What .NET 10 GC Changes Mean for Developers
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- #Garbage Collection
- #Performance Optimization
- #.NET 10
- .NET 10 introduces significant improvements in garbage collection (GC), potentially offering 2-3x better memory usage and speed.
- Key GC improvements include escape analysis for stack allocation, DATAS enabled by default, region size tuning, delegate optimization, and better write barrier elision.
- Escape analysis allows small, non-escaping objects to be stack-allocated, reducing GC pressure and improving performance.
- DATAS (Dynamic Adaptation To Application Sizes) dynamically adjusts heap/GC thresholds, optimizing memory usage for microservices and containers.
- Region size and range tuning in .NET 10 allows for more efficient memory management, especially for large heaps or constrained environments.
- Delegate and closure optimizations reduce memory overhead by stack-allocating non-escaping delegates.
- Write barrier optimization and improved devirtualization/inlining reduce CPU overhead in high-throughput scenarios.
- Heap hard limits and LOH tuning provide better control for memory-constrained deployments like containers.
- New runtime metrics and tools (e.g., dotnet-counters) help monitor GC behavior, including allocations, collections, and pause times.
- Some workloads may need to opt out of default GC behaviors (e.g., DATAS) for predictable performance in real-time or legacy systems.