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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harlan Sexton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter Benson, Boulder, UT (US);
David Rosenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing copying garbage collection is provided. In a computer's memory, objects are stored in a permanent semispace. When a garbage collection event is detected, a garbage collection cycle is commenced. During the garbage collection cycle, the live objects in the permanent semispace are copied into a temporary semispace. After copying all the live objects into the temporary semispace, the live objects are then recopied into the permanent semispace.