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Java 让JVM根据需要将内存需求增长到VM限制的大小?_Java_Command Line_Virtual Memory - Fatal编程技术网

Java 让JVM根据需要将内存需求增长到VM限制的大小?

Java 让JVM根据需要将内存需求增长到VM限制的大小?,java,command-line,virtual-memory,Java,Command Line,Virtual Memory,我们提供了一个Java应用程序,它的内存需求可以根据它所处理的数据的大小变化很大。如果不设置最大VM(虚拟内存)大小,通常 JVM因大数据上的GC故障而退出 我们希望看到的是,JVM请求更多内存,因为GC无法提供足够的内存,直到全部可用VM耗尽。e、 例如,从128Mb开始,并在GC失败时以几何方式(或其他步骤)增加 JVM(“Java”)命令行允许显式设置最大VM大小(各种-Xm*命令),您可能认为这样设计就足够了。我们尝试在应用程序附带的.cmd文件中执行此操作。但是如果你选择任何一个具体的

我们提供了一个Java应用程序,它的内存需求可以根据它所处理的数据的大小变化很大。如果不设置最大VM(虚拟内存)大小,通常 JVM因大数据上的GC故障而退出

我们希望看到的是,JVM请求更多内存,因为GC无法提供足够的内存,直到全部可用VM耗尽。e、 例如,从128Mb开始,并在GC失败时以几何方式(或其他步骤)增加

JVM(“Java”)命令行允许显式设置最大VM大小(各种-Xm*命令),您可能认为这样设计就足够了。我们尝试在应用程序附带的.cmd文件中执行此操作。但是如果你选择任何一个具体的数字, 你会有两种不好的行为:1)如果你的数字小到足以处理大多数问题 目标系统(例如1Gb),它不够大,无法容纳大数据,或者2)如果将其设置得非常大,JVM将拒绝在实际VM小于指定值的系统上运行


如何设置Java以在需要时使用可用的VM,而不事先知道该数字,也不在启动时获取所有VM?

虚拟机参数中有两个选项可以使用:-Xms设置启动时的内存大小,-Xmx设置最大内存大小


您可以设置一个较低的启动内存和一个较大的最大内存,这样VM只会在需要时分配新内存。

最大VM大小确实满足了这一需要(它设置了最大值,但VM只需要一步一步地进行),但是如果您需要几种配置,除了提供不同的“cmd”文件,我真的看不到任何方法(不过我会再搜索一点)

[编辑] 使用第一个程序/脚本(甚至是另一个java程序)如何,它将检查系统的可用资源,然后根据从系统检索到的内容,仅使用适当的-Xm调用您的程序? 这样它就可以适应机器,即使你以前不知道它们。这可能是一个想法

[第二次编辑]
好的,我的坏朋友,这已经被提出了。

我认为你运气不好:-(
-Xms
-Xmx
选项没有提供这种灵活性

因此,我认为您需要使用一个脚本来包装JVM调用,该脚本可以确定最大内存量,然后适当地设置
-Xmx
(可能是在Windows上使用的.vbs脚本)。或者它第一次运行时会询问用户


我担心这会有点痛苦。

我认为您无法做到您想做的事情;相反,您必须针对您的客户、他们的系统以及他们如何修改
.cmd
文件以获得更多内存的要求提供说明

当然,如果您的产品针对的是非常非技术性的用户,您可能希望将其隐藏在一些更友好的配置文件后面

# HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW - please change as appropriate. The guidelines are:
#                       * HIGH - users who generate 500 items per day
#                       * MEDIUM - 200-500 items etc
memoryUsage=MEDIUM

或者根据用户首先订购产品时指定的产品选项,可能部署不同的配置文件。

我认为最简单的方法是通过一些包装应用程序启动JVM,该应用程序将检查系统资源以确定内存可用性,然后使用Approval启动JVMpriate-Xmx参数


接下来的问题是如何编写包装器。包装器应用程序本身可能是一个JVM,尽管我认为API或系统属性不会公开必要的信息。也许一个shell脚本或您的选择可以获得信息。

如果您认为您的客户机可以在他们的32位机器上安装2-3GB的RAM。操作系统和其他应用程序也将投入运行


听起来您的应用程序需要64位操作系统和更多RAM。

我认为Sun或IBM JVM都不能做到这一点(我知道AS/400可以做到,但这很可能与您无关)

