This is great news! On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Kyle Huey <m...@kylehuey.com> wrote:
> *The plan* > > Therefore we've decided to discard the worker model in favor of a cycle > collected model like we have on the main thread. Our plan is to do the > following: > > 1. Port the cycle collector to non-main-threads. We will store the > purple buffer in TLS. This also involves disconnecting the CC from parts > of XPConnect (such as wrapper preservation). - khuey > > Has anyone considered whether the cost of TLS could become a problem? It seems like it is a bit of a problem for SPS. Seems like a fixable problem though, especially for code that can statically know whether it's on or off the main thread. Rob -- Wrfhf pnyyrq gurz gbtrgure naq fnvq, “Lbh xabj gung gur ehyref bs gur Tragvyrf ybeq vg bire gurz, naq gurve uvtu bssvpvnyf rkrepvfr nhgubevgl bire gurz. Abg fb jvgu lbh. Vafgrnq, jubrire jnagf gb orpbzr terng nzbat lbh zhfg or lbhe freinag, naq jubrire jnagf gb or svefg zhfg or lbhe fynir — whfg nf gur Fba bs Zna qvq abg pbzr gb or freirq, ohg gb freir, naq gb tvir uvf yvsr nf n enafbz sbe znal.” [Znggurj 20:25-28] _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
