Closed Bug 632268 Opened 14 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Analyze, document, publish and improve the cycle collector

Categories

(Mozilla Labs :: Research, defect)

Product:
Mozilla Labs
Component:
Research
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INACTIVE

People

(Reporter: gal, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: intern)

This is an internship project to analyze, document, publish and improve our cycle collector. We would like to gain a better understanding of our current implementation, in particular those parts that go beyond the original Bacon paper (GC heaps, separate GC and CC, mark bitmaps, etc). Some measurements about efficiency would be nice, and tools to better understand the CC model, what cycles we find, how long they last, etc. These results should be publishable, and maybe we come up with improvements to the code as well (in particular scheduling heuristics and the data structure representing the CC heap model). Start: February 28 Duration: 4 month
Whiteboard: intern
Correction. We can start on the 21st. We have an intern for this. I will add the name when the paperwork is done.
Closing all inactive bugs in Mozilla labs :: * Please reopen if this are still relevant.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
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