// Initialization

  void generate_initial() {

  {- -------------------------------------------
  (1) 
      ---------------------------------------- -}

        // Generates all stubs and initializes the entry points

        // This platform-specific stub is needed by generate_call_stub()
        StubRoutines::x86::_mxcsr_std        = generate_fp_mask("mxcsr_std",        0x0000000000001F80);

        // entry points that exist in all platforms Note: This is code
        // that could be shared among different platforms - however the
        // benefit seems to be smaller than the disadvantage of having a
        // much more complicated generator structure. See also comment in
        // stubRoutines.hpp.

        StubRoutines::_forward_exception_entry = generate_forward_exception();

        StubRoutines::_call_stub_entry =
          generate_call_stub(StubRoutines::_call_stub_return_address);

        // is referenced by megamorphic call
        StubRoutines::_catch_exception_entry = generate_catch_exception();

        // atomic calls
        StubRoutines::_atomic_xchg_entry         = generate_atomic_xchg();
        StubRoutines::_atomic_xchg_ptr_entry     = generate_atomic_xchg_ptr();
        StubRoutines::_atomic_cmpxchg_entry      = generate_atomic_cmpxchg();
        StubRoutines::_atomic_cmpxchg_long_entry = generate_atomic_cmpxchg_long();
        StubRoutines::_atomic_add_entry          = generate_atomic_add();
        StubRoutines::_atomic_add_ptr_entry      = generate_atomic_add_ptr();
        StubRoutines::_fence_entry               = generate_orderaccess_fence();

        StubRoutines::_handler_for_unsafe_access_entry =
          generate_handler_for_unsafe_access();

        // platform dependent
        StubRoutines::x86::_get_previous_fp_entry = generate_get_previous_fp();

        StubRoutines::x86::_verify_mxcsr_entry    = generate_verify_mxcsr();

        // Build this early so it's available for the interpreter.  Stub
        // expects the required and actual types as register arguments in
        // j_rarg0 and j_rarg1 respectively.
        StubRoutines::_throw_WrongMethodTypeException_entry =
          generate_throw_exception("WrongMethodTypeException throw_exception",
                                   CAST_FROM_FN_PTR(address, SharedRuntime::throw_WrongMethodTypeException),
                                   false, rax, rcx);
      }