Subj : gc_root_marker assert - meaning ?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : nick.longinow@brio.com (Nick Longinow)
Date : Fri Feb 07 2003 09:08 am

Hi

I'm seeing the code below asserting in a multithreaded
application.  It never occurred in my single-threaded
mode.  Any idea what to check for first ?  The notes in
the 1.5 codeline say its due to an object not being
properly unrooted.  

gc_root_marker(JSHashEntry *he, intN i, void *arg)
{
    void **rp = (void **)he->key;

    if (*rp) {
#ifdef DEBUG
	JSArena *a;
	JSRuntime *rt = (JSRuntime *)arg;
        JSBool root_points_to_gcArenaPool = JS_FALSE;
 
        if (rp && *rp) {
         for (a = rt->gcArenaPool.first.next; a; a = a->next) {
            if (*rp >= (void *)a->base && *rp <= (void *)a->avail) {
                root_points_to_gcArenaPool = JS_TRUE;
                break;
            }
        }
        JS_ASSERT(root_points_to_gcArenaPool);  // THIS IS ASSERTING
    }
#endif
	GC_MARK(arg, *rp, he->value ? he->value : "root", NULL);
    }
    return HT_ENUMERATE_NEXT;
}

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