Bug 148047 – Allow the garbage collector to clear code while compilation is in flight

• Status: NEW
• Component: New Bugs

[Geoffrey Garen]

Allow the garbage collector to clear code while compilation is in flight

[Geoffrey Garen]

Created attachment 259058 [details]
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[Geoffrey Garen]

Updated ChangeLog:

2015-08-14  Geoffrey Garen  <[e-mail]>

        Allow the garbage collector to clear code while compilation is in flight
        https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148047

        Reviewed by NOBODY (OOPS!).

        Anecdotal evidence shows that a burst of activity can run the GC before
        all compilation completes. So, our rule that GC can't clear code
        during compilation means that GC almost never gets an opportunity to
        clear code.

        Refine this rule to be per-executable rather than global.

        * dfg/DFGWorklist.cpp:
        (JSC::DFG::Worklist::gatherActiveCompilations):
        * dfg/DFGWorklist.h: Added a helper for identifying active compilations.

        * heap/Heap.cpp:
        (JSC::Heap::deleteAllCompiledCode): We can honor the rule that we don't
        clear while compiling by checking each executable individually.

[Saam Barati]

Comment on attachment 259058 [details]
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r=me

[Geoffrey Garen]

Comment on attachment 259058 [details]
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This patch is wrong because it is not safe in our current design to throw away one CodeBlock if you do not throw away all CodeBlocks. Residual links through OSR exit will become stale.