RFR: 8047820: G1 Block offset table does not need to support generic Space classes

[Mikael Gerdin]

Hi!

On Monday 23 June 2014 16.25.53 Mikael Gerdin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As part of a larger effort to detach G1's HeapRegion from ContiguousSpace[1]
> G1's block offset table needs to be modified to work with Space subclasses
> which are not subclasses of ContiguousSpace. Just change the code to have
> knowledge of G1OffsetTableContigSpace.
> 
> This change is part of a set of 4 changes: 8047818, 8047819, 8047820,
> 8047821 which are needed to refactor the HeapRegion class and its
> superclasses in order to simplify the G1 class unloading change which is
> coming.
> 
> Bug:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047820
> Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mgerdin/8047820/webrev/

I discovered that I accidentally put the set_offset_array change in the 
8047818 webrev. It is actually needed in this change to make the JVM compile 
without precompiled headers.

Here's the new full webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mgerdin/8047820/webrev.2/

Incremental webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mgerdin/8047820/webrev.1_to_2/

Thanks
/Mikael

> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047818
> 
> Thanks
> /Mikael