hotspot/src/share/vm/memory/referenceProcessor.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+# include "incls/_precompiled.incl"
+# include "incls/_referenceProcessor.cpp.incl"
+
+// List of discovered references.
+class DiscoveredList {
+public:
+         DiscoveredList() : _head(NULL), _len(0) { }
+  oop    head() const           { return _head; }
+  oop*   head_ptr()             { return &_head; }
+  void   set_head(oop o)        { _head = o; }
+  bool   empty() const          { return _head == ReferenceProcessor::_sentinelRef; }
+  size_t length()               { return _len; }
+  void   set_length(size_t len) { _len = len; }
+private:
+  size_t _len;
+  oop   _head;
+};
+
+oop  ReferenceProcessor::_sentinelRef = NULL;
+
+const int subclasses_of_ref = REF_PHANTOM - REF_OTHER;
+
+void referenceProcessor_init() {
+  ReferenceProcessor::init_statics();
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::init_statics() {
+  assert(_sentinelRef == NULL, "should be initialized precsiely once");
+  EXCEPTION_MARK;
+  _sentinelRef = instanceKlass::cast(
+                   SystemDictionary::object_klass())->
+                     allocate_permanent_instance(THREAD);
+
+  // Initialize the master soft ref clock.
+  java_lang_ref_SoftReference::set_clock(os::javaTimeMillis());
+
+  if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
+      Handle ex(THREAD, PENDING_EXCEPTION);
+      vm_exit_during_initialization(ex);
+  }
+  assert(_sentinelRef != NULL && _sentinelRef->is_oop(),
+         "Just constructed it!");
+  guarantee(RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferenceBasedDiscovery ||
+            RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferentBasedDiscovery,
+            "Unrecongnized RefDiscoveryPolicy");
+}
+
+
+ReferenceProcessor* ReferenceProcessor::create_ref_processor(
+    MemRegion          span,
+    bool               atomic_discovery,
+    bool               mt_discovery,
+    BoolObjectClosure* is_alive_non_header,
+    int                parallel_gc_threads,
+    bool               mt_processing)
+{
+  int mt_degree = 1;
+  if (parallel_gc_threads > 1) {
+    mt_degree = parallel_gc_threads;
+  }
+  ReferenceProcessor* rp =
+    new ReferenceProcessor(span, atomic_discovery,
+                           mt_discovery, mt_degree,
+                           mt_processing);
+  if (rp == NULL) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocate ReferenceProcessor object");
+  }
+  rp->set_is_alive_non_header(is_alive_non_header);
+  return rp;
+}
+
+
+ReferenceProcessor::ReferenceProcessor(MemRegion span,
+  bool atomic_discovery, bool mt_discovery, int mt_degree,
+  bool mt_processing) :
+  _discovering_refs(false),
+  _enqueuing_is_done(false),
+  _is_alive_non_header(NULL),
+  _processing_is_mt(mt_processing),
+  _next_id(0)
+{
+  _span = span;
+  _discovery_is_atomic = atomic_discovery;
+  _discovery_is_mt     = mt_discovery;
+  _num_q               = mt_degree;
+  _discoveredSoftRefs  = NEW_C_HEAP_ARRAY(DiscoveredList, _num_q * subclasses_of_ref);
+  if (_discoveredSoftRefs == NULL) {
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Could not allocated RefProc Array");
+  }
+  _discoveredWeakRefs    = &_discoveredSoftRefs[_num_q];
+  _discoveredFinalRefs   = &_discoveredWeakRefs[_num_q];
+  _discoveredPhantomRefs = &_discoveredFinalRefs[_num_q];
+  assert(_sentinelRef != NULL, "_sentinelRef is NULL");
+  // Initialized all entries to _sentinelRef
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+        _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_head(_sentinelRef);
+    _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_length(0);
+  }
+}
+
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+void ReferenceProcessor::verify_no_references_recorded() {
+  guarantee(!_discovering_refs, "Discovering refs?");
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+    guarantee(_discoveredSoftRefs[i].empty(),
+              "Found non-empty discovered list");
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::weak_oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+    f->do_oop(_discoveredSoftRefs[i].head_ptr());
+  }
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
+  f->do_oop(&_sentinelRef);
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::update_soft_ref_master_clock()
+{
+  // Update (advance) the soft ref master clock field. This must be done
+  // after processing the soft ref list.
+  jlong now = os::javaTimeMillis();
+  jlong clock = java_lang_ref_SoftReference::clock();
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+  if (now < clock) {
+    warning("time warp: %d to %d", clock, now);
+  }
+  )
+  // In product mode, protect ourselves from system time being adjusted
+  // externally and going backward; see note in the implementation of
+  // GenCollectedHeap::time_since_last_gc() for the right way to fix
+  // this uniformly throughout the VM; see bug-id 4741166. XXX
+  if (now > clock) {
+    java_lang_ref_SoftReference::set_clock(now);
+  }
+  // Else leave clock stalled at its old value until time progresses
+  // past clock value.
+}
+
+
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::process_discovered_references(
+  ReferencePolicy*             policy,
+  BoolObjectClosure*           is_alive,
+  OopClosure*                  keep_alive,
+  VoidClosure*                 complete_gc,
+  AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor* task_executor) {
+  NOT_PRODUCT(verify_ok_to_handle_reflists());
+
+  assert(!enqueuing_is_done(), "If here enqueuing should not be complete");
+  // Stop treating discovered references specially.
