WriteBuffer.java

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package org.mmtk.utility.deque;

import org.mmtk.utility.Constants;

import org.vmmagic.unboxed.*;
import org.vmmagic.pragma.*;

/**
 * This supports <i>unsynchronized</i> insertion of write buffer values.
 */
@Uninterruptible public class WriteBuffer extends LocalSSB
  implements Constants {

  /****************************************************************************
   *
   * Public instance methods
   */

  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param queue The shared queue to which this local ssb will append
   * its buffers (when full or flushed).
   */
  public WriteBuffer(SharedDeque queue) {
    super(queue);
  }

  /**
   * Insert a value to be remembered into the write buffer.
   *
   * @param addr the value to be inserted into the write buffer
   */
  @NoInline
  public final void insert(Address addr) {
    checkTailInsert(1);
    uncheckedTailInsert(addr);
  }
}