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+/*
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_GC_G1_G1STRINGDEDUP_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_GC_G1_G1STRINGDEDUP_HPP
+
+//
+// String Deduplication
+//
+// String deduplication aims to reduce the heap live-set by deduplicating identical
+// instances of String so that they share the same backing character array.
+//
+// The deduplication process is divided in two main parts, 1) finding the objects to
+// deduplicate, and 2) deduplicating those objects. The first part is done as part of
+// a normal GC cycle when objects are marked or evacuated. At this time a check is
+// applied on each object to check if it is a candidate for deduplication. If so, the
+// object is placed on the deduplication queue for later processing. The second part,
+// processing the objects on the deduplication queue, is a concurrent phase which
+// starts right after the stop-the-wold marking/evacuation phase. This phase is
+// executed by the deduplication thread, which pulls deduplication candidates of the
+// deduplication queue and tries to deduplicate them.
+//
+// A deduplication hashtable is used to keep track of all unique character arrays
+// used by String objects. When deduplicating, a lookup is made in this table to see
+// if there is already an identical character array somewhere on the heap. If so, the
+// String object is adjusted to point to that character array, releasing the reference
+// to the original array allowing it to eventually be garbage collected. If the lookup
+// fails the character array is instead inserted into the hashtable so that this array
+// can be shared at some point in the future.
+//
+// Candidate selection
+//
+// An object is considered a deduplication candidate if all of the following
+// statements are true:
+//
+// - The object is an instance of java.lang.String
+//
+// - The object is being evacuated from a young heap region
+//
+// - The object is being evacuated to a young/survivor heap region and the
+//   object's age is equal to the deduplication age threshold
+//
+//   or
+//
+//   The object is being evacuated to an old heap region and the object's age is
+//   less than the deduplication age threshold
+//
+// Once an string object has been promoted to an old region, or its age is higher
+// than the deduplication age threshold, is will never become a candidate again.
+// This approach avoids making the same object a candidate more than once.
+//
+// Interned strings are a bit special. They are explicitly deduplicated just before
+// being inserted into the StringTable (to avoid counteracting C2 optimizations done
+// on string literals), then they also become deduplication candidates if they reach
+// the deduplication age threshold or are evacuated to an old heap region. The second
+// attempt to deduplicate such strings will be in vain, but we have no fast way of
+// filtering them out. This has not shown to be a problem, as the number of interned
+// strings is usually dwarfed by the number of normal (non-interned) strings.
+//
+// For additional information on string deduplication, please see JEP 192,
+// http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/192
+//
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "oops/oop.hpp"
+
+class OopClosure;
+class BoolObjectClosure;
+class ThreadClosure;
+class outputStream;
+class G1StringDedupTable;
+class G1StringDedupUnlinkOrOopsDoClosure;
+class G1GCPhaseTimes;
+
+//
+// Main interface for interacting with string deduplication.
+//
+class G1StringDedup : public AllStatic {
+private:
+  // Single state for checking if both G1 and string deduplication is enabled.
+  static bool _enabled;
+
+  // Candidate selection policies, returns true if the given object is
+  // candidate for string deduplication.
+  static bool is_candidate_from_mark(oop obj);
+  static bool is_candidate_from_evacuation(bool from_young, bool to_young, oop obj);
+
+public:
+  // Returns true if both G1 and string deduplication is enabled.
+  static bool is_enabled() {
+    return _enabled;
+  }
+
+  // Initialize string deduplication.
+  static void initialize();
+
+  // Stop the deduplication thread.
+  static void stop();
+
+  // Immediately deduplicates the given String object, bypassing the
+  // the deduplication queue.
+  static void deduplicate(oop java_string);
+
+  // Enqueues a deduplication candidate for later processing by the deduplication
+  // thread. Before enqueuing, these functions apply the appropriate candidate
+  // selection policy to filters out non-candidates.
+  static void enqueue_from_mark(oop java_string);
+  static void enqueue_from_evacuation(bool from_young, bool to_young,
+                                      unsigned int queue, oop java_string);
+
+  static void oops_do(OopClosure* keep_alive);
+  static void parallel_unlink(G1StringDedupUnlinkOrOopsDoClosure* unlink, uint worker_id);
+  static void unlink_or_oops_do(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive, OopClosure* keep_alive,
+                                bool allow_resize_and_rehash, G1GCPhaseTimes* phase_times = NULL);
+
+  static void threads_do(ThreadClosure* tc);
+  static void print_worker_threads_on(outputStream* st);
+  static void verify();
+};
+
+//
+// This closure encapsulates the state and the closures needed when scanning
+// the deduplication queue and table during the unlink_or_oops_do() operation.
+// A single instance of this closure is created and then shared by all worker
+// threads participating in the scan. The _next_queue and _next_bucket fields
+// provide a simple mechanism for GC workers to claim exclusive access to a
+// queue or a table partition.
+//
+class G1StringDedupUnlinkOrOopsDoClosure : public StackObj {
+private:
+  BoolObjectClosure*  _is_alive;
+  OopClosure*         _keep_alive;
+  G1StringDedupTable* _resized_table;
+  G1StringDedupTable* _rehashed_table;
+  size_t              _next_queue;
+  size_t              _next_bucket;
+
+public:
+  G1StringDedupUnlinkOrOopsDoClosure(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive,
+                                     OopClosure* keep_alive,
+                                     bool allow_resize_and_rehash);
+  ~G1StringDedupUnlinkOrOopsDoClosure();
+
+  bool is_resizing() {
+    return _resized_table != NULL;
+  }
+
+  G1StringDedupTable* resized_table() {
+    return _resized_table;
+  }
+
+  bool is_rehashing() {
+    return _rehashed_table != NULL;
+  }
+
+  // Atomically claims the next available queue for exclusive access by
+  // the current thread. Returns the queue number of the claimed queue.
+  size_t claim_queue();
+
+  // Atomically claims the next available table partition for exclusive
+  // access by the current thread. Returns the table bucket number where
+  // the claimed partition starts.
+  size_t claim_table_partition(size_t partition_size);
+
+  // Applies and returns the result from the is_alive closure, or
+  // returns true if no such closure was provided.
+  bool is_alive(oop o) {
+    if (_is_alive != NULL) {
+      return _is_alive->do_object_b(o);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Applies the keep_alive closure, or does nothing if no such
+  // closure was provided.
+  void keep_alive(oop* p) {
+    if (_keep_alive != NULL) {
+      _keep_alive->do_oop(p);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_GC_G1_G1STRINGDEDUP_HPP