+  disable_discovery();
+
+  bool trace_time = PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC;
+  // Soft references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("SoftReference", trace_time, false, gclog_or_tty);
+    process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredSoftRefs, policy, true,
+                               is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc, task_executor);
+  }
+
+  update_soft_ref_master_clock();
+
+  // Weak references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("WeakReference", trace_time, false, gclog_or_tty);
+    process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredWeakRefs, NULL, true,
+                               is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc, task_executor);
+  }
+
+  // Final references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("FinalReference", trace_time, false, gclog_or_tty);
+    process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredFinalRefs, NULL, false,
+                               is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc, task_executor);
+  }
+
+  // Phantom references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("PhantomReference", trace_time, false, gclog_or_tty);
+    process_discovered_reflist(_discoveredPhantomRefs, NULL, false,
+                               is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc, task_executor);
+  }
+
+  // Weak global JNI references. It would make more sense (semantically) to
+  // traverse these simultaneously with the regular weak references above, but
+  // that is not how the JDK1.2 specification is. See #4126360. Native code can
+  // thus use JNI weak references to circumvent the phantom references and
+  // resurrect a "post-mortem" object.
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("JNI Weak Reference", trace_time, false, gclog_or_tty);
+    if (task_executor != NULL) {
+      task_executor->set_single_threaded_mode();
+    }
+    process_phaseJNI(is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc);
+  }
+}
+
+
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+// Calculate the number of jni handles.
+unsigned int ReferenceProcessor::count_jni_refs()
+{
+  class AlwaysAliveClosure: public BoolObjectClosure {
+  public:
+    bool do_object_b(oop obj) { return true; }
+    void do_object(oop obj) { assert(false, "Don't call"); }
+  };
+
+  class CountHandleClosure: public OopClosure {
+  private:
+    int _count;
+  public:
+    CountHandleClosure(): _count(0) {}
+    void do_oop(oop* unused) {
+      _count++;
+    }
+    int count() { return _count; }
+  };
+  CountHandleClosure global_handle_count;
+  AlwaysAliveClosure always_alive;
+  JNIHandles::weak_oops_do(&always_alive, &global_handle_count);
+  return global_handle_count.count();
+}
+#endif
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::process_phaseJNI(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+                                          OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+                                          VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+  if (PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC) {
+    unsigned int count = count_jni_refs();
+    gclog_or_tty->print(", %u refs", count);
+  }
+#endif
+  JNIHandles::weak_oops_do(is_alive, keep_alive);
+  // Finally remember to keep sentinel around
+  keep_alive->do_oop(&_sentinelRef);
+  complete_gc->do_void();
+}
+
+bool ReferenceProcessor::enqueue_discovered_references(AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor* task_executor) {
+  NOT_PRODUCT(verify_ok_to_handle_reflists());
+  // Remember old value of pending references list
+  oop* pending_list_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::pending_list_addr();
+  oop old_pending_list_value = *pending_list_addr;
+
+  // Enqueue references that are not made active again, and
+  // clear the decks for the next collection (cycle).
+  enqueue_discovered_reflists(pending_list_addr, task_executor);
+  // Do the oop-check on pending_list_addr missed in
+  // enqueue_discovered_reflist. We should probably
+  // do a raw oop_check so that future such idempotent
+  // oop_stores relying on the oop-check side-effect
+  // may be elided automatically and safely without
+  // affecting correctness.
+  oop_store(pending_list_addr, *(pending_list_addr));
+
+  // Stop treating discovered references specially.
+  disable_discovery();
+
+  // Return true if new pending references were added
+  return old_pending_list_value != *pending_list_addr;
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::enqueue_discovered_reflist(DiscoveredList& refs_list,
+  oop* pending_list_addr) {
+  // Given a list of refs linked through the "discovered" field
+  // (java.lang.ref.Reference.discovered) chain them through the
+  // "next" field (java.lang.ref.Reference.next) and prepend
+  // to the pending list.
+  if (TraceReferenceGC && PrintGCDetails) {
+    gclog_or_tty->print_cr("ReferenceProcessor::enqueue_discovered_reflist list "
+                           INTPTR_FORMAT, (address)refs_list.head());
+  }
+  oop obj = refs_list.head();
+  // Walk down the list, copying the discovered field into
+  // the next field and clearing it (except for the last
+  // non-sentinel object which is treated specially to avoid
+  // confusion with an active reference).
+  while (obj != _sentinelRef) {
+    assert(obj->is_instanceRef(), "should be reference object");
+    oop next = java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered(obj);
+    if (TraceReferenceGC && PrintGCDetails) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("  obj " INTPTR_FORMAT "/next " INTPTR_FORMAT,
+                             (oopDesc*) obj, (oopDesc*) next);
+    }
+    assert(*java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(obj) == NULL,
+      "The reference should not be enqueued");
+    if (next == _sentinelRef) {  // obj is last
+      // Swap refs_list into pendling_list_addr and
+      // set obj's next to what we read from pending_list_addr.
+      oop old = (oop)Atomic::xchg_ptr(refs_list.head(), pending_list_addr);
+      // Need oop_check on pending_list_addr above;
+      // see special oop-check code at the end of
+      // enqueue_discovered_reflists() further below.
