Sub-task

• [RVM-760] - mutator contexts are not being collected after thread death
• [RVM-788] - NPE killing Eclipse performance runs
• [RVM-789] - Apache Harmony class library completely broken by native thread code
• [RVM-859] - Rework barrier plumbing between MMTk and Jikes RVM

Bug

• [RVM-655] - Many 64 bit configurations broken.
• [RVM-660] - Changes to constant multiplication breaks lusearch
• [RVM-672] - ppc64 development image bloat
• [RVM-674] - Assertion failure in OptAssembler
• [RVM-676] - x87 regressions
• [RVM-679] - BaseBasePoisoned configuration broken on x86
• [RVM-680] - Assertion failure in Assembler relating to REX prefix on CMP instruction
• [RVM-687] - Cattrack performance: regression report unusable
• [RVM-697] - PPC Expression Stack validation triggering on ipsxql
• [RVM-702] - All PPC builds broken
• [RVM-715] - Bug in buildit script related to checkstyle setting
• [RVM-718] - Crashes since introduction of new JNI compiler
• [RVM-723] - Abnormal termination of Jikes RVM
• [RVM-724] - Crashes while computing compiler dna on ppc64-linux
• [RVM-727] - opt compiler + harmony libraries completely broken
• [RVM-735] - Large scale PPC64-linux regressions
• [RVM-742] - Bloat performance regression
• [RVM-757] - ppc32-aix and ppc64-aix regression
• [RVM-758] - 40% performance regression on Spec JBB '05
• [RVM-762] - Jack performance down 25%
• [RVM-784] - NPE when terminating a thread causing uninterruptibility violation
• [RVM-804] - Commit r15544 breaks ia32-osx build
• [RVM-818] - Harmony build broken by r15676/677
• [RVM-869] - Build failure on Snow Leopard
• [RVM-877] - An UnimplementedError in the GNU classpath implementation for Jikes RVM
• [RVM-880] - MMTk Harness: Object copying fails in 64-bit memory model
• [RVM-881] - Pre-commit tests failing on Ubuntu 9.10 with config x86_64-linux
• [RVM-886] - JSR166 tests use wrong version of the tck
• [RVM-891] - MarkCompact assertion failure in calculateForwardingPointers()
• [RVM-892] - MarkCompact fails to report allocation success
• [RVM-940] - VM fail to allocate chunks of memory larger than 30MB
• [RVM-1008] - MMTk crashes on VM exhaustion

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Release Notes - RVM - Version hg tip <h2> Sub-task </h2> <ul> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-760'>RVM-760</a>] - mutator contexts are not being collected after thread death </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-788'>RVM-788</a>] - NPE killing Eclipse performance runs </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-789'>RVM-789</a>] - Apache Harmony class library completely broken by native thread code </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-859'>RVM-859</a>] - Rework barrier plumbing between MMTk and Jikes RVM </li> </ul> <h2> Bug </h2> <ul> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-655'>RVM-655</a>] - Many 64 bit configurations broken. </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-660'>RVM-660</a>] - Changes to constant multiplication breaks lusearch </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-672'>RVM-672</a>] - ppc64 development image bloat </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-674'>RVM-674</a>] - Assertion failure in OptAssembler </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-676'>RVM-676</a>] - x87 regressions </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-679'>RVM-679</a>] - BaseBasePoisoned configuration broken on x86 </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-680'>RVM-680</a>] - Assertion failure in Assembler relating to REX prefix on CMP instruction </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-687'>RVM-687</a>] - Cattrack performance: regression report unusable </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-697'>RVM-697</a>] - PPC Expression Stack validation triggering on ipsxql </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-702'>RVM-702</a>] - All PPC builds broken </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-715'>RVM-715</a>] - Bug in buildit script related to checkstyle setting </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-718'>RVM-718</a>] - Crashes since introduction of new JNI compiler </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-723'>RVM-723</a>] - Abnormal termination of Jikes RVM </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-724'>RVM-724</a>] - Crashes while computing compiler dna on ppc64-linux </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-727'>RVM-727</a>] - opt compiler + harmony libraries completely broken </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-735'>RVM-735</a>] - Large scale PPC64-linux regressions </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-742'>RVM-742</a>] - Bloat performance regression </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-757'>RVM-757</a>] - ppc32-aix and ppc64-aix regression </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-758'>RVM-758</a>] - 40% performance regression on Spec JBB &#39;05 </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-762'>RVM-762</a>] - Jack performance down 25% </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-784'>RVM-784</a>] - NPE when terminating a thread causing uninterruptibility violation </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-804'>RVM-804</a>] - Commit r15544 breaks ia32-osx build </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-818'>RVM-818</a>] - Harmony build broken by r15676/677 </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-869'>RVM-869</a>] - Build failure on Snow Leopard </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-877'>RVM-877</a>] - An UnimplementedError in the GNU classpath implementation for Jikes RVM </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-880'>RVM-880</a>] - MMTk Harness: Object copying fails in 64-bit memory model </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-881'>RVM-881</a>] - Pre-commit tests failing on Ubuntu 9.10 with config x86_64-linux </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-886'>RVM-886</a>] - JSR166 tests use wrong version of the tck </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-891'>RVM-891</a>] - MarkCompact assertion failure in calculateForwardingPointers() </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-892'>RVM-892</a>] - MarkCompact fails to report allocation success </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-940'>RVM-940</a>] - VM fail to allocate chunks of memory larger than 30MB </li> <li>[<a href='http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-1008'>RVM-1008</a>] - MMTk crashes on VM exhaustion </li> </ul>