Mark word in openJDK

[Rémi Forax]

On 05/03/2012 09:46 PM, Xin Tong wrote:
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Keith McGuigan
> <keith.mcguigan at oracle.com>  wrote:
>> Take a look at src/share/vm/oops/markOop.hpp
>>
>>
>> On 5/3/2012 2:49 PM, Xin Tong wrote:
>>> I am new to hotspot JVM. I am wondering where  ( which hpp file ?) is
>>> the data structure of the mark word used in each object declared ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Xin
> By the way, what does Oop stand for in hotspot ?

ordinary object pointer.

https://wikis.oracle.com/display/HotSpotInternals/CompressedOops

>
> Thanks
>
> Xin

cheers,
Rémi