Merge pull request #1403 from Fleurer/comments-generational-gc

add comments for Generational Mode in gc.c
This commit is contained in:
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
2013-07-23 05:46:17 -07:00
+15 -1
View File
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
For details, see the comments for each function.
= Write Barrier
== Write Barrier
mruby implementer, C extension library writer must write a write
barrier when writing a pointer to an object on object's field.
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@
* mrb_field_write_barrier
* mrb_write_barrier
== Generational Mode
mruby's GC offers an Generational Mode while re-using the tri-color GC
infrastructure. It will treat the Black objects as Old objects after each
sweep phase, instead of paint them to White. The key idea are still same as
the traditional generational GC:
* Minor GC - just traverse the Young objects (Gray objects) in the mark
phase, then only sweep the newly created objects, and leave
the Old objects live.
* Major GC - same as a full round of regular GC.
For details, see the comments for each function.
*/