Boehm-gc, linux-threads and SMP.... crash

[Bryce McKinlay]

Jeff Sturm wrote:

> I reproduced the GCTest crash on a quad-processor Linux SMP host using a
> fairly old (post-2.95.1) libgcj.
>
> Using an updated libgcj seemed to eliminate the crash, however... it now
> runs reliably, although a bit erratic.  Sometimes it completes in 7
> seconds, sometimes it pauses for 20 seconds or more.

I'm using a current libgcj. It runs in 0.3 seconds on a dual 450Mhz box and
libgcj with  no GC. Takes 55 seconds on the same machine with IBM JDK, but
only 5 secs under UP!

regards

  [ bryce ]