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pull/13171/head
Joshua Haberman 15 years ago
parent dc4246db78
commit c6cba2af37
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      src/upb_def.c

@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ static int div_round_up(int numerator, int denominator) {
//
// The cycles in this graph are AB and ABC. When A's external refcount
// transitions from 0->1, we say that A takes "cycle references" on both
// cycles. Since A and B are common to both cycles, A and B's cycle refcounts
// will be incremented by two, and C's will be incremented by one. Likewise,
// when A's external refcount transitions from 1->0, we decrement A and B's
// cycle refcounts by two and C's by one. We collect a cyclic type when its
// cycle refcount drops to zero. A precondition for this is that the external
// refcount has dropped to zero also.
// cycles. Taking a cycle reference means incrementing the cycle refcount of
// all defs in the cycle. Since A and B are common to both cycles, A and B's
// cycle refcounts will be incremented by two, and C's will be incremented by
// one. Likewise, when A's external refcount transitions from 1->0, we
// decrement A and B's cycle refcounts by two and C's by one. We collect a
// cyclic type when its cycle refcount drops to zero. A precondition for this
// is that the external refcount has dropped to zero also.
//
// This algorithm is relatively cheap, since it only requires extra work when
// the external refcount on a cyclic type transitions from 0->1 or 1->0.

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