--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -2490,6 +2490,22 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, int file_desc) {
+  assert(file_desc >= 0, "file_desc is not valid");
+  char* result = NULL;
+
+  // Always round to os::vm_page_size(), which may be larger than 4K.
+  bytes = align_up(bytes, os::vm_page_size());
+  result = reserve_mmaped_memory(bytes, requested_addr, 0);
+
+  if (result != NULL) {
+    if (replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(result, bytes, file_desc) == NULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 // Reserve memory at an arbitrary address, only if that area is
 // available (and not reserved for something else).
 char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr) {

--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -2350,6 +2350,17 @@
   return UseHugeTLBFS;
 }
 
+char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, int file_desc) {
+  assert(file_desc >= 0, "file_desc is not valid");
+  char* result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, requested_addr);
+  if (result != NULL) {
+    if (replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(result, bytes, file_desc) == NULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 // Reserve memory at an arbitrary address, only if that area is
 // available (and not reserved for something else).
 

--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
 #define ALL_64_BITS CONST64(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
 
 #define LARGEPAGES_BIT (1 << 6)
+#define DAX_SHARED_BIT (1 << 8)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // global variables
 julong os::Linux::_physical_memory = 0;
@@ -3370,10 +3371,13 @@
 //           effective only if the bit 2 is cleared)
 // - (bit 5) hugetlb private memory
 // - (bit 6) hugetlb shared memory
+// - (bit 7) dax private memory
+// - (bit 8) dax shared memory
 //
-static void set_coredump_filter(void) {
+static void set_coredump_filter(bool largepages, bool dax_shared) {
   FILE *f;
   long cdm;
+  bool filter_changed = false;
 
   if ((f = fopen("/proc/self/coredump_filter", "r+")) == NULL) {
     return;
@@ -3386,8 +3390,15 @@
 
   rewind(f);
 
-  if ((cdm & LARGEPAGES_BIT) == 0) {
+  if (largepages && (cdm & LARGEPAGES_BIT) == 0) {
     cdm |= LARGEPAGES_BIT;
+    filter_changed = true;
+  }
+  if (dax_shared && (cdm & DAX_SHARED_BIT) == 0) {
+    cdm |= DAX_SHARED_BIT;
+    filter_changed = true;
+  }
+  if (filter_changed) {
     fprintf(f, "%#lx", cdm);
   }
 
@@ -3526,7 +3537,7 @@
   size_t large_page_size = Linux::setup_large_page_size();
   UseLargePages          = Linux::setup_large_page_type(large_page_size);
 
-  set_coredump_filter();
+  set_coredump_filter(true /*largepages*/, false /*dax_shared*/);
 }
 
 #ifndef SHM_HUGETLB
@@ -3897,6 +3908,17 @@
   return UseTransparentHugePages || UseHugeTLBFS;
 }
 
+char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, int file_desc) {
+  assert(file_desc >= 0, "file_desc is not valid");
+  char* result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, requested_addr);
+  if (result != NULL) {
+    if (replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(result, bytes, file_desc) == NULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 // Reserve memory at an arbitrary address, only if that area is
 // available (and not reserved for something else).
 
@@ -5008,6 +5030,9 @@
   // initialize thread priority policy
   prio_init();
 
+  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(AllocateHeapAt)) {
+    set_coredump_filter(false /*largepages*/, true /*dax_shared*/);
+  }
   return JNI_OK;
 }
 

--- a/src/hotspot/os/posix/os_posix.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/posix/os_posix.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <semaphore.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -52,6 +53,20 @@
 #endif
 #define IS_VALID_PID(p) (p > 0 && p < MAX_PID)
 
+#ifndef MAP_ANONYMOUS
+  #define MAP_ANONYMOUS MAP_ANON
+#endif
+
+#define check_with_errno(check_type, cond, msg)                             \
+  do {                                                                      \
+    int err = errno;                                                        \
+    check_type(cond, "%s; error='%s' (errno=%s)", msg, os::strerror(err),   \
+               os::errno_name(err));                                        \
+} while (false)
+
+#define assert_with_errno(cond, msg)    check_with_errno(assert, cond, msg)
+#define guarantee_with_errno(cond, msg) check_with_errno(guarantee, cond, msg)
+
 // Check core dump limit and report possible place where core can be found
 void os::check_dump_limit(char* buffer, size_t bufferSize) {
   if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CreateCoredumpOnCrash) && !CreateCoredumpOnCrash) {
@@ -145,10 +160,124 @@
   return;
 }
 
