When using the Java low pause Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) garbage collector "promotion failed" appears in GC logs
Issue
- Long garbage collection (GC) pauses with the GC log showing many promotion failures.
- The following entry is found in the GC logging:
144501.626: [GC 144501.627: [ParNew (promotion failed): 680066K->680066K(707840K), 3.7067346 secs] 1971073K->1981370K(2018560K), 3.7084059 secs]
Environment
- OpenJDK
- Sun JDK
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