 0,                                     \
           "Max number of regions for which we keep bitmaps."                \
           "Will be set ergonomically by default")                           \
-          range(0, max_jint)                                                \
-          constraint(G1RSetRegionEntriesConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)           \
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, G1RSetSparseRegionEntriesBase, 4,                           \
           "Max number of entries per region in a sparse table "             \
           "per MB.")                                                        \
-          range(1, max_jint)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, G1RSetSparseRegionEntries, 0,                               \
           "Max number of entries per region in a sparse table."             \
           "Will be set ergonomically by default.")                          \
-          range(0, max_jint)                                                \
-          constraint(G1RSetSparseRegionEntriesConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)     \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, G1RecordHRRSOops, false,                                    \
           "When true, record recent calls to rem set operations.")          \
@@ -196,7 +180,6 @@
   develop(intx, G1MaxVerifyFailures, -1,                                    \
           "The maximum number of verification failures to print.  "         \
           "-1 means print all.")                                            \
-          range(-1, max_jint)                                               \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, G1ScrubRemSets, true,                                       \
           "When true, do RS scrubbing after cleanup.")                      \
@@ -210,13 +193,11 @@
   develop(intx, G1YoungSurvRateNumRegionsSummary, 0,                        \
           "the number of regions for which we'll print a surv rate "        \
           "summary.")                                                       \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
-          constraint(G1YoungSurvRateNumRegionsSummaryConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)\
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, G1ReservePercent, 10,                                      \
           "It determines the minimum reserve we should have in the heap "   \
           "to minimize the probability of promotion failure.")              \
-          range(0, 50)                                                      \
+          range(0, 100)                                                     \
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(bool, G1PrintHeapRegions, false,                               \
           "If set G1 will print information on which regions are being "    \
@@ -234,13 +215,10 @@
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, G1HeapRegionSize, 0,                                      \
           "Size of the G1 regions.")                                        \
-          range(0, 32*M)                                                    \
-          constraint(G1HeapRegionSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)        \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, G1ConcRefinementThreads, 0,                                \
           "If non-0 is the number of parallel rem set update threads, "     \
           "otherwise the value is determined ergonomically.")               \
-          range(0, max_jint-1)                                              \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, G1VerifyCTCleanup, false,                                   \
           "Verify card table cleanup.")                                     \
@@ -248,7 +226,6 @@
   product(size_t, G1RSetScanBlockSize, 64,                                  \
           "Size of a work unit of cards claimed by a worker thread"         \
           "during RSet scanning.")                                          \
-          range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
                                                                             \
   develop(uintx, G1SecondaryFreeListAppendLength, 5,                        \
           "The number of regions we will add to the secondary free list "   \
@@ -285,7 +262,6 @@
   experimental(uintx, G1NewSizePercent, 5,                                  \
           "Percentage (0-100) of the heap size to use as default "          \
           "minimum young gen size.")                                        \
-          range(0, 100)                                                     \
           constraint(G1NewSizePercentConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)              \
                                                                             \
   experimental(uintx, G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent, 85,                    \
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -581,10 +581,8 @@
 }
 
 static bool set_fp_numeric_flag(char* name, char* value, Flag::Flags origin) {
-  char* end;
-  errno = 0;
-  double v = strtod(value, &end);
-  if ((errno != 0) || (*end != 0)) {
+  double v;
+  if (sscanf(value, "%lf", &v) != 1) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -718,9 +716,9 @@
     return set_string_flag(name, value, origin);
   }
 
-#define SIGNED_FP_NUMBER_RANGE "[-0123456789.eE+]"
+#define SIGNED_FP_NUMBER_RANGE "[-0123456789.]"
 #define SIGNED_NUMBER_RANGE    "[-0123456789]"
-#define        NUMBER_RANGE    "[0123456789eE+-]"
+#define        NUMBER_RANGE    "[0123456789]"
   char value[BUFLEN + 1];
   char value2[BUFLEN + 1];
   if (sscanf(arg, "%" XSTR(BUFLEN) NAME_RANGE "=" "%" XSTR(BUFLEN) SIGNED_NUMBER_RANGE "." "%" XSTR(BUFLEN) NUMBER_RANGE "%c", name, value, value2, &dummy) == 3) {
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.cpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.cpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 #define EMIT_CONSTRAINT_CHECK(func, type)                               , func, CommandLineFlagConstraint::type
 
 // the "name" argument must be a string literal
-#define INITIAL_CONSTRAINTS_SIZE 40
+#define INITIAL_CONSTRAINTS_SIZE 16
 GrowableArray<CommandLineFlagConstraint*>* CommandLineFlagConstraintList::_constraints = NULL;
 CommandLineFlagConstraint::ConstraintType CommandLineFlagConstraintList::_validating_type = CommandLineFlagConstraint::AtParse;
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
                                    EMIT_CONSTRAINT_CHECK));
 #endif // COMPILER2
 
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
+#ifndef INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
   emit_constraint_no(NULL G1_FLAGS(EMIT_CONSTRAINT_DEVELOPER_FLAG,
                                    EMIT_CONSTRAINT_PD_DEVELOPER_FLAG,
                                    EMIT_CONSTRAINT_PRODUCT_FLAG,
@@ -305,7 +305,10 @@
 
 // Check constraints for specific constraint type.
 bool CommandLineFlagConstraintList::check_constraints(CommandLineFlagConstraint::ConstraintType type) {
-  guarantee(type > _validating_type, "Constraint check is out of order.");
+  // Skip if we already checked.
+  if (type < _validating_type) {
+    return true;
+  }
   _validating_type = type;
 
   bool status = true;
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.hpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintList.hpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
   enum ConstraintType {
     // Will be validated during argument processing (Arguments::parse_argument).
     AtParse         = 0,
-    // Will be validated by CommandLineFlagConstraintList::check_constraints(AfterErgo).
-    AfterErgo       = 1,
-    // Will be validated by CommandLineFlagConstraintList::check_constraints(AfterMemoryInit).
+    // Will be validated by CommandLineFlags::check_constraints_of_after_ergo().
+    AfterErgo      = 1,
+    // Will be validated by CommandLineFlags::check_constraints_of_after_memory_init().
     AfterMemoryInit = 2
   };
 
