On the 0x1EF day of Apache Harmony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Pretty much thanks.
> 
> Though I think I am unsure as to what you mean by IRs.... sorry.

IR = Intermediate Representation (a widely used term in compiler
design), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler

> On 19 Sep 2006 10:59:49 +0700, Egor Pasko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On the 0x1E9 day of Apache Harmony [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Can someone clarify what Jetrnio.JET is please ?
> >
> > DRLVM has two JIT compilers:
> > * Jitrino.OPT -- aggressively optimizing compiler (having two IRs,
> >   high-level and platform-specific optimizations)
> > * Jitrino.JET -- fast JIT (no IR, simple design, fast compilation,
> >   improves startup time)
> >
> > does it anser your question?
> >
> > > On 9/8/06, Weldon Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 9/8/06, Mikhail Fursov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Weldon,
> > > > > I added 'alloc' support to JIRA 816 (magic2.zip file)
> > > > > Now it supports objects allocation only, not arrays. MMTk allocation
> > > > works
> > > > > only for class named 'test'  and methods with prefix  'testAlloc'.
> > To
> > > > turn
> > > > > it on use "-Xjit jet::alloc4j" option.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!  I will take a look this weekend.
> > > >
> > > > I had a problem with implementation: usual 'new' vm helper does vtable
> > > > field
> > > > > initialization in allocated object space by itself. Your alloc()
> > method
> > > > > doesn't.
> > > > > In the patch in JIRA I added vtable initialization code right after
> > the
> > > > > alloc() call to JIT, that is actually bad design decision (IMO).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You are correct.  Its bad design.  Writing the vtable pointer is not
> > the
> > > > responsibility of the JIT.  MMTk is somewhat vague on who owns vtable
> > ptr
> > > > init.  In any case, it looks like the jit should follow the call to
> > > > alloc()
> > > > with a call to postAlloc().  I will make sure the postAlloc() code
> > fixes
> > > > up
> > > > the vtable ptr.  Its OK to "bend" the typeRef.  All I want is the hard
> > ptr
> > > > that gets written into the object header.  We will go back later and
> > fix
> > > > this interface hack.  See below:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > >
> > > > * Perform post-allocation actions. For many allocators none are
> > > >
> > > > * required.
> > > >
> > > > *
> > > >
> > > > * @param ref The newly allocated object
> > > >
> > > > * @param typeRef the type reference for the instance being created
> > > >
> > > > * @param bytes The size of the space to be allocated (in bytes)
> > > >
> > > > * @param allocator The allocator number to be used for this allocation
> > > >
> > > > */
> > > >
> > > > public void postAlloc(ObjectReference ref, ObjectReference typeRef,
> > > >
> > > > int bytes, int allocator) throws InlinePragma {
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Can we replace the 'alloc()' call with another Java method  that uses
> > > > > unboxed API and behaves exactly like 'new' helper?
> > > > >
> > > > > +The test in the patch throws NullPointerException because no memory
> > is
> > > > > allocated in alloc() now and JET tries to write vtable data by NULL
> > > > > address.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 9/7/06, Weldon Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At some point soon we need to go multithread.  When can you fix
> > the
> > > > > > vmmagic
> > > > > > atomic operations?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I need one more day to estimate the complexity of this move.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mikhail Fursov
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Weldon Washburn
> > > > Intel Middleware Products Division
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > www.VikramMohan.com
> >
> > --
> > Egor Pasko, Intel Managed Runtime Division
> >
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