+int os::create_file_for_heap(const char* dir) {
+
+  const char name_template[] = "/jvmheap.XXXXXX";
+
+  char *fullname = (char*)os::malloc((strlen(dir) + strlen(name_template) + 1), mtInternal);
+  if (fullname == NULL) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Malloc failed during creation of backing file for heap (%s)", os::strerror(errno)));
+    return -1;
+  }
+  (void)strncpy(fullname, dir, strlen(dir)+1);
+  (void)strncat(fullname, name_template, strlen(name_template));
+
+  os::native_path(fullname);
+
+  sigset_t set, oldset;
+  int ret = sigfillset(&set);
+  assert_with_errno(ret == 0, "sigfillset returned error");
+
+  // set the file creation mask.
+  mode_t file_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+
+  // create a new file.
+  int fd = mkstemp(fullname);
+
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    warning("Could not create file for heap with template %s", fullname);
+    os::free(fullname);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  // delete the name from the filesystem. When 'fd' is closed, the file (and space) will be deleted.
+  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;
+  int flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+  if (requested_addr != NULL) {
+    assert((uintptr_t)requested_addr % os::vm_page_size() == 0, "Requested address should be aligned to OS page size");
+    flags |= MAP_FIXED;
+  }
+
+  // Map reserved/uncommitted pages PROT_NONE so we fail early if we
+  // touch an uncommitted page. Otherwise, the read/write might
+  // succeed if we have enough swap space to back the physical page.
+  addr = (char*)::mmap(requested_addr, bytes, PROT_NONE,
+                       flags, -1, 0);
+
+  if (addr != MAP_FAILED) {
+    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)addr, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+    return addr;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static int util_posix_fallocate(int fd, off_t offset, off_t len) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  fstore_t store = { F_ALLOCATECONTIG, F_PEOFPOSMODE, 0, len };
+  // First we try to get a continuous chunk of disk space
+  int ret = fcntl(fd, F_PREALLOCATE, &store);
+  if (ret == -1) {
+    // Maybe we are too fragmented, try to allocate non-continuous range
+    store.fst_flags = F_ALLOCATEALL;
+    ret = fcntl(fd, F_PREALLOCATE, &store);
+  }
+  if(ret != -1) {
+    return ftruncate(fd, len);
+  }
+  return -1;
+#else
+  return posix_fallocate(fd, offset, len);
+#endif
+}
+
+// Map the given address range to the provided file descriptor.
+char* os::map_memory_to_file(char* base, size_t size, int fd) {
+  assert(fd != -1, "File descriptor is not valid");
+
+  // allocate space for the file
+  if (util_posix_fallocate(fd, 0, (off_t)size) != 0) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory."));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  int prot = PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE;
+  int flags = MAP_SHARED;
+  if (base != NULL) {
+    flags |= MAP_FIXED;
+  }
+  char* addr = (char*)mmap(base, size, prot, flags, fd, 0);
+
+  if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  if (base != NULL && addr != base) {
+    if (!os::release_memory(addr, size)) {
+      warning("Could not release memory on unsuccessful file mapping");
+     }
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return addr;
+}
+
+char* os::replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(char* base, size_t size, int fd) {
+  assert(fd != -1, "File descriptor is not valid");
+  assert(base != NULL, "Base cannot be NULL");
+
+  return map_memory_to_file(base, size, fd);
+}
+
 // Multiple threads can race in this code, and can remap over each other with MAP_FIXED,
 // so on posix, unmap the section at the start and at the end of the chunk that we mapped
 // rather than unmapping and remapping the whole chunk to get requested alignment.
-char* os::reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment) {
+char* os::reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, int file_desc) {
   assert((alignment & (os::vm_allocation_granularity() - 1)) == 0,
       "Alignment must be a multiple of allocation granularity (page size)");
   assert((size & (alignment -1)) == 0, "size must be 'alignment' aligned");
@@ -156,7 +285,20 @@
   size_t extra_size = size + alignment;
   assert(extra_size >= size, "overflow, size is too large to allow alignment");
 
