On Jan 18, 2008 2:30 PM, George Timoshenko (JIRA) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> George Timoshenko commented on HARMONY-5399:
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> I have one consern.
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> By the modification of "arraycopyOptimizable" you turn of the both
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> genArrayCopy and
> genArrayCopyRepMove
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> optimizations of the arrays of Object types.
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> BUT the first one, genArrayCopy, does not use REP instruction. It generates a 
> copying loop so it can work with WB.


For array write, it's ok to have only one WB for the whole object. In
my current generational GC design, I use WB actually for object
remembering rather than slot remembering. So one WB for the whole
arraycopy is enough.

(Well, write barrier support in DRLVM needs cleanup thenafter.)

Thanks,
xiaofeng

>
> > [drlvm][jit] Enabling arraycopy optimization for primitive types when write 
> > barriers are enabled
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >                 Key: HARMONY-5399
> >                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-5399
> >             Project: Harmony
> >          Issue Type: Improvement
> >         Environment: All
> >            Reporter: Aleksey Shipilev
> >         Attachments: WB-2.patch, WB-3.patch, WB-4.patch
> >
> >
> > JIT arraycopy optimization is disabled automatically when WB are enabled. 
> > Attached patch re-enables arraycopy optimization for arrays of primitive 
> > types, which shouldn't interfere with WB activity.
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