LotsOfOutput.java

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/**
 * @test
 * @bug 4369826 8078582
 * @summary Process with lots of output should not crash VM
 * @author kladko
 */

public class LotsOfOutput {
    static final Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();

    // Allow memory to grow by up to 1Mb total
    static final int THRESHOLD = 1048576;

    // Compute used memory
    static long usedMemory() {
        return runtime.totalMemory() - runtime.freeMemory();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (! UnixCommands.isUnix) {
            System.out.println("For UNIX only");
            return;
        }
        UnixCommands.ensureCommandsAvailable("cat");

        Process p = runtime.exec(UnixCommands.cat() + " /dev/zero");
        long prev = usedMemory();
        int growing = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) {
            Thread.sleep(100);
            long used = usedMemory();
            if (used != prev) {
                System.out.printf("consuming memory: i: %d, prev: %d, used: %d, delta: %d%n",
                        i, prev, used, used - prev);
            }
            if (used > prev + THRESHOLD)
                growing += 1;
            prev = used;
        }
        if (growing > 2)
            throw new Exception("Process consumes memory: growing " + growing);

    }
}