-  char* extra_base = os::reserve_memory(extra_size, NULL, alignment);
+  char* extra_base;
+  if (file_desc != -1) {
+    // For file mapping, we do not call os:reserve_memory(extra_size, NULL, alignment, file_desc) because
+    // we need to deal with shrinking of the file space later when we release extra memory after alignment.
+    // We also cannot called os:reserve_memory() with file_desc set to -1 because on aix we might get SHM memory.
+    // So here to call a helper function while reserve memory for us. After we have a aligned base,
+    // we will replace anonymous mapping with file mapping.
+    extra_base = reserve_mmapped_memory(extra_size, NULL);
+    if (extra_base != NULL) {
+      MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)extra_base, extra_size, CALLER_PC);
+    }
+  } else {
+    extra_base = os::reserve_memory(extra_size, NULL, alignment);
+  }
 
   if (extra_base == NULL) {
     return NULL;
@@ -183,6 +325,13 @@
       os::release_memory(extra_base + begin_offset + size, end_offset);
   }
 
+  if (file_desc != -1) {
+    // After we have an aligned address, we can replace anonymous mapping with file mapping
+    if (replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(aligned_base, size, file_desc) == NULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_commit((address)aligned_base, size, CALLER_PC);
+  }
   return aligned_base;
 }
 
@@ -1348,16 +1497,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-#define check_with_errno(check_type, cond, msg)                             \
-  do {                                                                      \
-    int err = errno;                                                        \
-    check_type(cond, "%s; error='%s' (errno=%s)", msg, os::strerror(err),   \
-               os::errno_name(err));                                        \
-} while (false)
-
-#define assert_with_errno(cond, msg)    check_with_errno(assert, cond, msg)
-#define guarantee_with_errno(cond, msg) check_with_errno(guarantee, cond, msg)
-
 // POSIX unamed semaphores are not supported on OS X.
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 

--- a/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/solaris/os_solaris.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -2585,6 +2585,17 @@
   return addr;
 }
 
+char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, int file_desc) {
+  assert(file_desc >= 0, "file_desc is not valid");
+  char* result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, requested_addr);
+  if (result != NULL) {
+    if (replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(result, bytes, file_desc) == NULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 // Reserve memory at an arbitrary address, only if that area is
 // available (and not reserved for something else).
 

--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -2904,6 +2904,75 @@
   UseLargePages = success;
 }
 
+int os::create_file_for_heap(const char* dir) {
+
+  const char name_template[] = "/jvmheap.XXXXXX";
+  char *fullname = (char*)os::malloc((strlen(dir) + strlen(name_template) + 1), mtInternal);
+  if (fullname == NULL) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Malloc failed during creation of backing file for heap (%s)", os::strerror(errno)));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  (void)strncpy(fullname, dir, strlen(dir)+1);
+  (void)strncat(fullname, name_template, strlen(name_template));
+
+  os::native_path(fullname);
+
+  char *path = _mktemp(fullname);
+  if (path == NULL) {
+    warning("_mktemp could not create file name from template %s (%s)", fullname, os::strerror(errno));
+    os::free(fullname);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int fd = _open(path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TEMPORARY | O_EXCL, S_IWRITE | S_IREAD);
+
+  os::free(fullname);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    warning("Problem opening file for heap (%s)", os::strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return fd;
+}
+
+// If 'base' is not NULL, function will return NULL if it cannot get 'base'
+char* os::map_memory_to_file(char* base, size_t size, int fd) {
+  assert(fd != -1, "File descriptor is not valid");
+
+  HANDLE fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+#ifdef _LP64
+  HANDLE fileMapping = CreateFileMapping(fh, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE,
+    (DWORD)(size >> 32), (DWORD)(size & 0xFFFFFFFF), NULL);
+#else
+  HANDLE fileMapping = CreateFileMapping(fh, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE,
+    0, (DWORD)size, NULL);
+#endif
+  if (fileMapping == NULL) {
+    if (GetLastError() == ERROR_DISK_FULL) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Could not allocate sufficient disk space for Java heap"));
+    }
+    else {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(err_msg("Error in mapping Java heap at the given filesystem directory"));
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  LPVOID addr = MapViewOfFileEx(fileMapping, FILE_MAP_WRITE, 0, 0, size, base);
+
+  CloseHandle(fileMapping);
+
+  return (char*)addr;
+}
+
+char* os::replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(char* base, size_t size, int fd) {
+  assert(fd != -1, "File descriptor is not valid");
+  assert(base != NULL, "Base address cannot be NULL");
+
+  release_memory(base, size);
+  return map_memory_to_file(base, size, fd);
+}
+
 // On win32, one cannot release just a part of reserved memory, it's an
 // all or nothing deal.  When we split a reservation, we must break the
 // reservation into two reservations.
@@ -2923,7 +2992,7 @@
 // Multiple threads can race in this code but it's not possible to unmap small sections of
 // virtual space to get requested alignment, like posix-like os's.
 // Windows prevents multiple thread from remapping over each other so this loop is thread-safe.
-char* os::reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment) {
+char* os::reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, int file_desc) {
   assert((alignment & (os::vm_allocation_granularity() - 1)) == 0,
          "Alignment must be a multiple of allocation granularity (page size)");
   assert((size & (alignment -1)) == 0, "size must be 'alignment' aligned");
@@ -2934,16 +3003,20 @@
   char* aligned_base = NULL;
 
