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  24 
  25 #include "precompiled.hpp"
  26 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/cardTableExtension.hpp"
  27 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/gcTaskManager.hpp"
  28 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/parallelScavengeHeap.hpp"
  29 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psPromotionManager.hpp"
  30 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psScavenge.hpp"
  31 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psTasks.hpp"
  32 #include "gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psYoungGen.hpp"
  33 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
  34 #include "oops/oop.psgc.inline.hpp"
  35 #include "runtime/prefetch.inline.hpp"
  36 
  37 // Checks an individual oop for missing precise marks. Mark
  38 // may be either dirty or newgen.
  39 class CheckForUnmarkedOops : public OopClosure {
  40  private:
  41   PSYoungGen*         _young_gen;
  42   CardTableExtension* _card_table;
  43   HeapWord*           _unmarked_addr;
  44   jbyte*              _unmarked_card;
  45 
  46  protected:
  47   template <class T> void do_oop_work(T* p) {
  48     oop obj = oopDesc::load_decode_heap_oop(p);
  49     if (_young_gen->is_in_reserved(obj) &&
  50         !_card_table->addr_is_marked_imprecise(p)) {
  51       // Don't overwrite the first missing card mark
  52       if (_unmarked_addr == NULL) {
  53         _unmarked_addr = (HeapWord*)p;
  54         _unmarked_card = _card_table->byte_for(p);
  55       }
  56     }
  57   }
  58 
  59  public:
  60   CheckForUnmarkedOops(PSYoungGen* young_gen, CardTableExtension* card_table) :
  61     _young_gen(young_gen), _card_table(card_table), _unmarked_addr(NULL) { }
  62 
  63   virtual void do_oop(oop* p)       { CheckForUnmarkedOops::do_oop_work(p); }
  64   virtual void do_oop(narrowOop* p) { CheckForUnmarkedOops::do_oop_work(p); }
  65 
  66   bool has_unmarked_oop() {
  67     return _unmarked_addr != NULL;
  68   }
  69 };
  70 
  71 // Checks all objects for the existence of some type of mark,
  72 // precise or imprecise, dirty or newgen.
  73 class CheckForUnmarkedObjects : public ObjectClosure {
  74  private:
  75   PSYoungGen*         _young_gen;
  76   CardTableExtension* _card_table;
  77 
  78  public:
  79   CheckForUnmarkedObjects() {
  80     ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = (ParallelScavengeHeap*)Universe::heap();
  81     assert(heap->kind() == CollectedHeap::ParallelScavengeHeap, "Sanity");
  82 
  83     _young_gen = heap->young_gen();
  84     _card_table = (CardTableExtension*)heap->barrier_set();
  85     // No point in asserting barrier set type here. Need to make CardTableExtension
  86     // a unique barrier set type.
  87   }
  88 
  89   // Card marks are not precise. The current system can leave us with
  90   // a mismatch of precise marks and beginning of object marks. This means
  91   // we test for missing precise marks first. If any are found, we don't
  92   // fail unless the object head is also unmarked.
  93   virtual void do_object(oop obj) {
  94     CheckForUnmarkedOops object_check(_young_gen, _card_table);
  95     obj->oop_iterate_no_header(&object_check);
  96     if (object_check.has_unmarked_oop()) {
  97       assert(_card_table->addr_is_marked_imprecise(obj), "Found unmarked young_gen object");
  98     }
  99   }
 100 };
 101 
 102 // Checks for precise marking of oops as newgen.
 103 class CheckForPreciseMarks : public OopClosure {
 104  private:
 105   PSYoungGen*         _young_gen;
 106   CardTableExtension* _card_table;
 107 
 108  protected:
 109   template <class T> void do_oop_work(T* p) {
 110     oop obj = oopDesc::load_decode_heap_oop_not_null(p);
 111     if (_young_gen->is_in_reserved(obj)) {
 112       assert(_card_table->addr_is_marked_precise(p), "Found unmarked precise oop");
 113       _card_table->set_card_newgen(p);
 114     }
 115   }
 116 
 117  public:
 118   CheckForPreciseMarks( PSYoungGen* young_gen, CardTableExtension* card_table ) :
 119     _young_gen(young_gen), _card_table(card_table) { }
 120 
 121   virtual void do_oop(oop* p)       { CheckForPreciseMarks::do_oop_work(p); }
 122   virtual void do_oop(narrowOop* p) { CheckForPreciseMarks::do_oop_work(p); }
 123 };
 124 
 125 // We get passed the space_top value to prevent us from traversing into
 126 // the old_gen promotion labs, which cannot be safely parsed.
