From b4d12edc003aeb4deb46fc7a35c3a07754df09ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 09:59:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] xo-ordinaltree: notify gc when root changes in rbtree.erase

---
 include/xo/allocutil/IAlloc.hpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/xo/allocutil/IAlloc.hpp b/include/xo/allocutil/IAlloc.hpp
index 703e968..2c78b13 100644
--- a/include/xo/allocutil/IAlloc.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/allocutil/IAlloc.hpp
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ namespace xo {
              *  in-progress collection phase
              **/
             virtual bool check_move(IObject * /*src*/) const { return false; }
+            /** check write barrier (if impl has write barrier)
+             *  given an object @p parent that contains object pointer @p lhs.
+             **/
+            virtual bool check_write_barrier(IObject * /*parent*/,
+                                             IObject ** /*lhs*/,
+                                             bool /*may_throw*/) const { return true; };
             /** write barrier for collector.  perform assignment
              *    @code
              *    *lhs = rhs