+      if (old == NULL) {
+        // obj should be made to point to itself, since
+        // pending list was empty.
+        java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next(obj, obj);
+      } else {
+        java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next(obj, old);
+      }
+    } else {
+      java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next(obj, next);
+    }
+    java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered(obj, (oop) NULL);
+    obj = next;
+  }
+}
+
+// Parallel enqueue task
+class RefProcEnqueueTask: public AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor::EnqueueTask {
+public:
+  RefProcEnqueueTask(ReferenceProcessor& ref_processor,
+                     DiscoveredList      discovered_refs[],
+                     oop*                pending_list_addr,
+                     oop                 sentinel_ref,
+                     int                 n_queues)
+    : EnqueueTask(ref_processor, discovered_refs,
+                  pending_list_addr, sentinel_ref, n_queues)
+  { }
+
+  virtual void work(unsigned int work_id)
+  {
+    assert(work_id < (unsigned int)_ref_processor.num_q(), "Index out-of-bounds");
+    // Simplest first cut: static partitioning.
+    int index = work_id;
+    for (int j = 0; j < subclasses_of_ref; j++, index += _n_queues) {
+      _ref_processor.enqueue_discovered_reflist(
+        _refs_lists[index], _pending_list_addr);
+      _refs_lists[index].set_head(_sentinel_ref);
+      _refs_lists[index].set_length(0);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+// Enqueue references that are not made active again
+void ReferenceProcessor::enqueue_discovered_reflists(oop* pending_list_addr,
+  AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor* task_executor) {
+  if (_processing_is_mt && task_executor != NULL) {
+    // Parallel code
+    RefProcEnqueueTask tsk(*this, _discoveredSoftRefs,
+                           pending_list_addr, _sentinelRef, _num_q);
+    task_executor->execute(tsk);
+  } else {
+    // Serial code: call the parent class's implementation
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+      enqueue_discovered_reflist(_discoveredSoftRefs[i], pending_list_addr);
+      _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_head(_sentinelRef);
+      _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_length(0);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Iterator for the list of discovered references.
+class DiscoveredListIterator {
+public:
+  inline DiscoveredListIterator(DiscoveredList&    refs_list,
+                                OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+                                BoolObjectClosure* is_alive);
+
+  // End Of List.
+  inline bool has_next() const
+  { return _next != ReferenceProcessor::_sentinelRef; }
+
+  // Get oop to the Reference object.
+  inline oop  obj() const { return _ref; }
+
+  // Get oop to the referent object.
+  inline oop  referent() const { return _referent; }
+
+  // Returns true if referent is alive.
+  inline bool is_referent_alive() const;
+
+  // Loads data for the current reference.
+  // The "allow_null_referent" argument tells us to allow for the possibility
+  // of a NULL referent in the discovered Reference object. This typically
+  // happens in the case of concurrent collectors that may have done the
+  // discovery concurrently or interleaved with mutator execution.
+  inline void load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(bool allow_null_referent));
+
+  // Move to the next discovered reference.
+  inline void next();
+
+  // Remove the current reference from the list and move to the next.
+  inline void remove();
+
+  // Make the Reference object active again.
+  inline void make_active() { java_lang_ref_Reference::set_next(_ref, NULL); }
+
+  // Make the referent alive.
+  inline void make_referent_alive() { _keep_alive->do_oop(_referent_addr); }
+
+  // Update the discovered field.
+  inline void update_discovered() { _keep_alive->do_oop(_prev_next); }
+
+  // NULL out referent pointer.
+  inline void clear_referent() { *_referent_addr = NULL; }
+
+  // Statistics
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+  inline size_t processed() const { return _processed; }
+  inline size_t removed() const   { return _removed; }
+  )
+
+private:
+  inline void move_to_next();
+
+private:
+  DiscoveredList&    _refs_list;
+  oop*               _prev_next;
+  oop                _ref;
+  oop*               _discovered_addr;
+  oop                _next;
+  oop*               _referent_addr;
+  oop                _referent;
+  OopClosure*        _keep_alive;
+  BoolObjectClosure* _is_alive;
+  DEBUG_ONLY(
+  oop                _first_seen; // cyclic linked list check
+  )
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+  size_t             _processed;
+  size_t             _removed;
+  )
+};
+
+inline DiscoveredListIterator::DiscoveredListIterator(DiscoveredList&    refs_list,
+                                                      OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+                                                      BoolObjectClosure* is_alive)
+  : _refs_list(refs_list),
+    _prev_next(refs_list.head_ptr()),
+    _ref(refs_list.head()),
+#ifdef ASSERT
+    _first_seen(refs_list.head()),
+#endif
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+    _processed(0),
+    _removed(0),
+#endif
+    _next(refs_list.head()),
+    _keep_alive(keep_alive),
+    _is_alive(is_alive)
+{ }
+
+inline bool DiscoveredListIterator::is_referent_alive() const
+{
+  return _is_alive->do_object_b(_referent);
+}
+
+inline void DiscoveredListIterator::load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(bool allow_null_referent))
+{
+  _discovered_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(_ref);
+  assert(_discovered_addr && (*_discovered_addr)->is_oop_or_null(),
+         "discovered field is bad");
+  _next = *_discovered_addr;
+  _referent_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::referent_addr(_ref);
+  _referent = *_referent_addr;
+  assert(Universe::heap()->is_in_reserved_or_null(_referent),
+         "Wrong oop found in java.lang.Reference object");
+  assert(allow_null_referent ?
