Why does GC need zap unused heap area?

[Colin(Du Li)]

Hi, guys,

I have a question about GC.
Why does GC need fill the unused heap area with "badHeapWordVal"
("0xbaadbabe")?
And when does this happen?

Thanks

Du Li
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