   do {
-    char* extra_base = os::reserve_memory(extra_size, NULL, alignment);
+    char* extra_base = os::reserve_memory(extra_size, NULL, alignment, file_desc);
     if (extra_base == NULL) {
       return NULL;
     }
     // Do manual alignment
     aligned_base = align_up(extra_base, alignment);
 
-    os::release_memory(extra_base, extra_size);
-
-    aligned_base = os::reserve_memory(size, aligned_base);
+    if (file_desc != -1) {
+      os::unmap_memory(extra_base, extra_size);
+    } else {
+      os::release_memory(extra_base, extra_size);
+    }
+
+    aligned_base = os::reserve_memory(size, aligned_base, 0, file_desc);
 
   } while (aligned_base == NULL);
 
@@ -2989,6 +3062,11 @@
   return reserve_memory(bytes, requested_addr);
 }
 
+char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, int file_desc) {
+  assert(file_desc >= 0, "file_desc is not valid");
+  return map_memory_to_file(requested_addr, bytes, file_desc);
+}
+
 size_t os::large_page_size() {
   return _large_page_size;
 }

--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/universe.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/universe.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
       || use_large_pages, "Wrong alignment to use large pages");
 
   // Now create the space.
-  ReservedHeapSpace total_rs(total_reserved, alignment, use_large_pages);
+  ReservedHeapSpace total_rs(total_reserved, alignment, use_large_pages, AllocateHeapAt);
 
   if (total_rs.is_reserved()) {
     assert((total_reserved == total_rs.size()) && ((uintptr_t)total_rs.base() % alignment == 0),
@@ -870,6 +870,9 @@
       Universe::set_narrow_oop_base((address)total_rs.compressed_oop_base());
     }
 
+    if (AllocateHeapAt != NULL) {
+      log_info(gc,heap)("Successfully allocated Java heap at location %s", AllocateHeapAt);
+    }
     return total_rs;
   }
 

--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, 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
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 // Dummy constructor
 ReservedSpace::ReservedSpace() : _base(NULL), _size(0), _noaccess_prefix(0),
-    _alignment(0), _special(false), _executable(false) {
+    _alignment(0), _special(false), _executable(false), _fd_for_heap(-1) {
 }
 
-ReservedSpace::ReservedSpace(size_t size, size_t preferred_page_size) {
+ReservedSpace::ReservedSpace(size_t size, size_t preferred_page_size) : _fd_for_heap(-1) {
   bool has_preferred_page_size = preferred_page_size != 0;
   // Want to use large pages where possible and pad with small pages.
   size_t page_size = has_preferred_page_size ? preferred_page_size : os::page_size_for_region_unaligned(size, 1);
@@ -59,19 +59,30 @@
 
 ReservedSpace::ReservedSpace(size_t size, size_t alignment,
                              bool large,
-                             char* requested_address) {
+                             char* requested_address) : _fd_for_heap(-1) {
   initialize(size, alignment, large, requested_address, false);
 }
 
 ReservedSpace::ReservedSpace(size_t size, size_t alignment,
                              bool large,
-                             bool executable) {
+                             bool executable) : _fd_for_heap(-1) {
   initialize(size, alignment, large, NULL, executable);
 }
 