+             _referent->is_oop_or_null()
+           : _referent->is_oop(),
+         "bad referent");
+}
+
+inline void DiscoveredListIterator::next()
+{
+  _prev_next = _discovered_addr;
+  move_to_next();
+}
+
+inline void DiscoveredListIterator::remove()
+{
+  assert(_ref->is_oop(), "Dropping a bad reference");
+  // Clear the discovered_addr field so that the object does
+  // not look like it has been discovered.
+  *_discovered_addr = NULL;
+  // Remove Reference object from list.
+  *_prev_next = _next;
+  NOT_PRODUCT(_removed++);
+  move_to_next();
+}
+
+inline void DiscoveredListIterator::move_to_next()
+{
+  _ref = _next;
+  assert(_ref != _first_seen, "cyclic ref_list found");
+  NOT_PRODUCT(_processed++);
+}
+
+
+// NOTE: process_phase*() are largely similar, and at a high level
+// merely iterate over the extant list applying a predicate to
+// each of its elements and possibly removing that element from the
+// list and applying some further closures to that element.
+// We should consider the possibility of replacing these
+// process_phase*() methods by abstracting them into
+// a single general iterator invocation that receives appropriate
+// closures that accomplish this work.
+
+// (SoftReferences only) Traverse the list and remove any SoftReferences whose
+// referents are not alive, but that should be kept alive for policy reasons.
+// Keep alive the transitive closure of all such referents.
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::process_phase1(DiscoveredList&    refs_list_addr,
+                                   ReferencePolicy*   policy,
+                                   BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+                                   OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+                                   VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
+  assert(policy != NULL, "Must have a non-NULL policy");
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list_addr, keep_alive, is_alive);
+  // Decide which softly reachable refs should be kept alive.
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(!discovery_is_atomic() /* allow_null_referent */));
+    bool referent_is_dead = (iter.referent() != NULL) && !iter.is_referent_alive();
+    if (referent_is_dead && !policy->should_clear_reference(iter.obj())) {
+      if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+        gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Dropping reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s"  ") by policy",
+                               (address)iter.obj(), iter.obj()->blueprint()->internal_name());
+      }
+      // Make the Reference object active again
+      iter.make_active();
+      // keep the referent around
+      iter.make_referent_alive();
+      // Remove Reference object from list
+      iter.remove();
+    } else {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+  }
+  // Close the reachable set
+  complete_gc->do_void();
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+    if (PrintGCDetails && TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print(" Dropped %d dead Refs out of %d "
+        "discovered Refs by policy ", iter.removed(), iter.processed());
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+// Traverse the list and remove any Refs that are not active, or
+// whose referents are either alive or NULL.
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::pp2_work(DiscoveredList&    refs_list_addr,
+                             BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+                             OopClosure*        keep_alive)
+{
+  assert(discovery_is_atomic(), "Error");
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list_addr, keep_alive, is_alive);
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(false /* allow_null_referent */));
+    DEBUG_ONLY(oop* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(iter.obj());)
+    assert(*next_addr == NULL, "Should not discover inactive Reference");
+    if (iter.is_referent_alive()) {
+      if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+        gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Dropping strongly reachable reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
+                               (address)iter.obj(), iter.obj()->blueprint()->internal_name());
+      }
+      // The referent is reachable after all.
+      // Update the referent pointer as necessary: Note that this
+      // should not entail any recursive marking because the
+      // referent must already have been traversed.
+      iter.make_referent_alive();
+      // Remove Reference object from list
+      iter.remove();
+    } else {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+  }
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+    if (PrintGCDetails && TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print(" Dropped %d active Refs out of %d "
+        "Refs in discovered list ", iter.removed(), iter.processed());
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::pp2_work_concurrent_discovery(
+  DiscoveredList&    refs_list_addr,
+  BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+  OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+  VoidClosure*       complete_gc)
+{
+  assert(!discovery_is_atomic(), "Error");
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list_addr, keep_alive, is_alive);
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
+    oop* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(iter.obj());
+    if ((iter.referent() == NULL || iter.is_referent_alive() ||
+         *next_addr != NULL)) {
+      assert((*next_addr)->is_oop_or_null(), "bad next field");
+      // Remove Reference object from list
+      iter.remove();
+      // Trace the cohorts
+      iter.make_referent_alive();
+      keep_alive->do_oop(next_addr);
+    } else {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+  }
+  // Now close the newly reachable set
+  complete_gc->do_void();
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+    if (PrintGCDetails && TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print(" Dropped %d active Refs out of %d "
+        "Refs in discovered list ", iter.removed(), iter.processed());
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+// Traverse the list and process the referents, by either
+// either clearing them or keeping them (and their reachable
+// closure) alive.
