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1 /* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 *
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16 */
17
18
19 /* #define DEBUGINFO */
20
21 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
22 # include <config.h>
23 #endif
24
25 #include <stdio.h>
26 #include <errno.h>
27 #include <string.h>
28 #include <assert.h>
29
30 #ifdef __ia64__
31 #include <ucontext.h>
32 extern unsigned long * __libc_ia64_register_backing_store_base;
33 #endif
34
35 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
36 #include "libguile/eval.h"
37 #include "libguile/stime.h"
38 #include "libguile/stackchk.h"
39 #include "libguile/struct.h"
40 #include "libguile/smob.h"
41 #include "libguile/unif.h"
42 #include "libguile/async.h"
43 #include "libguile/ports.h"
44 #include "libguile/root.h"
45 #include "libguile/strings.h"
46 #include "libguile/vectors.h"
47 #include "libguile/weaks.h"
48 #include "libguile/hashtab.h"
49 #include "libguile/tags.h"
50
51 #include "libguile/private-gc.h"
52 #include "libguile/validate.h"
53 #include "libguile/deprecation.h"
54 #include "libguile/gc.h"
55
56 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG_MALLOC
57 #include "libguile/debug-malloc.h"
58 #endif
59
60 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
61 #include <malloc.h>
62 #endif
63
64 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
65 #include <unistd.h>
66 #endif
67
68
69
70 unsigned int scm_gc_running_p = 0;
71
72 /* Lock this mutex before doing lazy sweeping.
73 */
74 scm_t_rec_mutex scm_i_sweep_mutex;
75
76 /* Set this to != 0 if every cell that is accessed shall be checked:
77 */
78 int scm_debug_cell_accesses_p = 0;
79 int scm_expensive_debug_cell_accesses_p = 0;
80
81 /* Set this to 0 if no additional gc's shall be performed, otherwise set it to
82 * the number of cell accesses after which a gc shall be called.
83 */
84 int scm_debug_cells_gc_interval = 0;
85
86 /*
87 Global variable, so you can switch it off at runtime by setting
88 scm_i_cell_validation_already_running.
89 */
90 int scm_i_cell_validation_already_running ;
91
92 #if (SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES == 1)
93
94
95 /*
96
97 Assert that the given object is a valid reference to a valid cell. This
98 test involves to determine whether the object is a cell pointer, whether
99 this pointer actually points into a heap segment and whether the cell
100 pointed to is not a free cell. Further, additional garbage collections may
101 get executed after a user defined number of cell accesses. This helps to
102 find places in the C code where references are dropped for extremely short
103 periods.
104
105 */
106 void
107 scm_i_expensive_validation_check (SCM cell)
108 {
109 if (!scm_in_heap_p (cell))
110 {
111 fprintf (stderr, "scm_assert_cell_valid: this object does not live in the heap: %lux\n",
112 (unsigned long) SCM_UNPACK (cell));
113 abort ();
114 }
115
116 /* If desired, perform additional garbage collections after a user
117 * defined number of cell accesses.
118 */
119 if (scm_debug_cells_gc_interval)
120 {
121 static unsigned int counter = 0;
122
123 if (counter != 0)
124 {
125 --counter;
126 }
127 else
128 {
129 counter = scm_debug_cells_gc_interval;
130 scm_igc ("scm_assert_cell_valid");
131 }
132 }
133 }
134
135 void
136 scm_assert_cell_valid (SCM cell)
137 {
138 if (!scm_i_cell_validation_already_running && scm_debug_cell_accesses_p)
139 {
140 scm_i_cell_validation_already_running = 1; /* set to avoid recursion */
141
142 /*
143 During GC, no user-code should be run, and the guile core
144 should use non-protected accessors.
145 */
146 if (scm_gc_running_p)
147 return;
148
149 /*
150 Only scm_in_heap_p and rescanning the heap is wildly
151 expensive.
