[Kaffe] core dump while running kaffe.

[Godmar Back]

 That wouldn't work with native threads or on an smp where disabling
switches is impossible or very expensive.

	- Godmar

> 
> Godmar Back writes:
> > What's happening is that a thread holds the utf8 lock while a garbage
> > collection finishes.  Since we synchronously free classes and related
> > data structures, the gc thread attempts to grab the utf8 lock, resulting
> > in a deadlock.  The same is possible for the stringLock, btw, despite
> > the precautionary measure of giving it up before calling malloc().
> > 
> > Hmmm, I think I can either patch it up by having the gc thread grab
> > the utf8 & string lock before it starts (just like it now grabs the 
> > allocator lock), or I could get rid of the utf8 and string locks in
> > favor of a global "master" allocation lock.
> 
> Why should any thread need to hold the utf8 lock for any non-trivial
> length of time?  If there's no reason then we can just disable context
> switches any time the utf8 lock is held.
> 
> -Archie
> 
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