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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Bjarne Steensgaard, Bothell, WA (US);
Erez Petrank, Redmond, WA (US);
Gabriel Kliot, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract
Concurrent, incremental, and lock-free stack scanning for garbage collectors is disclosed. This method uses a summary table and return barriers to allow high responsiveness. The method also supports programs that employ fine-synchronization to avoid locks, imposes negligible overhead on program execution, can be used with existing concurrent collectors, and supports the special in-stack references existing in languages such as C#.