Once I can get s390x build working for 5.0 again, I would be interested in 
investigating the following feature on the latest s390x hardware IBM announced 
today:

IBM z14 introduces specialized hardware that enables the JVM’s GC to relocate 
objects concurrently with the user application. The JVM is able to mark ranges 
of the Java heap from which objects are being migrated during a GC cycle. The 
z14 hardware provides a lightweight mechanism of detecting objects that 
reference those regions. The combination of JVM exploitation and hardware 
allows for both GC and application to execute in parallel, resulting in 
significant reductions in stop-the-world pause times.

As you can see it was created for JVM but should be usable by anything that 
needs this capability. The larger announcement (along with some preliminary 
performance data) may be found at: 
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/trends/Modernization/Java-z14-transaction/

Neale
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