-/*
+/*
* Copyright 1988, 1989 Hans-J. Boehm, Alan J. Demers
* Copyright (c) 1991-1995 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
* Copyright 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics. All rights reserved.
* Everything else is best ignored unless you encounter performance
* problems.
*/
-
-#ifndef _GC_H
-# define _GC_H
+#ifndef GC_H
+#define GC_H
-# include "gc_version.h"
- /* Define version numbers here to allow test on build machine */
- /* for cross-builds. Note that this defines the header */
- /* version number, which may or may not match that of the */
- /* dynamic library. The GC_version variable can be used */
- /* to obtain the latter. */
+#include "gc_version.h"
+ /* Define version numbers here to allow test on build machine */
+ /* for cross-builds. Note that this defines the header */
+ /* version number, which may or may not match that of the */
+ /* dynamic library. GC_get_version() can be used to obtain */
+ /* the latter. */
-# include "gc_config_macros.h"
+#include "gc_config_macros.h"
-# ifdef __cplusplus
- extern "C" {
-# endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+ extern "C" {
+#endif
-/* Define word and signed_word to be unsigned and signed types of the */
-/* size as char * or void *. There seems to be no way to do this */
-/* even semi-portably. The following is probably no better/worse */
-/* than almost anything else. */
-/* The ANSI standard suggests that size_t and ptr_diff_t might be */
-/* better choices. But those had incorrect definitions on some older */
-/* systems. Notably "typedef int size_t" is WRONG. */
-#ifndef _WIN64
+/* Define word and signed_word to be unsigned and signed types of the */
+/* size as char * or void *. There seems to be no way to do this */
+/* even semi-portably. The following is probably no better/worse */
+/* than almost anything else. */
+/* The ANSI standard suggests that size_t and ptrdiff_t might be */
+/* better choices. But those had incorrect definitions on some older */
+/* systems. Notably "typedef int size_t" is WRONG. */
+#ifdef _WIN64
+# ifdef __int64
+ typedef unsigned __int64 GC_word;
+ typedef __int64 GC_signed_word;
+# else
+ typedef unsigned long long GC_word;
+ typedef long long GC_signed_word;
+# endif
+#else
typedef unsigned long GC_word;
typedef long GC_signed_word;
-#else
- /* Win64 isn't really supported yet, but this is the first step. And */
- /* it might cause error messages to show up in more plausible places. */
- /* This needs basetsd.h, which is included by windows.h. */
- typedef unsigned long long GC_word;
- typedef long long GC_signed_word;
#endif
-/* Public read-only variables */
+/* Get the GC library version. The returned value is in the form: */
+/* ((version_major<<16) | (version_minor<<8) | alpha_version). */
+GC_API unsigned GC_CALL GC_get_version(void);
-GC_API GC_word GC_gc_no;/* Counter incremented per collection. */
- /* Includes empty GCs at startup. */
+/* Public read-only variables */
+/* The supplied getter functions are preferred for new code. */
+
+GC_API GC_word GC_gc_no;/* Counter incremented per collection. */
+ /* Includes empty GCs at startup. */
+GC_API GC_word GC_CALL GC_get_gc_no(void);
+ /* GC_get_gc_no() uses no synchronization, so */
+ /* it requires GC_call_with_alloc_lock() to */
+ /* avoid data races on multiprocessors. */
+
+GC_API int GC_parallel; /* GC is parallelized for performance on */
+ /* multiprocessors. Currently set only */
+ /* implicitly if collector is built with */
+ /* PARALLEL_MARK defined and if either: */
+ /* Env variable GC_NPROC is set to > 1, or */
+ /* GC_NPROC is not set and this is an MP. */
+ /* If GC_parallel is set, incremental */
+ /* collection is only partially functional, */
+ /* and may not be desirable. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_parallel(void);
-GC_API int GC_parallel; /* GC is parallelized for performance on */
- /* multiprocessors. Currently set only */
- /* implicitly if collector is built with */
- /* -DPARALLEL_MARK and if either: */
- /* Env variable GC_NPROC is set to > 1, or */
- /* GC_NPROC is not set and this is an MP. */
- /* If GC_parallel is set, incremental */
- /* collection is only partially functional, */
- /* and may not be desirable. */
-
/* Public R/W variables */
-
-GC_API void * (*GC_oom_fn) (size_t bytes_requested);
- /* When there is insufficient memory to satisfy */
- /* an allocation request, we return */
- /* (*GC_oom_fn)(). By default this just */
- /* returns 0. */
- /* If it returns, it must return 0 or a valid */
- /* pointer to a previously allocated heap */
- /* object. */
+/* The supplied setter and getter functions are preferred for new code. */
+
+typedef void * (GC_CALLBACK * GC_oom_func)(size_t /* bytes_requested */);
+GC_API GC_oom_func GC_oom_fn;
+ /* When there is insufficient memory to satisfy */
+ /* an allocation request, we return */
+ /* (*GC_oom_fn)(size). By default this just */
+ /* returns NULL. */
+ /* If it returns, it must return 0 or a valid */
+ /* pointer to a previously allocated heap */
+ /* object. GC_oom_fn must not be 0. */
+ /* Both the supplied setter and the getter */
+ /* acquire the GC lock (to avoid data races). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_oom_fn(GC_oom_func);
+GC_API GC_oom_func GC_CALL GC_get_oom_fn(void);
GC_API int GC_find_leak;
