Method: (MAX-WORK MARK-AND-SWEEP-HEAP)

Documentation

Returns the maximum possible amount of work that the garbage collector needs to do for one complete garbage collection.

Source

(defmethod max-work ((heap mark-and-sweep-heap))
  "Returns the maximum possible amount of work that the garbage
collector needs to do for one complete garbage collection."
  (+ 
   ;; Mark and sweep the object table
   (* 2 (nr-object-bytes heap))
   ;; Mark and sweep the heap
   (* 2 (nr-heap-bytes heap))))