我建议使用Java WebStart(在放弃之前,请注意它已经用Java 6 u 10进行了更新,更适合启动“本地”应用程序和小程序),因为它允许您提供“小实例”、“大实例”、“大实例”作为链接/图标


您很可能会查看“在webstart缓存中插入应用程序”和“脱机”选项。

如果您手头有很多时间,您可以尝试以下操作:

尝试获取所需的内存与输入数据集。通过此操作,您可以在不同的类集中拆分处理,并创建一个新的JVM进程来实际处理数据。基本上是一个管理器和一个工作器。管理器将对所需的数据集进行基本分析,并生成一个具有适当内存需求的工作器。您可以也可能会将您的经理设置为了解环境,并在用户尝试操作其计算机无法处理的数据集时警告用户


这在很大程度上是对skaffman提供的答案的扩展,但就用户而言,这将在同一个应用程序中发生。

您也可以使用以下选项: -XX:+侵略性EAP

根据[文件][1]的规定:

-XX:+AggressiveHeap选项 检查机器资源(大小) 内存大小和处理器数量) 并尝试设置各种参数 对于长时间运行的内存优化 分配密集型工作 最初用于带有 大量内存和大量 CPU的数量,但在J2SE中 平台,版本1.4.1及更高版本it 已经证明,即使在任何情况下都是有用的 四个处理器的机器。用这个 选择吞吐量收集器 (-XX:+UseParallelGC)与 具有自适应大小调整功能 (-XX:+UseAptiveSizePolicy) 机器上的物理内存必须 之前至少为256MB 可以使用攻击性EAP
#include <windows.h>
#include <jni.h>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;

#define STARTUP_CLASS "some/path/to/YourStartupClass"

void vShowError(string sErrorMessage);
void vShowJREError(string sErrorMessage);
void vShowLastError(string sErrorMessage);
void vDestroyVM(JNIEnv *env, JavaVM *jvm);
void vAddOption(string& sName);
string GetClassPath(string root);
string GetJREPath();
int getMaxHeapAvailable(int permGenMB, int maxHeapMB);

JavaVMOption* vm_options;
int mctOptions = 0;
int mctOptionCapacity = 0;


boolean GetApplicationHome(char *buf, jint sz);


typedef jint (CALLBACK *CreateJavaVM)(JavaVM
**pvm, JNIEnv **penv, void *args);

boolean PathExists(string &path)
{
    DWORD dwAttr = GetFileAttributes(path.c_str());
    if (dwAttr == 0xffffffff)
        return FALSE;
    else 
        return TRUE;
}

// returns TRUE is there was an exception, FALSE otherwise
BOOL GetExceptionString(JNIEnv* jenv, string &result)
{
    jthrowable ex;


    if (NULL != (ex = jenv->ExceptionOccurred())) {
        // clear exception 
        jenv->ExceptionClear();

        jmethodID gmID = jenv->GetMethodID( 
                           jenv->FindClass("java/lang/Throwable"),
                           "getMessage",
                           "()Ljava/lang/String;");


        jstring jerrStr = (jstring)jenv->CallObjectMethod(ex,gmID);
        // now you can look at the error message string 

        if (jerrStr != NULL){ // make sure getMessage() didn't return null
            const char *errStr = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jerrStr,0);
            result = errStr;
            jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jerrStr, errStr);
        } else {
            result = "null";
        }

        return TRUE;
    } else {
        return FALSE;
    }
}

BOOL GetJRESystemProperty(JNIEnv *env, string propname, string &propval, string &errmessage)
{
    // now check for minimum JRE version requirement
    jclass cls = env->FindClass("java/lang/System");
    if (cls == NULL){
        errmessage = "Unable to interact with Java Virtual Machine - please visit www.java.com and confirm that your Java installation is valid.";
        return FALSE;
    }

    jmethodID mid = env->GetStaticMethodID(cls, "getProperty", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;");
    if (mid == NULL){
        errmessage = "Unable to obtain Java runtime system properties - please visit www.java.net and confirm that your Java installation is valid.";
        return FALSE;
    }

    jstring propName = env->NewStringUTF( propname.c_str() );
    jstring result = (jstring) env->CallStaticObjectMethod(cls, mid, propName);
    const char* utfResult = env->GetStringUTFChars( result, NULL );

    if (utfResult == NULL){
        errmessage = "Unable to obtain Java runtime system property " + propname + " - please visit www.java.net and confirm that your Java installation is valid.";
        return FALSE;
    }

    propval = utfResult;
    env->ReleaseStringUTFChars( result, utfResult );

    return TRUE;
}

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow) {


    JNIEnv *env;
    JavaVM *jvm;
    jint jintVMStartupReturnValue;
    jclass jclassStartup;
    jmethodID midStartup;


