Hi Marc, --- Marc Kleine-Budde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My assumption is that KFREE clears the mem at once, > and gc_free marks > the mem to be freed by the garbage collector? Am I > right?
AFAIK, KMALLOC/KFREE should be used for memory that does not go through the gc, while gc_malloc/gc_free should be used for the rest. Never mix the calls, or you'll be in big trouble. KMALLOC/KFREE leave memory management to the runtime library, while gc_malloc/gc_free do their own memory management. see http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/1998-February/020705.html http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/2000-May/006576.html > In which situation should one preference which > method? when you're dealing with java objects or data that might end up within java objects, I think you should use gc_malloc/gc_free. Otherwise use KMALLOC/KFREE. Keep in mind, though, that JanosVM developers have done a lot to improve the GC in their VM, and that has lead them to replace most of the uses of KMALLOC/KFREE so far with specific gc_malloc/gc_free calls. Given that JanosVM is the place where a lot of great work on the VM core happens, I hope we'll be able to merge in some of the GC changes in a not too distant future. Volunteers are welcome, as usual. cheers, dalibor topic __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ kaffe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kaffe.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kaffe