152 */
153 if (scm_expensive_debug_cell_accesses_p)
154 scm_i_expensive_validation_check (cell);
155
156 if (!SCM_GC_MARK_P (cell))
157 {
158 fprintf (stderr,
159 "scm_assert_cell_valid: this object is unmarked. \n"
160 "It has been garbage-collected in the last GC run: "
161 "%lux\n",
162 (unsigned long) SCM_UNPACK (cell));
163 abort ();
164 }
165
166 scm_i_cell_validation_already_running = 0; /* re-enable */
167 }
168 }
169
170
171
172 SCM_DEFINE (scm_set_debug_cell_accesses_x, "set-debug-cell-accesses!", 1, 0, 0,
173 (SCM flag),
174 "If @var{flag} is @code{#f}, cell access checking is disabled.\n"
175 "If @var{flag} is @code{#t}, cheap cell access checking is enabled,\n"
176 "but no additional calls to garbage collection are issued.\n"
177 "If @var{flag} is a number, strict cell access checking is enabled,\n"
178 "with an additional garbage collection after the given\n"
179 "number of cell accesses.\n"
180 "This procedure only exists when the compile-time flag\n"
181 "@code{SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES} was set to 1.")
182 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_set_debug_cell_accesses_x
183 {
184 if (SCM_FALSEP (flag))
185 {
186 scm_debug_cell_accesses_p = 0;
187 }
188 else if (SCM_EQ_P (flag, SCM_BOOL_T))
189 {
190 scm_debug_cells_gc_interval = 0;
191 scm_debug_cell_accesses_p = 1;
192 scm_expensive_debug_cell_accesses_p = 0;
193 }
194 else if (SCM_INUMP (flag))
195 {
196 long int f = SCM_INUM (flag);
197 if (f <= 0)
198 SCM_OUT_OF_RANGE (1, flag);
199 scm_debug_cells_gc_interval = f;
200 scm_debug_cell_accesses_p = 1;
201 scm_expensive_debug_cell_accesses_p = 1;
202 }
203 else
204 {
205 SCM_WRONG_TYPE_ARG (1, flag);
206 }
207 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
208 }
209 #undef FUNC_NAME
210 #else
211
212 /*
213 Provide a stub, so people can use their Scheme code on non-debug
214 versions of GUILE as well.
215 */
216 SCM_DEFINE (scm_set_debug_cell_accesses_x, "set-debug-cell-accesses!", 1, 0, 0,
217 (SCM flag),
218 "This function is used to turn on checking for a debug version of GUILE. This version does not support this functionality\n")
219 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_set_debug_cell_accesses_x
220 {
221
222 /*
223 do nothing
224 */
225 fprintf (stderr, "\nWARNING: GUILE was not compiled with SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES");
226 scm_remember_upto_here (flag);
227 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
228 }
229 #undef FUNC_NAME
230
231 #endif /* SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES == 1 */
232
233 \f
234
235 scm_t_key scm_i_freelist;
236 scm_t_key scm_i_freelist2;
237
238
239 /* scm_mtrigger
240 * is the number of bytes of malloc allocation needed to trigger gc.
241 */
242 unsigned long scm_mtrigger;
243
244 /* scm_gc_heap_lock
245 * If set, don't expand the heap. Set only during gc, during which no allocation
246 * is supposed to take place anyway.
247 */
248 int scm_gc_heap_lock = 0;
249
250 /* GC Blocking
251 * Don't pause for collection if this is set -- just
252 * expand the heap.
253 */
254 int scm_block_gc = 1;
255
256 /* During collection, this accumulates objects holding
257 * weak references.
