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Re:Sub-10 ms Latency in Java: Concurrent GC with Green Threads by pjmlp on Thursday August 06, 2020 @02:06AM (#24068507)
Sure it has, you cannot ensure Deref implementations don't allocate.
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Re:Sub-10 ms Latency in Java: Concurrent GC with Green Threads by dthul on Thursday August 06, 2020 @02:54AM (#24068718)
While technically true, the documentation makes it very clear that Deref should only be implemented for smart pointers and never fail. So no allocations in practice.
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Re:Sub-10 ms Latency in Java: Concurrent GC with Green Threads by pjmlp on Thursday August 06, 2020 @03:57AM (#24068973)
Ah problem solved then, we just need to document very clear that C code should not corrupt memory, how did I never thought of it.
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