JDK-7113012 : G1: rename not-fully-young GCs as "mixed"
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: hs23
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2011-11-17
  • Updated: 2013-09-18
  • Resolved: 2012-01-20
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Description
In G1, "full-young" GCs are GCs that collect only young regions, "partially-young" GCs are GCs that collect both young (eden / survivors) and old regions. We are not very happy with this terminology, especially the latter. So, we would like to rename them to "young" and "mixed". We should at least change all the output to conform to this terminology, i.e., it's not necessary to also change all variable names, comments, etc. - we can do that over time.
Comments
EVALUATION http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/hotspot/rev/41406797186b
22-03-2012
EVALUATION http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-gc/hotspot/rev/41406797186b
16-12-2011
PUBLIC COMMENTS It turns out the fields / methods / comments that have the full/fully young / partial terminology are not that many. So, I'm going to go ahead and rename them. Below are the ones that are used most and how they will be renamed: _full_young_gcs -> _gcs_are_young full_young_gcs() -> gcs_are_young() set_full_young_gcs() -> set_gcs_are_young() _should_revert_to_full_young_gcs -> _should_revert_to_young_gcs _last_full_young_gc -> _last_young_gc _last_young_gc_full -> _last_gc_was_young
08-12-2011
EVALUATION See Description.
08-12-2011