GRADLE_OPTS not being used with run-using = cli

[ianbrandt]

After addressing OutOfMemoryErrors in org.gradle.profiler.Main by raising the max heap via GRADLE_PROFILER_OPTS (see #512), I started hitting them in the org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain processes when running scenarios with run-using = cli.

I tried to use GRADLE_OPTS to set the -Xmx for those, but observed via VisualVM that it was not having any effect. I then tried with JAVA_OPTS. That worked, though I did observe that both the default -Xmx64m and my JAVA_OPTS setting of -Xmx640m were present in the listed JVM args. I could see via the VisualVm Monitor tab that my -Xmx640m setting was the one in use, and that addressed my OutOfMemoryErrors for the Gradle Launcher processes.

I'm not familiar with the history behind or difference between the usage of both GRADLE_OPTS and JAVA_OPTS, but the latter seems an overly broad naming choice. I'd guess GRADLE_OPTS to be the preferred option, so it would be nice if that worked for Gradle Launcher processes executed by the Gradle Profiler. Or, if JAVA_OPTS is the correct or preferred choice, it would helpful if some documentation were added to the README to explain that.

[asodja]

Does it work if you pass jvm-args for your scenario?

[ianbrandt]

@asodja, Thank you for replying. I hadn't tried jvm-args, as I presumed it would set the -Xmx for the Gradle Daemon process, not the Gradle Launcher process. I've tested it now, and that indeed seems to be how it works. The value ends up in the Gradle Launcher's -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs argument, and becomes the max heap setting for the launched Gradle Daemon process, but the Gradle Launcher process itself remains at the default -Xmx64m.