 127 
 128 // Do not call this method if the space is empty.
 129 // It is a waste to start tasks and get here only to
 130 // do no work.  If this method needs to be called
 131 // when the space is empty, fix the calculation of
 132 // end_card to allow sp_top == sp->bottom().
 133 
 134 void CardTableExtension::scavenge_contents_parallel(ObjectStartArray* start_array,
 135                                                     MutableSpace* sp,
 136                                                     HeapWord* space_top,
 137                                                     PSPromotionManager* pm,
 138                                                     uint stripe_number,
 139                                                     uint stripe_total) {
 140   int ssize = 128; // Naked constant!  Work unit = 64k.
 141   int dirty_card_count = 0;
 142 
 143   // It is a waste to get here if empty.
 144   assert(sp->bottom() < sp->top(), "Should not be called if empty");
 145   oop* sp_top = (oop*)space_top;
 146   jbyte* start_card = byte_for(sp->bottom());
 147   jbyte* end_card   = byte_for(sp_top - 1) + 1;
 148   oop* last_scanned = NULL; // Prevent scanning objects more than once
 149   // The width of the stripe ssize*stripe_total must be
 150   // consistent with the number of stripes so that the complete slice
 151   // is covered.
 152   size_t slice_width = ssize * stripe_total;
 153   for (jbyte* slice = start_card; slice < end_card; slice += slice_width) {
 154     jbyte* worker_start_card = slice + stripe_number * ssize;
 155     if (worker_start_card >= end_card)
 156       return; // We're done.
 157 
 158     jbyte* worker_end_card = worker_start_card + ssize;
 159     if (worker_end_card > end_card)
 160       worker_end_card = end_card;
 161 
 162     // We do not want to scan objects more than once. In order to accomplish
 163     // this, we assert that any object with an object head inside our 'slice'
 164     // belongs to us. We may need to extend the range of scanned cards if the
 165     // last object continues into the next 'slice'.
 166     //
 167     // Note! ending cards are exclusive!
 168     HeapWord* slice_start = addr_for(worker_start_card);
 169     HeapWord* slice_end = MIN2((HeapWord*) sp_top, addr_for(worker_end_card));
 170 
 171 #ifdef ASSERT
 172     if (GCWorkerDelayMillis > 0) {
 173       // Delay 1 worker so that it proceeds after all the work
 174       // has been completed.
 175       if (stripe_number < 2) {
 176         os::sleep(Thread::current(), GCWorkerDelayMillis, false);
 177       }
 178     }
 179 #endif
 180 
 181     // If there are not objects starting within the chunk, skip it.
 182     if (!start_array->object_starts_in_range(slice_start, slice_end)) {
 183       continue;
 184     }
 185     // Update our beginning addr
 186     HeapWord* first_object = start_array->object_start(slice_start);
 187     debug_only(oop* first_object_within_slice = (oop*) first_object;)
 188     if (first_object < slice_start) {
 189       last_scanned = (oop*)(first_object + oop(first_object)->size());
 190       debug_only(first_object_within_slice = last_scanned;)
 191       worker_start_card = byte_for(last_scanned);
 192     }
 193 
 194     // Update the ending addr
 195     if (slice_end < (HeapWord*)sp_top) {
 196       // The subtraction is important! An object may start precisely at slice_end.
 197       HeapWord* last_object = start_array->object_start(slice_end - 1);
 198       slice_end = last_object + oop(last_object)->size();
 199       // worker_end_card is exclusive, so bump it one past the end of last_object's
 200       // covered span.
