My answers are inline. -Jan
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of the Rotor Shared Source CLI implementation [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Albert Miranda Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DOTNET-ROTOR] Identifying References within the EE Stack We're working in a project related to GC in SSCLI. Right now we need to identify which data in the stack are references and which are not. We've been following the GC's work, as it goes from CNameSpace::GcScanRoots, passing through StackWalkFramesEx to Frame::GcScanRoots and finally into MetaSig::GcScanRoots. We believe we've reached the point where a reference is identified and therefore will be marked. Our question is: are we right about this? >> jkotas: Yes. and if so which 'case' of the switch must be look at if we want to identify all the references to GCHeap within a Thread's stack? >> jkotas: All cases of the switch statement are necessary to identify references to GCHeap within Thread's stack. Finally, if we scan through all Threads copying all these references to an auxiliar structure, will we have all the references needed to locate all dead objects within the GCHeap? >> jkotas: You should include roots in handle table as well - check calls to CNameSpace::GcScanHandles in gcsmp.cpp. Depending on what you are exactly doing, you may also need to take into account finalization queue - check calls to finalize_queue->GcScanRoots in gcsmp.cpp. Thank you very much for your patience. RSVP =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com NEW! ASP.NET courses you may be interested in: 2 Days of ASP.NET, 29 Sept 2003, in Redmond http://www.develop.com/courses/2daspdotnet Guerrilla ASP.NET, 13 Oct 2003, in Boston http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com NEW! ASP.NET courses you may be interested in: 2 Days of ASP.NET, 29 Sept 2003, in Redmond http://www.develop.com/courses/2daspdotnet Guerrilla ASP.NET, 13 Oct 2003, in Boston http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
