Merge pull request #2799 from BrzVlad/fix-conc-card-clean
[mono.git] / mono / sgen / sgen-gc.c
index d559a9285ee4fdea5299d0b674adaa01531c5a67..62e1e88fe8e0f21b26e9dc398b3beb6ef89e2e3c 100644 (file)
@@ -239,18 +239,14 @@ static gboolean do_concurrent_checks = FALSE;
    each collection */
 static gboolean do_scan_starts_check = FALSE;
 
-/*
- * If the major collector is concurrent and this is FALSE, we will
- * never initiate a synchronous major collection, unless requested via
- * GC.Collect().
- */
-static gboolean allow_synchronous_major = TRUE;
 static gboolean disable_minor_collections = FALSE;
 static gboolean disable_major_collections = FALSE;
 static gboolean do_verify_nursery = FALSE;
 static gboolean do_dump_nursery_content = FALSE;
 static gboolean enable_nursery_canaries = FALSE;
 
+static gboolean precleaning_enabled = TRUE;
+
 #ifdef HEAVY_STATISTICS
 guint64 stat_objects_alloced_degraded = 0;
 guint64 stat_bytes_alloced_degraded = 0;
@@ -444,7 +440,7 @@ gray_queue_redirect (SgenGrayQueue *queue)
                GrayQueueSection *section = sgen_gray_object_dequeue_section (queue);
                if (!section)
                        break;
-               sgen_section_gray_queue_enqueue (queue->alloc_prepare_data, section);
+               sgen_section_gray_queue_enqueue ((SgenSectionGrayQueue *)queue->alloc_prepare_data, section);
                wake = TRUE;
        }
 
@@ -477,7 +473,7 @@ sgen_scan_area_with_callback (char *start, char *end, IterateObjectCallbackFunc
                }
 
                if (allow_flags) {
-                       if (!(obj = SGEN_OBJECT_IS_FORWARDED (start)))
+                       if (!(obj = (char *)SGEN_OBJECT_IS_FORWARDED (start)))
                                obj = start;
                } else {
                        obj = start;
@@ -506,7 +502,7 @@ sgen_scan_area_with_callback (char *start, char *end, IterateObjectCallbackFunc
  * lock must be held.  For serial collectors that is not necessary.
  */
 void
-sgen_add_to_global_remset (gpointer ptr, gpointer obj)
+sgen_add_to_global_remset (gpointer ptr, GCObject *obj)
 {
        SGEN_ASSERT (5, sgen_ptr_in_nursery (obj), "Target pointer of global remset must be in the nursery");
 
@@ -868,7 +864,7 @@ pin_from_roots (void *start_nursery, void *end_nursery, ScanCopyContext ctx)
        RootRecord *root;
        SGEN_LOG (2, "Scanning pinned roots (%d bytes, %d/%d entries)", (int)roots_size, roots_hash [ROOT_TYPE_NORMAL].num_entries, roots_hash [ROOT_TYPE_PINNED].num_entries);
        /* objects pinned from the API are inside these roots */
-       SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH (&roots_hash [ROOT_TYPE_PINNED], start_root, root) {
+       SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH (&roots_hash [ROOT_TYPE_PINNED], void **, start_root, RootRecord *, root) {
                SGEN_LOG (6, "Pinned roots %p-%p", start_root, root->end_root);
                sgen_conservatively_pin_objects_from (start_root, (void**)root->end_root, start_nursery, end_nursery, PIN_TYPE_OTHER);
        } SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH_END;
@@ -885,7 +881,7 @@ pin_from_roots (void *start_nursery, void *end_nursery, ScanCopyContext ctx)
 static void
 single_arg_user_copy_or_mark (GCObject **obj, void *gc_data)
 {
-       ScanCopyContext *ctx = gc_data;
+       ScanCopyContext *ctx = (ScanCopyContext *)gc_data;
        ctx->ops->copy_or_mark_object (obj, ctx->queue);
 }
 
@@ -916,7 +912,7 @@ precisely_scan_objects_from (void** start_root, void** end_root, char* n_start,
                }
                return;
        case ROOT_DESC_COMPLEX: {
-               gsize *bitmap_data = sgen_get_complex_descriptor_bitmap (desc);
+               gsize *bitmap_data = (gsize *)sgen_get_complex_descriptor_bitmap (desc);
                gsize bwords = (*bitmap_data) - 1;
                void **start_run = start_root;
                bitmap_data++;
@@ -992,21 +988,21 @@ alloc_nursery (void)
         * objects in the existing nursery.
         */
        /* FIXME: handle OOM */
-       section = sgen_alloc_internal (INTERNAL_MEM_SECTION);
+       section = (GCMemSection *)sgen_alloc_internal (INTERNAL_MEM_SECTION);
 
        alloc_size = sgen_nursery_size;
 