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.cpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.cpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -23,19 +23,16 @@
  */
 
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/collectedHeap.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/collectorPolicy.hpp"
-#include "gc/shared/threadLocalAllocBuffer.hpp"
 #include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
 #include "runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.hpp"
 #include "runtime/commandLineFlagRangeList.hpp"
 #include "runtime/globals.hpp"
-#include "runtime/globals_extension.hpp"
 #include "utilities/defaultStream.hpp"
 
 #if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 #include "gc/g1/g1_globals.hpp"
 #include "gc/g1/heapRegionBounds.inline.hpp"
+#include "gc/parallel/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp"
 #include "gc/shared/plab.hpp"
 #endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 #ifdef COMPILER1
@@ -45,63 +42,6 @@
 #include "opto/c2_globals.hpp"
 #endif // COMPILER2
 
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-static Flag::Error ParallelGCThreadsAndCMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold(uint threads, uintx threshold, bool verbose) {
-  // CMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold is verified to be less than max_juint
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC && (threads > (uint)(max_jint / (uint)threshold))) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "ParallelGCThreads (" UINT32_FORMAT ") or CMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold ("
-                            UINTX_FORMAT ") is too large\n",
-                            threads, threshold);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-#endif
-
-// As ParallelGCThreads differs among GC modes, we need constraint function.
-Flag::Error ParallelGCThreadsConstraintFunc(uint value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  // Parallel GC passes ParallelGCThreads when creating GrowableArray as 'int' type parameter.
-  // So can't exceed with "max_jint"
-  if (UseParallelGC && (value > (uint)max_jint)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "ParallelGCThreads (" UINT32_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to " UINT32_FORMAT " for Parallel GC\n",
-                            value, max_jint);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  // To avoid overflow at ParScanClosure::do_oop_work.
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC && (value > (max_jint / 10))) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "ParallelGCThreads (" UINT32_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to " UINT32_FORMAT " for CMS GC\n",
-                            value, (max_jint / 10));
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  status = ParallelGCThreadsAndCMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold(value, CMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold, verbose);
-#endif
-  return status;
-}
-
-// As ConcGCThreads should be smaller than ParallelGCThreads,
-// we need constraint function.
-Flag::Error ConcGCThreadsConstraintFunc(uint value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  // CMS and G1 GCs use ConcGCThreads.
-  if ((UseConcMarkSweepGC || UseG1GC) && (value > ParallelGCThreads)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "ConcGCThreads (" UINT32_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to ParallelGCThreads (" UINT32_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, ParallelGCThreads);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
 static Flag::Error MinPLABSizeBounds(const char* name, size_t value, bool verbose) {
 #if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
   if ((UseConcMarkSweepGC || UseG1GC) && (value < PLAB::min_size())) {
@@ -129,40 +69,16 @@
 }
 
 static Flag::Error MinMaxPLABSizeBounds(const char* name, size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = MinPLABSizeBounds(name, value, verbose);
-
-  if (status == Flag::SUCCESS) {
+  if (MinPLABSizeBounds(name, value, verbose) == Flag::SUCCESS) {
     return MaxPLABSizeBounds(name, value, verbose);
   }
-  return status;
+  return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
 }
 
 Flag::Error YoungPLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
   return MinMaxPLABSizeBounds("YoungPLABSize", value, verbose);
 }
 
-Flag::Error OldPLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC) {
-    if (value == 0) {
-      CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                              "OldPLABSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be greater than 0",
-                              value);
-      return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-    }
-    // For CMS, OldPLABSize is the number of free blocks of a given size that are used when
-    // replenishing the local per-worker free list caches.
-    // For more details, please refer to Arguments::set_cms_and_parnew_gc_flags().
-    status = MaxPLABSizeBounds("OldPLABSize", value, verbose);
-  } else {
-    status = MinMaxPLABSizeBounds("OldPLABSize", value, verbose);
-  }
-#endif
-  return status;
-}
-
 Flag::Error MinHeapFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
   if (value > MaxHeapFreeRatio) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
@@ -187,23 +103,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-static Flag::Error CheckMaxHeapSizeAndSoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB(size_t maxHeap, intx softRef, bool verbose) {
-  if ((softRef > 0) && ((maxHeap / M) > (max_uintx / softRef))) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "Desired lifetime of SoftReferences cannot be expressed correctly. "
-                            "MaxHeapSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") or SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB "
-                            "(" INTX_FORMAT ") is too large\n",
-                            maxHeap, softRef);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return Flag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
-Flag::Error SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMBConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose) {
-  return CheckMaxHeapSizeAndSoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB(MaxHeapSize, value, verbose);
-}
-
 Flag::Error MinMetaspaceFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
   if (value > MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
@@ -228,111 +127,45 @@
   }
 }
 
-Flag::Error InitialTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  // InitialTenuringThreshold is only used for ParallelGC.
-  if (UseParallelGC && (value > MaxTenuringThreshold)) {
-      CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                              "InitialTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                              "less than or equal to MaxTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                              value, MaxTenuringThreshold);
-      return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
+// GC workaround for "-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
+// which sets InitialTenuringThreshold to 7 but leaves MaxTenuringThreshold remaining at 6
+// and therefore would invalidate the constraint
+#define UseConcMarkSweepGCWorkaroundIfNeeded(initial, max) { \
+  if ((initial == 7) && (max == 6)) { \
+    return Flag::SUCCESS; \
+  } \
 }
 
