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66 lines
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The garbage collector looks at a number of environment variables which are
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then used to affect its operation. These are examined only on Un*x-like
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platforms.
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GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE=<bytes> - Initial heap size in bytes. May speed up
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process start-up.
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GC_LOOP_ON_ABORT - Causes the collector abort routine to enter a tight loop.
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This may make it easier to debug, such a process, especially
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for multithreaded platforms that don't produce usable core
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files, or if a core file would be too large. On some
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platforms, this also causes SIGSEGV to be caught and
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result in an infinite loop in a handler, allowing
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similar debugging techniques.
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GC_PRINT_STATS - Turn on as much logging as is easily feasible without
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adding signifcant runtime overhead. Doesn't work if
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the collector is built with SMALL_CONFIG. Overridden
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by setting GC_quiet. On by default if the collector
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was built without -DSILENT.
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GC_PRINT_ADDRESS_MAP - Linux only. Dump /proc/self/maps, i.e. various address
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maps for the process, to stderr on every GC. Useful for
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mapping root addresses to source for deciphering leak
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reports.
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GC_NPROCS=<n> - Linux w/threads only. Explicitly sets the number of processors
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that the GC should expect to use. Note that setting this to 1
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when multiple processors are available will preserve
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correctness, but may lead to really horrible performance.
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GC_NO_BLACKLIST_WARNING - Prevents the collector from issuing
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"Needed to allocate blacklisted block at ..." warnings.
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GC_IGNORE_GCJ_INFO - Ignore the type descriptors implicitly supplied by
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GC_gcj_malloc and friends. This is useful for debugging
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descriptor generation problems, and possibly for
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temporarily working around such problems. It forces a
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fully conservative scan of all heap objects except
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those known to be pointerfree, and may thus have other
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adverse effects.
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GC_PRINT_BACK_HEIGHT - Print max length of chain through unreachable objects
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ending in a reachable one. If this number remains
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bounded, then the program is "GC robust". This ensures
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that a fixed number of misidentified pointers can only
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result in a bounded space leak. This currently only
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works if debugging allocation is used throughout.
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It increases GC space and time requirements appreciably.
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This feature is still somewhat experimental, and requires
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that the collector have been built with MAKE_BACK_GRAPH
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defined. For details, see Boehm, "Bounding Space Usage
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of Conservative Garbage Collectors", POPL 2001, or
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http://lib.hpl.hp.com/techpubs/2001/HPL-2001-251.html .
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The following turn on runtime flags that are also program settable. Checked
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only during initialization. We expect that they will usually be set through
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other means, but this may help with debugging and testing:
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GC_FIND_LEAK - Turns on GC_find_leak and thus leak detection.
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GC_ALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS - Turns on GC_all_interior_pointers and thus interior
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pointer recognition.
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GC_DONT_GC - Turns off garbage collection. Use cautiously.
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