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RCS file: /home/cvs/OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/Attic/README.linux,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2
--- OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/Attic/README.linux	1999/12/03 07:39:09	1.1.1.1
+++ OpenXM_contrib2/asir2000/gc/Attic/README.linux	2000/12/01 09:26:10	1.2
@@ -31,20 +31,38 @@ To use threads, you need to abide by the following req
 2) You must compile the collector with -DLINUX_THREADS and -D_REENTRANT
    specified in the Makefile.
 
-3) Every file that makes thread calls should define LINUX_THREADS and 
+3a) Every file that makes thread calls should define LINUX_THREADS and 
    _REENTRANT and then include gc.h.  Gc.h redefines some of the
    pthread primitives as macros which also provide the collector with
    information it requires.
 
-4) Currently dlopen() is probably not safe.  The collector must traverse
-   the list of libraries maintained by the runtime loader.  That can
-   probably be an inconsistent state when a thread calling the loader is
-   is stopped for GC.  (It's possible that this is fixable in the
-   same way it is handled for SOLARIS_THREADS, with GC_dlopen.)
+3b) A new alternative to (3a) is to build the collector with
+   -DUSE_LD_WRAP, and to link the final program with
 
+   (for ld) --wrap read --wrap dlopen --wrap pthread_create \
+	    --wrap pthread_join --wrap pthread_sigmask
+
+   (for gcc) -Wl,--wrap -Wl,read -Wl,--wrap -Wl,dlopen -Wl,--wrap \
+	     -Wl,pthread_create -Wl,--wrap -Wl,pthread_join -Wl,--wrap \
+	     -Wl,pthread_sigmask
+
+   In any case, _REENTRANT should be defined during compilation.
+
+4) Dlopen() disables collection during its execution.  (It can't run
+   concurrently with the collector, since the collector looks at its
+   data structures.  It can't acquire the allocator lock, since arbitrary
+   user startup code may run as part of dlopen().)  Under unusual
+   conditions, this may cause unexpected heap growth.
+
 5) The combination of LINUX_THREADS, REDIRECT_MALLOC, and incremental
    collection fails in seemingly random places.  This hasn't been tracked
    down yet, but is perhaps not completely astonishing.  The thread package
    uses malloc, and thus can presumably get SIGSEGVs while inside the
    package.  There is no real guarantee that signals are handled properly
    at that point.
+
+6) Thread local storage may not be viewed as part of the root set by the
+   collector.  This probably depends on the linuxthreads version.  For the
+   time being, any collectable memory referenced by thread local storage should
+   also be referenced from elsewhere, or be allocated as uncollectable.
+   (This is really a bug that should be fixed somehow.)