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That is an awesome GC and I wish I could have it. AFAIK they are having trouble because they mmap/munmap a lot, and virtual memory systems on modern OS don't do
by SpikeGronim 16y ago
That is an awesome GC and I wish I could have it. AFAIK they are having trouble because they mmap/munmap a lot, and virtual memory systems on modern OS don't do that efficiently enough.
- tlipcon 16y agoYes, they currently depend on kernel patches to provide bulk map/unmap APIs as well as some other vm_area trickery to allow parts of physical memory to be mapped to multiple places in virtual memory with different protection flags. (assuming I understood their talk correctly)