libguile/gc-malloc.c

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  18
  19
  20 \f
  21 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  22 #  include <config.h>
  23 #endif
  24
  25 #include <stdio.h>
  26 #include <errno.h>
  27 #include <string.h>
  28
  29 #ifdef __ia64__
  30 #include <ucontext.h>
  31 extern unsigned long * __libc_ia64_register_backing_store_base;
  32 #endif
  33
  34 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
  35 #include "libguile/eval.h"
  36 #include "libguile/stime.h"
  37 #include "libguile/stackchk.h"
  38 #include "libguile/struct.h"
  39 #include "libguile/smob.h"
  40 #include "libguile/arrays.h"
  41 #include "libguile/async.h"
  42 #include "libguile/ports.h"
  43 #include "libguile/root.h"
  44 #include "libguile/strings.h"
  45 #include "libguile/vectors.h"
  46 #include "libguile/weaks.h"
  47 #include "libguile/hashtab.h"
  48 #include "libguile/tags.h"
  49
  50 #include "libguile/validate.h"
  51 #include "libguile/deprecation.h"
  52 #include "libguile/gc.h"
  53
  54 #include "libguile/private-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   INIT_MALLOC_LIMIT is the initial amount of malloc usage which will
  70   trigger a GC.
  71
  72   After startup (at the guile> prompt), we have approximately 100k of
  73   alloced memory, which won't go away on GC. Let's set the init such
  74   that we get a nice yield on the next allocation:
  75 */
  76 #define SCM_DEFAULT_INIT_MALLOC_LIMIT 200*1024
  77 #define SCM_DEFAULT_MALLOC_MINYIELD 40
  78
  79 /* #define DEBUGINFO */
  80
  81
  82 \f
  83 /* Function for non-cell memory management.
  84  */
  85
  86 void *
  87 scm_realloc (void *mem, size_t size)
  88 {
  89   void *ptr;
  90
  91   SCM_SYSCALL (ptr = realloc (mem, size));
  92   if (ptr)
  93     return ptr;
  94
  95   /* Time is hard: trigger a full, ``stop-the-world'' GC, and try again.  */
  96   GC_gcollect ();
  97
  98   SCM_SYSCALL (ptr = realloc (mem, size));
  99   if (ptr)
 100     return ptr;
 101
 102   scm_memory_error ("realloc");
 103 }
 104
 105 void *
 106 scm_malloc (size_t sz)
 107 {
 108   return scm_realloc (NULL, sz);
 109 }
 110
 111 /*
 112   Hmm. Should we use the C convention for arguments (i.e. N_ELTS,
 113   SIZEOF_ELT)? --hwn
 114  */
 115 void *
 116 scm_calloc (size_t sz)
 117 {
 118   void * ptr;
 119
 120   /*
 121     By default, try to use calloc, as it is likely more efficient than
 122     calling memset by hand.
 123    */
 124   SCM_SYSCALL (ptr = calloc (sz, 1));
 125   if (ptr)
 126     return ptr;
 127
 128   ptr = scm_realloc (NULL, sz);
 129   memset (ptr, 0x0, sz);
 130   return ptr;
 131 }
 132
 133
 134 char *
 135 scm_strndup (const char *str, size_t n)
 136 {
 137   char *dst = scm_malloc (n + 1);
 138   memcpy (dst, str, n);
 139   dst[n] = 0;
 140   return dst;
 141 }
 142
 143 char *
 144 scm_strdup (const char *str)
 145 {
 146   return scm_strndup (str, strlen (str));
 147 }
 148
 149
 150
 151 void
 152 scm_gc_register_collectable_memory (void *mem, size_t size, const char *what)
 153 {
 154   /* Nothing to do.  */
 155 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG_MALLOC
 156   if (mem)
 157     scm_malloc_register (mem);
 158 #endif
 159 }
 160
 161
 162 void
 163 scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (void *mem, size_t size, const char *what)
 164 {
 165   /* Nothing to do.  */
 166 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG_MALLOC
 167   if (mem)
 168     scm_malloc_unregister (mem);
 169 #endif
 170 }
 171
 172 /* Allocate SIZE bytes of memory whose contents should not be scanned
 173    for pointers (useful, e.g., for strings).  Note though that this
 174    memory is *not* cleared; be sure to initialize it to prevent
 175    information leaks.  */
 176 void *
 177 scm_gc_malloc_pointerless (size_t size, const char *what)
 178 {
 179   return GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC (size);
 180 }
 181
 182 void *
 183 scm_gc_malloc (size_t size, const char *what)
 184 {
 185   void *ptr;
 186
 187   if (size == 0)
 188     /* `GC_MALLOC ()' doesn't handle zero.  */
 189     size = sizeof (void *);
 190
 191   ptr = GC_MALLOC (size);
 192
 193   return ptr;
 194 }
 195
 196 void *
 197 scm_gc_calloc (size_t size, const char *what)
