Daily Archives: 21.07.2019
How golang garbage collection works
It is a Mark-and-Sweep GC. Phases Mark Stop-the-World: Set write barrier (to know how much was allocated during maark phase) Concurrent: Mark all memory which is still in use by the app Stop-the-World: Remove write barrier Concurrent: Sweep (it actually happens on new allocations) Details/Algorithm It’s a tri-color process: grey for objects to check, black …