# HG changeset patch
# User jwilhelm
# Date 1381501107 -7200
# Node ID 9c82891622685fcfdda5ab0d848c82f0dc4a2450
# Parent  a6414751d5376aa71cfc062ea3cba6482ced01e4
8024776: Max/MinHeapFreeRatio descriptions should be more precise
Summary: Descriptions for Max/MinHeapFreeRatio updated
Reviewed-by: ehelin, jmasa

diff -r a6414751d537 -r 9c8289162268 src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Oct 07 15:51:17 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Oct 11 16:18:27 2013 +0200
@@ -3080,10 +3080,14 @@
           "class pointers are used")                                        \
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   product(uintx, MinHeapFreeRatio,    40,                                   \
-          "The minimum percentage of heap free after GC to avoid expansion")\
+          "The minimum percentage of heap free after GC to avoid expansion."\
+          " For most GCs this applies to the old generation. In G1 it"      \
+          " applies to the whole heap. Not supported by ParallelGC.")       \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxHeapFreeRatio,    70,                                   \
-          "The maximum percentage of heap free after GC to avoid shrinking")\
+          "The maximum percentage of heap free after GC to avoid shrinking."\
+          " For most GCs this applies to the old generation. In G1 it"      \
+          " applies to the whole heap. Not supported by ParallelGC.")       \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB, 1000,                              \
           "Number of milliseconds per MB of free space in the heap")        \