258 */
259 SCM scm_weak_vectors;
260
261 /* GC Statistics Keeping
262 */
263 unsigned long scm_cells_allocated = 0;
264 unsigned long scm_mallocated = 0;
265 unsigned long scm_gc_cells_collected;
266 unsigned long scm_gc_cells_collected_1 = 0; /* previous GC yield */
267 unsigned long scm_gc_malloc_collected;
268 unsigned long scm_gc_ports_collected;
269 unsigned long scm_gc_time_taken = 0;
270 static unsigned long t_before_gc;
271 unsigned long scm_gc_mark_time_taken = 0;
272 unsigned long scm_gc_times = 0;
273 unsigned long scm_gc_cells_swept = 0;
274 double scm_gc_cells_marked_acc = 0.;
275 double scm_gc_cells_swept_acc = 0.;
276 int scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage =0;
277 int scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage = 0;
278
279
280 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_cells_allocated, "cells-allocated");
281 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_heap_size, "cell-heap-size");
282 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_mallocated, "bytes-malloced");
283 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_mtrigger, "gc-malloc-threshold");
284 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_heap_segments, "cell-heap-segments");
285 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_gc_time_taken, "gc-time-taken");
286 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_gc_mark_time_taken, "gc-mark-time-taken");
287 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_times, "gc-times");
288 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_cells_marked, "cells-marked");
289 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_cells_swept, "cells-swept");
290 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_malloc_yield, "malloc-yield");
291 SCM_SYMBOL (sym_cell_yield, "cell-yield");
292
293
294
295
296 /* Number of calls to SCM_NEWCELL since startup. */
297 unsigned scm_newcell_count;
298 unsigned scm_newcell2_count;
299
300
301 /* {Scheme Interface to GC}
302 */
303 extern int scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage;
304 SCM_DEFINE (scm_gc_stats, "gc-stats", 0, 0, 0,
305 (),
306 "Return an association list of statistics about Guile's current\n"
307 "use of storage.\n")
308 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gc_stats
309 {
310 long i = 0;
311 SCM heap_segs = SCM_EOL ;
312 unsigned long int local_scm_mtrigger;
313 unsigned long int local_scm_mallocated;
314 unsigned long int local_scm_heap_size;
315 int local_scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage;
316 int local_scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage;
317 unsigned long int local_scm_cells_allocated;
318 unsigned long int local_scm_gc_time_taken;
319 unsigned long int local_scm_gc_times;
320 unsigned long int local_scm_gc_mark_time_taken;
321 double local_scm_gc_cells_swept;
322 double local_scm_gc_cells_marked;
323 SCM answer;
324 unsigned long *bounds = 0;
325 int table_size = scm_i_heap_segment_table_size;
326 SCM_DEFER_INTS;
327
328 /*
329 temporarily store the numbers, so as not to cause GC.
330 */
331
332 bounds = malloc (sizeof (int) * table_size * 2);
333 if (!bounds)
334 abort();
335 for (i = table_size; i--; )
336 {
337 bounds[2*i] = (unsigned long)scm_i_heap_segment_table[i]->bounds[0];
338 bounds[2*i+1] = (unsigned long)scm_i_heap_segment_table[i]->bounds[1];
339 }
340
341
342 /* Below, we cons to produce the resulting list. We want a snapshot of
343 * the heap situation before consing.
344 */
345 local_scm_mtrigger = scm_mtrigger;
346 local_scm_mallocated = scm_mallocated;
347 local_scm_heap_size = SCM_HEAP_SIZE;
348
349 local_scm_cells_allocated = scm_cells_allocated;
350
351 local_scm_gc_time_taken = scm_gc_time_taken;
352 local_scm_gc_mark_time_taken = scm_gc_mark_time_taken;
353 local_scm_gc_times = scm_gc_times;
354 local_scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage = scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage;
355 local_scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage= scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage;
356
357 local_scm_gc_cells_swept =
358 (double) scm_gc_cells_swept_acc
359 + (double) scm_gc_cells_swept;
360 local_scm_gc_cells_marked = scm_gc_cells_marked_acc
361 +(double) scm_gc_cells_swept
362 -(double) scm_gc_cells_collected;
363
364 for (i = table_size; i--;)
365 {
366 heap_segs = scm_cons (scm_cons (scm_ulong2num (bounds[2*i]),
367 scm_ulong2num (bounds[2*i+1])),
368 heap_segs);
369 }
370
371 answer = scm_list_n (scm_cons (sym_gc_time_taken, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_gc_time_taken)),
372 scm_cons (sym_cells_allocated, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_cells_allocated)),
373 scm_cons (sym_heap_size, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_heap_size)),
374 scm_cons (sym_mallocated, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_mallocated)),
375 scm_cons (sym_mtrigger, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_mtrigger)),
376 scm_cons (sym_times, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_gc_times)),
377 scm_cons (sym_gc_mark_time_taken, scm_ulong2num (local_scm_gc_mark_time_taken)),
378 scm_cons (sym_cells_marked, scm_i_dbl2big (local_scm_gc_cells_marked)),
379 scm_cons (sym_cells_swept, scm_i_dbl2big (local_scm_gc_cells_swept)),
380 scm_cons (sym_malloc_yield, scm_long2num (local_scm_gc_malloc_yield_percentage)),
381 scm_cons (sym_cell_yield, scm_long2num (local_scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage)),
382 scm_cons (sym_heap_segments, heap_segs),
383 SCM_UNDEFINED);
384 SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
385
386 free (bounds);
387 return answer;
388 }
389 #undef FUNC_NAME
390
391 static void
392 gc_start_stats (const char *what SCM_UNUSED)
393 {
394 t_before_gc = scm_c_get_internal_run_time ();
395
396 scm_gc_cells_marked_acc += (double) scm_gc_cells_swept
397 - (double) scm_gc_cells_collected;
398 scm_gc_cells_swept_acc += (double) scm_gc_cells_swept;
399
400 scm_gc_cell_yield_percentage = ( scm_gc_cells_collected * 100 ) / SCM_HEAP_SIZE;
401
402 scm_gc_cells_swept = 0;
403 scm_gc_cells_collected_1 = scm_gc_cells_collected;
404
405 /*
406 CELLS SWEPT is another word for the number of cells that were
407 examined during GC. YIELD is the number that we cleaned
408 out. MARKED is the number that weren't cleaned.
