springmvc return "redirect:xxx"无法跳转

//同一个Controller中
@RequestMapping("/function1")
public String function1(){
    return "success";
}
@RequestMapping("/function2"){
    return "redirect:/function1";
}

访问”/function2”时，无法跳转到success对应的视图，
将return "redirect:/function1";改为return "redirect:function1";即可。（不知为何，求评论解释==）