-Flag::Error MaxTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  // As only ParallelGC uses InitialTenuringThreshold,
-  // we don't need to compare InitialTenuringThreshold with MaxTenuringThreshold.
-  if (UseParallelGC && (value < InitialTenuringThreshold)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MaxTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to InitialTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, InitialTenuringThreshold);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
+Flag::Error InitialTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
+  UseConcMarkSweepGCWorkaroundIfNeeded(value, MaxTenuringThreshold);
 
-  // MaxTenuringThreshold=0 means NeverTenure=false && AlwaysTenure=true
-  if ((value == 0) && (NeverTenure || !AlwaysTenure)) {
+  if (value > MaxTenuringThreshold) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MaxTenuringThreshold (0) should match to NeverTenure=false "
-                            "&& AlwaysTenure=true. But we have NeverTenure=%s "
-                            "AlwaysTenure=%s\n",
-                            NeverTenure ? "true" : "false",
-                            AlwaysTenure ? "true" : "false");
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-Flag::Error G1RSetRegionEntriesConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-  // Default value of G1RSetRegionEntries=0 means will be set ergonomically.
-  // Minimum value is 1.
-  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(G1RSetRegionEntries) && (value < 1)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "G1RSetRegionEntries (" INTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to 1\n",
-                            value);
+                            "InitialTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
+                            "less than or equal to MaxTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
+                            value, MaxTenuringThreshold);
     return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
   } else {
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
   }
 }
 
-Flag::Error G1RSetSparseRegionEntriesConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
+Flag::Error MaxTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
+  UseConcMarkSweepGCWorkaroundIfNeeded(InitialTenuringThreshold, value);
 
-  // Default value of G1RSetSparseRegionEntries=0 means will be set ergonomically.
-  // Minimum value is 1.
-  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(G1RSetSparseRegionEntries) && (value < 1)) {
+  if (value < InitialTenuringThreshold) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "G1RSetSparseRegionEntries (" INTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to 1\n",
-                            value);
+                            "MaxTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
+                            "greater than or equal to InitialTenuringThreshold (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
+                            value, InitialTenuringThreshold);
     return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
   } else {
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
   }
 }
 
-Flag::Error G1YoungSurvRateNumRegionsSummaryConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-  if (value > (intx)HeapRegionBounds::target_number()) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "G1YoungSurvRateNumRegionsSummary (" INTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to region count (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, HeapRegionBounds::target_number());
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return Flag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
-Flag::Error G1HeapRegionSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-  // Default value of G1HeapRegionSize=0 means will be set ergonomically.
-  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(G1HeapRegionSize) && (value < HeapRegionBounds::min_size())) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "G1HeapRegionSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to ergonomic heap region minimum size\n",
-                            value);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return Flag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
+#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 Flag::Error G1NewSizePercentConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
-
   if (value > G1MaxNewSizePercent) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
                             "G1NewSizePercent (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
@@ -345,8 +178,6 @@
 }
 
 Flag::Error G1MaxNewSizePercentConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (!UseG1GC) return Flag::SUCCESS;
-
   if (value < G1NewSizePercent) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
                             "G1MaxNewSizePercent (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
@@ -357,56 +188,15 @@
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
   }
 }
+
 #endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 
-Flag::Error ParGCStridesPerThreadConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC && (value > ((uintx)max_jint / (uintx)ParallelGCThreads))) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "ParGCStridesPerThread (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to ergonomic maximum (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, ((uintx)max_jint / (uintx)ParallelGCThreads));
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
 Flag::Error CMSOldPLABMinConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC) {
-    if (value > CMSOldPLABMax) {
-      CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                              "CMSOldPLABMin (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                              "less than or equal to CMSOldPLABMax (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                              value, CMSOldPLABMax);
-      return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-    }
-    status = MaxPLABSizeBounds("CMSOldPLABMin", value, verbose);
-  }
-#endif
-  return status;
-}
-
-Flag::Error CMSOldPLABMaxConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = Flag::SUCCESS;
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC) {
-    status = MaxPLABSizeBounds("CMSOldPLABMax", value, verbose);
-  }
-#endif
-  return status;
-}
-
-Flag::Error MarkStackSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  if (value > MarkStackSizeMax) {
+  if (value > CMSOldPLABMax) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MarkStackSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to MarkStackSizeMax (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, MarkStackSizeMax);
+                            "CMSOldPLABMin (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
+                            "less than or equal to CMSOldPLABMax (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
+                            value, CMSOldPLABMax);
     return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
   } else {
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
@@ -414,212 +204,23 @@
 }
 
 Flag::Error CMSPrecleanDenominatorConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC && (value <= CMSPrecleanNumerator)) {
+  if (value <= CMSPrecleanNumerator) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
                             "CMSPrecleanDenominator (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
                             "strickly greater than CMSPrecleanNumerator (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
                             value, CMSPrecleanNumerator);
     return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error CMSPrecleanNumeratorConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC && (value >= CMSPrecleanDenominator)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "CMSPrecleanNumerator (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than CMSPrecleanDenominator (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, CMSPrecleanDenominator);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error CMSWorkQueueDrainThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseConcMarkSweepGC) {
-    return ParallelGCThreadsAndCMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold(ParallelGCThreads, value, verbose);
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error MaxGCPauseMillisConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseG1GC && FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(MaxGCPauseMillis) && (value >= GCPauseIntervalMillis)) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MaxGCPauseMillis (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than GCPauseIntervalMillis (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, GCPauseIntervalMillis);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif
-
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error GCPauseIntervalMillisConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseG1GC) {
-    if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(GCPauseIntervalMillis)) {
-      if (value < 1) {
-        CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                                "GCPauseIntervalMillis (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                                "greater than or equal to 1\n",
-                                value);
-        return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-      }
-      if (value <= MaxGCPauseMillis) {
-        CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                                "GCPauseIntervalMillis (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                                "greater than MaxGCPauseMillis (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
-                                value, MaxGCPauseMillis);
-        return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  size_t aligned_max = (size_t)align_size_down(max_uintx/2, Metaspace::reserve_alignment_words());
-  if (value > aligned_max) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to aligned maximum value (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, aligned_max);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static Flag::Error MaxSizeForHeapAlignment(const char* name, size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  // For G1 GC, we don't know until G1CollectorPolicy is created.
-  size_t heap_alignment;
-
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  if (UseG1GC) {
-    heap_alignment = HeapRegionBounds::max_size();
-  } else
-#endif
-  {
-    heap_alignment = CollectorPolicy::compute_heap_alignment();
-  }
-
-  // Not to overflow 'align_size_up(value, _heap_alignment) used from CollectorPolicy::initialize_flags()'.
-  size_t aligned_max = ((max_uintx - heap_alignment) & ~(heap_alignment-1));
-  if (value > aligned_max) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "%s (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to aligned maximum value (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            name, value, aligned_max);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error InitialHeapSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  return MaxSizeForHeapAlignment("InitialHeapSize", value, verbose);
-}
-
-Flag::Error MaxHeapSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  Flag::Error status = MaxSizeForHeapAlignment("MaxHeapSize", value, verbose);
-
-  if (status == Flag::SUCCESS) {
-    status = CheckMaxHeapSizeAndSoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB(value, SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB, verbose);
-  }
-  return status;
-}
-
-Flag::Error NewSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-#ifdef _LP64
-#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-  // Overflow would happen for uint type variable of YoungGenSizer::_min_desired_young_length
-  // when the value to be assigned exceeds uint range.
-  // i.e. result of '(uint)(NewSize / region size(1~32MB))'
-  // So maximum of NewSize should be 'max_juint * 1M'
-  if (UseG1GC && (value > (max_juint * 1 * M))) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "NewSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be less than ergonomic maximum value\n",
-                            value);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  }
-#endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-#endif // _LP64
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error MinTLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  // At least, alignment reserve area is needed.
-  if (value < ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::alignment_reserve_in_bytes()) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MinTLABSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to reserved area in TLAB (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::alignment_reserve_in_bytes());
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
   } else {
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
   }
 }
 
-Flag::Error TLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  // Skip for default value of zero which means set ergonomically.
-  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(TLABSize)) {
-    if (value < MinTLABSize) {
-      CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                              "TLABSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                              "greater than or equal to MinTLABSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                              value, MinTLABSize);
-      return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-    }
-    if (value > (ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::max_size() * HeapWordSize)) {
-      CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                              "TLABSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                              "less than or equal to ergonomic TLAB maximum size (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                              value, (ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::max_size() * HeapWordSize));
-      return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-    }
-  }
-  return Flag::SUCCESS;
-}
-
-Flag::Error SurvivorRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
-  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(SurvivorRatio) &&
-      (value > (MaxHeapSize / Universe::heap()->collector_policy()->space_alignment()))) {
+Flag::Error CMSPrecleanNumeratorConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose) {
+  if (value > (CMSPrecleanDenominator - 1)) {
     CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "SurvivorRatio (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to ergonomic SurvivorRatio maximum (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value,
-                            (MaxHeapSize / Universe::heap()->collector_policy()->space_alignment()));
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return Flag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
-Flag::Error MetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  if (value > MaxMetaspaceSize) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MetaspaceSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "less than or equal to MaxMetaspaceSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, MaxMetaspaceSize);
-    return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
-  } else {
-    return Flag::SUCCESS;
-  }
-}
-
-Flag::Error MaxMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose) {
-  if (value < MetaspaceSize) {
-    CommandLineError::print(verbose,
-                            "MaxMetaspaceSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ") must be "
-                            "greater than or equal to MetaspaceSize (" SIZE_FORMAT ")\n",
-                            value, MaxMetaspaceSize);
+                            "CMSPrecleanNumerator (" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be "
+                            "less than or equal to CMSPrecleanDenominator - 1 (" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
+                            value, CMSPrecleanDenominator - 1);
     return Flag::VIOLATES_CONSTRAINT;
   } else {
     return Flag::SUCCESS;
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.hpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagConstraintsGC.hpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -34,45 +34,27 @@
  * an appropriate error value.
  */
 
-Flag::Error ParallelGCThreadsConstraintFunc(uint value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error ConcGCThreadsConstraintFunc(uint value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error YoungPLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error OldPLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
+
 Flag::Error MinHeapFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error MaxHeapFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMBConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose);
+
 Flag::Error MinMetaspaceFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error MaxMetaspaceFreeRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
+
 Flag::Error InitialTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error MaxTenuringThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 
 #if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
-Flag::Error G1RSetRegionEntriesConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error G1RSetSparseRegionEntriesConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error G1YoungSurvRateNumRegionsSummaryConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error G1HeapRegionSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error G1NewSizePercentConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error G1MaxNewSizePercentConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 #endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
 
-Flag::Error ParGCStridesPerThreadConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error CMSOldPLABMinConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error CMSOldPLABMaxConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MarkStackSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
+
 Flag::Error CMSPrecleanDenominatorConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
 Flag::Error CMSPrecleanNumeratorConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error CMSWorkQueueDrainThresholdConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MaxGCPauseMillisConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error GCPauseIntervalMillisConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error InitialHeapSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MaxHeapSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error NewSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MinTLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error TLABSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error SurvivorRatioConstraintFunc(uintx value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
-Flag::Error MaxMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc(size_t value, bool verbose);
+
 Flag::Error SurvivorAlignmentInBytesConstraintFunc(intx value, bool verbose);
 
