The field G1AllocRegion::_alloc_region needs to be declared volatile as it is used with that intention. Otherwise the compiler may generate the code that reloads the value which might have changed in the meantime, leading to spurious crashes.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, simonis, tschatzl
Change the type of fields / variables / etc. that represent region counts and indeces from size_t to uint.
Reviewed-by: iveresov, brutisso, jmasa, jwilhelm
Refactor the allocation code during GC to use the G1AllocRegion abstraction. Use separate subclasses of G1AllocRegion for survivor and old regions. Avoid BOT updates and dirty survivor cards incrementally for the former.
Reviewed-by: brutisso, johnc, ysr
7023151: G1: refactor the code that operates on _cur_alloc_region to be re-used for allocs by the GC threads
7018286: G1: humongous allocation attempts should take the GC locker into account
First, this change replaces the asymmetric locking scheme in the G1 slow alloc path by a summetric one. Second, it factors out the code that operates on _cur_alloc_region so that it can be re-used for allocations by the GC threads in the future.
Reviewed-by: stefank, brutisso, johnc
