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Bug 14472 – add separate ptr data section

Status
NEW
Severity
enhancement
Priority
P4
Component
dmd
Product
D
Version
D2
Platform
All
OS
All
Creation time
2015-04-20T14:13:55Z
Last change time
2024-12-13T18:42:17Z
Assigned to
No Owner
Creator
Martin Nowak
Moved to GitHub: dmd#18978 →

Comments

Comment #0 by code — 2015-04-20T14:13:55Z
We should emit mutable data that can't alias GC memory to a separate .noptr section, so that it can be excluded when scanning GC roots.
Comment #1 by code — 2015-09-06T20:53:14Z
Might make more sense to add a special ptrdata section, so that the GC only has to scan that.
Comment #2 by code — 2015-09-07T15:44:19Z
Something along this line from Rainer. https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/5047#issuecomment-138125410 https://github.com/rainers/dmd/commit/e6a3d1778ad2969fc7bcb378a084b8d865b015c7
Comment #3 by robert.schadek — 2024-12-13T18:42:17Z
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB https://github.com/dlang/dmd/issues/18978 DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB