/** Sweep through the large pages, releasing all superpages on the "from space" treadmill. */
private void sweepLargePages(boolean sweepNursery) {
while (true) {
Address cell = sweepNursery ? treadmill.popNursery() : treadmill.pop();
if (cell.isZero()) break;
release(getSuperPage(cell));
}
if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS)
VM.assertions._assert(sweepNursery ? treadmill.nurseryEmpty() : treadmill.fromSpaceEmpty());
}
/**
* A new collection increment has completed. For the mark-sweep collector this means we can
* perform the sweep phase.
*/
public void release(boolean fullHeap) {
// sweep the large objects
sweepLargePages(true); // sweep the nursery
if (VM.VERIFY_ASSERTIONS) VM.assertions._assert(treadmill.nurseryEmpty());
if (fullHeap) sweepLargePages(false); // sweep the mature space
}