+// Helper method
+static void unmap_or_release_memory(char* base, size_t size, bool is_file_mapped) {
+  if (is_file_mapped) {
+    if (!os::unmap_memory(base, size)) {
+      fatal("os::unmap_memory failed");
+    }
+  } else if (!os::release_memory(base, size)) {
+    fatal("os::release_memory failed");
+  }
+}
+
 // Helper method.
 static bool failed_to_reserve_as_requested(char* base, char* requested_address,
-                                           const size_t size, bool special)
+                                           const size_t size, bool special, bool is_file_mapped = false)
 {
   if (base == requested_address || requested_address == NULL)
     return false; // did not fail
@@ -87,9 +98,7 @@
         fatal("os::release_memory_special failed");
       }
     } else {
-      if (!os::release_memory(base, size)) {
-        fatal("os::release_memory failed");
-      }
+      unmap_or_release_memory(base, size, is_file_mapped);
     }
   }
   return true;
@@ -120,7 +129,18 @@
 
   // If OS doesn't support demand paging for large page memory, we need
   // to use reserve_memory_special() to reserve and pin the entire region.
+  // If there is a backing file directory for this space then whether
+  // large pages are allocated is up to the filesystem of the backing file.
+  // So we ignore the UseLargePages flag in this case.
   bool special = large && !os::can_commit_large_page_memory();
+  if (special && _fd_for_heap != -1) {
+    special = false;
+    if (UseLargePages && (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseLargePages) ||
+      !FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(LargePageSizeInBytes))) {
+      log_debug(gc, heap)("Ignoring UseLargePages since large page support is up to the file system of the backing file for Java heap");
+    }
+  }
+
   char* base = NULL;
 
   if (special) {
@@ -157,13 +177,13 @@
     // important.  If available space is not detected, return NULL.
 
     if (requested_address != 0) {
-      base = os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size, requested_address);
-      if (failed_to_reserve_as_requested(base, requested_address, size, false)) {
+      base = os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size, requested_address, _fd_for_heap);
+      if (failed_to_reserve_as_requested(base, requested_address, size, false, _fd_for_heap != -1)) {
         // OS ignored requested address. Try different address.
         base = NULL;
       }
     } else {
-      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment);
+      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment, _fd_for_heap);
     }
 
     if (base == NULL) return;
@@ -171,13 +191,14 @@
     // Check alignment constraints
     if ((((size_t)base) & (alignment - 1)) != 0) {
       // Base not aligned, retry
-      if (!os::release_memory(base, size)) fatal("os::release_memory failed");
+      unmap_or_release_memory(base, size, _fd_for_heap != -1 /*is_file_mapped*/);
+
       // Make sure that size is aligned
       size = align_up(size, alignment);
-      base = os::reserve_memory_aligned(size, alignment);
+      base = os::reserve_memory_aligned(size, alignment, _fd_for_heap);
 
       if (requested_address != 0 &&
-          failed_to_reserve_as_requested(base, requested_address, size, false)) {
+          failed_to_reserve_as_requested(base, requested_address, size, false, _fd_for_heap != -1)) {
         // As a result of the alignment constraints, the allocated base differs
         // from the requested address. Return back to the caller who can
         // take remedial action (like try again without a requested address).
@@ -190,6 +211,10 @@
   _base = base;
   _size = size;
   _alignment = alignment;
+  // If heap is reserved with a backing file, the entire space has been committed. So set the _special flag to true
+  if (_fd_for_heap != -1) {
+    _special = true;
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -252,7 +277,11 @@
     char *real_base = _base - _noaccess_prefix;
     const size_t real_size = _size + _noaccess_prefix;
     if (special()) {
-      os::release_memory_special(real_base, real_size);
+      if (_fd_for_heap != -1) {
+        os::unmap_memory(real_base, real_size);
+      } else {
+        os::release_memory_special(real_base, real_size);
+      }
     } else{
       os::release_memory(real_base, real_size);
     }
@@ -313,7 +342,17 @@
 
   // If OS doesn't support demand paging for large page memory, we need
   // to use reserve_memory_special() to reserve and pin the entire region.
+  // If there is a backing file directory for this space then whether
+  // large pages are allocated is up to the filesystem of the backing file.
+  // So we ignore the UseLargePages flag in this case.
   bool special = large && !os::can_commit_large_page_memory();
+  if (special && _fd_for_heap != -1) {
+    special = false;
+    if (UseLargePages && (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseLargePages) ||
+                          !FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(LargePageSizeInBytes))) {
+      log_debug(gc, heap)("Cannot allocate large pages for Java Heap when AllocateHeapAt option is set.");
+    }
+  }
   char* base = NULL;
 
   log_trace(gc, heap, coops)("Trying to allocate at address " PTR_FORMAT
@@ -350,9 +389,9 @@
     // important.  If available space is not detected, return NULL.
 
