VM_CompilationThread.java

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package org.jikesrvm.adaptive.recompilation;

import org.jikesrvm.adaptive.OSR_OnStackReplacementPlan;
import org.jikesrvm.adaptive.controller.VM_Controller;
import org.jikesrvm.adaptive.controller.VM_ControllerPlan;
import org.jikesrvm.adaptive.util.VM_AOSLogging;
import org.jikesrvm.scheduler.greenthreads.VM_GreenThread;

/**
 *  This class is a separate thread whose job is to monitor a (priority)
 *  queue of compilation plans.  Whenever the queue is nonempty, this
 *  thread will pick the highest priority compilation plan from the queue
 *  and invoke the OPT compiler to perform the plan.
 *
 *  No intelligence is contained in this class.  All policy decisions are
 *  made by the controllerThread.
 */
public final class VM_CompilationThread extends VM_GreenThread {

  /**
   * constructor
   */
  public VM_CompilationThread() {
    super("VM_CompilationThread");
    makeDaemon(true);
  }

  /**
   * This is the main loop of the compilation thread. It's job is to
   * remove controller plans from the compilation queue and perform
   * them.
   */
  public void run() {
    VM_AOSLogging.compilationThreadStarted();

    // Make a blocking call to deleteMin to get a plan and then execute it.
    // Repeat...
    while (true) {
      Object plan = VM_Controller.compilationQueue.deleteMin();
      if (plan instanceof VM_ControllerPlan) {
        ((VM_ControllerPlan) plan).doRecompile();
      } else if (plan instanceof OSR_OnStackReplacementPlan) {
        ((OSR_OnStackReplacementPlan) plan).execute();
      }
    }
  }

}