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::process_phase3(DiscoveredList&    refs_list_addr,
+                                   bool               clear_referent,
+                                   BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+                                   OopClosure*        keep_alive,
+                                   VoidClosure*       complete_gc) {
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list_addr, keep_alive, is_alive);
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.update_discovered();
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(false /* allow_null_referent */));
+    if (clear_referent) {
+      // NULL out referent pointer
+      iter.clear_referent();
+    } else {
+      // keep the referent around
+      iter.make_referent_alive();
+    }
+    if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Adding %sreference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s) as pending",
+                             clear_referent ? "cleared " : "",
+                             (address)iter.obj(), iter.obj()->blueprint()->internal_name());
+    }
+    assert(iter.obj()->is_oop(UseConcMarkSweepGC), "Adding a bad reference");
+    // If discovery is concurrent, we may have objects with null referents,
+    // being those that were concurrently cleared after they were discovered
+    // (and not subsequently precleaned).
+    assert(   (discovery_is_atomic() && iter.referent()->is_oop())
+           || (!discovery_is_atomic() && iter.referent()->is_oop_or_null(UseConcMarkSweepGC)),
+           "Adding a bad referent");
+    iter.next();
+  }
+  // Remember to keep sentinel pointer around
+  iter.update_discovered();
+  // Close the reachable set
+  complete_gc->do_void();
+}
+
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::abandon_partial_discovered_list(DiscoveredList& ref_list) {
+  oop obj = ref_list.head();
+  while (obj != _sentinelRef) {
+    oop* discovered_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(obj);
+    obj = *discovered_addr;
+    *discovered_addr = NULL;
+  }
+  ref_list.set_head(_sentinelRef);
+  ref_list.set_length(0);
+}
+
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::abandon_partial_discovered_list_arr(DiscoveredList refs_lists[]) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+    abandon_partial_discovered_list(refs_lists[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+class RefProcPhase1Task: public AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor::ProcessTask {
+public:
+  RefProcPhase1Task(ReferenceProcessor& ref_processor,
+                    DiscoveredList      refs_lists[],
+                    ReferencePolicy*    policy,
+                    bool                marks_oops_alive)
+    : ProcessTask(ref_processor, refs_lists, marks_oops_alive),
+      _policy(policy)
+  { }
+  virtual void work(unsigned int i, BoolObjectClosure& is_alive,
+                    OopClosure& keep_alive,
+                    VoidClosure& complete_gc)
+  {
+    _ref_processor.process_phase1(_refs_lists[i], _policy,
+                                  &is_alive, &keep_alive, &complete_gc);
+  }
+private:
+  ReferencePolicy* _policy;
+};
+
+class RefProcPhase2Task: public AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor::ProcessTask {
+public:
+  RefProcPhase2Task(ReferenceProcessor& ref_processor,
+                    DiscoveredList      refs_lists[],
+                    bool                marks_oops_alive)
+    : ProcessTask(ref_processor, refs_lists, marks_oops_alive)
+  { }
+  virtual void work(unsigned int i, BoolObjectClosure& is_alive,
+                    OopClosure& keep_alive,
+                    VoidClosure& complete_gc)
+  {
+    _ref_processor.process_phase2(_refs_lists[i],
+                                  &is_alive, &keep_alive, &complete_gc);
+  }
+};
+
+class RefProcPhase3Task: public AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor::ProcessTask {
+public:
+  RefProcPhase3Task(ReferenceProcessor& ref_processor,
+                    DiscoveredList      refs_lists[],
+                    bool                clear_referent,
+                    bool                marks_oops_alive)
+    : ProcessTask(ref_processor, refs_lists, marks_oops_alive),
+      _clear_referent(clear_referent)
+  { }
+  virtual void work(unsigned int i, BoolObjectClosure& is_alive,
+                    OopClosure& keep_alive,
+                    VoidClosure& complete_gc)
+  {
+    _ref_processor.process_phase3(_refs_lists[i], _clear_referent,
+                                  &is_alive, &keep_alive, &complete_gc);
+  }
+private:
+  bool _clear_referent;
+};
+
+// Balances reference queues.
+void ReferenceProcessor::balance_queues(DiscoveredList ref_lists[])
+{
+  // calculate total length
+  size_t total_refs = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; ++i) {
+    total_refs += ref_lists[i].length();
+  }
+  size_t avg_refs = total_refs / _num_q + 1;
+  int to_idx = 0;
+  for (int from_idx = 0; from_idx < _num_q; from_idx++) {
+    while (ref_lists[from_idx].length() > avg_refs) {
+      assert(to_idx < _num_q, "Sanity Check!");
+      if (ref_lists[to_idx].length() < avg_refs) {
+        // move superfluous refs
+        size_t refs_to_move =
+          MIN2(ref_lists[from_idx].length() - avg_refs,
+               avg_refs - ref_lists[to_idx].length());
+        oop move_head = ref_lists[from_idx].head();
+        oop move_tail = move_head;
+        oop new_head  = move_head;
+        // find an element to split the list on
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < refs_to_move; ++j) {
+          move_tail = new_head;
+          new_head = *java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(new_head);
+        }
+        java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered(move_tail, ref_lists[to_idx].head());
+        ref_lists[to_idx].set_head(move_head);
+        ref_lists[to_idx].set_length(ref_lists[to_idx].length() + refs_to_move);
+        ref_lists[from_idx].set_head(new_head);
+        ref_lists[from_idx].set_length(ref_lists[from_idx].length() - refs_to_move);
+      } else {
+        ++to_idx;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+ReferenceProcessor::process_discovered_reflist(
+  DiscoveredList               refs_lists[],
+  ReferencePolicy*             policy,
+  bool                         clear_referent,
+  BoolObjectClosure*           is_alive,
+  OopClosure*                  keep_alive,
+  VoidClosure*                 complete_gc,
+  AbstractRefProcTaskExecutor* task_executor)
+{
+  bool mt = task_executor != NULL && _processing_is_mt;
+  if (mt && ParallelRefProcBalancingEnabled) {
+    balance_queues(refs_lists);
+  }
+  if (PrintReferenceGC && PrintGCDetails) {
+    size_t total = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; ++i) {
+      total += refs_lists[i].length();
+    }
+    gclog_or_tty->print(", %u refs", total);
+  }
+
+  // Phase 1 (soft refs only):
+  // . Traverse the list and remove any SoftReferences whose
+  //   referents are not alive, but that should be kept alive for
+  //   policy reasons. Keep alive the transitive closure of all
+  //   such referents.
