Proposal: Intermediate: Talk: Go Runtime 3

[pshirali]

Type: Talk

Level: Intermediate

Duration (minutes, includes Q&A): 60 min

Abstract:

Go Runtime Part 3 - A look into Go's GC.

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Name: Dinesh Kumar

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Proposed Dates: May 28th 2019

[pshirali]

28-03-2019 go study group -- Notes by @devdinu

=== gc agenda ===

• mark and sweep
• generational gc
  • multiple generations https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/abhinaba/2009/03/02/back-to-basics-generational-garbage-collection/
  • lower generations are collected frequently than higher gen
  • writebarrier is needed here too (gen1 -> gen0 references)
• compaction
• stack rescanning (concurrent gc)
  • dealing with changes after mark

• non generational, non compaction, concurrent gc (tricolor gc)

gosched,
*global stack
g - goroutines
p - process (multiplexes g's)
m - machine

1. mark - finding objects / mem which is in use
2. sweep (unreachable obje/mem could be freed)

=== questions: ===

• write barrier usecase
• tcmalloc (non-compaction)
• non-generational ?

=== links ===
https://making.pusher.com/golangs-real-time-gc-in-theory-and-practice/ (gc tricolor cycles with animation)
golang/go#17503
http://neodooth.me/post/2017-09-05-stack-re-scanning-in-go/ (great article on write barrier)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/kjiyv2mv2pu/discussion (golang nuts discussion)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16699611