[Bug libgcj/18266] GCJ: Using references drops finalizers causing all apps to eventually crash ( SIGSEGV in GC_register_finalizer_inner () )

[daney at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #18 from daney at gcc dot gnu dot org  2008-09-23 17:40 -------
Created an attachment (id=16396)
 --> (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16396&action=view)
Possible work-around

This is a patch against 3.4.3 that we are seriously considering using
internally.  The theory is:  With code compiled from valid java source, it is
impossible to be GCable while holding a lock, so adding a finalizer is
redundant.

It is still not clear to me if the number of heavy_locks could grow without
bound while using the patch.  We are analyzing this now...


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