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Re: GC changes
- To: Jamie Lokier <egcs at tantalophile dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: GC changes
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:32:34 +0000 (GMT)
- Cc: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>, <amylaar at cambridge dot redhat dot com>,<gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <geoffk at geoffk dot org>, <tej at melbpc dot org dot au>
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Mike Stump wrote:
> > > That is not safe. You can't predict what kind of address arithmetic
> > > the compiler will make. For example, strength reduction could cause
> > > a pointer to be pointing into the middle of an array, or worse,
> > > somewhere beyond it (incorporating some constant adjustments).
> >
> > We already need a switch to disable GC unfriendly optimizations.
Which ones would that be?
And how can we verify that the generated code is indeed GC friendly? If it
can't be verified with a testsuite, such a switch might as well not be there,
since it won't work in practice.
Bernd