Re: Support for GC.AddMemoryPressure()

Rodrigo Kumpera <[email protected]> Mon, 4 Jun 2012 23:47:52 -0300
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We want to support MemoryPressure, or some form of it. I have a working
prototype here
for it but the point is how do we take pressure into account.

This is a very obscure API and there isn't any known application using it
so I'm modeling
it against our needs at Xamarin.



On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:53 PM, glopes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Its been very impressive to see how far Mono has improved its garbage
> collection strategies over time, congrats! However, it seems there's one
> important feature which remains unsupported to this day: AddMemoryPressure.
>
> Since it seems like a very useful feature which doesn't seem particularly
> hard to implement (note: I may be wrong on this, it's just my naive
> impression), I was curious whether there was any particular reason why it
> shouldn't be supported. I've googled around and couldn't find any
> definitive
> arguments on this.
>
> Does anyone know the reason or any roadmap/plans for this?
>
> Thanks and keep up the excellent work!
> G
>
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We want to support MemoryPressure, or some form of it. I have a working pro=
totype here<div>for it but the point is how do we take pressure into accoun=
t.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a very obscure API and there isn&#39;t =
any known application using it so I&#39;m modeling</div>
<div>it against our needs at Xamarin.</div><div>=A0<br><div><div><div><br><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:53 PM, glopes <span=
 dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blan=
k">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
Its been very impressive to see how far Mono has improved its garbage<br>
collection strategies over time, congrats! However, it seems there&#39;s on=
e<br>
important feature which remains unsupported to this day: AddMemoryPressure.=
<br>
<br>
Since it seems like a very useful feature which doesn&#39;t seem particular=
ly<br>
hard to implement (note: I may be wrong on this, it&#39;s just my naive<br>
impression), I was curious whether there was any particular reason why it<b=
r>
shouldn&#39;t be supported. I&#39;ve googled around and couldn&#39;t find a=
ny definitive<br>
arguments on this.<br>
<br>
Does anyone know the reason or any roadmap/plans for this?<br>
<br>
Thanks and keep up the excellent work!<br>
G<br>
<br>
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