     if (requested_address != 0) {
-      base = os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size, requested_address);
+      base = os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size, requested_address, _fd_for_heap);
     } else {
-      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment);
+      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment, _fd_for_heap);
     }
   }
   if (base == NULL) { return; }
@@ -362,6 +401,11 @@
   _size = size;
   _alignment = alignment;
 
+  // If heap is reserved with a backing file, the entire space has been committed. So set the _special flag to true
+  if (_fd_for_heap != -1) {
+    _special = true;
+  }
+
   // Check alignment constraints
   if ((((size_t)base) & (alignment - 1)) != 0) {
     // Base not aligned, retry.
@@ -556,12 +600,20 @@
   }
 }
 
-ReservedHeapSpace::ReservedHeapSpace(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool large) : ReservedSpace() {
+ReservedHeapSpace::ReservedHeapSpace(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool large, const char* heap_allocation_directory) : ReservedSpace() {
 
   if (size == 0) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (heap_allocation_directory != NULL) {
+    _fd_for_heap = os::create_file_for_heap(heap_allocation_directory);
+    if (_fd_for_heap == -1) {
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(
+        err_msg("Could not create file for Heap at location %s", heap_allocation_directory));
+    }
+  }
+
   // Heap size should be aligned to alignment, too.
   guarantee(is_aligned(size, alignment), "set by caller");
 
@@ -585,6 +637,10 @@
   if (base() != NULL) {
     MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_type((address)base(), mtJavaHeap);
   }
+
+  if (_fd_for_heap != -1) {
+    os::close(_fd_for_heap);
+  }
 }
 
 // Reserve space for code segment.  Same as Java heap only we mark this as

--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.hpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.hpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   size_t _noaccess_prefix;
   size_t _alignment;
   bool   _special;
+  int    _fd_for_heap;
  private:
   bool   _executable;
 
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@
   void establish_noaccess_prefix();
  public:
   // Constructor. Tries to find a heap that is good for compressed oops.
-  ReservedHeapSpace(size_t size, size_t forced_base_alignment, bool large);
+  // heap_allocation_directory is the path to the backing memory for Java heap. When set, Java heap will be allocated
+  // on the device which is managed by the file system where the directory resides.
+  ReservedHeapSpace(size_t size, size_t forced_base_alignment, bool large, const char* heap_allocation_directory = NULL);
   // Returns the base to be used for compression, i.e. so that null can be
   // encoded safely and implicit null checks can work.
   char *compressed_oop_base() { return _base - _noaccess_prefix; }

--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -2223,6 +2223,11 @@
     LoopStripMiningIterShortLoop = LoopStripMiningIter / 10;
   }
 #endif
+  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(AllocateHeapAt)) {
+    if ((UseNUMAInterleaving && !FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseNUMAInterleaving)) || (UseNUMA && !FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseNUMA))) {
+      log_warning(arguments) ("NUMA support for Heap depends on the file system when AllocateHeapAt option is used.\n");
+    }
+  }
   return status;
 }
 
@@ -4304,7 +4309,9 @@
 
 jint Arguments::adjust_after_os() {
   if (UseNUMA) {
-    if (UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC) {
+    if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(AllocateHeapAt)) {
+      FLAG_SET_ERGO(bool, UseNUMA, false);
+    } else if (UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC) {
       if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes)) {
          FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(MinHeapDeltaBytes, 64*M);
       }

--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -4083,7 +4083,11 @@
   diagnostic(bool, CompilerDirectivesPrint, false,                          \
              "Print compiler directives on installation.")                  \
   diagnostic(int,  CompilerDirectivesLimit, 50,                             \
-             "Limit on number of compiler directives.")
+             "Limit on number of compiler directives.")                     \
+                                                                            \
+  product(ccstr, AllocateHeapAt, NULL,                                      \
+          "Path to the directoy where a temporary file will be created "    \
+          "to use as the backing store for Java Heap.")
 
