8021967: Deprecate -XX:DefaultMaxRAMFraction

Reviewed-by: tschatzl, jmasa, kvn, tamao

src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp

@@ -1891,6 +1891,10 @@ void Arguments::check_deprecated_gc_flags() {
     warning("Using MaxGCMinorPauseMillis as minor pause goal is deprecated"
             "and will likely be removed in future release");
   }
+  if (FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(DefaultMaxRAMFraction)) {
+    warning("DefaultMaxRAMFraction is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release. "
+        "Use MaxRAMFraction instead.");
+  }
 }
 
 // Check stack pages settings

test/gc/startup_warnings/TestDefaultMaxRAMFraction.java

+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2013, 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).
+*
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+*
+* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+* questions.
+*/
+
+/*
+* @test TestDefaultMaxRAMFraction
+* @key gc
+* @bug 8021967
+* @summary Test that the deprecated TestDefaultMaxRAMFraction flag print a warning message
+* @library /testlibrary
+*/
+
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.OutputAnalyzer;
+import com.oracle.java.testlibrary.ProcessTools;
+
+public class TestDefaultMaxRAMFraction {
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:DefaultMaxRAMFraction=4", "-version");
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    output.shouldContain("warning: DefaultMaxRAMFraction is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release. Use MaxRAMFraction instead.");
+    output.shouldNotContain("error");
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+  }
+
+}