[Vm-dev] I don't understand the GC root table

[Mariano Martinez Peck]

Thanks guys. Indeed, I was totally confused. Maybe 'rootTable' is a little
bit confusing...  What do you think about changing at least the selector
from image side (Smalltalk rootTable)? or it would be even more confusing?

Thanks!

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Stefan Marr <squeak at stefan-marr.de> wrote:

>
> Hi:
>
> On 26 Sep 2011, at 13:22, Andreas Raab wrote:
>
> > The rootTable is used during incremental GC. Its contents are those
> objects in old space that are roots for objects in new space (see
> ObjectMemory>>beRootIfOld:). It has nothing to do with the (global) roots of
> the interpreter; in fact the root table is cleared right at the beginning of
> fullGC (see senders of #clearRootsTable). The global roots are explicitly
> enumerated in Interpreter>>markAndTraceInterpreterOops.
>
> Not sure whether it is worthwhile to change such details, but I belief the
> standard terminology would be 'remembered set'. At least that is the typical
> name for recorded references between different object sets maintained
> separately, AFAIK.
>
> And it could avoid confusion.
>
> Best regards
> Stefan
>
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