- /* Do not actually garbage collect, but simply */
- /* report inaccessible memory that was not */
- /* deallocated with GC_free. Initial value */
- /* is determined by FIND_LEAK macro. */
+ /* Do not actually garbage collect, but simply */
+ /* report inaccessible memory that was not */
+ /* deallocated with GC_free. Initial value */
+ /* is determined by FIND_LEAK macro. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_find_leak(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_find_leak(void);
GC_API int GC_all_interior_pointers;
- /* Arrange for pointers to object interiors to */
- /* be recognized as valid. May not be changed */
- /* after GC initialization. */
- /* Initial value is determined by */
- /* -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS. */
- /* Unless DONT_ADD_BYTE_AT_END is defined, this */
- /* also affects whether sizes are increased by */
- /* at least a byte to allow "off the end" */
- /* pointer recognition. */
- /* MUST BE 0 or 1. */
+ /* Arrange for pointers to object interiors to */
+ /* be recognized as valid. May not be changed */
+ /* after GC initialization. The initial value */
+ /* depends on whether the GC is built with */
+ /* ALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS macro defined or not. */
+ /* Unless DONT_ADD_BYTE_AT_END is defined, this */
+ /* also affects whether sizes are increased by */
+ /* at least a byte to allow "off the end" */
+ /* pointer recognition. */
+ /* MUST BE 0 or 1. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_all_interior_pointers(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_all_interior_pointers(void);
GC_API int GC_finalize_on_demand;
- /* If nonzero, finalizers will only be run in */
- /* response to an explicit GC_invoke_finalizers */
- /* call. The default is determined by whether */
- /* the FINALIZE_ON_DEMAND macro is defined */
- /* when the collector is built. */
+ /* If nonzero, finalizers will only be run in */
+ /* response to an explicit GC_invoke_finalizers */
+ /* call. The default is determined by whether */
+ /* the FINALIZE_ON_DEMAND macro is defined */
+ /* when the collector is built. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_finalize_on_demand(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_finalize_on_demand(void);
GC_API int GC_java_finalization;
- /* Mark objects reachable from finalizable */
- /* objects in a separate postpass. This makes */
- /* it a bit safer to use non-topologically- */
- /* ordered finalization. Default value is */
- /* determined by JAVA_FINALIZATION macro. */
- /* Enables register_finalizer_unreachable to */
- /* work correctly. */
-
-GC_API void (* GC_finalizer_notifier)(void);
- /* Invoked by the collector when there are */
- /* objects to be finalized. Invoked at most */
- /* once per GC cycle. Never invoked unless */
- /* GC_finalize_on_demand is set. */
- /* Typically this will notify a finalization */
- /* thread, which will call GC_invoke_finalizers */
- /* in response. */
-
-GC_API int GC_dont_gc; /* != 0 ==> Dont collect. In versions 6.2a1+, */
- /* this overrides explicit GC_gcollect() calls. */
- /* Used as a counter, so that nested enabling */
- /* and disabling work correctly. Should */
- /* normally be updated with GC_enable() and */
- /* GC_disable() calls. */
- /* Direct assignment to GC_dont_gc is */
- /* deprecated. */
+ /* Mark objects reachable from finalizable */
+ /* objects in a separate post-pass. This makes */
+ /* it a bit safer to use non-topologically- */
+ /* ordered finalization. Default value is */
+ /* determined by JAVA_FINALIZATION macro. */
+ /* Enables register_finalizer_unreachable to */
+ /* work correctly. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_java_finalization(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_java_finalization(void);
+
+typedef void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_finalizer_notifier_proc)(void);
+GC_API GC_finalizer_notifier_proc GC_finalizer_notifier;
+ /* Invoked by the collector when there are */
+ /* objects to be finalized. Invoked at most */
+ /* once per GC cycle. Never invoked unless */
+ /* GC_finalize_on_demand is set. */
+ /* Typically this will notify a finalization */
+ /* thread, which will call GC_invoke_finalizers */
+ /* in response. May be 0 (means no notifier). */
+ /* Both the supplied setter and the getter */
+ /* acquire the GC lock (to avoid data races). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_finalizer_notifier(GC_finalizer_notifier_proc);
+GC_API GC_finalizer_notifier_proc GC_CALL GC_get_finalizer_notifier(void);
+
+GC_API int GC_dont_gc; /* != 0 ==> Don't collect. In versions 6.2a1+, */
+ /* this overrides explicit GC_gcollect() calls. */
+ /* Used as a counter, so that nested enabling */
+ /* and disabling work correctly. Should */
+ /* normally be updated with GC_enable() and */
+ /* GC_disable() calls. */
+ /* Direct assignment to GC_dont_gc is */
+ /* deprecated. */
GC_API int GC_dont_expand;
- /* Dont expand heap unless explicitly requested */
- /* or forced to. */
+ /* Don't expand the heap unless explicitly */
+ /* requested or forced to. The setter and */
+ /* getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_dont_expand(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_dont_expand(void);
GC_API int GC_use_entire_heap;
