[rvm-research] turning off zeroing

Hi All,

Hello from Ghent.

I am investigating writes in Java applications. My analysis shows that a huge fraction of total writes in Java applications happen to nursery. I would like to understand this more. Specifically, I would like to breakdown nursery writes into those due to bulk zeroing, and the rest. My question is is it possible to completely turn off zeroing in Jikes RVM. And would that still lead to correct application behavior? I understand the Java specification prohibits this, but just for understanding purposes, would that be possible to tease apart the effects?

Thanks in advance!

Best,
Shoaib