Don't register disappearing links for non-heap objects.
[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / boehm-gc.h
1 #ifndef SCM_BOEHM_GC_H
2 #define SCM_BOEHM_GC_H
3
4 /* Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 *
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19 */
20
21 /* Correct header inclusion. */
22
23 #include "libguile/gen-scmconfig.h"
24
25 #ifdef SCM_I_GSC_USE_PTHREAD_THREADS
26
27 /* When pthreads are used, let `libgc' know about it and redirect allocation
28 calls such as `GC_MALLOC ()' to (contention-free, faster) thread-local
29 allocation. */
30
31 # define GC_THREADS 1
32 # define GC_REDIRECT_TO_LOCAL 1
33
34 #endif
35
36 #include <gc/gc.h>
37
38 #if (! ((defined GC_VERSION_MAJOR) && (GC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 7)))
39 /* This was needed with `libgc' 6.x. */
40 # include <gc/gc_local_alloc.h>
41 #endif
42
43 #if (defined GC_VERSION_MAJOR) && (GC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 7)
44 /* This type was provided by `libgc' 6.x. */
45 typedef void *GC_PTR;
46 #endif
47
48
49 #include <gc/gc_mark.h>
50
51 /* Return true if PTR points to the heap. */
52 #define SCM_I_IS_POINTER_TO_THE_HEAP(ptr) \
53 ((void *) (ptr) >= GC_least_plausible_heap_addr \
54 && (void *) (ptr) <= GC_greatest_plausible_heap_addr)
55
56 /* Register a disappearing link for the object pointed to by OBJ such that
57 the pointer pointed to be LINK is cleared when OBJ is reclaimed. Do so
58 only if OBJ actually points to the heap. See
59 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.garbage-collection.boehmgc/2563
60 for details. */
61 #define SCM_I_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
62 ((SCM_I_IS_POINTER_TO_THE_HEAP (obj)) \
63 ? GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK ((link), (obj)) \
64 : 0)
65
66
67 #endif /* SCM_BOEHM_GC_H */