On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 15:57 +1000, Paul Steckler wrote: > I haven't yet come up with a solution to the GC hanging problem I > mentioned the other day. > > But here's something that looks funny. [..]
> After turning on the Gc verbose option, I see: [...] > !<>Sweeping 9223372036854775807 words > Starting new major GC cycle > Marking 9223372036854775807 words > Subphase = 10 > Sweeping 9223372036854775807 words > > Those are some big mark and sweep numbers at the end! I guess this is related to the fact that recent Linux kernel have turned on the randomize virtual address space feature -designed to improve system security. You could disable it by echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space but first learn more about it. I believe recent Ocaml versions (did you try 3.12?) have GC improvements for that. Cheers. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mine, sont seulement les miennes} *** _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
