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Re: Serious GC bug
- To: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>
- Subject: Re: Serious GC bug
- From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:32:23 +1300
- CC: "'java-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com'" <java-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <140D21516EC2D3119EE700902787664401E3A7DD@hplex1.hpl.hp.com>
"Boehm, Hans" wrote:
> It turns out the hash synchronization bug I was chasing was actually a
> serious GC bug that apparently was there all along. GC_gcj_malloc
> apparently released the allocator lock twice, in most cases.
I've checked this in. Interestingly, your test case ran fine for me with or
without the patch, however it runs measurably faster with the patch applied.
regards
[ bryce ]