        /* If there isn't enough space even for the nursery we should simply abort. */
        g_assert (sgen_memgov_try_alloc_space (alloc_size, SPACE_NURSERY));
 
-       data = major_collector.alloc_heap (alloc_size, alloc_size, DEFAULT_NURSERY_BITS);
+       data = (char *)major_collector.alloc_heap (alloc_size, alloc_size, DEFAULT_NURSERY_BITS);
        sgen_update_heap_boundaries ((mword)data, (mword)(data + sgen_nursery_size));
        SGEN_LOG (4, "Expanding nursery size (%p-%p): %lu, total: %lu", data, data + alloc_size, (unsigned long)sgen_nursery_size, (unsigned long)sgen_gc_get_total_heap_allocation ());
        section->data = section->next_data = data;
        section->size = alloc_size;
        section->end_data = data + sgen_nursery_size;
        scan_starts = (alloc_size + SCAN_START_SIZE - 1) / SCAN_START_SIZE;
-       section->scan_starts = sgen_alloc_internal_dynamic (sizeof (char*) * scan_starts, INTERNAL_MEM_SCAN_STARTS, TRUE);
+       section->scan_starts = (char **)sgen_alloc_internal_dynamic (sizeof (char*) * scan_starts, INTERNAL_MEM_SCAN_STARTS, TRUE);
        section->num_scan_start = scan_starts;
 
        nursery_section = section;
@@ -1028,7 +1024,7 @@ scan_finalizer_entries (SgenPointerQueue *fin_queue, ScanCopyContext ctx)
        size_t i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < fin_queue->next_slot; ++i) {
-               GCObject *obj = fin_queue->data [i];
+               GCObject *obj = (GCObject *)fin_queue->data [i];
                if (!obj)
                        continue;
                SGEN_LOG (5, "Scan of fin ready object: %p (%s)\n", obj, sgen_client_vtable_get_name (SGEN_LOAD_VTABLE (obj)));
@@ -1062,6 +1058,7 @@ finish_gray_stack (int generation, ScanCopyContext ctx)
        char *end_addr = generation == GENERATION_NURSERY ? sgen_get_nursery_end () : (char*)-1;
        SgenGrayQueue *queue = ctx.queue;
 
+       binary_protocol_finish_gray_stack_start (sgen_timestamp (), generation);
        /*
         * We copied all the reachable objects. Now it's the time to copy
         * the objects that were not referenced by the roots, but by the copied objects.
@@ -1172,7 +1169,7 @@ finish_gray_stack (int generation, ScanCopyContext ctx)
        sgen_client_clear_togglerefs (start_addr, end_addr, ctx);
 
        TV_GETTIME (btv);
-       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finalize queue handling scan for %s generation: %ld usecs %d ephemeron rounds", generation_name (generation), TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv), ephemeron_rounds);
+       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finalize queue handling scan for %s generation: %lld usecs %d ephemeron rounds", generation_name (generation), TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv), ephemeron_rounds);
 
        /*
         * handle disappearing links
@@ -1195,6 +1192,7 @@ finish_gray_stack (int generation, ScanCopyContext ctx)
        g_assert (sgen_gray_object_queue_is_empty (queue));
 
        sgen_gray_object_queue_trim_free_list (queue);
+       binary_protocol_finish_gray_stack_end (sgen_timestamp (), generation);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1223,7 +1221,7 @@ scan_from_registered_roots (char *addr_start, char *addr_end, int root_type, Sca
 {
        void **start_root;
        RootRecord *root;
-       SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH (&roots_hash [root_type], start_root, root) {
+       SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH (&roots_hash [root_type], void **, start_root, RootRecord *, root) {
                SGEN_LOG (6, "Precise root scan %p-%p (desc: %p)", start_root, root->end_root, (void*)root->root_desc);
                precisely_scan_objects_from (start_root, (void**)root->end_root, addr_start, addr_end, root->root_desc, ctx);
        } SGEN_HASH_TABLE_FOREACH_END;
@@ -1331,7 +1329,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static void
 job_remembered_set_scan (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanJob *job_data = (ScanJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
        remset.scan_remsets (ctx);
@@ -1348,7 +1346,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static void
 job_scan_from_registered_roots (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanFromRegisteredRootsJob *job_data = (ScanFromRegisteredRootsJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
 