 201       worker_end_card = byte_for(slice_end) + 1;
 202 
 203       if (worker_end_card > end_card)
 204         worker_end_card = end_card;
 205     }
 206 
 207     assert(slice_end <= (HeapWord*)sp_top, "Last object in slice crosses space boundary");
 208     assert(is_valid_card_address(worker_start_card), "Invalid worker start card");
 209     assert(is_valid_card_address(worker_end_card), "Invalid worker end card");
 210     // Note that worker_start_card >= worker_end_card is legal, and happens when
 211     // an object spans an entire slice.
 212     assert(worker_start_card <= end_card, "worker start card beyond end card");
 213     assert(worker_end_card <= end_card, "worker end card beyond end card");
 214 
 215     jbyte* current_card = worker_start_card;
 216     while (current_card < worker_end_card) {
 217       // Find an unclean card.
 218       while (current_card < worker_end_card && card_is_clean(*current_card)) {
 219         current_card++;
 220       }
 221       jbyte* first_unclean_card = current_card;
 222 
 223       // Find the end of a run of contiguous unclean cards
 224       while (current_card < worker_end_card && !card_is_clean(*current_card)) {
 225         while (current_card < worker_end_card && !card_is_clean(*current_card)) {
 226           current_card++;
 227         }
 228 
 229         if (current_card < worker_end_card) {
 230           // Some objects may be large enough to span several cards. If such
 231           // an object has more than one dirty card, separated by a clean card,
 232           // we will attempt to scan it twice. The test against "last_scanned"
 233           // prevents the redundant object scan, but it does not prevent newly
 234           // marked cards from being cleaned.
 235           HeapWord* last_object_in_dirty_region = start_array->object_start(addr_for(current_card)-1);
 236           size_t size_of_last_object = oop(last_object_in_dirty_region)->size();
 237           HeapWord* end_of_last_object = last_object_in_dirty_region + size_of_last_object;
 238           jbyte* ending_card_of_last_object = byte_for(end_of_last_object);
 239           assert(ending_card_of_last_object <= worker_end_card, "ending_card_of_last_object is greater than worker_end_card");
 240           if (ending_card_of_last_object > current_card) {
 241             // This means the object spans the next complete card.
 242             // We need to bump the current_card to ending_card_of_last_object
 243             current_card = ending_card_of_last_object;
 244           }
 245         }
 246       }
 247       jbyte* following_clean_card = current_card;
 248 
 249       if (first_unclean_card < worker_end_card) {
 250         oop* p = (oop*) start_array->object_start(addr_for(first_unclean_card));
 251         assert((HeapWord*)p <= addr_for(first_unclean_card), "checking");
 252         // "p" should always be >= "last_scanned" because newly GC dirtied
 253         // cards are no longer scanned again (see comment at end
 254         // of loop on the increment of "current_card").  Test that
 255         // hypothesis before removing this code.
 256         // If this code is removed, deal with the first time through
 257         // the loop when the last_scanned is the object starting in
 258         // the previous slice.
 259         assert((p >= last_scanned) ||
 260                (last_scanned == first_object_within_slice),
 261                "Should no longer be possible");
 262         if (p < last_scanned) {
 263           // Avoid scanning more than once; this can happen because
 264           // newgen cards set by GC may a different set than the
 265           // originally dirty set
 266           p = last_scanned;
 267         }
 268         oop* to = (oop*)addr_for(following_clean_card);
 269 
 270         // Test slice_end first!
 271         if ((HeapWord*)to > slice_end) {
 272           to = (oop*)slice_end;
 273         } else if (to > sp_top) {
 274           to = sp_top;
 275         }
 276 
 277         // we know which cards to scan, now clear them
 278         if (first_unclean_card <= worker_start_card+1)
 279           first_unclean_card = worker_start_card+1;
 280         if (following_clean_card >= worker_end_card-1)
 281           following_clean_card = worker_end_card-1;
 282 
 283         while (first_unclean_card < following_clean_card) {
 284           *first_unclean_card++ = clean_card;
 285         }
 286 
 287         const int interval = PrefetchScanIntervalInBytes;
 288         // scan all objects in the range
 289         if (interval != 0) {
 290           while (p < to) {
 291             Prefetch::write(p, interval);
 292             oop m = oop(p);
 293             assert(m->is_oop_or_null(), err_msg("Expected an oop or NULL for header field at " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(m)));
 294             m->push_contents(pm);
 295             p += m->size();
 296           }
 297           pm->drain_stacks_cond_depth();
 298         } else {
 299           while (p < to) {
 300             oop m = oop(p);
 301             assert(m->is_oop_or_null(), err_msg("Expected an oop or NULL for header field at " PTR_FORMAT, p2i(m)));
 302             m->push_contents(pm);
 303             p += m->size();
 304           }
 305           pm->drain_stacks_cond_depth();
 306         }
 307         last_scanned = p;
 308       }
 309       // "current_card" is still the "following_clean_card" or
 310       // the current_card is >= the worker_end_card so the
 311       // loop will not execute again.
