Subject: bug#54698: non-recursive GC marking [PATCH]

From: Po Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:34:52 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> Then I think we should advise users to do that.

Sure, where would a good place to put that advice be?  etc/PROBLEMS
perhaps?

Thanks.

> Why only 32-bit?

Not "only", "especially" 32-bit systems.  They tend to have less virtual
memory available, and the amount of address space available to
individual processes is also very small compared to newer systems.

> If overcommit is disabled, isn't the amount of VM determined by the
> sum of physical memory + swap space?  If so, you could run out of VM
> on 64-bit systems as well, no?

Correct.