[Pkg-gnu-smalltalk-devel] Bug#477312: Log for failed build of gnu-smalltalk_3.1~rc3-3 (dist=experimental)

[Philipp Kern]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 07:44:50PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> It's a dangling pointer that for no reason should show up rarely, and
> for no reason should show up only on ia64, but it does.
> 
> Anyway the attached patch, which I'll commit upstream after some more
> testing, fixes it.  The idea is that a nomemory hook is now able to
> divert the allocation to another memory arena.
> 
> Here is a more reduced testcase for fun:
> 
> ObjectMemory compact.
> 173 timesRepeat: [ String new: 4450 ].
> ObjectMemory compact

This problem is fixed with your patch, thanks!

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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