[gclist] write-barrier implementation in Java VM?

Manoj Plakal plakal@cs.wisc.edu
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:30:21 -0600


Okehee Goh wrote (Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 01:25:07AM -0500) :
>  I put write-barrier on the interpret codes for PUTFIELD, PUTFILED_FAST,
> PUTSTATIC, and PUTSTATIC_FAST when they are executed during the garbage
> collection cycle.
> What I am worrying is if those are only bytecode operations whose
> write-barrier are required. Are there any other part or bytecode operations
> where write-barrier must be applied ?

	You missed PUTARRAY, for writes to arrays of references.

	Manoj