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Mention headers in pdump

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Gerd Möllmann 2024-04-21 05:53:31 +02:00
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@ -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