Re: MPS: a random backtrace while toying with gdb

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> I am wondering what happens in the same situation when using normal
>> malloc. (Or may it never happen when using normal malloc?)
>
> You mean, when the current GC runs?

Nope. AFAIU, the problem we are facing is not when MPS GC runs, but when
we query MPS to allocate memory in the managed arena.

> If you really mean malloc, then there usually is not problem because
> signal handlers cannot safely call malloc.  And if malloc causes GC,
> see above.

I do not mean calling malloc. I mean, what happens if a signal arrives
_while_ malloc is still in the process of allocating data?

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