 #endif /* SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_COMMANDLINEFLAGCONSTRAINTSGC_HPP */
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagRangeList.cpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/commandLineFlagRangeList.cpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 // Generate func argument to pass into emit_range_xxx functions
 #define EMIT_RANGE_CHECK(a, b)                               , a, b
 
-#define INITIAL_RANGES_SIZE 165
+#define INITIAL_RANGES_SIZE 128
 GrowableArray<CommandLineFlagRange*>* CommandLineFlagRangeList::_ranges = NULL;
 
 // Check the ranges of all flags that have them
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_GLOBALS_HPP
 
 #include "utilities/debug.hpp"
-#include <float.h> // for DBL_MAX
 
 // use this for flags that are true per default in the tiered build
 // but false in non-tiered builds, and vice versa
@@ -1548,7 +1547,6 @@
                                                                             \
   product(uint, ParallelGCThreads, 0,                                       \
           "Number of parallel threads parallel gc will use")                \
-          constraint(ParallelGCThreadsConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)             \
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(bool, UseSemaphoreGCThreadsSynchronization, true,              \
             "Use semaphore synchronization for the GC Threads, "            \
@@ -1580,7 +1578,14 @@
                                                                             \
   product(uint, ConcGCThreads, 0,                                           \
           "Number of threads concurrent gc will use")                       \
-          constraint(ConcGCThreadsConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                 \
+                                                                            \
+  product(size_t, YoungPLABSize, 4096,                                      \
+          "Size of young gen promotion LAB's (in HeapWords)")               \
+          constraint(YoungPLABSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)           \
+                                                                            \
+  product(size_t, OldPLABSize, 1024,                                        \
+          "Size of old gen promotion LAB's (in HeapWords), or Number        \
+          of blocks to attempt to claim when refilling CMS LAB's")          \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, GCTaskTimeStampEntries, 200,                               \
           "Number of time stamp entries per gc worker thread")              \
@@ -1688,7 +1693,6 @@
           "The number of strides per worker thread that we divide up the "  \
           "card table scanning work into")                                  \
           range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(ParGCStridesPerThreadConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)         \
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(intx, ParGCCardsPerStrideChunk, 256,                           \
           "The number of cards in each chunk of the parallel chunks used "  \
@@ -1711,13 +1715,12 @@
           "Maximum size of CMS gen promotion LAB caches per worker "        \
           "per block size")                                                 \
           range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(CMSOldPLABMaxConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)           \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, CMSOldPLABMin, 16,                                        \
           "Minimum size of CMS gen promotion LAB caches per worker "        \
           "per block size")                                                 \
           range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(CMSOldPLABMinConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)           \
+          constraint(CMSOldPLABMinConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                 \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, CMSOldPLABNumRefills, 4,                                   \
           "Nominal number of refills of CMS gen promotion LAB cache "       \
@@ -1776,29 +1779,24 @@
   product(double, FLSLargestBlockCoalesceProximity, 0.99,                   \
           "CMS: the smaller the percentage the greater the coalescing "     \
           "force")                                                          \
-          range(0.0, 1.0)                                                   \
                                                                             \
   product(double, CMSSmallCoalSurplusPercent, 1.05,                         \
           "CMS: the factor by which to inflate estimated demand of small "  \
           "block sizes to prevent coalescing with an adjoining block")      \
-          range(0.0, DBL_MAX)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(double, CMSLargeCoalSurplusPercent, 0.95,                         \
           "CMS: the factor by which to inflate estimated demand of large "  \
           "block sizes to prevent coalescing with an adjoining block")      \
-          range(0.0, DBL_MAX)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(double, CMSSmallSplitSurplusPercent, 1.10,                        \
           "CMS: the factor by which to inflate estimated demand of small "  \
           "block sizes to prevent splitting to supply demand for smaller "  \
           "blocks")                                                         \
-          range(0.0, DBL_MAX)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(double, CMSLargeSplitSurplusPercent, 1.00,                        \
           "CMS: the factor by which to inflate estimated demand of large "  \
           "block sizes to prevent splitting to supply demand for smaller "  \
           "blocks")                                                         \
-          range(0.0, DBL_MAX)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, CMSExtrapolateSweep, false,                                 \
           "CMS: cushion for block demand during sweep")                     \
@@ -1826,11 +1824,9 @@
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, CMSDictionaryChoice, 0,                                     \
           "Use BinaryTreeDictionary as default in the CMS generation")      \
-          range(0, 2)                                                       \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, CMSIndexedFreeListReplenish, 4,                            \
           "Replenish an indexed free list with this number of chunks")      \
-          range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, CMSReplenishIntermediate, true,                             \
           "Replenish all intermediate free-list caches")                    \
@@ -1845,15 +1841,14 @@
   develop(bool, CMSOverflowEarlyRestoration, false,                         \
           "Restore preserved marks early")                                  \
                                                                             \
+  product(size_t, MarkStackSize, NOT_LP64(32*K) LP64_ONLY(4*M),             \
+          "Size of marking stack")                                          \
+                                                                            \
   /* where does the range max value of (max_jint - 1) come from? */         \
   product(size_t, MarkStackSizeMax, NOT_LP64(4*M) LP64_ONLY(512*M),         \
           "Maximum size of marking stack")                                  \
           range(1, (max_jint - 1))                                          \
                                                                             \
-  product(size_t, MarkStackSize, NOT_LP64(32*K) LP64_ONLY(4*M),             \
-          "Size of marking stack")                                          \
-          constraint(MarkStackSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                 \
-                                                                            \
   notproduct(bool, CMSMarkStackOverflowALot, false,                         \
           "Simulate frequent marking stack / work queue overflow")          \
                                                                             \
@@ -1866,7 +1861,6 @@
                                                                             \
   product(intx, CMSMaxAbortablePrecleanTime, 5000,                          \
           "Maximum time in abortable preclean (in milliseconds)")           \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, CMSAbortablePrecleanMinWorkPerIteration, 100,              \
           "Nominal minimum work per abortable preclean iteration")          \
@@ -1874,7 +1868,6 @@
   manageable(intx, CMSAbortablePrecleanWaitMillis, 100,                     \
