7.6.8
Changes
- Add cpu, make_as_lib, nothreads options to NT_MAKEFILE
- Add NetBSD/aarch64 and initial RISC-V support
- Adjust formatting of configure help messages and config.h comments
- Avoid multiple 'getcontext failed' warnings if getcontext is broken
- Cleanup BCC Makefile (remove absolute GC paths, fix del cmd, update clean)
- Collapse multiple NT_*_MAKEFILE scripts into a single NT_MAKEFILE
- Do not call GC_dirty_inner unless GC_incremental
- Do not use NULL in gc_inline.h
- Eliminate 'cast between incompatible function types' compiler warning
- Eliminate 'comparing signed and unsigned values' compiler warnings (bcc)
- Eliminate 'condition is always true' cppcheck warning in init_gcj_malloc
- Eliminate 'declaration of var hides global declaration' compiler warning
- Eliminate 'language extension used' Clang warning in gc.h
- Eliminate 'possibly incorrect assignment in CORD_vsprintf' compiler warning
- Eliminate 'ptr arithmetic with NULL' cppcheck warning in alloc_mark_stack
- Eliminate 'scope of var can be reduced' cppcheck warning in pthread_join
- Eliminate 'switch statement contains no case label' compiler warning
- Eliminate 'variable might be uninitialized' warning in win32_start_inner
- Eliminate duplicate clear_mark_bit call when removing disappearing link
- Fast fail on invalid CPU parameter passed to NT_MAKEFILE
- Fix 'collecting from unknown thread' abort in leak-finding mode
- Fix 'pointer arithmetic with NULL' code defect in print_callers
- Fix Borland version in documentation to match that in BCC_MAKEFILE
- Fix comment about inv_sz computation in setup_header
- Fix comments style in configure.ac and Makefile.am
- Fix compilation by digimars.mak (DMC)
- Fix compilation by WCC makefile
- Fix compilation of darwin_stop_world for iOS 8+
- Fix cords for MANUAL_VDB
- Fix dependency on gc_cpp source in BCC_MAKEFILE and NT_MAKEFILE
- Fix GC_is_valid_displacement and GC_is_visible for non-small objects
- Fix gctest in leak-finding mode
- Fix infinite restarting of mark_some when a static root disappeared (Linux)
- Fix large object base computation in PUSH_CONTENTS() if MARK_BIT_PER_OBJ
- Fix mark stack overflow checking in push_selected
- Fix missing GC_dirty calls for GC-allocated objects used internally
- Fix missing GC_dirty invocation from debug_end_stubborn_change
- Fix MSWIN32 macro redefinition (WCC)
- Fix multi-threaded gctest for the case of NTHREADS is set to zero
- Fix new and delete operators definition for DigitalMars compiler
- Fix NT_MAKEFILE for VS 2017
- Fix potential null dereference in GC_CONS
- Fix register_dynamic_libraries on Windows 10
- Fix result computation in n_set_marks
- Fix return type in GC_set_warn_proc API documentation
- Fix tests for GC compiled with MANUAL_VDB
- Fix the build for Emscripten
- Fix typo in comment for CORD_ec_flush_buf prototype
- Fix typos in ChangeLog and generic_malloc
- Fix UNTESTED for multi-threaded API functions in gctest
- Fix VirtualQuery call in case of malloc failure (Win32)
- Install gc.3 man page instead of copying gc.man to doc folder (configure)
- Keep pointer to the start of previous entry in remove_specific_after_fork
- Move de_win compiled resource files to cord/tests
- Never return null by C++ GC allocators and gc_cpp operator new
- Perform thread_suspend in loop as it may be interrupted (Darwin)
- Really abort if failed to read /proc for library registration (Linux)
- Remove code duplication in gcj_malloc and malloc_explicitly_typed
- Remove duplicate local variable in reclaim_block
- Remove information how to send bugs from README.cords file
- Remove libatomic_ops license information
- Remove unused USE_GENERIC macro definition and description
- Suppress 'functions containing switch are not expanded inline' bcc warning
- Suppress 'non-member operator new/delete may not be inline' VC++ warning
- Turn on incremental collection in gctest also if MANUAL_VDB
- Update copyright information in alloc.c, gc.c/h and the documentation
- Update EXTRA_DIST in Makefile, Win32/64 docs after NT_*_MAKEFILE removal
- Update NT_MAKEFILE usage information in README files for Win32 and Win64
- Workaround 'class C does not have a copy constructor' cppcheck warning
- Workaround 'function nested_sp is never used' cppcheck style warning
- Workaround 'opposite expression on both sides of &' cppcheck style warning
- Workaround 'template-id not supported in this context' compiler error (WCC)
Build status
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Coveralls status (code coverage)
Distribution Tarball
gc-7.6.8.tar.gz (see the Assets above, md5: 9ae6251493ead5d0d13b044954cec7d7)