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| -rw-r--r-- | src/gc.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ There're two white color types in a flip-flop fassion: White-A and White-B, which respectively represent the Current White color (the newly allocated - objects in the current round of GC) and the Sweep Target White color (the + objects in the current GC cycle) and the Sweep Target White color (the dead objects to be swept). - A and B will be switched just at the beginning of the next round of GC. At + A and B will be switched just at the beginning of the next GC cycle. At that time, all the dead objects have been swept, while the newly created - objects in the current round of GC which finally remains White are now + objects in the current GC cycle which finally remains White are now regarded as dead objects. Instead of traversing all the White-A objects and paint them as White-B, just switch the meaning of White-A and White-B would be much cheaper. - As a result, the objects we sweep in the current round of GC are always - left from the previous round of GC. This allows us to sweep objects + As a result, the objects we sweep in the current GC cycle are always + left from the previous GC cycle. This allows us to sweep objects incrementally, without the disturbance of the newly created objects. == Execution Timing @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ phase, then only sweep the newly created objects, and leave the Old objects live. - * Major GC - same as a full round of regular GC. + * Major GC - same as a full regular GC cycle. For details, see the comments for each function. |