    // Path Determination


    // --- application home
    char home[2000];
    if (!GetApplicationHome(home, sizeof(home))) {
        vShowError("Unable to determine application home.");
        return 0;
    }
    string sAppHome(home);
    string sOption_AppHome = "-Dapplication.home=" + sAppHome;


    string sJREPath = GetJREPath();


    // --- VM Path
    string sRuntimePath = sJREPath + "\\bin\\client\\"; // must contain jvm.dll
    string sJVMpath = sRuntimePath + "jvm.dll";

    // --- boot path
    string sBootPath = sJREPath + "\\lib";
    string sOption_BootPath = "-Dsun.boot.class.path=" + sBootPath;


    // --- class path
    //string sClassPath = sAppHome + "\\lib;" + sAppHome + "\\lib\\" + APP_JAR + ";" + sAppHome + "\\lib\\log4j-1.2.7.jar";

    string cpRoot = sAppHome + "\\";
    string sClassPath = GetClassPath(cpRoot);

    string sOption_ClassPath = "-Djava.class.path=" + sClassPath;

    string sOption_JavaLibraryPath = "-Djava.library.path=" + sAppHome + "\\lib";

    int maxHeapBM = 768;

    int argStart = 1; // the first argument passed in that should be passed along to the JVM
    if(__argc > 1){
        string maxheapstr = __argv[1];
        if (maxheapstr.substr(0, 9).compare("/maxheap=") == 0){
            maxheapstr = maxheapstr.substr(9);
            maxHeapBM = atoi(maxheapstr.c_str());
            argStart++;
        }
    }

    // we now use adaptive max heap size determination - we try for 768MB of heap, but if we don't get it, we can back off and use less instead of failing the launch
    // note: we had problems going for 1024 heap at TrueNorth - it would throttle back to 848 and fail with error -4 no matter what I did
    int maxHeapMB = getMaxHeapAvailable(62, maxHeapBM);
    stringstream ss;
    ss << "-Xmx";
    ss << maxHeapMB;
    ss << "m";
    string sOption_HeapSpace = ss.str();

    string sOption_PermSize = "-XX:MaxPermSize=62m";

    string sOption_HeapDump = "-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError";

    if (strstr(szCmdLine, "/launcher_verbose") != NULL){
        string msg = "App Home = ";
        msg += sAppHome;
        msg += "\nJRE Path = ";
        msg += sJREPath;
        msg += "\nRuntime Path = ";
        msg += sRuntimePath;
        msg += "\nClass Path = ";
        msg += sClassPath;
        msg += "\nHeap argument = ";
        msg += sOption_HeapSpace;
        msg += "\nPermsize argument = ";
        msg += sOption_PermSize;
        msg += "\nHeap dump = ";
        msg += sOption_HeapDump;
        msg += "\njava.library.path = ";
        msg += sOption_JavaLibraryPath;
        msg += "\nCommand line = ";
        msg += szCmdLine;

        FILE *f = fopen("launcher.txt", "w");
        fprintf(f, "%s", msg.c_str());
        fclose(f);

        MessageBox(0, msg.c_str(), "Launcher Verbose Info", MB_OK);

    }

    // setup VM options
    // vAddOption(string("-verbose"));
    vAddOption(sOption_ClassPath);
    vAddOption(sOption_AppHome);

    vAddOption(sOption_HeapSpace);
    vAddOption(sOption_PermSize);
    vAddOption(sOption_HeapDump);
    vAddOption(sOption_JavaLibraryPath);

    // initialize args
    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
    vm_args.version = 0x00010002;
    vm_args.options = vm_options;
    vm_args.nOptions = mctOptions;
    vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = JNI_TRUE;