+  if (policy != NULL) {
+    if (mt) {
+      RefProcPhase1Task phase1(*this, refs_lists, policy, true /*marks_oops_alive*/);
+      task_executor->execute(phase1);
+    } else {
+      for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+        process_phase1(refs_lists[i], policy,
+                       is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc);
+      }
+    }
+  } else { // policy == NULL
+    assert(refs_lists != _discoveredSoftRefs,
+           "Policy must be specified for soft references.");
+  }
+
+  // Phase 2:
+  // . Traverse the list and remove any refs whose referents are alive.
+  if (mt) {
+    RefProcPhase2Task phase2(*this, refs_lists, !discovery_is_atomic() /*marks_oops_alive*/);
+    task_executor->execute(phase2);
+  } else {
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      process_phase2(refs_lists[i], is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Phase 3:
+  // . Traverse the list and process referents as appropriate.
+  if (mt) {
+    RefProcPhase3Task phase3(*this, refs_lists, clear_referent, true /*marks_oops_alive*/);
+    task_executor->execute(phase3);
+  } else {
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      process_phase3(refs_lists[i], clear_referent,
+                     is_alive, keep_alive, complete_gc);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::clean_up_discovered_references() {
+  // loop over the lists
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+    if (TraceReferenceGC && PrintGCDetails && ((i % _num_q) == 0)) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr(
+        "\nScrubbing %s discovered list of Null referents",
+        list_name(i));
+    }
+    clean_up_discovered_reflist(_discoveredSoftRefs[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::clean_up_discovered_reflist(DiscoveredList& refs_list) {
+  assert(!discovery_is_atomic(), "Else why call this method?");
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, NULL, NULL);
+  size_t length = refs_list.length();
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
+    oop* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(iter.obj());
+    assert((*next_addr)->is_oop_or_null(), "bad next field");
+    // If referent has been cleared or Reference is not active,
+    // drop it.
+    if (iter.referent() == NULL || *next_addr != NULL) {
+      debug_only(
+        if (PrintGCDetails && TraceReferenceGC) {
+          gclog_or_tty->print_cr("clean_up_discovered_list: Dropping Reference: "
+            INTPTR_FORMAT " with next field: " INTPTR_FORMAT
+            " and referent: " INTPTR_FORMAT,
+            (address)iter.obj(), (address)*next_addr, (address)iter.referent());
+        }
+      )
+      // Remove Reference object from list
+      iter.remove();
+      --length;
+    } else {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+  }
+  refs_list.set_length(length);
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+    if (PrintGCDetails && TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print(
+        " Removed %d Refs with NULL referents out of %d discovered Refs",
+        iter.removed(), iter.processed());
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+inline DiscoveredList* ReferenceProcessor::get_discovered_list(ReferenceType rt) {
+  int id = 0;
+  // Determine the queue index to use for this object.
+  if (_discovery_is_mt) {
+    // During a multi-threaded discovery phase,
+    // each thread saves to its "own" list.
+    Thread* thr = Thread::current();
+    assert(thr->is_GC_task_thread(),
+           "Dubious cast from Thread* to WorkerThread*?");
+    id = ((WorkerThread*)thr)->id();
+  } else {
+    // single-threaded discovery, we save in round-robin
+    // fashion to each of the lists.
+    if (_processing_is_mt) {
+      id = next_id();
+    }
+  }
+  assert(0 <= id && id < _num_q, "Id is out-of-bounds (call Freud?)");
+
+  // Get the discovered queue to which we will add
+  DiscoveredList* list = NULL;
+  switch (rt) {
+    case REF_OTHER:
+      // Unknown reference type, no special treatment
+      break;
+    case REF_SOFT:
+      list = &_discoveredSoftRefs[id];
+      break;
+    case REF_WEAK:
+      list = &_discoveredWeakRefs[id];
+      break;
+    case REF_FINAL:
+      list = &_discoveredFinalRefs[id];
+      break;
+    case REF_PHANTOM:
+      list = &_discoveredPhantomRefs[id];
+      break;
+    case REF_NONE:
+      // we should not reach here if we are an instanceRefKlass
+    default:
+      ShouldNotReachHere();
+  }
+  return list;
+}
+
+inline void ReferenceProcessor::add_to_discovered_list_mt(DiscoveredList& list,
+  oop obj, oop* discovered_addr) {
+  assert(_discovery_is_mt, "!_discovery_is_mt should have been handled by caller");
+  // First we must make sure this object is only enqueued once. CAS in a non null
+  // discovered_addr.