 312       assert((current_card == following_clean_card) ||
 313              (current_card >= worker_end_card),
 314         "current_card should only be incremented if it still equals "
 315         "following_clean_card");
 316       // Increment current_card so that it is not processed again.
 317       // It may now be dirty because a old-to-young pointer was
 318       // found on it an updated.  If it is now dirty, it cannot be
 319       // be safely cleaned in the next iteration.
 320       current_card++;
 321     }
 322   }
 323 }
 324 
 325 // This should be called before a scavenge.
 326 void CardTableExtension::verify_all_young_refs_imprecise() {
 327   CheckForUnmarkedObjects check;
 328 
 329   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = (ParallelScavengeHeap*)Universe::heap();
 330   assert(heap->kind() == CollectedHeap::ParallelScavengeHeap, "Sanity");
 331 
 332   PSOldGen* old_gen = heap->old_gen();
 333 
 334   old_gen->object_iterate(&check);
 335 }
 336 
 337 // This should be called immediately after a scavenge, before mutators resume.
 338 void CardTableExtension::verify_all_young_refs_precise() {
 339   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = (ParallelScavengeHeap*)Universe::heap();
 340   assert(heap->kind() == CollectedHeap::ParallelScavengeHeap, "Sanity");
 341 
 342   PSOldGen* old_gen = heap->old_gen();
 343 
 344   CheckForPreciseMarks check(heap->young_gen(), (CardTableExtension*)heap->barrier_set());
 345 
 346   old_gen->oop_iterate_no_header(&check);
 347 
 348   verify_all_young_refs_precise_helper(old_gen->object_space()->used_region());
 349 }
 350 
 351 void CardTableExtension::verify_all_young_refs_precise_helper(MemRegion mr) {
 352   CardTableExtension* card_table = (CardTableExtension*)Universe::heap()->barrier_set();
 353   // FIX ME ASSERT HERE
 354 
 355   jbyte* bot = card_table->byte_for(mr.start());
 356   jbyte* top = card_table->byte_for(mr.end());
 357   while(bot <= top) {
 358     assert(*bot == clean_card || *bot == verify_card, "Found unwanted or unknown card mark");
 359     if (*bot == verify_card)
 360       *bot = youngergen_card;
 361     bot++;
 362   }
 363 }
 364 
 365 bool CardTableExtension::addr_is_marked_imprecise(void *addr) {
 366   jbyte* p = byte_for(addr);
 367   jbyte val = *p;
 368 
 369   if (card_is_dirty(val))
 370     return true;
 371 
 372   if (card_is_newgen(val))
 373     return true;
 374 
 375   if (card_is_clean(val))
 376     return false;
 377 
 378   assert(false, "Found unhandled card mark type");
 379 
 380   return false;
 381 }
 382 
 383 // Also includes verify_card
 384 bool CardTableExtension::addr_is_marked_precise(void *addr) {
 385   jbyte* p = byte_for(addr);
 386   jbyte val = *p;
 387 
 388   if (card_is_newgen(val))
 389     return true;
 390 
 391   if (card_is_verify(val))
 392     return true;
 393 
 394   if (card_is_clean(val))
 395     return false;
 396 
 397   if (card_is_dirty(val))
 398     return false;
 399 
 400   assert(false, "Found unhandled card mark type");
 401 
 402   return false;
 403 }
 404 
 405 // Assumes that only the base or the end changes.  This allows indentification
 406 // of the region that is being resized.  The
 407 // CardTableModRefBS::resize_covered_region() is used for the normal case
 408 // where the covered regions are growing or shrinking at the high end.
