[Bug libgcj/30886] Memory collection deadlock

[aph at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #4 from aph at gcc dot gnu dot org  2007-02-22 15:19 -------
I can't see anything in the Java Language Standard that suggests that your test
case must terminate.  Garbage collection is not deterministic, and may not
collect all objects.

When I tried your test case one object was not reclaimed, probably because a
reference to it still existed in the stack.  In gcj we do a conservative scan
of the stack, and there may be stale references that prevent objects from being
collected.  To guarantee that everything is collected you have to do a precise
scan, and we deliberately don't do that.


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aph at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|WAITING                     |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30886