java memory allcation with gcj

Wed Nov 4 19:24:00 GMT 2009

Dear All,
I am interested in studying how "new" allocates memory when running as native binary. For this I wrote a simple Java class which just create an int array. Then I generate the assembly with gcj -S option. There I spotted the call to _Jv_NewPrimArray. Since the result of the call is stored in eax register I check the value of the eax register after this call. But it is giving a small number. I tried the same thing with C. There I spotted the call to malloc and check the eax after the malloc call and it has the same value as the &variable_name has.
So my objective is to identify the are of memory allocated by "new". Any help/advice on this regard is greatly appreciated.
thanks and regards,
Isuru