@@ -1365,7 +1363,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static void
 job_scan_thread_data (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanThreadDataJob *job_data = (ScanThreadDataJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
 
@@ -1381,7 +1379,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static void
 job_scan_finalizer_entries (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanFinalizerEntriesJob *job_data = (ScanFinalizerEntriesJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
 
@@ -1391,23 +1389,36 @@ job_scan_finalizer_entries (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 static void
 job_scan_major_mod_union_card_table (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanJob *job_data = (ScanJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
 
        g_assert (concurrent_collection_in_progress);
-       major_collector.scan_card_table (TRUE, ctx);
+       major_collector.scan_card_table (CARDTABLE_SCAN_MOD_UNION, ctx);
 }
 
 static void
 job_scan_los_mod_union_card_table (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
 {
-       WorkerData *worker_data = worker_data_untyped;
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
        ScanJob *job_data = (ScanJob*)job;
        ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
 
        g_assert (concurrent_collection_in_progress);
-       sgen_los_scan_card_table (TRUE, ctx);
+       sgen_los_scan_card_table (CARDTABLE_SCAN_MOD_UNION, ctx);
+}
+
+static void
+job_mod_union_preclean (void *worker_data_untyped, SgenThreadPoolJob *job)
+{
+       WorkerData *worker_data = (WorkerData *)worker_data_untyped;
+       ScanJob *job_data = (ScanJob*)job;
+       ScanCopyContext ctx = CONTEXT_FROM_OBJECT_OPERATIONS (job_data->ops, sgen_workers_get_job_gray_queue (worker_data));
+
+       g_assert (concurrent_collection_in_progress);
+
+       major_collector.scan_card_table (CARDTABLE_SCAN_MOD_UNION_PRECLEAN, ctx);
+       sgen_los_scan_card_table (CARDTABLE_SCAN_MOD_UNION_PRECLEAN, ctx);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1550,14 +1561,9 @@ collect_nursery (SgenGrayQueue *unpin_queue, gboolean finish_up_concurrent_mark)
 
        TV_GETTIME (atv);
        time_minor_pinning += TV_ELAPSED (btv, atv);
-       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finding pinned pointers: %zd in %ld usecs", sgen_get_pinned_count (), TV_ELAPSED (btv, atv));
+       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finding pinned pointers: %zd in %lld usecs", sgen_get_pinned_count (), TV_ELAPSED (btv, atv));
        SGEN_LOG (4, "Start scan with %zd pinned objects", sgen_get_pinned_count ());
 
-       /*
-        * FIXME: When we finish a concurrent collection we do a nursery collection first,
-        * as part of which we scan the card table.  Then, later, we scan the mod union
-        * cardtable.  We should only have to do one.
-        */
        sj = (ScanJob*)sgen_thread_pool_job_alloc ("scan remset", job_remembered_set_scan, sizeof (ScanJob));
        sj->ops = object_ops;
        sgen_workers_enqueue_job (&sj->job, FALSE);
@@ -1565,12 +1571,10 @@ collect_nursery (SgenGrayQueue *unpin_queue, gboolean finish_up_concurrent_mark)
        /* we don't have complete write barrier yet, so we scan all the old generation sections */
        TV_GETTIME (btv);
        time_minor_scan_remsets += TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv);
-       SGEN_LOG (2, "Old generation scan: %ld usecs", TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv));
+       SGEN_LOG (2, "Old generation scan: %lld usecs", TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv));
 
        sgen_pin_stats_print_class_stats ();
 
-       sgen_drain_gray_stack (ctx);
-
        /* FIXME: Why do we do this at this specific, seemingly random, point? */
        sgen_client_collecting_minor (&fin_ready_queue, &critical_fin_queue);
 
