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commit d19366bea2d85987885d2a3a12150d2a8cc47513
Author: Andy Wingo <wi...@igalia.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 10 11:35:28 2024 +0200
Remove mention of concurrent marking for mmc
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doc/collector-mmc.md | 6 ------
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diff --git a/doc/collector-mmc.md b/doc/collector-mmc.md
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@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ naturally cache-friendly and parallel.
The mark byte array facilitates conservative collection by being an
oracle for "does this address start an object".
-There is some support for concurrent marking by having three mark bit
-states (dead, survivor, marked) that rotate at each collection; some
-collector configurations can have mutators mark before waiting for other
-mutators to stop. True concurrent marking and associated barriers
-are not yet implemented.
-
For a detailed introduction, see [Whippet: Towards a new local
maximum](https://wingolog.org/archives/2023/02/07/whippet-towards-a-new-local-maximum),
a talk given at FOSDEM 2023.
