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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8145318

Cache and reuse ParMarkBitMap::live_words_in_range() results in Parallel GC

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P3
    • tbd
    • 9
    • hotspot
    • gc

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      Parallel gc uses ParMarkBitMap::live_words_in_range() a lot to calculate the amount of live words within a range of memory during full gc.

      Tests showed that its return value could be cached and reused to improve full gc performance significantly.

      Contributed by T. Lei, see http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-gc-dev/2015-December/015899.html for the initial thread.

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            tschatzl Thomas Schatzl
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