           "Time that we sleep between iterations when not given "           \
           "enough work per iteration")                                      \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, CMSRescanMultiple, 32,                                    \
           "Size (in cards) of CMS parallel rescan task")                    \
@@ -1981,8 +1974,6 @@
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, CMSWorkQueueDrainThreshold, 10,                            \
           "Don't drain below this size per parallel worker/thief")          \
-          range(0, max_juint)                                               \
-          constraint(CMSWorkQueueDrainThresholdConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)    \
                                                                             \
   manageable(intx, CMSWaitDuration, 2000,                                   \
           "Time in milliseconds that CMS thread waits for young GC")        \
@@ -2239,11 +2230,9 @@
                                                                             \
   develop(intx, PSAdaptiveSizePolicyResizeVirtualSpaceAlot, -1,             \
           "Resize the virtual spaces of the young or old generations")      \
-          range(-1, 1)                                                      \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, AdaptiveSizeThroughPutPolicy, 0,                           \
           "Policy for changing generation size for throughput goals")       \
-          range(0, 1)                                                       \
                                                                             \
   develop(bool, PSAdjustTenuredGenForMinorPause, false,                     \
           "Adjust tenured generation to achieve a minor pause goal")        \
@@ -2315,12 +2304,9 @@
   product(uintx, MaxGCPauseMillis, max_uintx,                               \
           "Adaptive size policy maximum GC pause time goal in millisecond, "\
           "or (G1 Only) the maximum GC time per MMU time slice")            \
-          range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(MaxGCPauseMillisConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)              \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, GCPauseIntervalMillis, 0,                                  \
           "Time slice for MMU specification")                               \
-          constraint(GCPauseIntervalMillisConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)         \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxGCMinorPauseMillis, max_uintx,                          \
           "Adaptive size policy maximum GC minor pause time goal "          \
@@ -2341,7 +2327,6 @@
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MinSurvivorRatio, 3,                                       \
           "Minimum ratio of young generation/survivor space size")          \
-          range(3, max_uintx)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, InitialSurvivorRatio, 8,                                   \
           "Initial ratio of young generation/survivor space size")          \
@@ -2365,7 +2350,6 @@
                                                                             \
   develop(uintx, AdaptiveSizePolicyGCTimeLimitThreshold, 5,                 \
           "Number of consecutive collections before gc time limit fires")   \
-          range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, PrintAdaptiveSizePolicy, false,                             \
           "Print information about AdaptiveSizePolicy")                     \
@@ -2465,7 +2449,6 @@
   develop(intx, ConcGCYieldTimeout, 0,                                      \
           "If non-zero, assert that GC threads yield within this "          \
           "number of milliseconds")                                         \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, PrintReferenceGC, false,                                    \
           "Print times spent handling reference objects during GC "         \
@@ -2504,8 +2487,6 @@
   product(size_t, InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize,                      \
           NOT_LP64(2200*K) LP64_ONLY(4*M),                                  \
           "Initial size of the boot class loader data metaspace")           \
-          range(BytesPerWord, max_uintx)                                    \
-          constraint(InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc, AfterErgo)\
                                                                             \
   product(bool, TraceYoungGenTime, false,                                   \
           "Trace accumulated time for young collection")                    \
@@ -2582,7 +2563,6 @@
   experimental(double, ObjectCountCutOffPercent, 0.5,                       \
           "The percentage of the used heap that the instances of a class "  \
           "must occupy for the class to generate a trace event")            \
-          range(0.0, 100.0)                                                 \
                                                                             \
   /* GC log rotation setting */                                             \
                                                                             \
@@ -3293,19 +3273,15 @@
   /* gc parameters */                                                       \
   product(size_t, InitialHeapSize, 0,                                       \
           "Initial heap size (in bytes); zero means use ergonomics")        \
-          range(0, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(InitialHeapSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)               \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, MaxHeapSize, ScaleForWordSize(96*M),                      \
           "Maximum heap size (in bytes)")                                   \
-          constraint(MaxHeapSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                   \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, OldSize, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),                           \
           "Initial tenured generation size (in bytes)")                     \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, NewSize, ScaleForWordSize(1*M),                           \
           "Initial new generation size (in bytes)")                         \
-          constraint(NewSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                       \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, MaxNewSize, max_uintx,                                    \
           "Maximum new generation size (in bytes), max_uintx means set "    \
@@ -3315,23 +3291,12 @@
           "Maximum size in bytes of objects allocated in DefNew "           \
           "generation; zero means no maximum")                              \
                                                                             \
+  product(size_t, TLABSize, 0,                                              \
+          "Starting TLAB size (in bytes); zero means set ergonomically")    \
+                                                                            \
   product(size_t, MinTLABSize, 2*K,                                         \
           "Minimum allowed TLAB size (in bytes)")                           \
           range(1, max_uintx)                                               \
-          constraint(MinTLABSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)             \
-                                                                            \
-  product(size_t, TLABSize, 0,                                              \
-          "Starting TLAB size (in bytes); zero means set ergonomically")    \
-          constraint(TLABSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)                \
-                                                                            \
-  product(size_t, YoungPLABSize, 4096,                                      \
-          "Size of young gen promotion LAB's (in HeapWords)")               \
-          constraint(YoungPLABSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)           \
-                                                                            \
-  product(size_t, OldPLABSize, 1024,                                        \
-          "Size of old gen promotion LAB's (in HeapWords), or Number "      \
-          "of blocks to attempt to claim when refilling CMS LAB's")         \
-          constraint(OldPLABSizeConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)             \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, TLABAllocationWeight, 35,                                  \
           "Allocation averaging weight")                                    \
@@ -3352,12 +3317,9 @@