 198 {
 199   /* `GC_MALLOC ()' always returns a zeroed buffer.  */
 200   return scm_gc_malloc (size, what);
 201 }
 202
 203
 204 void *
 205 scm_gc_realloc (void *mem, size_t old_size, size_t new_size, const char *what)
 206 {
 207   void *ptr;
 208
 209   ptr = GC_REALLOC (mem, new_size);
 210
 211 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG_MALLOC
 212   if (mem)
 213     scm_malloc_reregister (mem, ptr, what);
 214 #endif
 215
 216   return ptr;
 217 }
 218
 219 void
 220 scm_gc_free (void *mem, size_t size, const char *what)
 221 {
 222   scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (mem, size, what);
 223   GC_FREE (mem);
 224 }
 225
 226 char *
 227 scm_gc_strndup (const char *str, size_t n, const char *what)
 228 {
 229   char *dst = GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC (n + 1);
 230   memcpy (dst, str, n);
 231   dst[n] = 0;
 232   return dst;
 233 }
 234
 235 char *
 236 scm_gc_strdup (const char *str, const char *what)
 237 {
 238   return scm_gc_strndup (str, strlen (str), what);
 239 }
 240
 241 #if SCM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED == 1
 242
 243 /* {Deprecated front end to malloc}
 244  *
 245  * scm_must_malloc, scm_must_realloc, scm_must_free, scm_done_malloc,
 246  * scm_done_free
 247  *
 248  * These functions provide services comparable to malloc, realloc, and
 249  * free.
 250  *
 251  * There has been a fair amount of confusion around the use of these functions;
 252  * see "Memory Blocks" in the manual. They are totally unnecessary in 2.0 given
 253  * the Boehm GC.
 254  */
 255
 256 void *
 257 scm_must_malloc (size_t size, const char *what)
 258 {
 259   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 260     ("scm_must_malloc is deprecated.  "
 261      "Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead.");
 262
 263   return scm_gc_malloc (size, what);
 264 }
 265
 266 void *
 267 scm_must_realloc (void *where,
 268                   size_t old_size,
 269                   size_t size,
 270                   const char *what)
 271 {
 272   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 273     ("scm_must_realloc is deprecated.  "
 274      "Use scm_gc_realloc and scm_gc_free instead.");
 275
 276   return scm_gc_realloc (where, old_size, size, what);
 277 }
 278
 279 char *
 280 scm_must_strndup (const char *str, size_t length)
 281 {
 282   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 283     ("scm_must_strndup is deprecated.  "
 284      "Use scm_gc_strndup and scm_gc_free instead.");
 285
 286   return scm_gc_strndup (str, length, "string");
 287 }
 288
 289 char *
 290 scm_must_strdup (const char *str)
 291 {
 292   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 293     ("scm_must_strdup is deprecated.  "
 294      "Use scm_gc_strdup and scm_gc_free instead.");
 295
 296   return scm_gc_strdup (str, "string");
 297 }
 298
 299 void
 300 scm_must_free (void *obj)
 301 #define FUNC_NAME "scm_must_free"
 302 {
 303   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 304     ("scm_must_free is deprecated.  "
 305      "Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead.");
 306
 307 #ifdef GUILE_DEBUG_MALLOC
 308   scm_malloc_unregister (obj);
 309 #endif
 310
 311   GC_FREE (obj);
 312 }
 313 #undef FUNC_NAME
 314
 315
 316 void
 317 scm_done_malloc (long size)
 318 {
 319   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 320     ("scm_done_malloc is deprecated.  "
 321      "Use scm_gc_register_collectable_memory instead.");
 322
 323   if (size >= 0)
 324     scm_gc_register_collectable_memory (NULL, size, "foreign mallocs");
 325   else
 326     scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (NULL, -size, "foreign mallocs");
 327 }
 328
 329 void
 330 scm_done_free (long size)
 331 {
 332   scm_c_issue_deprecation_warning
 333     ("scm_done_free is deprecated.  "
 334      "Use scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory instead.");
 335
 336   if (size >= 0)
 337     scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (NULL, size, "foreign mallocs");
 338   else
 339     scm_gc_register_collectable_memory (NULL, -size, "foreign mallocs");
 340 }
 341
 342 #endif /* SCM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED == 1 */