--- old/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp 2020-02-11 14:19:46.501500421 +0100 +++ new/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp 2020-02-11 14:19:46.088487724 +0100 @@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ assert(card_size <= 512, "card_size must be less than 512"); // why? - _covered = new MemRegion[_max_covered_regions]; - if (_covered == NULL) { - vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate card table covered region set."); - } + _covered = new MemRegion[_max_covered_regions]; } CardTable::~CardTable() { @@ -88,9 +85,6 @@ _cur_covered_regions = 0; _committed = new MemRegion[_max_covered_regions]; - if (_committed == NULL) { - vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate card table committed region set."); - } const size_t rs_align = _page_size == (size_t) os::vm_page_size() ? 0 : MAX2(_page_size, (size_t) os::vm_allocation_granularity());