+  oop retest = (oop)Atomic::cmpxchg_ptr(list.head(), discovered_addr, NULL);
+  if (retest == NULL) {
+    // This thread just won the right to enqueue the object.
+    // We have separate lists for enqueueing so no synchronization
+    // is necessary.
+    list.set_head(obj);
+    list.set_length(list.length() + 1);
+  } else {
+    // If retest was non NULL, another thread beat us to it:
+    // The reference has already been discovered...
+    if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Already enqueued reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
+                             obj, obj->blueprint()->internal_name());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+// We mention two of several possible choices here:
+// #0: if the reference object is not in the "originating generation"
+//     (or part of the heap being collected, indicated by our "span"
+//     we don't treat it specially (i.e. we scan it as we would
+//     a normal oop, treating its references as strong references).
+//     This means that references can't be enqueued unless their
+//     referent is also in the same span. This is the simplest,
+//     most "local" and most conservative approach, albeit one
+//     that may cause weak references to be enqueued least promptly.
+//     We call this choice the "ReferenceBasedDiscovery" policy.
+// #1: the reference object may be in any generation (span), but if
+//     the referent is in the generation (span) being currently collected
+//     then we can discover the reference object, provided
+//     the object has not already been discovered by
+//     a different concurrently running collector (as may be the
+//     case, for instance, if the reference object is in CMS and
+//     the referent in DefNewGeneration), and provided the processing
+//     of this reference object by the current collector will
+//     appear atomic to every other collector in the system.
+//     (Thus, for instance, a concurrent collector may not
+//     discover references in other generations even if the
+//     referent is in its own generation). This policy may,
+//     in certain cases, enqueue references somewhat sooner than
+//     might Policy #0 above, but at marginally increased cost
+//     and complexity in processing these references.
+//     We call this choice the "RefeferentBasedDiscovery" policy.
+bool ReferenceProcessor::discover_reference(oop obj, ReferenceType rt) {
+  // We enqueue references only if we are discovering refs
+  // (rather than processing discovered refs).
+  if (!_discovering_refs || !RegisterReferences) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  // We only enqueue active references.
+  oop* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(obj);
+  if (*next_addr != NULL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  HeapWord* obj_addr = (HeapWord*)obj;
+  if (RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferenceBasedDiscovery &&
+      !_span.contains(obj_addr)) {
+    // Reference is not in the originating generation;
+    // don't treat it specially (i.e. we want to scan it as a normal
+    // object with strong references).
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // We only enqueue references whose referents are not (yet) strongly
+  // reachable.
+  if (is_alive_non_header() != NULL) {
+    oop referent = java_lang_ref_Reference::referent(obj);
+    // We'd like to assert the following:
+    // assert(referent != NULL, "Refs with null referents already filtered");
+    // However, since this code may be executed concurrently with
+    // mutators, which can clear() the referent, it is not
+    // guaranteed that the referent is non-NULL.
+    if (is_alive_non_header()->do_object_b(referent)) {
+      return false;  // referent is reachable
+    }
+  }
+
+  oop* discovered_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered_addr(obj);
+  assert(discovered_addr != NULL && (*discovered_addr)->is_oop_or_null(),
+         "bad discovered field");
+  if (*discovered_addr != NULL) {
+    // The reference has already been discovered...
+    if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Already enqueued reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
+                             (oopDesc*)obj, obj->blueprint()->internal_name());
+    }
+    if (RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferentBasedDiscovery) {
+      // assumes that an object is not processed twice;
+      // if it's been already discovered it must be on another
+      // generation's discovered list; so we won't discover it.
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      assert(RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferenceBasedDiscovery,
+             "Unrecognized policy");
+      // Check assumption that an object is not potentially
+      // discovered twice except by concurrent collectors that potentially
+      // trace the same Reference object twice.
+      assert(UseConcMarkSweepGC,
+             "Only possible with a concurrent collector");
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferentBasedDiscovery) {
+    oop referent = java_lang_ref_Reference::referent(obj);
+    assert(referent->is_oop(), "bad referent");
+    // enqueue if and only if either:
+    // reference is in our span or
+    // we are an atomic collector and referent is in our span
+    if (_span.contains(obj_addr) ||
+        (discovery_is_atomic() && _span.contains(referent))) {
+      // should_enqueue = true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  } else {
+    assert(RefDiscoveryPolicy == ReferenceBasedDiscovery &&
+           _span.contains(obj_addr), "code inconsistency");
+  }
+
+  // Get the right type of discovered queue head.
+  DiscoveredList* list = get_discovered_list(rt);
+  if (list == NULL) {
+    return false;   // nothing special needs to be done
+  }
+
+  // We do a raw store here, the field will be visited later when
+  // processing the discovered references.
+  if (_discovery_is_mt) {
+    add_to_discovered_list_mt(*list, obj, discovered_addr);
+  } else {
+    *discovered_addr = list->head();
+    list->set_head(obj);
+    list->set_length(list->length() + 1);
+  }
+
+  // In the MT discovery case, it is currently possible to see
+  // the following message multiple times if several threads
+  // discover a reference about the same time. Only one will
+  // however have actually added it to the disocvered queue.
