Re: [Gc] pthreads and libgc

[Andy Wingo]

Hi Ivan,

Thanks for the response.

On Sat 19 Mar 2011 20:18, Ivan Maidanski <address@hidden> writes:

> GC_all_interior_pointers cannot be modified after GC_INIT according to
> the spec. GC_set_all_interior_pointers() has an assertion check for this
> condition.

I realize this.  We still allow compilation against 6.8, so I can't
blindly use GC_set_all_interior_pointers, though there are
possibilities.

However, that's not quite the issue.

 (1) How do I detect that GC has already been initialized, by some other
     module, and so avoid the GC_INIT ?
   
> You could compile GC without -D ALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS.

Unfortunately this is not possible, e.g. on Debian where we use a shared
libgc.

> But, anyway, it is recommended to initialize GC explicitly (i.e. by
> GC_INIT), so placing GC_INIT() (together with
> GC_set_all_interior_pointer) to the beginning of your main() should be
> the best way out.

We can add some documentation to this regard in the manual, if needed.
But is there no way to get around this, and do the right thing?  For
example, to avoid implicit GC initialization in response to a
pthread_create.

Best regards,

Andy
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