409 */
410 scm_gc_cells_collected = 0;
411 scm_gc_malloc_collected = 0;
412 scm_gc_ports_collected = 0;
413 }
414
415 static void
416 gc_end_stats ()
417 {
418 unsigned long t = scm_c_get_internal_run_time ();
419 scm_gc_time_taken += (t - t_before_gc);
420
421 ++scm_gc_times;
422 }
423
424
425 SCM_DEFINE (scm_object_address, "object-address", 1, 0, 0,
426 (SCM obj),
427 "Return an integer that for the lifetime of @var{obj} is uniquely\n"
428 "returned by this function for @var{obj}")
429 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_object_address
430 {
431 return scm_ulong2num ((unsigned long) SCM_UNPACK (obj));
432 }
433 #undef FUNC_NAME
434
435
436 SCM_DEFINE (scm_gc, "gc", 0, 0, 0,
437 (),
438 "Scans all of SCM objects and reclaims for further use those that are\n"
439 "no longer accessible.")
440 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gc
441 {
442 scm_igc ("call");
443 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
444 }
445 #undef FUNC_NAME
446
447
448 \f
449
450 /* When we get POSIX threads support, the master will be global and
451 * common while the freelist will be individual for each thread.
452 */
453
454 SCM
455 scm_gc_for_newcell (scm_t_cell_type_statistics *freelist, SCM *free_cells)
456 {
457 SCM cell;
458
459 scm_rec_mutex_lock (&scm_i_sweep_mutex);
460
461 *free_cells = scm_i_sweep_some_segments (freelist);
462 if (*free_cells == SCM_EOL && scm_i_gc_grow_heap_p (freelist))
463 {
464 freelist->heap_segment_idx = scm_i_get_new_heap_segment (freelist, abort_on_error);
465 *free_cells = scm_i_sweep_some_segments (freelist);
466 }
467
468 if (*free_cells == SCM_EOL && !scm_block_gc)
469 {
470 /*
471 with the advent of lazy sweep, GC yield is only know just
472 before doing the GC.
473 */
474 scm_i_adjust_min_yield (freelist);
475
476 /*
477 out of fresh cells. Try to get some new ones.
478 */
479
480 scm_igc ("cells");
481
482 *free_cells = scm_i_sweep_some_segments (freelist);
483 }
484
485 if (*free_cells == SCM_EOL)
486 {
487 /*
488 failed getting new cells. Get new juice or die.
489 */
490 freelist->heap_segment_idx = scm_i_get_new_heap_segment (freelist, abort_on_error);
491 *free_cells = scm_i_sweep_some_segments (freelist);
492 }
493
494 if (*free_cells == SCM_EOL)
495 abort ();
496
497 cell = *free_cells;
498
499 *free_cells = SCM_FREE_CELL_CDR (cell);
500
501 scm_rec_mutex_unlock (&scm_i_sweep_mutex);
502
503 return cell;
504 }
505
506
507 scm_t_c_hook scm_before_gc_c_hook;
508 scm_t_c_hook scm_before_mark_c_hook;
509 scm_t_c_hook scm_before_sweep_c_hook;
510 scm_t_c_hook scm_after_sweep_c_hook;
511 scm_t_c_hook scm_after_gc_c_hook;
512
513 void
514 scm_igc (const char *what)
515 {
516 scm_rec_mutex_lock (&scm_i_sweep_mutex);
517 ++scm_gc_running_p;
518 scm_c_hook_run (&scm_before_gc_c_hook, 0);
519
520 #ifdef DEBUGINFO
521 fprintf (stderr,"gc reason %s\n", what);
522
523 fprintf (stderr,
524 SCM_NULLP (*SCM_FREELIST_LOC (scm_i_freelist))
525 ? "*"
526 : (SCM_NULLP (*SCM_FREELIST_LOC (scm_i_freelist2)) ? "o" : "m"));
527 #endif
528
529 /* During the critical section, only the current thread may run. */
530 scm_i_thread_put_to_sleep ();
531
532 if (!scm_root || !scm_stack_base || scm_block_gc)
533 {
534 --scm_gc_running_p;
535 return;
536 }
537
538 gc_start_stats (what);
539
540 if (scm_gc_heap_lock)
541 /* We've invoked the collector while a GC is already in progress.
