Glossary

GC

garbage collector

mlog

mutation log.

Remembers cross-generation and cross-checkpoint pointers

nursery

in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to young objects.

These are objects that have survived less than 2 incremental collection cycles.

tenured

in garbage collector, memory region dedicated to older objects.

These are defined as objects that have survived 2 or more incremental collection cycles.

xgen

cross-generation tenured->nursery pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping

xckp

cross-checkpoint pointer; requires special GC bookkeeping