ConcurrentConstraints.java

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package org.mmtk.plan.concurrent;

import org.mmtk.plan.SimpleConstraints;
import org.vmmagic.pragma.*;

/**
 * This class and its subclasses communicate to the host VM/Runtime
 * any features of the selected plan that it needs to know.  This is
 * separate from the main Plan/PlanLocal class in order to bypass any
 * issues with ordering of static initialization.
 */
@Uninterruptible
public abstract class ConcurrentConstraints extends SimpleConstraints {
  public boolean needsConcurrentWorkers() { return true; }

  public boolean needsWriteBarrier() { return true; }

  public boolean needsReferenceTypeReadBarrier() { return true; }

  public boolean needsStaticWriteBarrier() { return false; /* TODO: true */ }
}