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package org.mmtk.plan.refcount.backuptrace;

import org.mmtk.plan.refcount.RCHeader;
import org.mmtk.policy.ExplicitLargeObjectSpace;

import org.vmmagic.pragma.*;
import org.vmmagic.unboxed.*;

/**
 * This class implements the freeing of large objects during a backup trace.
 */
@Uninterruptible
public final class BTFreeLargeObjectSweeper extends ExplicitLargeObjectSpace.Sweeper {

  public boolean sweepLargeObject(ObjectReference object) {
    if (!RCHeader.isMarked(object)) {
      // Free the object
      return true;
    }
    // Clear the mark-bit and retain the object.
    RCHeader.clearMarked(object);
    return false;
  }
}