Because generational mode doesn't need that. It's used because, in non-gen mode, the MOS is traced as well, their mark bit is set and kept there till next collection. To tell their status, you need another bit (the flipped bit).
Please refer to my blog article "[Harmony GC Internal] Mark bit design", at http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com/2008/01/harmony-gc-internal-mark-bit-design.html Thanks, xiaofeng On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, lyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > In the gcv5, MARK_BIT_FLIPPING noly used by in the nongen algorithm.Is > it true? > In the trace_forward and semi_space algorithm ,I found that is true. > why? > thanks > liaoyin > -- http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com
