From 82b92fd4aca31ccbcc790ed5dd82e632b87d0e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hboehm Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:07:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2006-04-28 Hans Boehm * Improve comment describing page hash tables. --- include/private/gc_priv.h | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/private/gc_priv.h b/include/private/gc_priv.h index fec8e08f..ca06df03 100644 --- a/include/private/gc_priv.h +++ b/include/private/gc_priv.h @@ -525,8 +525,11 @@ extern GC_warn_proc GC_current_warn_proc; /* - * Hash table representation of sets of pages. This assumes it is - * OK to add spurious entries to sets. + * Hash table representation of sets of pages. + * Implements a map from aligned HBLKSIZE chunks of the address space to one + * bit each. + * This assumes it is OK to spuriously set bits, e.g. because multiple + * addresses are represented by a single location. * Used by black-listing code, and perhaps by dirty bit maintenance code. */ -- 2.40.0