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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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 54698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54698: non-recursive GC marking [PATCH]
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:01:46 +0200

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

> The attached patch replaces recursion with an explicit stack for most
> common object types: conses, vectors, records, hash tables, symbols,
> functions etc.

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

Is there a max stack size?

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