542 That should never happen. */
543 abort ();
544
545 ++scm_gc_heap_lock;
546
547 /*
548 Let's finish the sweep. The conservative GC might point into the
549 garbage, and marking that would create a mess.
550 */
551 scm_i_sweep_all_segments("GC");
552 if (scm_mallocated < scm_i_deprecated_memory_return)
553 {
554 /* The byte count of allocated objects has underflowed. This is
555 probably because you forgot to report the sizes of objects you
556 have allocated, by calling scm_done_malloc or some such. When
557 the GC freed them, it subtracted their size from
558 scm_mallocated, which underflowed. */
559 fprintf (stderr,
560 "scm_gc_sweep: Byte count of allocated objects has underflowed.\n"
561 "This is probably because the GC hasn't been correctly informed\n"
562 "about object sizes\n");
563 abort ();
564 }
565 scm_mallocated -= scm_i_deprecated_memory_return;
566
567
568
569 scm_c_hook_run (&scm_before_mark_c_hook, 0);
570
571 scm_mark_all ();
572
573 scm_gc_mark_time_taken += (scm_c_get_internal_run_time () - t_before_gc);
574
575 scm_c_hook_run (&scm_before_sweep_c_hook, 0);
576
577 /*
578 Moved this lock upwards so that we can alloc new heap at the end of a sweep.
579
580 DOCME: why should the heap be locked anyway?
581 */
582 --scm_gc_heap_lock;
583
584 scm_gc_sweep ();
585
586
587 /*
588 TODO: this hook should probably be moved to just before the mark,
589 since that's where the sweep is finished in lazy sweeping.
590
591 MDJ 030219 <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>: No, probably not. The
592 original meaning implied at least two things: that it would be
593 called when
594
595 1. the freelist is re-initialized (no evaluation possible, though)
596
597 and
598
599 2. the heap is "fresh"
600 (it is well-defined what data is used and what is not)
601
602 Neither of these conditions would hold just before the mark phase.
603
604 Of course, the lazy sweeping has muddled the distinction between
605 scm_before_sweep_c_hook and scm_after_sweep_c_hook, but even if
606 there were no difference, it would still be useful to have two
607 distinct classes of hook functions since this can prevent some
608 bad interference when several modules adds gc hooks.
609 */
610 scm_c_hook_run (&scm_after_sweep_c_hook, 0);
611 gc_end_stats ();
612
613 scm_i_thread_wake_up ();
614
615 /*
616 See above.
617 */
618 scm_c_hook_run (&scm_after_gc_c_hook, 0);
619 --scm_gc_running_p;
620 scm_rec_mutex_unlock (&scm_i_sweep_mutex);
621
622 /*
623 For debugging purposes, you could do
624 scm_i_sweep_all_segments("debug"), but then the remains of the
625 cell aren't left to analyse.
626 */
627 }
628
629 \f
630 /* {GC Protection Helper Functions}
631 */
632
633
634 /*
635 * If within a function you need to protect one or more scheme objects from
636 * garbage collection, pass them as parameters to one of the
637 * scm_remember_upto_here* functions below. These functions don't do
638 * anything, but since the compiler does not know that they are actually
639 * no-ops, it will generate code that calls these functions with the given
640 * parameters. Therefore, you can be sure that the compiler will keep those
641 * scheme values alive (on the stack or in a register) up to the point where
642 * scm_remember_upto_here* is called. In other words, place the call to
643 * scm_remember_upto_here* _behind_ the last code in your function, that
644 * depends on the scheme object to exist.
