From 6ed50571faf027cdfbf802c941aa342a17b2b52a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Gerd=20M=C3=B6llmann?= Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:53:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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