 409 // The method resize_covered_region_by_end() is analogous to
 410 // CardTableModRefBS::resize_covered_region() but
 411 // for regions that grow or shrink at the low end.
 412 void CardTableExtension::resize_covered_region(MemRegion new_region) {
 413 
 414   for (int i = 0; i < _cur_covered_regions; i++) {
 415     if (_covered[i].start() == new_region.start()) {
 416       // Found a covered region with the same start as the
 417       // new region.  The region is growing or shrinking
 418       // from the start of the region.
 419       resize_covered_region_by_start(new_region);
 420       return;
 421     }
 422     if (_covered[i].start() > new_region.start()) {
 423       break;
 424     }
 425   }
 426 
 427   int changed_region = -1;
 428   for (int j = 0; j < _cur_covered_regions; j++) {
 429     if (_covered[j].end() == new_region.end()) {
 430       changed_region = j;
 431       // This is a case where the covered region is growing or shrinking
 432       // at the start of the region.
 433       assert(changed_region != -1, "Don't expect to add a covered region");
 434       assert(_covered[changed_region].byte_size() != new_region.byte_size(),
 435         "The sizes should be different here");
 436       resize_covered_region_by_end(changed_region, new_region);
 437       return;
 438     }
 439   }
 440   // This should only be a new covered region (where no existing
 441   // covered region matches at the start or the end).
 442   assert(_cur_covered_regions < _max_covered_regions,
 443     "An existing region should have been found");
 444   resize_covered_region_by_start(new_region);
 445 }
 446 
 447 void CardTableExtension::resize_covered_region_by_start(MemRegion new_region) {
 448   CardTableModRefBS::resize_covered_region(new_region);
 449   debug_only(verify_guard();)
 450 }
 451 
 452 void CardTableExtension::resize_covered_region_by_end(int changed_region,
 453                                                       MemRegion new_region) {
 454   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(),
 455     "Only expect an expansion at the low end at a GC");
 456   debug_only(verify_guard();)
 457 #ifdef ASSERT
 458   for (int k = 0; k < _cur_covered_regions; k++) {
 459     if (_covered[k].end() == new_region.end()) {
 460       assert(changed_region == k, "Changed region is incorrect");
 461       break;
 462     }
 463   }
 464 #endif
 465 
 466   // Commit new or uncommit old pages, if necessary.
 467   if (resize_commit_uncommit(changed_region, new_region)) {
 468     // Set the new start of the committed region
 469     resize_update_committed_table(changed_region, new_region);
 470   }
 471 
 472   // Update card table entries
 473   resize_update_card_table_entries(changed_region, new_region);
 474 
 475   // Update the covered region
 476   resize_update_covered_table(changed_region, new_region);
 477 
 478   if (TraceCardTableModRefBS) {
 479     int ind = changed_region;
 480     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("CardTableModRefBS::resize_covered_region: ");
 481     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("  "
 482                   "  _covered[%d].start(): " INTPTR_FORMAT
 483                   "  _covered[%d].last(): " INTPTR_FORMAT,
 484                   ind, p2i(_covered[ind].start()),
 485                   ind, p2i(_covered[ind].last()));
 486     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("  "
 487                   "  _committed[%d].start(): " INTPTR_FORMAT
 488                   "  _committed[%d].last(): " INTPTR_FORMAT,
 489                   ind, p2i(_committed[ind].start()),
 490                   ind, p2i(_committed[ind].last()));
 491     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("  "
 492                   "  byte_for(start): " INTPTR_FORMAT
 493                   "  byte_for(last): " INTPTR_FORMAT,
 494                   p2i(byte_for(_covered[ind].start())),
 495                   p2i(byte_for(_covered[ind].last())));
 496     gclog_or_tty->print_cr("  "
 497                   "  addr_for(start): " INTPTR_FORMAT
 498                   "  addr_for(last): " INTPTR_FORMAT,
 499                   p2i(addr_for((jbyte*) _committed[ind].start())),
 500                   p2i(addr_for((jbyte*) _committed[ind].last())));
 501   }
 502   debug_only(verify_guard();)
 503 }
 504 
 505 bool CardTableExtension::resize_commit_uncommit(int changed_region,
 506                                                 MemRegion new_region) {
 507   bool result = false;
 508   // Commit new or uncommit old pages, if necessary.
