Request for review (s): 6814390 G1: remove the concept of non-generational G1

[Bengt Rutisson]

Hi John,

Thanks for the review!

> Looks good to me. You may want to consider removing the 
> CMCheckpointRootsInitialClosure - it's only instantiated in the code 
> you removed from concurrentMarkThread.cpp.

Good point. I removed the CMCheckpointRootsInitialClosure class. Here is 
an updated webrev:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~brutisso/6814390c/webrev.02/

Bengt

>
> JohnC
>
> On 08/16/11 11:03, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Could I have a couple of reviews for this change?
>>
>> Background:
>> G1 was originally designed to be able to run in a non-generational 
>> mode. This has not been used for a long time and no testing has been 
>> done. Thus, the code has bit rotted. We don't see the need for this 
>> feature anymore, so rather than fixing it we should remove it.
>>
>> This is actually a low priority item, but since it will make my next 
>> step (supporting young space sizing better) simpler I would like to 
>> get this CR out of the way.
>>
>> Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~brutisso/6814390c/webrev.01/
>>
>> CR:
>> 6814390 G1: remove the concept of non-generational G1
>> http://monaco.us.oracle.com/detail.jsf?cr=6814390
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bengt
>>
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