On Oct 7, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:

> Avi -
>
> Try this: Instead of "self fullGC" in primSnapshot, try inserting:
>
>     "DISCLAIMER: This requires some careful review which I
>     don't have the time for right now. This is NOT working
>     or tested code so don't even think of submitting this
>     to VMMaker unless you actually understand why this ought
>     to work and what differences there possibly might be
>     between a full GC and an incremental GC + tenuring."
>
>     savedThreshold := tenuringThreshold. "remember prior threshold"
>     tenuringThreshold := 0. "reset tenuring threshold"
>     self incrementalGC. "force tenuring"
>     tenuringThreshold := savedThreshold.
>
> This may already be enough since tenuring will clean up the roots  
> and thus leave the image in a stable state. But of course, it does  
> require the image to perform a full GC if you want to reclaim space  
> before the snapshot.

Excellent, thanks.  Do you have any tests to suggest?  Any edge cases  
to look at?  Assuming it seems to basically work, how could I assure  
myself that this was an ok thing to put into production?

Avi