2 * sgen-conf.h: Tunable parameters and debugging switches.
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22 #ifndef __MONO_SGENCONF_H__
23 #define __MONO_SGENCONF_H__
25 /*Basic defines and static tunables */
27 #if SIZEOF_VOID_P == 4
28 typedef guint32 mword;
29 #define MWORD_MAX_VALUE ((uint32_t) 0xffffffff)
31 typedef guint64 mword;
32 #define MWORD_MAX_VALUE (G_MAXUINT64)
37 * Turning on heavy statistics will turn off the managed allocator and
38 * the managed write barrier.
40 //#define HEAVY_STATISTICS
43 * Define this to allow the user to change the nursery size by
44 * specifying its value in the MONO_GC_PARAMS environmental
45 * variable. See mono_gc_base_init for details.
51 * If this is set, the nursery is aligned to an address aligned to its size, ie.
52 * a 1MB nursery will be aligned to an address divisible by 1MB. This allows us to
53 * speed up ptr_in_nursery () checks which are very frequent. This requires the
54 * nursery size to be a compile time constant.
56 #define SGEN_ALIGN_NURSERY 1
59 * The binary protocol enables logging a lot of the GC ativity in a way that is not very
60 * intrusive and produce a compact file that can be searched using a custom tool.
63 //#define SGEN_BINARY_PROTOCOL
66 * This enables checks whenever objects are enqueued in gray queues.
67 * Right now the only check done is that we never enqueue nursery
68 * pointers in the concurrent collector.
70 //#define SGEN_CHECK_GRAY_OBJECT_ENQUEUE
73 * Define this and use the "xdomain-checks" MONO_GC_DEBUG option to
74 * have cross-domain checks in the write barrier.
76 //#define XDOMAIN_CHECKS_IN_WBARRIER
79 * Define this to get number of objects marked information in the
80 * concurrent GC DTrace probes. Has a small performance impact, so
81 * it's disabled by default.
83 //#define SGEN_COUNT_NUMBER_OF_MAJOR_OBJECTS_MARKED
85 #ifndef SGEN_BINARY_PROTOCOL
86 #ifndef HEAVY_STATISTICS
87 #define MANAGED_ALLOCATION
88 #ifndef XDOMAIN_CHECKS_IN_WBARRIER
89 #define MANAGED_WBARRIER
95 * Maximum level of debug to enable on this build.
96 * Making this a constant enables us to put logging in a lot of places and
97 * not pay its cost on release builds.
99 #define SGEN_MAX_DEBUG_LEVEL 2
102 * Maximum level of asserts to enable on this build.
103 * FIXME replace all magic numbers with defines.
105 #define SGEN_MAX_ASSERT_LEVEL 2
108 #define GC_BITS_PER_WORD (sizeof (mword) * 8)
110 /*Size of the section used by the copying GC. */
111 #define SGEN_SIZEOF_GC_MEM_SECTION ((sizeof (GCMemSection) + 7) & ~7)
114 * to quickly find the head of an object pinned by a conservative
115 * address we keep track of the objects allocated for each
116 * SGEN_SCAN_START_SIZE memory chunk in the nursery or other memory
117 * sections. Larger values have less memory overhead and bigger
118 * runtime cost. 4-8 KB are reasonable values.
120 #define SGEN_SCAN_START_SIZE (4096*2)
123 * Objects bigger then this go into the large object space. This size
124 * has a few constraints. It must fit into the major heap, which in
125 * the case of the copying collector means that it must fit into a
126 * pinned chunk. It must also play well with the GC descriptors, some
127 * of which (DESC_TYPE_RUN_LENGTH, DESC_TYPE_SMALL_BITMAP) encode the
130 #define SGEN_MAX_SMALL_OBJ_SIZE 8000
133 * This is the maximum ammount of memory we're willing to waste in order to speed up allocation.
134 * Wastage comes in thre forms:
136 * -when building the nursery fragment list, small regions are discarded;
137 * -when allocating memory from a fragment if it ends up below the threshold, we remove it from the fragment list; and
138 * -when allocating a new tlab, we discard the remaining space of the old one
140 * Increasing this value speeds up allocation but will cause more frequent nursery collections as less space will be used.
141 * Descreasing this value will cause allocation to be slower since we'll have to cycle thru more fragments.
142 * 512 annedoctally keeps wastage under control and doesn't impact allocation performance too much.
144 #define SGEN_MAX_NURSERY_WASTE 512
147 /* This is also the MAJOR_SECTION_SIZE for the copying major
149 #define SGEN_PINNED_CHUNK_SIZE (128 * 1024)
152 * Number of entries of a sequential store buffer.
153 * This number represents how frequently we'll have to alloc
154 * a new buffer, so it's a tradeoff of potential wasted space and
155 * increased performance.
157 * The current value of 1024 was probably selected because it fits a x86 page.
158 * There's no history on the why's of this value besides this.
160 #define DEFAULT_REMSET_SIZE 1024
164 * Minimum allowance for nursery allocations, as a multiple of the size of nursery.
166 * We allow at least this much allocation to happen to the major heap from multiple
167 * minor collections before triggering a major collection.
169 * Bigger values increases throughput by allowing more garbage to sit in the major heap.
170 * Smaller values leads to better memory effiency but more frequent major collections.
172 #define SGEN_DEFAULT_ALLOWANCE_NURSERY_SIZE_RATIO 4.0
174 #define SGEN_MIN_ALLOWANCE_NURSERY_SIZE_RATIO 1.0
175 #define SGEN_MAX_ALLOWANCE_NURSERY_SIZE_RATIO 10.0
178 * Default ratio of memory we want to release in a major collection in relation to the the current heap size.
180 * A major collection target is to free a given amount of memory. This amount is a ratio of the major heap size.
182 * Values above 0.5 cause the heap to agressively grow when it's small and waste memory when it's big.
183 * Lower values will produce more reasonable sized heaps when it's small, but will be suboptimal at large
184 * sizes as they will use a small fraction only.
187 #define SGEN_DEFAULT_SAVE_TARGET_RATIO 0.5
189 #define SGEN_MIN_SAVE_TARGET_RATIO 0.1
190 #define SGEN_MAX_SAVE_TARGET_RATIO 2.0