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    runtime: Remove boundary bit logic. · 122384e4
    Rick Hudson authored
    This is an experiment to see if removing the boundary bit logic will
    lead to fewer cache misses and improved performance. Instead of using
    boundary bits we use the span information to get element size and use
    some bit whacking to get the boundary without having to touch the
    random heap bits which cause cache misses.
    
    Furthermore once the boundary bit is removed we can either use that
    bit for a simpler checkmark routine or we can reduce the number of
    bits in the GC bitmap to 2 bits per pointer sized work. For example
    the 2 bits at the boundary can be used for marking and pointer/scalar
    differentiation. Since we don't need the mark bit except at the
    boundary nibble of the object other nibbles can use this bit
    as a noscan bit to indicate that there are no more pointers in
    the object.
    
    Currently the changed included in this CL slows down the garbage
    benchmark. With the boundary bits garbage gives 5.78 and without
    (this CL) it gives 5.88 which is a 2% slowdown.
    
    Change-Id: Id68f831ad668176f7dc9f7b57b339e4ebb6dc4c2
    Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/6665Reviewed-by: 's avatarAustin Clements <austin@google.com>
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