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Ben Smedberg
Benjamin Smedberg
 
The [[XPCOMGC]] project is designed to unify memory management between the DOM and the JS engine.
 
20 min - bsmedberg will give a short presentation on current status and progress
40 min - discussion of current topics, including
 
* jemalloc+gc
* non-cyclical DOM ownership?
* the use or non-use of DRC
* incremental and generational collection and enforcing write barriers
 
Some of these topics will undoubtedly spill into later ad-hoc sessions

Latest revision as of 20:44, 17 July 2008

Benjamin Smedberg

The XPCOMGC project is designed to unify memory management between the DOM and the JS engine.

20 min - bsmedberg will give a short presentation on current status and progress 40 min - discussion of current topics, including

  • jemalloc+gc
  • non-cyclical DOM ownership?
  • the use or non-use of DRC
  • incremental and generational collection and enforcing write barriers

Some of these topics will undoubtedly spill into later ad-hoc sessions