@@ -1608,7 +1612,7 @@ collect_nursery (SgenGrayQueue *unpin_queue, gboolean finish_up_concurrent_mark)
        sgen_client_binary_protocol_reclaim_end (GENERATION_NURSERY);
        TV_GETTIME (btv);
        time_minor_fragment_creation += TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv);
-       SGEN_LOG (2, "Fragment creation: %ld usecs, %lu bytes available", TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv), (unsigned long)fragment_total);
+       SGEN_LOG (2, "Fragment creation: %lld usecs, %lu bytes available", TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv), (unsigned long)fragment_total);
 
        if (consistency_check_at_minor_collection)
                sgen_check_major_refs ();
@@ -1709,7 +1713,7 @@ major_copy_or_mark_from_roots (size_t *old_next_pin_slot, CopyOrMarkFromRootsMod
 
        sgen_client_pre_collection_checks ();
 
-       if (!concurrent) {
+       if (mode != COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT) {
                /* Remsets are not useful for a major collection */
                remset.clear_cards ();
        }
@@ -1720,8 +1724,20 @@ major_copy_or_mark_from_roots (size_t *old_next_pin_slot, CopyOrMarkFromRootsMod
        sgen_init_pinning ();
        SGEN_LOG (6, "Collecting pinned addresses");
        pin_from_roots ((void*)lowest_heap_address, (void*)highest_heap_address, ctx);
-
+       if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_FINISH_CONCURRENT) {
+               /* Pin cemented objects that were forced */
+               sgen_pin_cemented_objects ();
+       }
        sgen_optimize_pin_queue ();
+       if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT) {
+               /*
+                * Cemented objects that are in the pinned list will be marked. When
+                * marking concurrently we won't mark mod-union cards for these objects.
+                * Instead they will remain cemented until the next major collection,
+                * when we will recheck if they are still pinned in the roots.
+                */
+               sgen_cement_force_pinned ();
+       }
 
        sgen_client_collecting_major_1 ();
 
@@ -1773,24 +1789,19 @@ major_copy_or_mark_from_roots (size_t *old_next_pin_slot, CopyOrMarkFromRootsMod
 
        TV_GETTIME (btv);
        time_major_pinning += TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv);
-       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finding pinned pointers: %zd in %ld usecs", sgen_get_pinned_count (), TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv));
+       SGEN_LOG (2, "Finding pinned pointers: %zd in %lld usecs", sgen_get_pinned_count (), TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv));
        SGEN_LOG (4, "Start scan with %zd pinned objects", sgen_get_pinned_count ());
 
        major_collector.init_to_space ();
 
-       /*
-        * The concurrent collector doesn't move objects, neither on
-        * the major heap nor in the nursery, so we can mark even
-        * before pinning has finished.  For the non-concurrent
-        * collector we start the workers after pinning.
-        */
-       if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT) {
-               SGEN_ASSERT (0, sgen_workers_all_done (), "Why are the workers not done when we start or finish a major collection?");
-               sgen_workers_start_all_workers (object_ops);
-               gray_queue_enable_redirect (WORKERS_DISTRIBUTE_GRAY_QUEUE);
-       } else if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_FINISH_CONCURRENT) {
+       SGEN_ASSERT (0, sgen_workers_all_done (), "Why are the workers not done when we start or finish a major collection?");
+       if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_FINISH_CONCURRENT) {
                if (sgen_workers_have_idle_work ()) {
-                       sgen_workers_start_all_workers (object_ops);
+                       /*
+                        * We force the finish of the worker with the new object ops context
+                        * which can also do copying. We need to have finished pinning.
+                        */
+                       sgen_workers_start_all_workers (object_ops, NULL);
                        sgen_workers_join ();
                }
        }
@@ -1806,15 +1817,29 @@ major_copy_or_mark_from_roots (size_t *old_next_pin_slot, CopyOrMarkFromRootsMod
 
        sgen_client_collecting_major_3 (&fin_ready_queue, &critical_fin_queue);
 
-       /*
-        * FIXME: is this the right context?  It doesn't seem to contain a copy function
-        * unless we're concurrent.
-        */
-       enqueue_scan_from_roots_jobs (heap_start, heap_end, object_ops, mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT);
+       enqueue_scan_from_roots_jobs (heap_start, heap_end, object_ops, FALSE);
 
        TV_GETTIME (btv);
        time_major_scan_roots += TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv);
 
