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Re: GC_enable_incremental()

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Hans Boehm <Hans dot Boehm at hp dot com>
Cc: Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>, "'DHollenbeck'" <dick at softplc dot com>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:47:38 +0100
Subject: Re: GC_enable_incremental()
References: <B27561804CF1BE4F8943BB2CB29E18EA062CF3@hplextmp.hpl.hp.com><413E2FCF.2020700@redhat.com><Pine.GHP.4.58.0409080815100.3458@tomil.hpl.hp.com>

Hans Boehm writes:
 > 
 > The problem isn't really a system call writing pointers.  The
 > problem is that if a system call writes into the heap, the GC needs
 > to have been told in advance that that section of memory is
 > pointerfree.  Otherwise the system call may fail, since the memory
 > may not be writable.

Interesting.  Could we not intercept system calls?

Andrew.

References:
- RE: GC_enable_incremental()
  - From: Boehm, Hans
- Re: GC_enable_incremental()
  - From: Bryce McKinlay
- Re: GC_enable_incremental()
  - From: Hans Boehm

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