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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: Ngan Pham <nganpham@gmail.com>
Cc: kgio-public@yhbt.net
Subject: Re: Patch for GC.compact memory issue
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 17:22:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210524172208.GA7627@dcvr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAvYYt480L4izvVmLnOvQCe5N=bq3cBZ=FrDyQoo=jD3e0qfsg@mail.gmail.com>

Ngan Pham <nganpham@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I'd like to submit a patch to fix an issue after running
> `GC.compact`. The LOCALHOST variable is defined in Ruby and is
> resolved and memoized (to `localhost`) in C once. However, the pointer
> in C is not GC marked. Running `GC.compact` potentially moves the
> `LOCALHOST` object in Ruby causing `localhost` to point to a bad or
> empty slot. This causes `env['REMOTE_ADDR']` to  a bad object in
> Unicorn.

Seems to make sense.

> Some useful links:
> - `GC.compact` introduced: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15626.
> - My conversation with tenderlove over twitter on this issue:
> https://twitter.com/tenderlove/status/1396625048861954049

Can you please copy+paste the conversation here?
Accessibility-challenged users such as myself cannot
read it without JavaScript.  Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-24 17:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-24 14:14 Patch for GC.compact memory issue Ngan Pham
2021-05-24 17:22 ` Eric Wong [this message]
2021-05-24 19:00   ` Ngan Pham
2021-05-24 20:33     ` Eric Wong
2021-05-24 21:11       ` Ngan Pham
2021-05-24 21:48         ` [PATCH] HACKING: update docs with "git request-pull" info Eric Wong
2021-05-25 16:41         ` Patch for GC.compact memory issue Aaron Patterson
2021-05-25 22:50           ` Eric Wong

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