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authorIvan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru>2018-04-03 02:21:00 +0300
committerIvan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru>2018-04-03 02:23:48 +0300
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Replace GC_NO_RETRY_SIGNALS environment variable with GC_RETRY_SIGNALS=0
* doc/README.environment (GC_NO_RETRY_SIGNALS): Remove. * doc/README.environment (GC_RETRY_SIGNALS): Document "0" value. * pthread_stop_world.c [!GC_OPENBSD_UTHREADS && !NACL] (GC_stop_init): Declare str local variable; do not check GC_NO_RETRY_SIGNALS environment variable; refine comment; set GC_retry_signals to false if the value of GC_RETRY_SIGNALS environment variable is "0".
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diff --git a/doc/README.environment b/doc/README.environment
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@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ GC_PRINT_BACK_HEIGHT - Print max length of chain through unreachable objects
of Conservative Garbage Collectors", POPL 2001
(http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2001/HPL-2001-251.html).
-GC_RETRY_SIGNALS, GC_NO_RETRY_SIGNALS - Try to compensate for lost
+GC_RETRY_SIGNALS - Try to compensate for lost
thread suspend and restart signals (Pthreads only).
On by default for OSF1 (Tru64) or if the library is
sanitized, off otherwise. Since we've previously seen
similar issues on some other operating systems, it
was turned into a runtime flag to enable last-minute
- work-arounds.
+ work-arounds. "0" value means "do not retry signals".
GC_USE_GETWRITEWATCH=<n> - Only if MPROTECT_VDB and GWW_VDB are both defined
(Win32 only). Explicitly specify which strategy of