Re: Is there any possible memory leak in GC?

[Stefan Monnier]

> After watching the use of `cons_free_list', I am confused about it.
> `cons_free_list' holds the unmarked cons cells during GC sweeping.
> When `cons' creates new cons cells, it picks any ones in
> `cons_free_list' if possible.  But each time when sweeping happens,
> `cons_free_list' is reset to 0, and its previous value is lost.  Since
> GC can run at any time with `garbage-collect', will this lead to
> memory leak or not?

No, it should not lead to any leak because it will find all the cells
that were still on the cons_free_list and add them back, while sweeping
the cons blocks.


        Stefan