 509   MemRegion cur_committed = _committed[changed_region];
 510   assert(_covered[changed_region].end() == new_region.end(),
 511     "The ends of the regions are expected to match");
 512   // Extend the start of this _committed region to
 513   // to cover the start of any previous _committed region.
 514   // This forms overlapping regions, but never interior regions.
 515   HeapWord* min_prev_start = lowest_prev_committed_start(changed_region);
 516   if (min_prev_start < cur_committed.start()) {
 517     // Only really need to set start of "cur_committed" to
 518     // the new start (min_prev_start) but assertion checking code
 519     // below use cur_committed.end() so make it correct.
 520     MemRegion new_committed =
 521         MemRegion(min_prev_start, cur_committed.end());
 522     cur_committed = new_committed;
 523   }
 524 #ifdef ASSERT
 525   ParallelScavengeHeap* heap = (ParallelScavengeHeap*)Universe::heap();
 526   assert(cur_committed.start() ==
 527     (HeapWord*) align_size_up((uintptr_t) cur_committed.start(),
 528                               os::vm_page_size()),
 529     "Starts should have proper alignment");
 530 #endif
 531 
 532   jbyte* new_start = byte_for(new_region.start());
 533   // Round down because this is for the start address
 534   HeapWord* new_start_aligned =
 535     (HeapWord*)align_size_down((uintptr_t)new_start, os::vm_page_size());
 536   // The guard page is always committed and should not be committed over.
 537   // This method is used in cases where the generation is growing toward
 538   // lower addresses but the guard region is still at the end of the
 539   // card table.  That still makes sense when looking for writes
 540   // off the end of the card table.
 541   if (new_start_aligned < cur_committed.start()) {
 542     // Expand the committed region
 543     //
 544     // Case A
 545     //                                          |+ guard +|
 546     //                          |+ cur committed +++++++++|
 547     //                  |+ new committed +++++++++++++++++|
 548     //
 549     // Case B
 550     //                                          |+ guard +|
 551     //                        |+ cur committed +|
 552     //                  |+ new committed +++++++|
 553     //
 554     // These are not expected because the calculation of the
 555     // cur committed region and the new committed region
 556     // share the same end for the covered region.
 557     // Case C
 558     //                                          |+ guard +|
 559     //                        |+ cur committed +|
 560     //                  |+ new committed +++++++++++++++++|
 561     // Case D
 562     //                                          |+ guard +|
 563     //                        |+ cur committed +++++++++++|
 564     //                  |+ new committed +++++++|
 565 
 566     HeapWord* new_end_for_commit =
 567       MIN2(cur_committed.end(), _guard_region.start());
 568     if(new_start_aligned < new_end_for_commit) {
 569       MemRegion new_committed =
 570         MemRegion(new_start_aligned, new_end_for_commit);
 571       os::commit_memory_or_exit((char*)new_committed.start(),
 572                                 new_committed.byte_size(), !ExecMem,
 573                                 "card table expansion");
 574     }
 575     result = true;
 576   } else if (new_start_aligned > cur_committed.start()) {
 577     // Shrink the committed region
 578 #if 0 // uncommitting space is currently unsafe because of the interactions
 579       // of growing and shrinking regions.  One region A can uncommit space
 580       // that it owns but which is being used by another region B (maybe).
 581       // Region B has not committed the space because it was already
 582       // committed by region A.
 583     MemRegion uncommit_region = committed_unique_to_self(changed_region,
 584       MemRegion(cur_committed.start(), new_start_aligned));
 585     if (!uncommit_region.is_empty()) {
 586       if (!os::uncommit_memory((char*)uncommit_region.start(),
 587                                uncommit_region.byte_size())) {
 588         // If the uncommit fails, ignore it.  Let the
 589         // committed table resizing go even though the committed
 590         // table will over state the committed space.