645 *
646 * Example: We want to make sure that the string object str does not get
647 * garbage collected during the execution of 'some_function' in the code
648 * below, because otherwise the characters belonging to str would be freed and
649 * 'some_function' might access freed memory. To make sure that the compiler
650 * keeps str alive on the stack or in a register such that it is visible to
651 * the conservative gc we add the call to scm_remember_upto_here_1 _after_ the
652 * call to 'some_function'. Note that this would not be necessary if str was
653 * used anyway after the call to 'some_function'.
654 * char *chars = SCM_STRING_CHARS (str);
655 * some_function (chars);
656 * scm_remember_upto_here_1 (str); // str will be alive up to this point.
657 */
658
659 void
660 scm_remember_upto_here_1 (SCM obj SCM_UNUSED)
661 {
662 /* Empty. Protects a single object from garbage collection. */
663 }
664
665 void
666 scm_remember_upto_here_2 (SCM obj1 SCM_UNUSED, SCM obj2 SCM_UNUSED)
667 {
668 /* Empty. Protects two objects from garbage collection. */
669 }
670
671 void
672 scm_remember_upto_here (SCM obj SCM_UNUSED, ...)
673 {
674 /* Empty. Protects any number of objects from garbage collection. */
675 }
676
677 /*
678 These crazy functions prevent garbage collection
679 of arguments after the first argument by
680 ensuring they remain live throughout the
681 function because they are used in the last
682 line of the code block.
683 It'd be better to have a nice compiler hint to
684 aid the conservative stack-scanning GC. --03/09/00 gjb */
685 SCM
686 scm_return_first (SCM elt, ...)
687 {
688 return elt;
689 }
690
691 int
692 scm_return_first_int (int i, ...)
693 {
694 return i;
695 }
696
697
698 SCM
699 scm_permanent_object (SCM obj)
700 {
701 SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
702 scm_permobjs = scm_cons (obj, scm_permobjs);
703 SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
704 return obj;
705 }
706
707
708 /* Protect OBJ from the garbage collector. OBJ will not be freed, even if all
709 other references are dropped, until the object is unprotected by calling
710 scm_gc_unprotect_object (OBJ). Calls to scm_gc_protect/unprotect_object nest,
711 i. e. it is possible to protect the same object several times, but it is
712 necessary to unprotect the object the same number of times to actually get
713 the object unprotected. It is an error to unprotect an object more often
714 than it has been protected before. The function scm_protect_object returns
715 OBJ.
716 */
717
718 /* Implementation note: For every object X, there is a counter which
719 scm_gc_protect_object(X) increments and scm_gc_unprotect_object(X) decrements.
720 */
721
722 SCM
723 scm_gc_protect_object (SCM obj)
724 {
725 SCM handle;
726
727 /* This critical section barrier will be replaced by a mutex. */
728 SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
729
730 handle = scm_hashq_create_handle_x (scm_protects, obj, SCM_MAKINUM (0));
731 SCM_SETCDR (handle, scm_sum (SCM_CDR (handle), SCM_MAKINUM (1)));
732
733 SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
734
735 return obj;
736 }
737
738
739 /* Remove any protection for OBJ established by a prior call to
740 scm_protect_object. This function returns OBJ.
