[External] : Re: Virtual thread memory leak because TrackingRootContainer keeps threads

[Andrew Haley]

On 7/22/24 23:24, robert engels wrote:
> But even if VT threads are not GC roots, a GC root must have a reference
>   to them, right?

Yes.

> (to the Loom team) Otherwise they would be immediately collected.

Which would be good, because if a virtual thread is not reachable from any
root, then it will never run (because no one can reach it.) So let's
immediately collect it.

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