JDK-8064721 : The card tables only ever need two covering regions
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-11-12
  • Updated: 2015-06-03
  • Resolved: 2014-11-18
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JDK 9
9 b42Fixed
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Description
Since the permanent generation has been removed, the card tables only needs two covering regions, so the argument max_covering_regions can be removed from the BarrierSet constructor, thus simplifying the code.