Affinity domain-based garbage collection

Abstract

Affinity domain based garbage collection is facilitated for a non-uniform memory access (NUMA) computing environment. The affinity domain that a memory region is allocated is determined. Based on a processor of the NUMA computing environment having a matching affinity domain to the affinity domain in the memory region, the processor performs garbage collection processing on the memory region. The processor is one processor of a plurality of processors of the NUMA computing environment. In a global garbage collection work queue embodiment, the processor initially determines that it has a matching affinity domain to the affinity domain of the memory region to be processed. In a multiple garbage collection work queue implementation, memory regions are enqueued on a designated work queue for the affinity domain to which the memory region is allocated. The locality domain-based garbage collection processing presented may be implemented at one or more system architectural levels.