runtime/gc/collector/immune_region.h

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#ifndef ART_RUNTIME_GC_COLLECTOR_IMMUNE_REGION_H_
#define ART_RUNTIME_GC_COLLECTOR_IMMUNE_REGION_H_

#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/mutex.h"
#include "gc/space/space-inl.h"

namespace art {
namespace mirror {
class Object;
}  // namespace mirror
namespace gc {
namespace space {
class ContinuousSpace;
}  // namespace space

namespace collector {

// An immune region is a continuous region of memory for which all objects contained are assumed to
// be marked. This is used as an optimization in the GC to avoid needing to test the mark bitmap of
// the zygote, image spaces, and sometimes non moving spaces. Doing the ContainsObject check is
// faster than doing a bitmap read. There is no support for discontinuous spaces and you need to be
// careful that your immune region doesn't contain any large objects.
class ImmuneRegion {
 public:
  ImmuneRegion();
  void Reset();
  bool AddContinuousSpace(space::ContinuousSpace* space)
      EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(Locks::heap_bitmap_lock_);
  bool ContainsSpace(const space::ContinuousSpace* space) const;
  // Returns true if an object is inside of the immune region (assumed to be marked).
  bool ContainsObject(const mirror::Object* obj) const ALWAYS_INLINE {
    return obj >= begin_ && obj < end_;
  }

 private:
  bool IsEmpty() const {
    return begin_ == end_;
  }

  mirror::Object* begin_;
  mirror::Object* end_;
};

}  // namespace collector
}  // namespace gc
}  // namespace art

#endif  // ART_RUNTIME_GC_COLLECTOR_IMMUNE_REGION_H_