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...hey implicit as being at all call sites (which begs the question > what about leaves > in the call tree, how does GC get started at all in that case). > > The LLVM linker has a feature where you can specify what kind of safe points your collector requires - the options are Loop, Return, PreCall and PostCall. You can also override this behavior and examine each instruction and return a boolean indicating whether it is or isn't a safe point. Currently I only have function calls as safe points, although I may eventually enable loops as well. As far as leaf functions go, consider that t...

Talin, do you identify safe-points in the current or proposed llvm scheme, and if so how, or are they implicit as being at all call sites (which begs the question what about leaves in the call tree, how does GC get started at all in that case). Peter Lawrence.

...being at all call sites (which begs the > question what about leaves > in the call tree, how does GC get started at all in that case). > > The LLVM linker has a feature where you can specify what kind of > safe points your collector requires - the options are Loop, Return, > PreCall and PostCall. You can also override this behavior and > examine each instruction and return a boolean indicating whether it > is or isn't a safe point. > > Currently I only have function calls as safe points, although I may > eventually enable loops as well. As far as leaf...

...icit as being at all call sites (which begs the question what about leaves >> in the call tree, how does GC get started at all in that case). >> >> The LLVM linker has a feature where you can specify what kind of safe points your collector requires - the options are Loop, Return, PreCall and PostCall. You can also override this behavior and examine each instruction and return a boolean indicating whether it is or isn't a safe point. >> >> Currently I only have function calls as safe points, although I may eventually enable loops as well. As far as leaf functions g...