On 01/20/2014 12:53 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> On 1/17/14 1:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
>> SpiderMonkey will no longer scan the stack for live roots; you must now
>> wrap all GC thing pointers that live on the stack across a GC in the
>> JS::Rooted template for SpiderMonkey to see them. See the co
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Jim Blandy wrote:
>
> I've never heard of a major project escaping from conservative GC once it
> had entered that state of sin; nor have I heard of anyone implementing a
> moving collector after starting with a non-moving collector.
There's no better way to answe
On 1/17/14 1:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
SpiderMonkey will no longer scan the stack for live roots; you must now
wrap all GC thing pointers that live on the stack across a GC in the
JS::Rooted template for SpiderMonkey to see them. See the comments in
js/public/RootingAPI.h and the guide on the d
On 1/18/14, 9:04 AM, Terrence Cole wrote:
Great question! We have a tool called "GC zeal" in builds with
--enable-gc-zeal and in all debug builds unconditionally. It adds a
small runtime overhead, but gives us fine-grained control over when GC's
happen and adds several verification modes for debu
- Original Message -
> Great question! We have a tool called "GC zeal" in builds with
> --enable-gc-zeal and in all debug builds unconditionally. It adds a
> small runtime overhead, but gives us fine-grained control over when GC's
> happen and adds several verification modes for debugging
On 01/18/2014 07:08 AM, Benjamin Smedberg wrote:
> On 1/17/2014 4:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
>> Exact stack rooting is now enabled by default on desktop builds of
>> firefox.
> Does this mean that the moving GC is also enabled, or is that a later step?
No, moving GC is a later step. We are target
On 1/17/2014 4:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
Exact stack rooting is now enabled by default on desktop builds of firefox.
Does this mean that the moving GC is also enabled, or is that a later step?
If we see an increase in the crash rate for nightly builds, is it likely
that they will share a sig
On 01/17/2014 01:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
Exact stack rooting is now enabled by default on desktop builds of firefox.
I've never heard of a major project escaping from conservative GC once
it had entered that state of sin; nor have I heard of anyone
implementing a moving collector after st
On 1/17/14 3:24 PM, Terrence Cole wrote:
> Exact stack rooting is now enabled by default on desktop builds of firefox.
*standing ovation forever*
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Exact stack rooting is now enabled by default on desktop builds of firefox.
What this Means
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SpiderMonkey will no longer scan the stack for live roots; you must now
wrap all GC thing pointers that live on the stack across a GC in the
JS::Rooted template for SpiderMonkey to see them.
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