Re: LuaJIT - Trace aborted again

[Mike Pall <mikelu-1107@...>]

Benjamin Segovia wrote:
> Note that HotPathVM paper:
> 
> really makes me understand how Luajit works in a high-level
> perspective. (Mike, correct me if I am wrong, but the overall design
> is close to this paper, right?)

Ok, so it's a trace compiler and hotspot detection is done with
an interpreter. But that's how most JIT trace-compilers work.
Everything else is quite different.

Sorry, but there's no comprehensive summary of LuaJIT's design.
I guess you'll have to read the source and/or my older postings
to the list and elsewhere.

--Mike