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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile.am | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.QUICK | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.linux | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.sgi | 4 |
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index ee99f001..e3230c1d 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ CCASFLAGS += $(DEFS) EXTRA_DIST += README.QUICK # other makefiles -# :GOTCHA: deliberately we do not include 'Makefile' EXTRA_DIST += NT_MAKEFILE OS2_MAKEFILE PCR-Makefile digimars.mak \ Makefile.direct SMakefile.amiga WCC_MAKEFILE autogen.sh CMakeLists.txt \ Config.cmake.in build/s60v3/bld.inf build/s60v3/libgc.mmp diff --git a/README.QUICK b/README.QUICK index a188fbbd..f15767a5 100644 --- a/README.QUICK +++ b/README.QUICK @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ Do not store the only pointer to an object in memory allocated with system malloc, since the collector usually does not scan memory allocated in this way. -Use with threads may be supported on your system, but requires the -collector to be built with thread support. See Makefile. The collector -does not guarantee to scan thread-local storage (e.g. of the kind -accessed with pthread_getspecific()). The collector does scan +Use with threads may be supported on your system, but requires the collector +to be built with thread support. See Makefile.am or Makefile.direct. +The collector does not guarantee to scan thread-local storage (e.g. of the +kind accessed with pthread_getspecific()). The collector does scan thread stacks though, so generally the best solution is to ensure that any pointers stored in thread-local storage are also stored on the thread's stack for the duration of their lifetime. diff --git a/doc/README.linux b/doc/README.linux index 29084fa0..c9ced481 100644 --- a/doc/README.linux +++ b/doc/README.linux @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ To use threads, you need to abide by the following requirements: MIT pthreads). 2) You must compile the collector with "-DGC_THREADS -D_REENTRANT" specified - in the Makefile. + in the Makefile.direct file. 3a) Every file that makes thread calls should define GC_THREADS, and then include gc.h. The latter redefines some of the pthread primitives as diff --git a/doc/README.sgi b/doc/README.sgi index 88182d87..4258dce4 100644 --- a/doc/README.sgi +++ b/doc/README.sgi @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 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". +define the AS macro in the Makefile.direct 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 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Sproc threads are not supported. Pthreads support is provided. This requires that: -1) You compile the collector with -DGC_THREADS specified in the Makefile. +1) You compile the collector with -DGC_THREADS specified in Makefile.direct. 2) You have the latest pthreads patches installed. |