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, SurvivorRatio, 8,                                          \
           "Ratio of eden/survivor space size")                              \
-          range(1, max_uintx-2)                                             \
-          constraint(SurvivorRatioConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit)           \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, NewRatio, 2,                                               \
           "Ratio of old/new generation sizes")                              \
-          range(0, max_uintx-1)                                             \
                                                                             \
   product_pd(size_t, NewSizeThreadIncrease,                                 \
           "Additional size added to desired new generation size per "       \
@@ -3365,11 +3327,9 @@
                                                                             \
   product_pd(size_t, MetaspaceSize,                                         \
           "Initial size of Metaspaces (in bytes)")                          \
-          constraint(MetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)                 \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, MaxMetaspaceSize, max_uintx,                              \
           "Maximum size of Metaspaces (in bytes)")                          \
-          constraint(MaxMetaspaceSizeConstraintFunc,AfterErgo)              \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, CompressedClassSpaceSize, 1*G,                            \
           "Maximum size of class area in Metaspace when compressed "        \
@@ -3392,8 +3352,6 @@
                                                                             \
   product(intx, SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB, 1000,                              \
           "Number of milliseconds per MB of free space in the heap")        \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
-          constraint(SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMBConstraintFunc,AfterMemoryInit) \
                                                                             \
   product(size_t, MinHeapDeltaBytes, ScaleForWordSize(128*K),               \
           "The minimum change in heap space due to GC (in bytes)")          \
@@ -3425,7 +3383,6 @@
                                                                             \
   diagnostic(intx, VerifyGCLevel,     0,                                    \
           "Generation level at which to start +VerifyBefore/AfterGC")       \
-          range(0, 1)                                                       \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxTenuringThreshold,    15,                               \
           "Maximum value for tenuring threshold")                           \
@@ -3484,7 +3441,6 @@
           "before changing safepoint polling page to RO ")                  \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, SafepointSpinBeforeYield, 2000, "(Unstable)")               \
-          range(0, max_intx)                                                \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, PSChunkLargeArrays, true,                                   \
           "Process large arrays in chunks")                                 \
--- a/test/gc/arguments/TestG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis.java	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
-*
-* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
-* published by the Free Software Foundation.
-*
-* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
-* accompanied this code).
-*
-* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
-* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-*
-* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
-* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
-* questions.
-*/
-
-/*
- * @test TestG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis
- * @key gc
- * @requires vm.gc=="null" | vm.gc=="G1"
- * @summary Tests argument processing for double type flag, G1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis
- * @library /testlibrary
- * @modules java.base/sun.misc
- *          java.management
- */
-
-import jdk.test.lib.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.util.regex.*;
-
-public class TestG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis {
-
-  static final int PASS                = 0;
-  static final int FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE = 1;
-  static final int FAIL_OUT_RANGE      = 2;
-
-  static final String DOUBLE_1       = "1.0";
-  static final String DOUBLE_MAX     = "1.79e+308";
-
-  static final String DOUBLE_NEG_EXP = "1.0e-30";
-  static final String NEG_DOUBLE_1   = "-1.0";
-
-  static final String DOUBLE_INF     = "1.79e+309";
-  static final String NEG_DOUBLE_INF = "-1.79e+309";
-  static final String DOUBLE_NAN     = "abe+309";
-  static final String WRONG_DOUBLE_1 = "1.79e+308e";
-  static final String WRONG_DOUBLE_2 = "1.79ee+308";
-
-  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
-    // Pass cases
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(DOUBLE_1,       PASS);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(DOUBLE_MAX,     PASS);
-
-    // Fail cases: out of range
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(DOUBLE_NEG_EXP, FAIL_OUT_RANGE);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(NEG_DOUBLE_1,   FAIL_OUT_RANGE);
-
-    // Fail cases: not double
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(DOUBLE_INF,     FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(NEG_DOUBLE_INF, FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(DOUBLE_NAN,     FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(WRONG_DOUBLE_1, FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE);
-    runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(WRONG_DOUBLE_2, FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE);
-  }
-
-  private static void runG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisTest(String expectedValue, int expectedResult) throws Exception {
-    List<String> vmOpts = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    Collections.addAll(vmOpts, "-XX:+UseG1GC", "-XX:G1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis="+expectedValue, "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version");
-
-    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(vmOpts.toArray(new String[vmOpts.size()]));
-    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
-
-    output.shouldHaveExitValue(expectedResult == PASS ? 0 : 1);
-    String stdout = output.getStdout();
-    if (expectedResult == PASS) {
-      checkG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisConsistency(stdout, expectedValue);
-    } else if (expectedResult == FAIL_IMPROPER_VALUE) {
-      output.shouldContain("Improperly specified VM option");
-    } else if (expectedResult == FAIL_OUT_RANGE) {
-      output.shouldContain("outside the allowed range");
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static void checkG1ConcMarkStepDurationMillisConsistency(String output, String expectedValue) {
-    double actualValue = getDoubleValue("G1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis", output);
-
-    if (Double.parseDouble(expectedValue) != actualValue) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(
-            "Actual G1ConcMarkStepDurationMillis(" + Double.toString(actualValue)
-            + ") is not equal to expected value(" + expectedValue + ")");
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static double getDoubleValue(String flag, String where) {
-    Matcher m = Pattern.compile(flag + "\\s+:?=\\s+\\d+").matcher(where);
-    if (!m.find()) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Could not find value for flag " + flag + " in output string");
-    }
-    String match = m.group();
-    return Double.parseDouble(match.substring(match.lastIndexOf(" ") + 1, match.length()));
-  }
-}
--- a/test/gc/arguments/TestG1HeapRegionSize.java	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestG1HeapRegionSize.java	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -25,60 +25,42 @@
  * @test TestG1HeapRegionSize
  * @key gc
  * @bug 8021879
- * @requires vm.gc=="null" | vm.gc=="G1"
  * @summary Verify that the flag G1HeapRegionSize is updated properly
  * @modules java.management/sun.management
- * @library /testlibrary
- * @run main TestG1HeapRegionSize
+ * @run main/othervm -Xmx64m TestG1HeapRegionSize 1048576
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=2m -Xmx64m TestG1HeapRegionSize 2097152
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=3m -Xmx64m TestG1HeapRegionSize 2097152
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=64m -Xmx256m TestG1HeapRegionSize 33554432
  */
 
