GNU bug report logs - #54698
non-recursive GC marking [PATCH]

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 18:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

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Message #11 received at 54698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 54698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54698: non-recursive GC marking [PATCH]
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 13:16:26 +0200

4 apr. 2022 kl. 13.01 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>:

> That's wonderful -- I guess this fixes the segfaults we're seeing with
> structures that recurse on the car?

Yes, it should.

> Is there a max stack size?

No, the mark stack grows as needed. I see no reason to limit the size since it's going to be much smaller than the size of the heap being traced in any case.
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