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Direct reclaim shines again!

• pron 12y ago
  This has to do with the JVM's monitoring, which, among many other things, monitors memory allocation/deallocation, which just happens to be automatic. It has nothing to do with automatic vs. manual memory management.
  • zengorilla 12y ago
    Direct reclaim is the precise name for what the linux kernel is doing in the case called out by the article. http://lwn.net/Articles/396561/ http://lwn.net/Articles/396561/ But thanks for the snark anyway!
    • pron 12y ago
      No snark, but I did completely misunderstand your comment[1]. In any case, I apologize, and I learned something new! [1] BTW, if you're mentioning a term that isn't widely known, it's helpful to link to a definition.
      • zengorilla 12y ago
        Right on, my comment could have been much more clear, I will do so in the future :).
• MichaelGG 12y ago
  A manual implementation or refcounting system could easily expose the same issue.