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import jdk.test.lib.*;
+import com.sun.management.HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean;
+import com.sun.management.VMOption;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 
 public class TestG1HeapRegionSize {
 
-  private static void checkG1HeapRegionSize(String[] flags, int expectedValue, int exitValue) throws Exception {
-    ArrayList<String> flagList = new ArrayList<String>();
-    flagList.addAll(Arrays.asList(flags));
-    flagList.add("-XX:+UseG1GC");
-    flagList.add("-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal");
-    flagList.add("-version");
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean diagnostic =
+        ManagementFactory.getPlatformMXBean(HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class);
 
-    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(flagList.toArray(new String[0]));
-    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
-    output.shouldHaveExitValue(exitValue);
+    String expectedValue = getExpectedValue(args);
+    VMOption option = diagnostic.getVMOption("UseG1GC");
+    if (option.getValue().equals("false")) {
+      System.out.println("Skipping this test. It is only a G1 test.");
+      return;
+    }
 
-    if (exitValue == 0) {
-      String stdout = output.getStdout();
-      //System.out.println(stdout);
-      int flagValue = getFlagValue("G1HeapRegionSize", stdout);
-      if (flagValue != expectedValue) {
-        throw new RuntimeException("Wrong value for G1HeapRegionSize. Expected " + expectedValue + " but got " + flagValue);
-      }
+    option = diagnostic.getVMOption("G1HeapRegionSize");
+    if (!expectedValue.equals(option.getValue())) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Wrong value for G1HeapRegionSize. Expected " + expectedValue + " but got " + option.getValue());
     }
   }
 
-  private static int getFlagValue(String flag, String where) {
-    Matcher m = Pattern.compile(flag + "\\s+:?=\\s+\\d+").matcher(where);
-    if (!m.find()) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Could not find value for flag " + flag + " in output string");
+  private static String getExpectedValue(String[] args) {
+    if (args.length != 1) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Wrong number of arguments. Expected 1 but got " + args.length);
     }
-    String match = m.group();
-    return Integer.parseInt(match.substring(match.lastIndexOf(" ") + 1, match.length()));
+    return args[0];
   }
 
-  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
-    final int M = 1024 * 1024;
-
-    checkG1HeapRegionSize(new String[] { "-Xmx64m"   /* default is 1m */        },  1*M, 0);
-    checkG1HeapRegionSize(new String[] { "-Xmx64m",  "-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=2m"  },  2*M, 0);
-    checkG1HeapRegionSize(new String[] { "-Xmx64m",  "-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=3m"  },  2*M, 0);
-    checkG1HeapRegionSize(new String[] { "-Xmx256m", "-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32m" }, 32*M, 0);
-    checkG1HeapRegionSize(new String[] { "-Xmx256m", "-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=64m" }, 32*M, 1);
-  }
 }
--- a/test/gc/arguments/TestHeapFreeRatio.java	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestHeapFreeRatio.java	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
       break;
     case COMBINATION_INVALID:
-      output.shouldContain("must be less than or equal to MaxHeapFreeRatio");
+      output.shouldContain("must be greater than or equal to MinHeapFreeRatio");
       output.shouldContain("Error");
       output.shouldHaveExitValue(1);
       break;
--- a/test/gc/arguments/TestInitialTenuringThreshold.java	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestInitialTenuringThreshold.java	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * @test TestInitialTenuringThreshold
  * @key gc
  * @bug 8014765
- * @requires vm.gc=="Parallel"
  * @summary Tests argument processing for initial tenuring threshold
  * @library /testlibrary
  * @modules java.base/sun.misc
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@
 
   public static void runWithThresholds(int initial, int max, boolean shouldfail) throws Exception {
     ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
-      "-XX:+UseParallelGC",
       "-XX:InitialTenuringThreshold=" + String.valueOf(initial),
       "-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=" + String.valueOf(max),
       "-version"
--- a/test/gc/arguments/TestObjectTenuringFlags.java	Wed Sep 02 11:41:42 2015 -0400
+++ b/test/gc/arguments/TestObjectTenuringFlags.java	Wed Sep 02 17:49:46 2015 -0700
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  * @test TestObjectTenuringFlags
  * @key gc
  * @bug 6521376
- * @requires vm.gc=="Parallel"
  * @summary Tests argument processing for NeverTenure, AlwaysTenure,
  * and MaxTenuringThreshold
  * @library /testlibrary
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@
     if (tenuringFlags.length > 0) {
       Collections.addAll(vmOpts, tenuringFlags);
     }
-    Collections.addAll(vmOpts, "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version");
+    Collections.addAll(vmOpts, "-XX:+PrintFlagsFinal", "-version");
 
     ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(vmOpts.toArray(new String[vmOpts.size()]));
     OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());