From 3186be22b6598fbd467b126347d1c7f48ccb7f71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Albert Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:43:34 -0800 Subject: Check in a pristine copy of GCC 4.8.1. The copy of GCC that we use for Android is still not working for mingw. Rather than finding all the differences that have crept into our GCC, just check in a copy from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.9.3/gcc-4.8.1.tar.bz2. GCC 4.8.1 was chosen because it is what we have been using for mingw thus far, and the emulator doesn't yet work when upgrading to 4.9. Bug: http://b/26523949 Change-Id: Iedc0f05243d4332cc27ccd46b8a4b203c88dcaa3 --- gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi (limited to 'gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi') diff --git a/gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi b/gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7bdb50a4e --- /dev/null +++ b/gcc-4.8.1/boehm-gc/doc/README.sgi @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Performance of the incremental collector can be greatly enhanced with +-DNO_EXECUTE_PERMISSION. + +The collector should run with all of the -32, -n32 and -64 ABIs. Remember to +define the AS macro in the Makefile to be "as -64", or "as -n32". + +If you use -DREDIRECT_MALLOC=GC_malloc with C++ code, your code should make +at least one explicit call to malloc instead of new to ensure that the proper +version of malloc is linked in. + +Sproc threads are not supported in this version, though there may exist other +ports. + +Pthreads support is provided. This requires that: + +1) You compile the collector with -DGC_IRIX_THREADS specified in the Makefile. + +2) You have the latest pthreads patches installed. + +(Though the collector makes only documented pthread calls, +it relies on signal/threads interactions working just right in ways +that are not required by the standard. It is unlikely that this code +will run on other pthreads platforms. But please tell me if it does.) + +3) Every file that makes thread calls should define IRIX_THREADS and then +include gc.h. Gc.h redefines some of the pthread primitives as macros which +also provide the collector with information it requires. + +4) pthread_cond_wait and pthread_cond_timed_wait should be prepared for +premature wakeups. (I believe the pthreads and realted standards require this +anyway. Irix pthreads often terminate a wait if a signal arrives. +The garbage collector uses signals to stop threads.) + +5) It is expensive to stop a thread waiting in IO at the time the request is +initiated. Applications with many such threads may not exhibit acceptable +performance with the collector. (Increasing the heap size may help.) + +6) The collector should not be compiled with -DREDIRECT_MALLOC. This +confuses some library calls made by the pthreads implementation, which +expect the standard malloc. + -- cgit v1.2.3