From 44529d939192c3034a04e2eff865d04ee51ae532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rick Hudson Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:36:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] runtime: fix trigger for concurrent GC Adujst triggergc so that we trigger when we have used 7/8 of the available memory. Change-Id: I7ca02546d3084e6a04d60b09479e04a9a9837ae2 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/3061 Reviewed-by: Russ Cox --- src/runtime/malloc.go | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/runtime/malloc.go b/src/runtime/malloc.go index 223220a570..014b122b53 100644 --- a/src/runtime/malloc.go +++ b/src/runtime/malloc.go @@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ type pageID uintptr // base address for all 0-byte allocations var zerobase uintptr +// triggers the concurrent GC when 1/triggerratio memory is available to allocate. +// Adjust this ratio as part of a scheme to ensure that mutators have enough +// memory to allocate in durring a concurrent GC cycle. +var triggerratio = uint64(8) + // Determine whether to initiate a GC. -// Currently the primitive heuristic we use will start a new -// concurrent GC when approximately half the available space -// made available by the last GC cycle has been used. // If the GC is already working no need to trigger another one. // This should establish a feedback loop where if the GC does not // have sufficient time to complete then more memory will be @@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ var zerobase uintptr // A false negative simple does not start a GC, a false positive // will start a GC needlessly. Neither have correctness issues. func shouldtriggergc() bool { - return memstats.heap_alloc+memstats.heap_alloc*3/4 >= memstats.next_gc && atomicloaduint(&bggc.working) == 0 + return memstats.heap_alloc+memstats.heap_alloc/triggerratio >= memstats.next_gc && atomicloaduint(&bggc.working) == 0 } // Allocate an object of size bytes. -- 2.50.0