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Persistent memory storage of cold regions in the OpenJ9 Java virtual machine

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Gerhard W. Dueck,

Kenneth B. Kent,

Charlie GracieAuthors Info & Claims

CASCON '18: Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering

Pages 213 - 223

Published: 29 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper an optimization technique for object-oriented language runtimes with automatic memory management is investigated. The technique involves segregating objects into different memory areas, backed by different memory devices, on a per object basis. This technique is compared to operating system paging mechanisms with swap partitions. Two different schemes for determining which objects should be segregated into slower memory are tested and their results are discussed. It has been observed that each technique can be the most or least optimal choice depending on the application.

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Kaur HPirvu MKent KOnut IShirani POnut IOnut IBranco P(2023)Performance Evaluation of Template-based JIT Compilation in OpenJ9Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering10.5555/3615924.3615935(103-112)Online publication date: 11-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3615924.3615935

Index Terms

Persistent memory storage of cold regions in the OpenJ9 Java virtual machine
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Performance
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        Memory management
        Allocation / deallocation strategies
        Garbage collection
        Secondary storage

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CASCON '18: Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering

October 2018

439 pages

Conference Chair:
Iosif Viorel Onut
IBM Canada Ltd.
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Andrew Jaramillo
IBM Canada Ltd.
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Guy-Vincent Jourdan
University of Ottawa
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Dorina Petriu
Carleton University
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Wang Chen
IBM Canada Ltd.

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Published: 29 October 2018

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Kaur HPirvu MKent KOnut IShirani POnut IOnut IBranco P(2023)Performance Evaluation of Template-based JIT Compilation in OpenJ9Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering10.5555/3615924.3615935(103-112)Online publication date: 11-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3615924.3615935

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