Verifier should seed the marking with the same roots as current GC cycle. Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224751 Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zgu/JDK-8224751/webrev.00/ Test: hotspot_gc_shenandoah with ShenandoahVerify (fastdebug and release) Thanks, -Zhengyu