/* * This file is part of the Jikes RVM project (http://jikesrvm.org). * * This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL); * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You * may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php * * See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information * regarding copyright ownership. */ package org.mmtk.utility; import org.mmtk.vm.VM; import org.vmmagic.pragma.Inline; import org.vmmagic.pragma.Uninterruptible; import org.vmmagic.unboxed.ObjectReference; import org.vmmagic.unboxed.Word; /** * This class provides generic support for object forwarding, which is specific * to a few policies that support copying. The broad idea is two-fold: 1) the * two low-order bits of the GC byte (which are also the two low-order bits of * the header word) are used to indicate whether an object has been forwarded * or is being forwarded, and 2) if an object has been forwarded then the entire * header word of the dead object is used to store a pointer to the forwarded * pointer. This is a standard implementation of forwarding.<p> * * The two lowest order bits are used for object forwarding because forwarding * generally must steal the unused two low order bits of the forwarding pointer. */ @Uninterruptible public class ForwardingWord { /* * The forwarding process uses three states to deal with a GC race: * 1. !FORWARDED: Unforwarded * 2. BEING_FORWARDED: Being forwarded (forwarding is underway) * 3. FORWARDED: Forwarded */ /** If this bit is set, then forwarding of this object is incomplete */ private static final byte BEING_FORWARDED = 2; // ...10 /** If this bit is set, then forwarding of this object has commenced */ private static final byte FORWARDED = 3; // ...11 /** This mask is used to reveal which state this object is in with respect to forwarding */ public static final byte FORWARDING_MASK = 3; // ...11 public static final int FORWARDING_BITS = 2; /** * Either return the forwarding pointer if the object is already * forwarded (or being forwarded) or write the bit pattern that * indicates that the object is being forwarded * * @param object The object to be forwarded * @return The forwarding pointer for the object if it has already * been forwarded. */ @Inline public static Word attemptToForward(ObjectReference object) { Word oldValue; do { oldValue = VM.objectModel.prepareAvailableBits(object); if ((byte) (oldValue.toInt() & FORWARDING_MASK) == FORWARDED) return oldValue; } while (!VM.objectModel.attemptAvailableBits(object, oldValue, oldValue.or(Word.fromIntZeroExtend(BEING_FORWARDED)))); return oldValue; } public static ObjectReference spinAndGetForwardedObject(ObjectReference object, Word statusWord) { /* We must wait (spin) if the object is not yet fully forwarded */ while ((statusWord.toInt() & FORWARDING_MASK) == BEING_FORWARDED) statusWord = VM.objectModel.readAvailableBitsWord(object); /* Now extract the object reference from the forwarding word and return it */ if ((statusWord.toInt() & FORWARDING_MASK) == FORWARDED) return statusWord.and(Word.fromIntZeroExtend(FORWARDING_MASK).not()).toAddress().toObjectReference(); else return object; } public static ObjectReference forwardObject(ObjectReference object, int allocator) { ObjectReference newObject = VM.objectModel.copy(object, allocator); VM.objectModel.writeAvailableBitsWord(object, newObject.toAddress().toWord().or(Word.fromIntZeroExtend(FORWARDED))); return newObject; } /** * Non-atomic write of forwarding pointer word (assumption, thread * doing the set has done attempt to forward and owns the right to * copy the object) * * @param object The object whose forwarding pointer is to be set * @param ptr The forwarding pointer to be stored in the object's * forwarding word */ @Inline public static void setForwardingPointer(ObjectReference object, ObjectReference ptr) { VM.objectModel.writeAvailableBitsWord(object, ptr.toAddress().toWord().or(Word.fromIntZeroExtend(FORWARDED))); } /** * Has an object been forwarded? * * @param object The object to be checked * @return True if the object has been forwarded */ @Inline public static boolean isForwarded(ObjectReference object) { return (VM.objectModel.readAvailableByte(object) & FORWARDING_MASK) == FORWARDED; } /** * Has an object been forwarded or is it being forwarded? * * @param object The object to be checked * @return True if the object has been forwarded */ @Inline public static boolean isForwardedOrBeingForwarded(ObjectReference object) { return (VM.objectModel.readAvailableByte(object) & FORWARDING_MASK) != 0; } /** * Has an object been forwarded or being forwarded? * * @param object The object to be checked * @return True if the object has been forwarded */ @Inline public static boolean stateIsForwardedOrBeingForwarded(Word header) { return (header.toInt() & FORWARDING_MASK) != 0; } /** * Has an object been forwarded or being forwarded? * * @param object The object to be checked * @return True if the object has been forwarded */ @Inline public static boolean stateIsBeingForwarded(Word header) { return (header.toInt() & FORWARDING_MASK) == BEING_FORWARDED; } /** * Clear the GC forwarding portion of the header for an object. * * @param object the object ref to the storage to be initialized */ @Inline public static void clearForwardingBits(ObjectReference object) { VM.objectModel.writeAvailableByte(object, (byte) (VM.objectModel.readAvailableByte(object) & ~FORWARDING_MASK)); } @Inline public static ObjectReference extractForwardingPointer(Word forwardingWord) { return forwardingWord.and(Word.fromIntZeroExtend(FORWARDING_MASK).not()).toAddress().toObjectReference(); } }