+       /*
+        * We start the concurrent worker after pinning and after we scanned the roots
+        * in order to make sure that the worker does not finish before handling all
+        * the roots.
+        */
+       if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT) {
+               if (precleaning_enabled) {
+                       ScanJob *sj;
+                       /* Mod union preclean job */
+                       sj = (ScanJob*)sgen_thread_pool_job_alloc ("preclean mod union cardtable", job_mod_union_preclean, sizeof (ScanJob));
+                       sj->ops = object_ops;
+                       sgen_workers_start_all_workers (object_ops, &sj->job);
+               } else {
+                       sgen_workers_start_all_workers (object_ops, NULL);
+               }
+               gray_queue_enable_redirect (WORKERS_DISTRIBUTE_GRAY_QUEUE);
+       }
+
        if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_FINISH_CONCURRENT) {
                ScanJob *sj;
 
@@ -1838,11 +1863,6 @@ static void
 major_finish_copy_or_mark (CopyOrMarkFromRootsMode mode)
 {
        if (mode == COPY_OR_MARK_FROM_ROOTS_START_CONCURRENT) {
-               /*
-                * Prepare the pin queue for the next collection.  Since pinning runs on the worker
-                * threads we must wait for the jobs to finish before we can reset it.
-                */
-               sgen_workers_wait_for_jobs_finished ();
                sgen_finish_pinning ();
 
                sgen_pin_stats_reset ();
@@ -1983,6 +2003,7 @@ major_finish_collection (const char *reason, size_t old_next_pin_slot, gboolean
        time_major_fragment_creation += TV_ELAPSED (atv, btv);
 
        binary_protocol_sweep_begin (GENERATION_OLD, !major_collector.sweeps_lazily);
+       sgen_memgov_major_pre_sweep ();
 
        TV_GETTIME (atv);
        time_major_free_bigobjs += TV_ELAPSED (btv, atv);
@@ -2163,12 +2184,12 @@ major_finish_concurrent_collection (gboolean forced)
  * LOCKING: The GC lock MUST be held.
  */
 void
-sgen_ensure_free_space (size_t size)
+sgen_ensure_free_space (size_t size, int generation)
 {
        int generation_to_collect = -1;
        const char *reason = NULL;
 
-       if (size > SGEN_MAX_SMALL_OBJ_SIZE) {
+       if (generation == GENERATION_OLD) {
                if (sgen_need_major_collection (size)) {
                        reason = "LOS overflow";
                        generation_to_collect = GENERATION_OLD;
@@ -2244,17 +2265,6 @@ sgen_perform_collection (size_t requested_size, int generation_to_collect, const
                goto done;
        }
 
-       /*
-        * If we've been asked to do a major collection, and the major collector wants to
-        * run synchronously (to evacuate), we set the flag to do that.
-        */
-       if (generation_to_collect == GENERATION_OLD &&
-                       allow_synchronous_major &&
-                       major_collector.want_synchronous_collection &&
-                       *major_collector.want_synchronous_collection) {
-               wait_to_finish = TRUE;
-       }
-
        SGEN_ASSERT (0, !concurrent_collection_in_progress, "Why did this not get handled above?");
 
        /*
@@ -2449,11 +2459,11 @@ sgen_gc_invoke_finalizers (void)
                if (!sgen_pointer_queue_is_empty (&fin_ready_queue)) {
                        pending_unqueued_finalizer = TRUE;
                        mono_memory_write_barrier ();
-                       obj = sgen_pointer_queue_pop (&fin_ready_queue);
+                       obj = (GCObject *)sgen_pointer_queue_pop (&fin_ready_queue);
                } else if (!sgen_pointer_queue_is_empty (&critical_fin_queue)) {
                        pending_unqueued_finalizer = TRUE;
                        mono_memory_write_barrier ();
-                       obj = sgen_pointer_queue_pop (&critical_fin_queue);
+                       obj = (GCObject *)sgen_pointer_queue_pop (&critical_fin_queue);
                } else {
                        obj = NULL;
                }
@@ -2502,7 +2512,7 @@ sgen_register_root (char *start, size_t size, SgenDescriptor descr, int root_typ
        int i;
        LOCK_GC;
        for (i = 0; i < ROOT_TYPE_NUM; ++i) {
-               RootRecord *root = sgen_hash_table_lookup (&roots_hash [i], start);
+               RootRecord *root = (RootRecord *)sgen_hash_table_lookup (&roots_hash [i], start);
                /* we allow changing the size and the descriptor (for thread statics etc) */
                if (root) {
                        size_t old_size = root->end_root - start;
@@ -2663,7 +2673,7 @@ mono_gc_wbarrier_generic_store_atomic (gpointer ptr, GCObject *value)
 
