Add a new, separate, pointer to the base of the array of discovered reference lists and use this new pointer in places where we iterate over the entire array.
Reviewed-by: ysr, brutisso
Removed unused fields and methods, removed the G1CollectoryPolicy_BestRegionsFirst class and folded its functionality into the G1CollectorPolicy class.
Reviewed-by: ysr, brutisso, jcoomes
There is a race between one thread successfully forwarding and copying the klass mirror for the SoftReference class (including the static master clock) and another thread attempting to use the master clock while attempting to discover a soft reference object. Maintain a shadow copy of the soft reference master clock and use the shadow during reference discovery and reference processing.
Reviewed-by: tonyp, brutisso, ysr
Also reviewed by mikael.gerdin@oracle.com; Changed to the `` syntax instead. Also changed "source" to ".".
Reviewed-by: never, stefank, dsamersoff, rottenha
Removed the code for skipping over NULL regions in _markedRegions, replacing it with an assertion that a NULL region is never encountered; removed dead methods, remove() and remove_region(), and inlined a simplified addRegion() directly into fillCache().
Reviewed-by: brutisso, tonyp
