vmkit/mmtk/java/src/org/mmtk/plan/TraceWriteBuffer.java

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package org.mmtk.plan;

import org.mmtk.utility.deque.WriteBuffer;
import org.vmmagic.pragma.*;
import org.vmmagic.unboxed.*;

/**
 * This class is used to push values in one direction during a trace. It
 * was designed for use in mutators that use write barriers to push
 * work to collector threads during concurrent tracing.
 *
 * @see org.mmtk.plan.TraceLocal
 */
@Uninterruptible
public final class TraceWriteBuffer extends TransitiveClosure {
  /****************************************************************************
   *
   * Instance variables
   */
  private final WriteBuffer buffer;

  /****************************************************************************
   *
   * Initialization
   */

  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param trace The global trace class to use.
   */
  public TraceWriteBuffer(Trace trace) {
    buffer = new WriteBuffer(trace.valuePool);
  }

  /**
   * Flush the buffer to the trace.
   */
  public void flush() {
    buffer.flushLocal();
  }


  /**
   * @return True if the buffer is flushed.
   */
  public boolean isFlushed() {
    return buffer.isFlushed();
  }

  /**
   * Enqueue an object during a trace.
   *
   * @param object The object to enqueue
   */
  @Inline
  public void processNode(ObjectReference object) {
    buffer.insert(object.toAddress());
  }
}