6948539: CMS+UseCompressedOops: placement of cms_free bit interferes with promoted object link

When using compressed oops, use compressed promoted pointers in b63:b31 of the mark word, so as not to interfere with the CMS "freeness bit" at b7. Updated mark-word layout documentation.

Reviewed-by: minqi, poonam, jmasa, coleenp
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Y. Srinivas Ramakrishna 2010-05-17 00:47:28 -07:00
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