Developing a GC for the HotSpot VM

[Jon Masamitsu]

Andrei,

Most of the documentation for the GC is put into comments in the
code.    There's isn't much but that's where you'll have the best
change of finding up-to-date information.  There is some information
in this blog about the different collectors and how they fit together.

http://blogs.sun.com/jonthecollector/entry/our_collectors

Good luck.

Jon

Andrei Formiga wrote On 01/25/10 13:21,:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a PhD student currently researching concurrent/parallel garbage
> collection algorithms, and I'd like to implement some algorithms on a
> real platform to test them with realistic loads. The Java HotSpot VM
> seems to me a good candidate for this. Are there any
> documentation/guides that can help me to start on the right path? I
> started looking at the sources, but if there's additional
> documentation I'd like to see it.
>
> Also, any other tips or suggestions are appreciated. I have previous
> experience implementing garbage collection algorithms on experimental
> compilers/runtimes, but have never hacked the JVM. Thanks in advance.
>
> ---
> []s, Andrei Formiga
>