for review (M): 6863023: need non-perm oops in code cache for JSR 292

[John Rose]

On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Tom Rodriguez wrote:

> Hmm.  Having to scan the stacks an extra time seems bad,  
> particularly since it's only needed during a scavenge because we're  
> treating some nmethods as strong roots.  Can't you just mark the  
> nmethods during the stack walk and clear it during the gc_epilogue?

Yes, that's what I was intending.  In the epilogue either a stack walk  
or a code-cache walk will suffice to clear the bits, and I think  
there's already a code-cache walk in all the relevant cases.

-- John