src/hotspot/os/posix/os_posix.cpp

@@ -174,11 +174,25 @@
   // don't do anything on posix platforms
   return;
 }
 
 int os::create_file_for_heap(const char* dir) {
+  int fd;
 
+#if defined(LINUX) && defined(O_TMPFILE)
+  char* native_dir = os::strdup(dir);
+  if (native_dir == NULL) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("strdup failed during creation of backing file for heap (%s)", os::strerror(errno)));
+    return -1;
+  }
+  os::native_path(native_dir);
+  fd = os::open(dir, O_TMPFILE | O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+  os::free(native_dir);
+
+  if (fd == -1)
+#endif
+  {
   const char name_template[] = "/jvmheap.XXXXXX";
 
   size_t fullname_len = strlen(dir) + strlen(name_template);
   char *fullname = (char*)os::malloc(fullname_len + 1, mtInternal);
   if (fullname == NULL) {

@@ -188,27 +202,26 @@
   int n = snprintf(fullname, fullname_len + 1, "%s%s", dir, name_template);
   assert((size_t)n == fullname_len, "Unexpected number of characters in string");
 
   os::native_path(fullname);
 
-  // set the file creation mask.
-  mode_t file_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
-
   // create a new file.
-  int fd = mkstemp(fullname);
+    fd = mkstemp(fullname);
 
   if (fd < 0) {
     warning("Could not create file for heap with template %s", fullname);
     os::free(fullname);
     return -1;
-  }
-
+    } else {
   // delete the name from the filesystem. When 'fd' is closed, the file (and space) will be deleted.
   int ret = unlink(fullname);
   assert_with_errno(ret == 0, "unlink returned error");
+    }
 
   os::free(fullname);
+  }
+
   return fd;
 }
 
 static char* reserve_mmapped_memory(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr) {
   char * addr;