        SGEN_LOG (8, "Wbarrier atomic store at %p to %p (%s)", ptr, value, value ? sgen_client_vtable_get_name (SGEN_LOAD_VTABLE (value)) : "null");
 
-       InterlockedWritePointer (ptr, value);
+       InterlockedWritePointer ((volatile gpointer *)ptr, value);
 
        if (ptr_in_nursery (value) || concurrent_collection_in_progress)
                mono_gc_wbarrier_generic_nostore (ptr);
@@ -2674,8 +2684,8 @@ mono_gc_wbarrier_generic_store_atomic (gpointer ptr, GCObject *value)
 void
 sgen_wbarrier_value_copy_bitmap (gpointer _dest, gpointer _src, int size, unsigned bitmap)
 {
-       GCObject **dest = _dest;
-       GCObject **src = _src;
+       GCObject **dest = (GCObject **)_dest;
+       GCObject **src = (GCObject **)_src;
 
        while (size) {
                if (bitmap & 0x1)
@@ -2726,16 +2736,6 @@ sgen_gc_get_used_size (void)
        return tot;
 }
 
-gboolean
-sgen_set_allow_synchronous_major (gboolean flag)
-{
-       if (!major_collector.is_concurrent)
-               return flag;
-
-       allow_synchronous_major = flag;
-       return TRUE;
-}
-
 void
 sgen_env_var_error (const char *env_var, const char *fallback, const char *description_format, ...)
 {
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ sgen_gc_init (void)
                        return;
                case -1:
                        /* being inited by another thread */
-                       g_usleep (1000);
+                       mono_thread_info_usleep (1000);
                        break;
                case 0:
                        /* we will init it */
@@ -2952,23 +2952,6 @@ sgen_gc_init (void)
                                }
                                continue;
                        }
-                       if (g_str_has_prefix (opt, "allow-synchronous-major=")) {
-                               if (!major_collector.is_concurrent) {
-                                       sgen_env_var_error (MONO_GC_PARAMS_NAME, "Ignoring.", "`allow-synchronous-major` is only valid for the concurrent major collector.");
-                                       continue;
-                               }
-
-                               opt = strchr (opt, '=') + 1;
-
-                               if (!strcmp (opt, "yes")) {
-                                       allow_synchronous_major = TRUE;
-                               } else if (!strcmp (opt, "no")) {
-                                       allow_synchronous_major = FALSE;
-                               } else {
-                                       sgen_env_var_error (MONO_GC_PARAMS_NAME, "Using default value.", "`allow-synchronous-major` must be either `yes' or `no'.");
-                                       continue;
-                               }
-                       }
 
                        if (!strcmp (opt, "cementing")) {
                                cement_enabled = TRUE;
@@ -2979,6 +2962,15 @@ sgen_gc_init (void)
                                continue;
                        }
 
+                       if (!strcmp (opt, "precleaning")) {
+                               precleaning_enabled = TRUE;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if (!strcmp (opt, "no-precleaning")) {
+                               precleaning_enabled = FALSE;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
                        if (major_collector.handle_gc_param && major_collector.handle_gc_param (opt))
                                continue;
 
@@ -3001,8 +2993,6 @@ sgen_gc_init (void)
                        fprintf (stderr, "  minor=COLLECTOR (where COLLECTOR is `simple' or `split')\n");
                        fprintf (stderr, "  wbarrier=WBARRIER (where WBARRIER is `remset' or `cardtable')\n");
                        fprintf (stderr, "  [no-]cementing\n");
-                       if (major_collector.is_concurrent)
-                               fprintf (stderr, "  allow-synchronous-major=FLAG (where FLAG is `yes' or `no')\n");
                        if (major_collector.print_gc_param_usage)
                                major_collector.print_gc_param_usage ();
                        if (sgen_minor_collector.print_gc_param_usage)
@@ -3239,7 +3229,7 @@ sgen_stop_world (int generation)
 
        SGEN_ASSERT (0, !world_is_stopped, "Why are we stopping a stopped world?");
 
-       binary_protocol_world_stopping (generation, sgen_timestamp (), (gpointer)mono_native_thread_id_get ());
+       binary_protocol_world_stopping (generation, sgen_timestamp (), (gpointer) (gsize) mono_native_thread_id_get ());
 
        sgen_client_stop_world (generation);