[ruby-core:64181] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9894] [RFC] README.EXT: document rb_gc_register_mark_object

Issue #9894 has been updated by Koichi Sasada.


 (2014/08/04 7:48), Eric Wong wrote:
 > 
 > --- a/gc.c
 > +++ b/gc.c
 > @@ -5154,13 +5154,15 @@ rb_gc_register_mark_object(VALUE obj)
 >  void
 >  rb_gc_register_address(VALUE *addr)
 >  {
 > -    rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
 > -    struct gc_list *tmp;
 > -
 > -    tmp = ALLOC(struct gc_list);
 > -    tmp->next = global_list;
 > -    tmp->varptr = addr;
 > -    global_list = tmp;
 > +    if (OBJ_FROZEN(*addr)) {
 > +	rb_gc_register_mark_object(*addr);
 > +    } else {
 > +	rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
 > +	struct gc_list *tmp = ALLOC(struct gc_list);
 > +	tmp->next = global_list;
 > +	tmp->varptr = addr;
 > +	global_list = tmp;
 > +    }
 >  }
 >  
 >  void
 
 This patch does not work. You should not use
 rb_gc_register_mark_object() because *addr is mutable.
 
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 // SASADA Koichi at atdot dot net

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Feature #9894: [RFC] README.EXT: document rb_gc_register_mark_object
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9894#change-48185

* Author: Eric Wong
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
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 Any comment on officially supporting this as part of the C API?
 
 diff --git a/README.EXT b/README.EXT
 index d66d6c5..dded850 100644
 --- a/README.EXT
 +++ b/README.EXT
 @@ -1176,6 +1176,12 @@ void rb_global_variable(VALUE *var)
  
    Tells GC to protect these variables.
  
 +void rb_gc_register_mark_object(VALUE val)
 +
 +  Tells GC to protect the object referenced by val.  This requires less
 +  memory to track than rb_global_variable, but may only be used if the C
 +  variable never changes.
 +
  == Constant Definition
  
  void rb_define_const(VALUE klass, const char *name, VALUE val) ::
 -- 
 Eric Wong



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