src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp

@@ -3866,20 +3866,13 @@
 bool os::Linux::release_memory_special_huge_tlbfs(char* base, size_t bytes) {
   return pd_release_memory(base, bytes);
 }
 
 bool os::release_memory_special(char* base, size_t bytes) {
-  bool res;
-  if (MemTracker::tracking_level() > NMT_minimal) {
-    Tracker tkr = MemTracker::get_virtual_memory_release_tracker();
-    res = os::Linux::release_memory_special_impl(base, bytes);
+  bool res = os::Linux::release_memory_special_impl(base, bytes);
     if (res) {
-      tkr.record((address)base, bytes);
-    }
-
-  } else {
-    res = os::Linux::release_memory_special_impl(base, bytes);
+    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_release(base, bytes);
   }
   return res;
 }
 
 bool os::Linux::release_memory_special_impl(char* base, size_t bytes) {