On Jul 16, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote: > > On 07/16/2014 01:35 AM, Mandy Chung wrote: >> jdeps -jdkinternals flags use of JDK internal APIs. We have created a wiki >> page to keep track of the JDK internal APIs and its replacement: >> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDK8/Java+Dependency+Analysis+Tool > > not sure to understand why Shenandoah is listed in the list related to > sun.misc.unsafe, > (yes, setting the value of a field or an array location may require to update > some GC data structure but it seems far fetched) >
As far as i am aware one use-case for Unsafe is to manage some memory off-heap to reduce GC pause times. Paul.