741
742 See scm_protect_object for more information. */
743 SCM
744 scm_gc_unprotect_object (SCM obj)
745 {
746 SCM handle;
747
748 /* This critical section barrier will be replaced by a mutex. */
749 SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
750
751 handle = scm_hashq_get_handle (scm_protects, obj);
752
753 if (SCM_FALSEP (handle))
754 {
755 fprintf (stderr, "scm_unprotect_object called on unprotected object\n");
756 abort ();
757 }
758 else
759 {
760 SCM count = scm_difference (SCM_CDR (handle), SCM_MAKINUM (1));
761 if (SCM_EQ_P (count, SCM_MAKINUM (0)))
762 scm_hashq_remove_x (scm_protects, obj);
763 else
764 SCM_SETCDR (handle, count);
765 }
766
767 SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
768
769 return obj;
770 }
771
772 void
773 scm_gc_register_root (SCM *p)
774 {
775 SCM handle;
776 SCM key = scm_long2num ((long) p);
777
778 /* This critical section barrier will be replaced by a mutex. */
779 SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
780
781 handle = scm_hashv_create_handle_x (scm_gc_registered_roots, key, SCM_MAKINUM (0));
782 SCM_SETCDR (handle, scm_sum (SCM_CDR (handle), SCM_MAKINUM (1)));
783
784 SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
785 }
786
787 void
788 scm_gc_unregister_root (SCM *p)
789 {
790 SCM handle;
791 SCM key = scm_long2num ((long) p);
792
793 /* This critical section barrier will be replaced by a mutex. */
794 SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
795
796 handle = scm_hashv_get_handle (scm_gc_registered_roots, key);
797
798 if (SCM_FALSEP (handle))
799 {
800 fprintf (stderr, "scm_gc_unregister_root called on unregistered root\n");
801 abort ();
802 }
803 else
804 {
805 SCM count = scm_difference (SCM_CDR (handle), SCM_MAKINUM (1));
806 if (SCM_EQ_P (count, SCM_MAKINUM (0)))
807 scm_hashv_remove_x (scm_gc_registered_roots, key);
808 else
809 SCM_SETCDR (handle, count);
810 }
811
812 SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
813 }
814
815 void
816 scm_gc_register_roots (SCM *b, unsigned long n)
817 {
818 SCM *p = b;
819 for (; p < b + n; ++p)
820 scm_gc_register_root (p);
821 }
822
823 void
824 scm_gc_unregister_roots (SCM *b, unsigned long n)
825 {
826 SCM *p = b;
827 for (; p < b + n; ++p)
828 scm_gc_unregister_root (p);
829 }
830
831 int scm_i_terminating;
832
833 /* called on process termination. */
834 #ifdef HAVE_ATEXIT
835 static void
836 cleanup (void)
837 #else
838 #ifdef HAVE_ON_EXIT
839 extern int on_exit (void (*procp) (), int arg);
840
841 static void
842 cleanup (int status, void *arg)
843 #else
844 #error Dont know how to setup a cleanup handler on your system.
845 #endif
846 #endif
847 {
848 scm_i_terminating = 1;
849 scm_flush_all_ports ();
850 }
851
852 \f
853
854
855 /*
856 MOVE THIS FUNCTION. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TODO WITH GC.
857 */
858
859 /* Get an integer from an environment variable. */
860 int
861 scm_getenv_int (const char *var, int def)
862 {
863 char *end = 0;
864 char *val = getenv (var);
865 long res = def;
866 if (!val)
867 return def;
868 res = strtol (val, &end, 10);
869 if (end == val)
870 return def;
871 return res;
872 }
873
874 void
875 scm_storage_prehistory ()
876 {
877 scm_c_hook_init (&scm_before_gc_c_hook, 0, SCM_C_HOOK_NORMAL);
878 scm_c_hook_init (&scm_before_mark_c_hook, 0, SCM_C_HOOK_NORMAL);
879 scm_c_hook_init (&scm_before_sweep_c_hook, 0, SCM_C_HOOK_NORMAL);
880 scm_c_hook_init (&scm_after_sweep_c_hook, 0, SCM_C_HOOK_NORMAL);
881 scm_c_hook_init (&scm_after_gc_c_hook, 0, SCM_C_HOOK_NORMAL);
882 }
883
884 int
885 scm_init_storage ()
886 {
887 size_t j;
888
889 /* Fixme: Should use mutexattr from the low-level API. */
890 scm_rec_mutex_init (&scm_i_sweep_mutex, &scm_i_plugin_rec_mutex);
891
892 j = SCM_NUM_PROTECTS;
893 while (j)
894 scm_sys_protects[--j] = SCM_BOOL_F;
895 scm_block_gc = 1;
896
897 scm_gc_init_freelist();
898 scm_gc_init_malloc ();
899
900 j = SCM_HEAP_SEG_SIZE;
901
902
903 /* Initialise the list of ports. */
904 scm_i_port_table = (scm_t_port **)
905 malloc (sizeof (scm_t_port *) * scm_i_port_table_room);
906 if (!scm_i_port_table)
907 return 1;
908
909 #ifdef HAVE_ATEXIT
910 atexit (cleanup);
911 #else
912 #ifdef HAVE_ON_EXIT
913 on_exit (cleanup, 0);
914 #endif
915 #endif
916
917 scm_stand_in_procs = SCM_EOL;
918 scm_permobjs = SCM_EOL;
919 scm_protects = scm_c_make_hash_table (31);
920 scm_gc_registered_roots = scm_c_make_hash_table (31);
921
922 return 0;
923 }
924
925 \f
926
927 SCM scm_after_gc_hook;
928
929 static SCM gc_async;
930
931 /* The function gc_async_thunk causes the execution of the after-gc-hook. It
932 * is run after the gc, as soon as the asynchronous events are handled by the
933 * evaluator.
