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From: Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>
To: java@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GC leaks debugging
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:34:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D959C24.8030408@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikG2CBU8q2yde+NZLJ8x7Rcg2jHQG0Ojmc0g=ks@mail.gmail.com>

On 04/01/2011 10:02 AM, Erik Groeneveld wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:45, Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 01/04/11 09:39, Erik Groeneveld wrote:
>>> From reading about the
>>> GC, I understand that the GC knows what is a pointer and what not
>>> because there is type information associated with the Java objects.
>>> So I'd expect no black-listing at all.  It that a right observation?
>>
>> No.  Objects are scanned precisely, but the stack is not.
> 
> Thanks.  I think I can rule the stack out by reviewing/adapting my
> test program.  I'll do that first.
> 
>> Also, depending
>> on your compilation options, the data segments of your program may be
>> scanned conservatively.
> 
> I have to think about this one.  Which options are you thinking of?

-findirect-dispatch

With that option, everything except the stack is scanned precisely.  However,
there is some runtime overhead.

Andrew.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-01  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-01  8:39 Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-01  8:45 ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-01  9:03   ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-01  9:34     ` Andrew Haley [this message]
2011-04-02  0:27       ` Boehm, Hans
2011-04-02  9:39         ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-03 17:15           ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-03 18:00             ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-04  8:13               ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-04  8:53                 ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-04  9:48                   ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-05  4:44                     ` Boehm, Hans
2011-04-05  8:58                       ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-05  6:50                     ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-05  9:02                       ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-05 12:02                         ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-05 12:55                           ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-06 14:30                             ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-06 18:33                               ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-06 18:39                                 ` David Daney
2011-04-07 17:43                                 ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-08  8:12                                   ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-08 13:56                                   ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-08 15:35                                     ` David Daney
2011-04-08 15:53                                       ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-08 15:57                                         ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-08 15:48                                     ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-09  1:17                                     ` Boehm, Hans
2011-04-09  8:47                                       ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-09 10:56                                       ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-10 11:03                                         ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-12 18:43                                           ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-13  8:11                                             ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-13 12:11                                               ` Bryce McKinlay
2011-04-13 14:27                                                 ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-14  8:36                                               ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-14  8:43                                                 ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-14 10:02                                                   ` Erik Groeneveld
2011-04-14 10:50                                                     ` Andrew Haley
2011-04-15  7:32                                                       ` Erik J Groeneveld
2011-04-01 17:41 ` David Daney
2011-04-02 16:21   ` Erik Groeneveld

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