int* is not tracked by the garbage collector thus it is not necessary to use write barrier for it.
In a correct program, int* has to point into interior of *pinned* object or other memory location that can't be moved by the garbage collector. This fact has to be guaranteed by the user code. That's one of the reasons for loading from/storing into int* to be non-verifiable. -Jan This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -----Original Message----- From: Archana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DOTNET-ROTOR] question about the write barrier Hi, All the write barrier functions take the destination as an object reference (OBJECTREF*). What happens when there is a write to an interior pointer (that may be one of the fields of an object and which is of a primitive type say int *). thanks and regards, archana
