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diff --git a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn index 623dcb83..0a476d71 100644 --- a/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/boehm_gc.mdwn @@ -523,3 +523,22 @@ restults of GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd look very similar. <congzhang> hi, I am dotgnu work on hurd, and even winforms app <congzhang> s/am/make <congzhang> and maybe c# hello world translate another day :) + + +## Leak Detection + +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-17 + + <teythoon> I spent the last two days integrating libgc - the boehm + conservative garbage collector - into hurd + <teythoon> it can be used in leak detection mode + <azeem> whoa, cool + <teythoon> and it actually kind of works, finds malloc leaks in translators + <braunr> i think there were problems with signal handling in libgc + <braunr> i'm not sure we support nested signal handling well + <teythoon> yes, I read about them + <teythoon> libgc uses SIGUSR1/2, so any program installing handlers on them + will break + <azeem> (which is not a problem on Linux, cause there some RT-signals or so + are used) + <teythoon> yes |