+  // One could let add_to_discovered_list_mt() return an
+  // indication for success in queueing (by 1 thread) or
+  // failure (by all other threads), but I decided the extra
+  // code was not worth the effort for something that is
+  // only used for debugging support.
+  if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+    oop referent = java_lang_ref_Reference::referent(obj);
+    if (PrintGCDetails) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Enqueued reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
+                             (oopDesc*) obj, obj->blueprint()->internal_name());
+    }
+    assert(referent->is_oop(), "Enqueued a bad referent");
+  }
+  assert(obj->is_oop(), "Enqueued a bad reference");
+  return true;
+}
+
+// Preclean the discovered references by removing those
+// whose referents are alive, and by marking from those that
+// are not active. These lists can be handled here
+// in any order and, indeed, concurrently.
+void ReferenceProcessor::preclean_discovered_references(
+  BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+  OopClosure* keep_alive,
+  VoidClosure* complete_gc,
+  YieldClosure* yield) {
+
+  NOT_PRODUCT(verify_ok_to_handle_reflists());
+
+  // Soft references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("Preclean SoftReferences", PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC,
+              false, gclog_or_tty);
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      preclean_discovered_reflist(_discoveredSoftRefs[i], is_alive,
+                                  keep_alive, complete_gc, yield);
+    }
+  }
+  if (yield->should_return()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Weak references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("Preclean WeakReferences", PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC,
+              false, gclog_or_tty);
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      preclean_discovered_reflist(_discoveredWeakRefs[i], is_alive,
+                                  keep_alive, complete_gc, yield);
+    }
+  }
+  if (yield->should_return()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Final references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("Preclean FinalReferences", PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC,
+              false, gclog_or_tty);
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      preclean_discovered_reflist(_discoveredFinalRefs[i], is_alive,
+                                  keep_alive, complete_gc, yield);
+    }
+  }
+  if (yield->should_return()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Phantom references
+  {
+    TraceTime tt("Preclean PhantomReferences", PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC,
+              false, gclog_or_tty);
+    for (int i = 0; i < _num_q; i++) {
+      preclean_discovered_reflist(_discoveredPhantomRefs[i], is_alive,
+                                  keep_alive, complete_gc, yield);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Walk the given discovered ref list, and remove all reference objects
+// whose referents are still alive, whose referents are NULL or which
+// are not active (have a non-NULL next field). NOTE: For this to work
+// correctly, refs discovery can not be happening concurrently with this
+// step.
+void ReferenceProcessor::preclean_discovered_reflist(
+  DiscoveredList& refs_list, BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+  OopClosure* keep_alive, VoidClosure* complete_gc, YieldClosure* yield) {
+
+  DiscoveredListIterator iter(refs_list, keep_alive, is_alive);
+  size_t length = refs_list.length();
+  while (iter.has_next()) {
+    iter.load_ptrs(DEBUG_ONLY(true /* allow_null_referent */));
+    oop* next_addr = java_lang_ref_Reference::next_addr(iter.obj());
+    if (iter.referent() == NULL || iter.is_referent_alive() ||
+        *next_addr != NULL) {
+      // The referent has been cleared, or is alive, or the Reference is not
+      // active; we need to trace and mark its cohort.
+      if (TraceReferenceGC) {
+        gclog_or_tty->print_cr("Precleaning Reference (" INTPTR_FORMAT ": %s)",
+                               iter.obj(), iter.obj()->blueprint()->internal_name());
+      }
+      // Remove Reference object from list
+      iter.remove();
+      --length;
+      // Keep alive its cohort.
+      iter.make_referent_alive();
+      keep_alive->do_oop(next_addr);
+    } else {
+      iter.next();
+    }
+  }
+  refs_list.set_length(length);
+
+  // Close the reachable set
+  complete_gc->do_void();
+
+  NOT_PRODUCT(
+    if (PrintGCDetails && PrintReferenceGC) {
+      gclog_or_tty->print(" Dropped %d Refs out of %d "
+        "Refs in discovered list ", iter.removed(), iter.processed());
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+const char* ReferenceProcessor::list_name(int i) {
+   assert(i >= 0 && i <= _num_q * subclasses_of_ref, "Out of bounds index");
+   int j = i / _num_q;
+   switch (j) {
+     case 0: return "SoftRef";
+     case 1: return "WeakRef";
+     case 2: return "FinalRef";
+     case 3: return "PhantomRef";
+   }
+   ShouldNotReachHere();
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+void ReferenceProcessor::verify_ok_to_handle_reflists() {
+  // empty for now
+}
+#endif
+
+void ReferenceProcessor::verify() {
+  guarantee(_sentinelRef != NULL && _sentinelRef->is_oop(), "Lost _sentinelRef");
+}
+
+#ifndef PRODUCT
+void ReferenceProcessor::clear_discovered_references() {
+  guarantee(!_discovering_refs, "Discovering refs?");
+  for (int i = 0; i < _num_q * subclasses_of_ref; i++) {
+    oop obj = _discoveredSoftRefs[i].head();
+    while (obj != _sentinelRef) {
+      oop next = java_lang_ref_Reference::discovered(obj);
+      java_lang_ref_Reference::set_discovered(obj, (oop) NULL);
+      obj = next;
+    }
+    _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_head(_sentinelRef);
+    _discoveredSoftRefs[i].set_length(0);
+  }
+}
+#endif // PRODUCT