 591       }
 592     }
 593 #else
 594     assert(!result, "Should be false with current workaround");
 595 #endif
 596   }
 597   assert(_committed[changed_region].end() == cur_committed.end(),
 598     "end should not change");
 599   return result;
 600 }
 601 
 602 void CardTableExtension::resize_update_committed_table(int changed_region,
 603                                                        MemRegion new_region) {
 604 
 605   jbyte* new_start = byte_for(new_region.start());
 606   // Set the new start of the committed region
 607   HeapWord* new_start_aligned =
 608     (HeapWord*)align_size_down((uintptr_t)new_start,
 609                              os::vm_page_size());
 610   MemRegion new_committed = MemRegion(new_start_aligned,
 611     _committed[changed_region].end());
 612   _committed[changed_region] = new_committed;
 613   _committed[changed_region].set_start(new_start_aligned);
 614 }
 615 
 616 void CardTableExtension::resize_update_card_table_entries(int changed_region,
 617                                                           MemRegion new_region) {
 618   debug_only(verify_guard();)
 619   MemRegion original_covered = _covered[changed_region];
 620   // Initialize the card entries.  Only consider the
 621   // region covered by the card table (_whole_heap)
 622   jbyte* entry;
 623   if (new_region.start() < _whole_heap.start()) {
 624     entry = byte_for(_whole_heap.start());
 625   } else {
 626     entry = byte_for(new_region.start());
 627   }
 628   jbyte* end = byte_for(original_covered.start());
 629   // If _whole_heap starts at the original covered regions start,
 630   // this loop will not execute.
 631   while (entry < end) { *entry++ = clean_card; }
 632 }
 633 
 634 void CardTableExtension::resize_update_covered_table(int changed_region,
 635                                                      MemRegion new_region) {
 636   // Update the covered region
 637   _covered[changed_region].set_start(new_region.start());
 638   _covered[changed_region].set_word_size(new_region.word_size());
 639 
 640   // reorder regions.  There should only be at most 1 out
 641   // of order.
 642   for (int i = _cur_covered_regions-1 ; i > 0; i--) {
 643     if (_covered[i].start() < _covered[i-1].start()) {
 644         MemRegion covered_mr = _covered[i-1];
 645         _covered[i-1] = _covered[i];
 646         _covered[i] = covered_mr;
 647         MemRegion committed_mr = _committed[i-1];
 648       _committed[i-1] = _committed[i];
 649       _committed[i] = committed_mr;
 650       break;
 651     }
 652   }
 653 #ifdef ASSERT
 654   for (int m = 0; m < _cur_covered_regions-1; m++) {
 655     assert(_covered[m].start() <= _covered[m+1].start(),
 656       "Covered regions out of order");
 657     assert(_committed[m].start() <= _committed[m+1].start(),
 658       "Committed regions out of order");
 659   }
 660 #endif
 661 }
 662 
 663 // Returns the start of any committed region that is lower than
 664 // the target committed region (index ind) and that intersects the
 665 // target region.  If none, return start of target region.
 666 //
 667 //      -------------
 668 //      |           |
 669 //      -------------
 670 //              ------------
 671 //              | target   |
 672 //              ------------
 673 //                               -------------
 674 //                               |           |
 675 //                               -------------
 676 //      ^ returns this
 677 //
 678 //      -------------
 679 //      |           |
 680 //      -------------
 681 //                      ------------
 682 //                      | target   |
 683 //                      ------------
 684 //                               -------------
 685 //                               |           |
 686 //                               -------------
 687 //                      ^ returns this
 688 
 689 HeapWord* CardTableExtension::lowest_prev_committed_start(int ind) const {
 690   assert(_cur_covered_regions >= 0, "Expecting at least on region");
 691   HeapWord* min_start = _committed[ind].start();
 692   for (int j = 0; j < ind; j++) {
 693     HeapWord* this_start = _committed[j].start();
 694     if ((this_start < min_start) &&
 695         !(_committed[j].intersection(_committed[ind])).is_empty()) {
 696        min_start = this_start;
 697     }
 698   }
 699   return min_start;
 700 }