    // need to diddle with paths to ensure that jvm can find correct libraries - see http://www.duckware.com/tech/java6msvcr71.html
    string sBinPath = sJREPath + "\\bin";
    char originalCurrentDirectory[4096];
    GetCurrentDirectory(4095, originalCurrentDirectory);

    SetCurrentDirectory(sBinPath.c_str());

    // Dynamic binding to SetDllDirectory()
    typedef BOOL (WINAPI *LPFNSDD)(LPCTSTR lpPathname);
    HINSTANCE hKernel32 = GetModuleHandle("kernel32");
    LPFNSDD lpfnSetDllDirectory = (LPFNSDD)GetProcAddress(hKernel32, "SetDllDirectoryA");
    if (lpfnSetDllDirectory){
        lpfnSetDllDirectory(sBinPath.c_str());
    }

    // load jvm library
    HINSTANCE hJVM = LoadLibrary(sJVMpath.c_str());

    SetCurrentDirectory(originalCurrentDirectory);
    if (lpfnSetDllDirectory){
        lpfnSetDllDirectory(NULL);
    }

    if( hJVM == NULL ){
        vShowJREError("Java does not appear to be installed on this machine.  Click OK to go to www.java.com where you can download and install Java");
        return 0;
    }


    // try to start 1.2/3/4 VM
    // uses handle above to locate entry point
    CreateJavaVM lpfnCreateJavaVM = (CreateJavaVM)
    GetProcAddress(hJVM, "JNI_CreateJavaVM");
    jintVMStartupReturnValue = (*lpfnCreateJavaVM)(&jvm, &env, &vm_args);

    // test for success
    if (jintVMStartupReturnValue < 0) {
        stringstream ss;
        ss << "There is a problem with the 32 bit Java installation on this computer (";
        ss << jintVMStartupReturnValue;
        ss << ").  Click OK to go to www.java.com where you can download and re-install 32 bit Java";

        vShowJREError(ss.str());
        // I don't think we should destroy the VM - it never was created...
        //vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }


    //now check for minimum jvm version 
    string version = "";
    string errormsg = "";
    if (!GetJRESystemProperty(env, "java.specification.version", version, errormsg)){
        vShowJREError(errormsg);
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }

    double verf = atof(version.c_str());
    if (verf < 1.599f){
        string sErrorMessage = "This application requires Java Runtime version 1.6 or above, but your runtime is version " + version + "\n\nClick OK to go to www.java.com and update to the latest Java Runtime Environment";
        vShowJREError(sErrorMessage);
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }


    // find startup class
    string sStartupClass = STARTUP_CLASS;
    // notice dots are translated to slashes
    jclassStartup = env->FindClass(sStartupClass.c_str());
    if (jclassStartup == NULL) {
        string sErrorMessage = "Unable to find startup class [" + sStartupClass + "]";
        vShowError(sErrorMessage);
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }


    // find startup method
    string sStartupMethod_Identifier = "main";
    string sStartupMethod_TypeDescriptor =
    "([Ljava/lang/String;)V";
    midStartup = 
    env->GetStaticMethodID(jclassStartup,
    sStartupMethod_Identifier.c_str(),
    sStartupMethod_TypeDescriptor.c_str());
    if (midStartup == NULL) {
        string sErrorMessage =
            "Unable to find startup method ["
            + sStartupClass + "."
            + sStartupMethod_Identifier
            + "] with type descriptor [" +
            sStartupMethod_TypeDescriptor + "]";
        vShowError(sErrorMessage);
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }


    // create array of args to startup method
    jstring jstringExampleArg;
    jclass jclassString;
    jobjectArray jobjectArray_args;


    jstringExampleArg = env->NewStringUTF("example string");
    if (jstringExampleArg == NULL){
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }
    jclassString = env->FindClass("java/lang/String");
    jobjectArray_args = env->NewObjectArray(__argc-argStart, jclassString, jstringExampleArg);
    if (jobjectArray_args == NULL){
        vDestroyVM(env, jvm);
        return 0;
    }

    int count;
    for (count = argStart; count < __argc; count++){
        env->SetObjectArrayElement(jobjectArray_args, count-1, env->NewStringUTF(__argv[count]));
    }

