As $SUBJECT says. It generates inlined oop iterators for the PartialEvacuateUpdateHeapClosure, and thus speeds up root region scanning. http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rkennke/inline-partial-closures/webrev.00/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Erkennke/inline-partial-closures/webrev.00/> Roman