Also does gollvm create a new stack map? I think it does not use the stack 
map <https://releases.llvm.org/11.0.1/docs/StackMaps.html#stackmap-format> 
created by LLVM.

Thank you,
Kavindu
On Friday, 9 July 2021 at 19:35:03 UTC+5:30 Kavindu Gimhan Zoysa wrote:

> Thank you Than, Is go scheduler is responsible for running GC?
>
> On Friday, 9 July 2021 at 19:14:43 UTC+5:30 th...@google.com wrote:
>
>> >1. If we do not enable the gc (-enable-gc=1), GC assumes all the stack 
>> memory blocks are pointed to the heap.
>> >2. If gc is enabled, it inserts statepoints and generates the stack map 
>> (by LLVM). Using that stack map, GC can find where the actual heap 
>> references are located.
>>
>> Yes, this is basically correct.
>>
>>
>> >As per my understanding, GC is common for both cases (still I was unbale 
>> to find the source code for this GC).
>>
>> The GC is located in the Go runtime, the version incorporated into libgo 
>> in gofrontend. See
>>
>>
>> https://go.googlesource.com/gofrontend/+/01cb2b5e69a2d08ef3cc1ea023c22ed9b79f5114/libgo/go/runtime/mgc.go
>>
>> Cheers, Than
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 9:16 AM Kavindu Gimhan Zoysa <kavin...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> By looking at the source code, and other mail theads in group, I was 
>>> able to understand the sopport of GC by gollvm upto some extend. 
>>>
>>> 1. If we do not enable the gc (-enable-gc=1), GC assumes all the stack 
>>> memory blocks are pointed to the heap.
>>> 2. If gc is enabled, it inserts statepoints and generates the stack map 
>>> (by LLVM). Using that stack map, GC can find where the actual heap 
>>> references are located.
>>>
>>> As per my understanding, GC is common for both cases (still I was unbale 
>>> to find the source code for this GC). 
>>>
>>> I really appreciate if you can correct me if I am wrong.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Kavindu
>>>
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