    // call the startup method -
    // this starts the Java program
    env->CallStaticVoidMethod(jclassStartup, midStartup, jobjectArray_args);

    string errstr;
    if (GetExceptionString(env, errstr)){
        vShowError(errstr);
    }

    // attempt to detach main thread before exiting
    if (jvm->DetachCurrentThread() != 0) {
        vShowError("Could not detach main thread.\n");
    }

    // this call will hang as long as there are
    // non-daemon threads remaining
    jvm->DestroyJavaVM();


    return 0;

}


void vDestroyVM(JNIEnv *env, JavaVM *jvm)
{
    if (env->ExceptionOccurred()) {
        env->ExceptionDescribe();
    }
    jvm->DestroyJavaVM();
}


void vShowError(string sError) {
    MessageBox(NULL, sError.c_str(), "Startup Error", MB_OK);
}

void vShowJREError(string sError) {
    MessageBox(NULL, sError.c_str(), "Startup Error", MB_OK);
    ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "http://www.java.com", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
}


/* Shows an error message in an OK box with the
system GetLastError appended in brackets */
void vShowLastError(string sLocalError) {
    LPVOID lpSystemMsgBuf;
    FormatMessage(  FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
                    NULL,
                    GetLastError(),
                    MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                    (LPTSTR) &lpSystemMsgBuf, 0, NULL );
    string sSystemError = string((LPTSTR)lpSystemMsgBuf);
    vShowError(sLocalError + " [" + sSystemError + "]");
}


void vAddOption(string& sValue) {
    mctOptions++;
    if (mctOptions >= mctOptionCapacity) {
        if (mctOptionCapacity == 0) {
            mctOptionCapacity = 3;
            vm_options = (JavaVMOption*)malloc(mctOptionCapacity * sizeof(JavaVMOption));
        } else {
            JavaVMOption *tmp;
            mctOptionCapacity *= 2;
            tmp = (JavaVMOption*)malloc(mctOptionCapacity * sizeof(JavaVMOption));
            memcpy(tmp, vm_options, (mctOptions-1) * sizeof(JavaVMOption));
            free(vm_options);
            vm_options = tmp;
        }
    }
    vm_options[mctOptions-1].optionString = (char*)sValue.c_str();
}


/* If buffer is "c:\app\bin\java",
* then put "c:\app" into buf. */
jboolean GetApplicationHome(char *buf, jint sz) {
    char *cp;
    GetModuleFileName(0, buf, sz);
    *strrchr(buf, '\\') = '\0';
    if ((cp = strrchr(buf, '\\')) == 0) {
        // This happens if the application is in a
        // drive root, and there is no bin directory.
        buf[0] = '\0';
        return JNI_FALSE;
    }
    return JNI_TRUE;
}

string GetClassPath(string root){
    string rootWithBackslash = root;

    if (rootWithBackslash[rootWithBackslash.length()-1] != '\\')
        rootWithBackslash += "\\";

    string cp = rootWithBackslash + "classes\\"; //first entry in the cp

    string libPathWithBackslash = rootWithBackslash + "lib\\";

    // now find all jar files...
    string searchSpec = libPathWithBackslash;

    searchSpec = libPathWithBackslash + "*.jar";


    WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
    HANDLE find = FindFirstFile(searchSpec.c_str(), &fd); 
    while (find != NULL){
        cp += ";";
        cp += libPathWithBackslash;
        cp += fd.cFileName;
        if (!FindNextFile(find, &fd)){
            FindClose(find);
            find = NULL;
        }
    }

    return cp;
}

string GetJREPath(){

    // first, check for JRE in application directory
    char home[2000];
    if (!GetApplicationHome(home, sizeof(home))) {
        vShowError("Unable to determine application home.");
        return 0;
    }
    string sJREPath(home);
    sJREPath += "\\jre";

    if (PathExists(sJREPath)){
        return sJREPath;
    }

/* - don't check JAVA_HOME - it may be incorrect...
    // next, check the JAVA_HOME environment variable
    GetEnvironmentVariable("JAVA_HOME", home, sizeof(home));
    sJREPath = home;

    if (PathExists(sJREPath)){
        return sJREPath;
    }

*/

    // next, check registry
    HKEY hKeyJRERoot;
    HKEY hKeyJREInstance;
    DWORD dwType;
    DWORD dwSize;
    BYTE *pData;
    string valueName;
    string value;
    LONG regRslt;