934 */
935 static SCM
936 gc_async_thunk (void)
937 {
938 scm_c_run_hook (scm_after_gc_hook, SCM_EOL);
939 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
940 }
941
942
943 /* The function mark_gc_async is run by the scm_after_gc_c_hook at the end of
944 * the garbage collection. The only purpose of this function is to mark the
945 * gc_async (which will eventually lead to the execution of the
946 * gc_async_thunk).
947 */
948 static void *
949 mark_gc_async (void * hook_data SCM_UNUSED,
950 void *func_data SCM_UNUSED,
951 void *data SCM_UNUSED)
952 {
953 /* If cell access debugging is enabled, the user may choose to perform
954 * additional garbage collections after an arbitrary number of cell
955 * accesses. We don't want the scheme level after-gc-hook to be performed
956 * for each of these garbage collections for the following reason: The
957 * execution of the after-gc-hook causes cell accesses itself. Thus, if the
958 * after-gc-hook was performed with every gc, and if the gc was performed
959 * after a very small number of cell accesses, then the number of cell
960 * accesses during the execution of the after-gc-hook will suffice to cause
961 * the execution of the next gc. Then, guile would keep executing the
962 * after-gc-hook over and over again, and would never come to do other
963 * things.
964 *
965 * To overcome this problem, if cell access debugging with additional
966 * garbage collections is enabled, the after-gc-hook is never run by the
967 * garbage collecter. When running guile with cell access debugging and the
968 * execution of the after-gc-hook is desired, then it is necessary to run
969 * the hook explicitly from the user code. This has the effect, that from
970 * the scheme level point of view it seems that garbage collection is
971 * performed with a much lower frequency than it actually is. Obviously,
972 * this will not work for code that depends on a fixed one to one
973 * relationship between the execution counts of the C level garbage
974 * collection hooks and the execution count of the scheme level
975 * after-gc-hook.
976 */
977 #if (SCM_DEBUG_CELL_ACCESSES == 1)
978 if (scm_debug_cells_gc_interval == 0)
979 scm_system_async_mark (gc_async);
980 #else
981 scm_system_async_mark (gc_async);
982 #endif
983
984 return NULL;
985 }
986
987 void
988 scm_init_gc ()
989 {
990 scm_gc_init_mark ();
991
992 scm_after_gc_hook = scm_permanent_object (scm_make_hook (SCM_INUM0));
993 scm_c_define ("after-gc-hook", scm_after_gc_hook);
994
995 gc_async = scm_c_make_subr ("%gc-thunk", scm_tc7_subr_0,
996 gc_async_thunk);
997
998 scm_c_hook_add (&scm_after_gc_c_hook, mark_gc_async, NULL, 0);
999
1000 #include "libguile/gc.x"
1001 }
1002
1003
1004 void
1005 scm_gc_sweep (void)
1006 #define FUNC_NAME "scm_gc_sweep"
1007 {
1008 scm_i_deprecated_memory_return = 0;
1009
1010 scm_i_gc_sweep_freelist_reset (&scm_i_master_freelist);
1011 scm_i_gc_sweep_freelist_reset (&scm_i_master_freelist2);
1012
1013 /*
1014 NOTHING HERE: LAZY SWEEPING !
1015 */
1016 scm_i_reset_segments ();
1017
1018 /* When we move to POSIX threads private freelists should probably
1019 be GC-protected instead. */
1020 *SCM_FREELIST_LOC (scm_i_freelist) = SCM_EOL;
1021 *SCM_FREELIST_LOC (scm_i_freelist2) = SCM_EOL;
1022
1023 /* Invalidate the freelists of other threads. */
1024 scm_i_thread_invalidate_freelists ();
1025 }
1026
1027 #undef FUNC_NAME
1028
1029
1030
1031 /*
1032 Local Variables:
1033 c-file-style: "gnu"
1034 End:
1035 */