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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Concurrency via isolated process/thread
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:00:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y6y8nlr.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <831qhmjwk0.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> AFAIU, one of the big blockers of this is single-threaded GC. Emacs
>> cannot free/allocate memory asynchronously. Or do I miss something?
>
> Why is that a "big blocker"?  GC runs "whenever it is convenient"
> anyway, so it can be delayed until that time, and run from the main
> thread, perhaps sacrificing the memory footprint a bit.

Emm. I meant memory allocation. AFAIK, just like GC allocating heap
cannot be asynchronous.

For the GC, most of the memory objects in long-running Emacs sessions
are short-living. So, having a separate GC and memory heap in async
process will likely improve the main thread performance GC-wise, as a
side effect.

> The real "big blocker" is that a typical Emacs session has a huge
> global state, which cannot be safely modified by more than a single
> thread at a time, and even if one thread writes while the other reads
> is in many cases problematic.

This too, although isn't is already solved by mutexes?

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-05 14:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 192+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-04 16:58 Concurrency via isolated process/thread Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-04 17:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-04 17:29   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-04 17:35     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-04 17:52       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-04 18:24         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-05 11:23           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 11:49             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-05 12:40               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 13:02                 ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-07-05 13:10                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 18:35                     ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-07-07 11:48                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 13:33                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-05 13:35                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05  0:34         ` Po Lu
2023-07-05 11:26           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 12:11             ` Po Lu
2023-07-05 12:44               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 13:21                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-05 13:26                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-05 13:51                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-05 14:00                       ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-07-06  0:32                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 10:46                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 12:24                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 12:31                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 12:41                                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 12:51                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 12:58                                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 13:13                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 14:13                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 14:47                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 15:10                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 16:17                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 18:19                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 12:04                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 13:16                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 14:29                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 14:47                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 15:21                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 18:04                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 18:24                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 19:36                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 20:05                                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08  7:05                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 10:53                                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08 14:26                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09  9:36                                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09  9:56                                                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-09 10:04                                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 11:59                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 13:58                                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 14:52                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 15:49                                                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 16:35                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-10 11:30                                                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 12:13                                                                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-10 12:28                                                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 12:48                                                                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-10 12:53                                                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 13:18                                                                                                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-10 13:09                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-10 13:58                                                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 14:37                                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-10 14:55                                                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 16:03                                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-16 14:58                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-17  7:55                                                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-17  8:36                                                                                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-17  8:52                                                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-17  9:39                                                                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-17  9:54                                                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-17 10:08                                                                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-24  8:42                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24  9:52                                                                                   ` Po Lu
2023-07-24 10:09                                                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 12:15                                                                                       ` Po Lu
2023-07-24 12:25                                                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 13:31                                                                                           ` Po Lu
2023-07-24 13:53                                                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  0:12                                                                                               ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  4:28                                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 12:50                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-24 13:15                                                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 13:41                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-24 14:13                                                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 12:44                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-24 13:02                                                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 13:54                                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-24 14:24                                                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-24 16:00                                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-24 16:38                                                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  0:20                                                                                               ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  4:36                                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  7:27                                                                                                   ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  7:59                                                                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  8:27                                                                                                       ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  8:45                                                                                                         ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  8:53                                                                                                           ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  9:03                                                                                                             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  9:17                                                                                                               ` Po Lu
2023-07-25  9:27                                                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25  9:37                                                                                                                   ` Po Lu
2023-07-25 12:40                                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-25 11:29                                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-25 11:52                                                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-25 14:27                                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 17:13                                                                             ` Gregory Heytings
2023-07-10 11:37                                                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-13 13:54                                                                                 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-07-13 14:23                                                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07  0:21                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 14:08                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 15:01                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 15:16                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 16:32                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 17:50                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 12:30                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 13:34                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 15:17                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 19:31                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 20:01                                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08  6:50                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 11:55                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08 14:43                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09  9:57                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 12:08                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 14:16                                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 15:00                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 12:22                                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-09 13:12                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-10  0:18                                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-08  0:51                                               ` Po Lu
2023-07-08  4:18                                                 ` tomas
2023-07-08  5:51                                                   ` Po Lu
2023-07-08  6:01                                                     ` tomas
2023-07-08 10:02                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08 19:39                                                         ` tomas
2023-07-08  6:25                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08  6:38                                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08  7:45                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08  8:16                                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08 10:13                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07 13:35                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-07 15:31                                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08  0:44                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-08  4:29                                               ` tomas
2023-07-08  7:21                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08  7:48                                                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-08 10:02                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 11:54                                                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-08 14:12                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09  0:37                                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-09  7:01                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09  7:14                                                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-09  7:35                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09  7:57                                                                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09  8:41                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-10 14:53                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-07-09  9:25                                                                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-09 11:14                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-09 11:23                                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 12:10                                                                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-09 13:03                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-08 12:01                                                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-08 14:45                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07  0:41                                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-07 12:42                                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-07 13:31                                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-07  0:27                                 ` Po Lu
2023-07-07 12:45                                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06  0:27                     ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 10:48                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 12:15                         ` Po Lu
2023-07-06 14:10                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 15:09                           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 15:18                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-06 16:36                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-06 17:53                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-07  0:22                             ` Po Lu
2023-07-05  0:33 ` Po Lu
2023-07-05  2:31   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-07-17 20:43     ` Hugo Thunnissen
2023-07-18  4:51       ` tomas
2023-07-18  5:25       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18  5:39         ` Po Lu
2023-07-18  5:49           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18 12:14         ` Hugo Thunnissen
2023-07-18 12:39           ` Async IO and queing process sentinels (was: Concurrency via isolated process/thread) Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18 12:49             ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-18 14:12             ` Async IO and queing process sentinels Michael Albinus

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