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Re: Reachable killed buffers


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Reachable killed buffers
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:11:59 -0700
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On 09/13/2012 09:49 AM, martin rudalics wrote:
> If a buffer on one of these lists is dead, it simply doesn't get
> marked from the list, so it's possible that it's reclaimed with the
> next sweep.

Right, but as I understand it in the meantime it would still exist as
a dead buffer, and would continue to pressure the GC.  And it might
inadvertently survive the next sweep too, no?  The goal is to reclaim
all the dead buffers, not just some of them.




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