io_uring, SCM_RIGHTS, and reference-count cycles
io_uring, SCM_RIGHTS, and reference-count cycles
Posted Feb 13, 2019 20:35 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)Parent article: io_uring, SCM_RIGHTS, and reference-count cycles
> It then counts how many references to each of those sockets come from SCM_RIGHTS datagrams attached to sockets in this set. Any socket that has references coming from outside the set is reachable and can be removed from the set.
A tracing garbage collector, in other words.
A tracing garbage collector, in other words.