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scratch/igc 6ed50571faf 1/3: Mention headers in pdump
From: |
Gerd Moellmann |
Subject: |
scratch/igc 6ed50571faf 1/3: Mention headers in pdump |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:54:05 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: scratch/igc
commit 6ed50571faf027cdfbf802c941aa342a17b2b52a
Author: Gerd Möllmann <gerd@gnu.org>
Commit: Gerd Möllmann <gerd@gnu.org>
Mention headers in pdump
---
admin/igc.org | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/admin/igc.org b/admin/igc.org
index c919adb2b3e..6612cb47245 100644
--- a/admin/igc.org
+++ b/admin/igc.org
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ special vectors allocated from the AWL pool.
** Handling of a loaded pdump
+
The hot part of a loaded pdump (ca. 18 MB) is currently used as an
ambiguous root for MPS. A number of things could be investigated
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ ambiguous root for MPS. A number of things could be
investigated
Costs some load time, though.
+- Store objects in the dump with igc_header, so that we can make the
+ dump an exact root. This would simplify things enormously. My
+ favourite.
+
There is also a slight problem currently that's a consequence of Emacs
mixing GC'd objects and malloc'd ones. The loaded dump is scanned
conservativly, but if such objects contain malloc'd data structures