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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/gc/mark_rts.c b/gc/mark_rts.c
index 251a0d1..628cba2 100644
--- a/gc/mark_rts.c
+++ b/gc/mark_rts.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ GC_bool tmp;
n_root_sets++;
}
-static roots_were_cleared = FALSE;
+static GC_bool roots_were_cleared = FALSE;
void GC_clear_roots GC_PROTO((void))
{
@@ -522,16 +522,6 @@ ptr_t cold_gc_frame;
register int i;
/*
- * push registers - i.e., call GC_push_one(r) for each
- * register contents r.
- */
-# ifdef USE_GENERIC_PUSH_REGS
- GC_generic_push_regs(cold_gc_frame);
-# else
- GC_push_regs(); /* usually defined in machine_dep.c */
-# endif
-
- /*
* Next push static data. This must happen early on, since it's
* not robust against mark stack overflow.
*/
@@ -564,19 +554,30 @@ ptr_t cold_gc_frame;
# endif
/*
- * Now traverse stacks.
+ * Now traverse stacks, and mark from register contents.
+ * These must be done last, since they can legitimately overflow
+ * the mark stack.
*/
-# if !defined(USE_GENERIC_PUSH_REGS)
+# ifdef USE_GENERIC_PUSH_REGS
+ GC_generic_push_regs(cold_gc_frame);
+ /* Also pushes stack, so that we catch callee-save registers */
+ /* saved inside the GC_push_regs frame. */
+# else
+ /*
+ * push registers - i.e., call GC_push_one(r) for each
+ * register contents r.
+ */
+ GC_push_regs(); /* usually defined in machine_dep.c */
GC_push_current_stack(cold_gc_frame);
- /* IN the threads case, this only pushes collector frames. */
- /* In the USE_GENERIC_PUSH_REGS case, this is done inside */
- /* GC_push_regs, so that we catch callee-save registers saved */
- /* inside the GC_push_regs frame. */
- /* In the case of linux threads on Ia64, the hot section of */
+ /* In the threads case, this only pushes collector frames. */
+ /* In the case of linux threads on IA64, the hot section of */
/* the main stack is marked here, but the register stack */
/* backing store is handled in the threads-specific code. */
# endif
if (GC_push_other_roots != 0) (*GC_push_other_roots)();
/* In the threads case, this also pushes thread stacks. */
+ /* Note that without interior pointer recognition lots */
+ /* of stuff may have been pushed already, and this */
+ /* should be careful about mark stack overflows. */
}