Patent ID: 9697117
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating garbage collection within a computing environment, the computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining processing control by a handler executing within a processor of the computer environment, the obtaining processing control being based on execution of a load instruction and a determination that an object pointer to be loaded indicates a location within a selected portion of memory undergoing a garbage collection process; wherein determining the garbage collection process is being executed within the selected portion of memory further comprising: based on obtaining processing control by the handler, obtaining by the handler an image of the load instruction and calculating a pointer address from the image, the pointer address specifying a location of the object pointer; based on obtaining the pointer address of the object pointer, reading, by the handler, the object pointer, the object pointer indicating a location of an object pointed to by the object pointer; determining by the handler whether the object pointer is to be modified; modifying by the handler, based on determining the object pointer is to be modified, the object pointer to provide a modified object pointer; and storing, based on modifying the object pointer, the modified object pointer in a selected location.