    sJREPath = "";

    regRslt = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Runtime Environment", 0, KEY_READ, &hKeyJRERoot);

    if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){

        valueName = "CurrentVersion";

        regRslt = RegQueryValueEx(hKeyJRERoot, valueName.c_str(), NULL, &dwType, NULL, &dwSize);

        if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){
            pData = (BYTE *)malloc(dwSize);

            value = "";
            regRslt = RegQueryValueEx(hKeyJRERoot, valueName.c_str(), NULL, &dwType, pData, &dwSize);

            if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){
                value = (LPCSTR)pData;
            }

            free(pData);

            if (value != ""){

                regRslt = RegOpenKeyEx(hKeyJRERoot, value.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &hKeyJREInstance);

                if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){
                    valueName = "JavaHome";
                    value = "";

                    regRslt = RegQueryValueEx(hKeyJREInstance, valueName.c_str(), NULL, &dwType, NULL, &dwSize);

                    if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){
                        pData = (BYTE *)malloc(dwSize);

                        regRslt = RegQueryValueEx(hKeyJREInstance, valueName.c_str(), NULL, &dwType, pData, &dwSize);

                        if (regRslt == ERROR_SUCCESS){
                            value = (LPCSTR)pData;
                            sJREPath = value;
                        }

                        free(pData);
                    }
                    RegCloseKey(hKeyJREInstance);
                }
            }
        }
        RegCloseKey(hKeyJRERoot);
    }

    return sJREPath;

}

static const DWORD NUM_BYTES_PER_MB = 1024 * 1024;

bool canAllocate(DWORD bytes)
{
    LPVOID lpvBase;

    lpvBase = VirtualAlloc(NULL, bytes, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_READWRITE);
    if (lpvBase == NULL) return false;

    VirtualFree(lpvBase, 0, MEM_RELEASE);

    return true;
}

int getMaxHeapAvailable(int permGenMB, int maxHeapMB)
{
    DWORD       originalMaxHeapBytes = 0;
    DWORD       maxHeapBytes = 0;
    int         numMemChunks = 0;
    SYSTEM_INFO     sSysInfo;
    DWORD       maxPermBytes = permGenMB * NUM_BYTES_PER_MB;     // Perm space is in addition to the heap size
    DWORD       numBytesNeeded = 0;

    GetSystemInfo(&sSysInfo);

    // jvm aligns as follows: 
    // quoted from size_t GenCollectorPolicy::compute_max_alignment() of jdk 7 hotspot code:
    //      The card marking array and the offset arrays for old generations are
    //      committed in os pages as well. Make sure they are entirely full (to
    //      avoid partial page problems), e.g. if 512 bytes heap corresponds to 1
    //      byte entry and the os page size is 4096, the maximum heap size should
    //      be 512*4096 = 2MB aligned.

    // card_size computation from CardTableModRefBS::SomePublicConstants of jdk 7 hotspot code
    int card_shift  = 9;
    int card_size   = 1 << card_shift;

    DWORD alignmentBytes = sSysInfo.dwPageSize * card_size;

    maxHeapBytes = maxHeapMB * NUM_BYTES_PER_MB + 50*NUM_BYTES_PER_MB; // 50 is an overhead fudge factory per https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6463655 (they had 28, I'm bumping it 'just in case')

    // make it fit in the alignment structure
    maxHeapBytes = maxHeapBytes + (maxHeapBytes % alignmentBytes);
    numMemChunks = maxHeapBytes / alignmentBytes;
    originalMaxHeapBytes = maxHeapBytes;

    // loop and decrement requested amount by one chunk
    // until the available amount is found
    numBytesNeeded = maxHeapBytes + maxPermBytes; 
    while (!canAllocate(numBytesNeeded) && numMemChunks > 0) 
    {
        numMemChunks --;
        maxHeapBytes = numMemChunks * alignmentBytes;
        numBytesNeeded = maxHeapBytes + maxPermBytes;
    }

    if (numMemChunks == 0) return 0;

    // we can allocate the requested size, return it now
    if (maxHeapBytes == originalMaxHeapBytes) return maxHeapMB;

    // calculate the new MaxHeapSize in megabytes
    return maxHeapBytes / NUM_BYTES_PER_MB;
}