HEURISTIC-BASED RESUMPTION OF FULLY-YOUNG GARBAGE COLLECTION INTERVALS

A method for heuristic-based resumption of fully-young garbage collection intervals comprises allocating memory to objects within one or more regions of a heap partitioned into a plurality of regions, and classifying each heap region as belonging to a category of a plurality of categories based at least in part on the recency of allocation of objects within the regions. The method may further comprise determining, using a garbage collection efficiency metric, whether regions belonging to a first category of the plurality of categories are to be excluded from a collection set of a particular garbage collection interval on the heap. In response to determining that the first category of regions is to be excluded, the method may comprise selecting a collection set that does not include any regions of the first category, and reclaiming memory from that collection set.