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[Ask for help] Use mimalloc Heap for GC?
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Description
I want to do mostly precise GC and for scanning roots I need a way to find heap pointer, do I understand correctly that to identify allocated heap pointer I should use mi_heap_check_owned and mi_heap_contains_block like this?
void cons_root(gc_heap* gc ,void**start,void**end) {
for (;start < end;start++) {
if (mi_heap_check_owned(gc->mi_heap,*start) && mi_heap_contains_block(gc->mi_heap,*start) { push_gray(gc,*start); }
}
}
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No repository file or test is named. Start by reading the APIs for mi_heap_check_owned and mi_heap_contains_block and the surrounding heap ownership documentation, then determine whether the proposed cons_root scan meets the intended root-identification behavior. Done means resolving the API usage question or documenting the correct guidance.
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- c
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