GC_enable_incremental()

[DHollenbeck <dick at softplc dot com>]

My embedded environment:  3.4.1,  pentium 800Mhz, Linux kernel 2.6.7, 32 
mb RAM.

The GC when operating without "incremental", is stopping a thread of 
mine, one that is elavated to real time policy status, for 57 msecs 
every 5 seconds or so.  This is silly putty, not tolerable or useable 
for an embedded environment.

Then, trying to go incremental GC, when I call GC_enable_incremental() 
the process terminates with a

Killed

message.  Same is true if I simply set the environment variable 
GC_ENABLE_INCREMENTAL=1 before starting the process and do not call the 
function GC_enable_incremental().

I've written a realtime incremental garbage collector myself in 1996, 
but I have no clue on where or how I could hook it in to replace the one 
in place.  The documentation for that does jump out at me.  Nor do I 
have the time to do it, really.  Write barriers, etc.

I was hoping to use libgcj, but it seems it may not be up to the task.

Please help:

** Has anyone used GC_ENABLE_INCREMENTAL on x86 linux kernel 2.6.x? 

** How else can I get rid of the pause to my realtime thread?  Source 
filenames please.


Thank you kindly folks,

Dick Hollenbeck