 
 /*

--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -1665,10 +1665,21 @@
   return os::pd_create_stack_guard_pages(addr, bytes);
 }
 
-char* os::reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint) {
-  char* result = pd_reserve_memory(bytes, addr, alignment_hint);
-  if (result != NULL) {
-    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+char* os::reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint, int file_desc) {
+  char* result = NULL;
+
+  if (file_desc != -1) {
+    // Could have called pd_reserve_memory() followed by replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(),
+    // but AIX may use SHM in which case its more trouble to detach the segment and remap memory to the file.
+    result = os::map_memory_to_file(addr, bytes, file_desc);
+    if (result != NULL) {
+      MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve_and_commit((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+    }
+  } else {
+    result = pd_reserve_memory(bytes, addr, alignment_hint);
+    if (result != NULL) {
+      MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+    }
   }
 
   return result;
@@ -1685,10 +1696,18 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-char* os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr) {
-  char* result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, addr);
-  if (result != NULL) {
-    MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+char* os::attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr, int file_desc) {
+  char* result = NULL;
+  if (file_desc != -1) {
+    result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, addr, file_desc);
+    if (result != NULL) {
+      MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve_and_commit((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+    }
+  } else {
+    result = pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(bytes, addr);
+    if (result != NULL) {
+      MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve_and_commit((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
+    }
   }
   return result;
 }

--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	Wed Nov 29 10:30:51 2017 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@
   }
 
   static char*  pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr = 0,
-                               size_t alignment_hint = 0);
+                                  size_t alignment_hint = 0);
   static char*  pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr);
+  static char*  pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr, int file_desc);
   static void   pd_split_reserved_memory(char *base, size_t size,
                                       size_t split, bool realloc);
   static bool   pd_commit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool executable);
@@ -310,11 +311,11 @@
 
   static int    vm_allocation_granularity();
   static char*  reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr = 0,
-                               size_t alignment_hint = 0);
+                               size_t alignment_hint = 0, int file_desc = -1);
   static char*  reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr,
                                size_t alignment_hint, MEMFLAGS flags);
-  static char*  reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment);
-  static char*  attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr);
+  static char*  reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, int file_desc = -1);
+  static char*  attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr, int file_desc = -1);
   static void   split_reserved_memory(char *base, size_t size,
                                       size_t split, bool realloc);
   static bool   commit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool executable);
@@ -345,6 +346,14 @@
   static bool   create_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   static bool   pd_create_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   static bool   remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t bytes);
+  // Helper function to create a new file with template jvmheap.XXXXXX.
+  // Returns a valid fd on success or else returns -1
+  static int create_file_for_heap(const char* dir);
+  // Map memory to the file referred by fd. This function is slightly different from map_memory()
+  // and is added to be used for implementation of -XX:AllocateHeapAt
+  static char* map_memory_to_file(char* base, size_t size, int fd);
+  // Replace existing reserved memory with file mapping
+  static char* replace_existing_mapping_with_file_mapping(char* base, size_t size, int fd);
 
   static char*  map_memory(int fd, const char* file_name, size_t file_offset,
                            char *addr, size_t bytes, bool read_only = false,

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/TestAllocateHeapAt.java	Wed Nov 29 17:03:10 2017 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test TestAllocateHeapAt.java
+ * @key gc
+ * @summary Test to check allocation of Java Heap with AllocateHeapAt option
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.JDKToolFinder;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+public class TestAllocateHeapAt {
+  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+    ArrayList<String> vmOpts = new ArrayList();
+
+    String testVmOptsStr = System.getProperty("test.java.opts");
+    if (!testVmOptsStr.isEmpty()) {
+      String[] testVmOpts = testVmOptsStr.split(" ");
+      Collections.addAll(vmOpts, testVmOpts);
+    }
+    String test_dir = System.getProperty("test.dir", ".");
+    Collections.addAll(vmOpts, new String[] {"-XX:AllocateHeapAt=" + test_dir,
+                                             "-Xlog:gc+heap=info",
+                                             "-Xmx32m",
+                                             "-Xms32m",
+                                             "-version"});
+
+    System.out.print("Testing:\n" + JDKToolFinder.getJDKTool("java"));
+    for (int i = 0; i < vmOpts.size(); i += 1) {
+      System.out.print(" " + vmOpts.get(i));
+    }
+    System.out.println();
+
+    ProcessBuilder pb =
+      ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(vmOpts.toArray(new String[vmOpts.size()]));
+    OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+
+    System.out.println("Output:\n" + output.getOutput());
+
+    output.shouldContain("Successfully allocated Java heap at location");
+    output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+  }
+}