- /* Causes the nonincremental collector to use the */
- /* entire heap before collecting. This was the only */
- /* option for GC versions < 5.0. This sometimes */
- /* results in more large block fragmentation, since */
- /* very larg blocks will tend to get broken up */
- /* during each GC cycle. It is likely to result in a */
- /* larger working set, but lower collection */
- /* frequencies, and hence fewer instructions executed */
- /* in the collector. */
-
-GC_API int GC_full_freq; /* Number of partial collections between */
- /* full collections. Matters only if */
- /* GC_incremental is set. */
- /* Full collections are also triggered if */
- /* the collector detects a substantial */
- /* increase in the number of in-use heap */
- /* blocks. Values in the tens are now */
- /* perfectly reasonable, unlike for */
- /* earlier GC versions. */
-
+ /* Causes the non-incremental collector to use the */
+ /* entire heap before collecting. This was the only */
+ /* option for GC versions < 5.0. This sometimes */
+ /* results in more large block fragmentation, since */
+ /* very large blocks will tend to get broken up */
+ /* during each GC cycle. It is likely to result in a */
+ /* larger working set, but lower collection */
+ /* frequencies, and hence fewer instructions executed */
+ /* in the collector. */
+
+GC_API int GC_full_freq; /* Number of partial collections between */
+ /* full collections. Matters only if */
+ /* GC_incremental is set. */
+ /* Full collections are also triggered if */
+ /* the collector detects a substantial */
+ /* increase in the number of in-use heap */
+ /* blocks. Values in the tens are now */
+ /* perfectly reasonable, unlike for */
+ /* earlier GC versions. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_full_freq(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_full_freq(void);
+
GC_API GC_word GC_non_gc_bytes;
- /* Bytes not considered candidates for collection. */
- /* Used only to control scheduling of collections. */
- /* Updated by GC_malloc_uncollectable and GC_free. */
- /* Wizards only. */
+ /* Bytes not considered candidates for */
+ /* collection. Used only to control scheduling */
+ /* of collections. Updated by */
+ /* GC_malloc_uncollectable and GC_free. */
+ /* Wizards only. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_non_gc_bytes(GC_word);
+GC_API GC_word GC_CALL GC_get_non_gc_bytes(void);
GC_API int GC_no_dls;
- /* Don't register dynamic library data segments. */
- /* Wizards only. Should be used only if the */
- /* application explicitly registers all roots. */
- /* In Microsoft Windows environments, this will */
- /* usually also prevent registration of the */
- /* main data segment as part of the root set. */
+ /* Don't register dynamic library data segments. */
+ /* Wizards only. Should be used only if the */
+ /* application explicitly registers all roots. */
+ /* In Microsoft Windows environments, this will */
+ /* usually also prevent registration of the */
+ /* main data segment as part of the root set. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_no_dls(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_no_dls(void);
GC_API GC_word GC_free_space_divisor;
- /* We try to make sure that we allocate at */
- /* least N/GC_free_space_divisor bytes between */
- /* collections, where N is twice the number */
- /* of traced bytes, plus the number of untraced */
- /* bytes (bytes in "atomic" objects), plus */
- /* a rough estimate of the root set size. */
- /* N approximates GC tracing work per GC. */
- /* Initially, GC_free_space_divisor = 3. */
- /* Increasing its value will use less space */
- /* but more collection time. Decreasing it */
- /* will appreciably decrease collection time */
- /* at the expense of space. */
+ /* We try to make sure that we allocate at */
+ /* least N/GC_free_space_divisor bytes between */
+ /* collections, where N is twice the number */
+ /* of traced bytes, plus the number of untraced */
+ /* bytes (bytes in "atomic" objects), plus */
+ /* a rough estimate of the root set size. */
+ /* N approximates GC tracing work per GC. */
+ /* Initially, GC_free_space_divisor = 3. */
+ /* Increasing its value will use less space */
+ /* but more collection time. Decreasing it */
+ /* will appreciably decrease collection time */
+ /* at the expense of space. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_free_space_divisor(GC_word);
+GC_API GC_word GC_CALL GC_get_free_space_divisor(void);
GC_API GC_word GC_max_retries;
- /* The maximum number of GCs attempted before */
- /* reporting out of memory after heap */
- /* expansion fails. Initially 0. */
-
-
-GC_API char *GC_stackbottom; /* Cool end of user stack. */
- /* May be set in the client prior to */
- /* calling any GC_ routines. This */
- /* avoids some overhead, and */
- /* potentially some signals that can */
- /* confuse debuggers. Otherwise the */
- /* collector attempts to set it */
- /* automatically. */
- /* For multithreaded code, this is the */
- /* cold end of the stack for the */
- /* primordial thread. */
-
-GC_API int GC_dont_precollect; /* Don't collect as part of */
- /* initialization. Should be set only */
- /* if the client wants a chance to */
- /* manually initialize the root set */
- /* before the first collection. */
- /* Interferes with blacklisting. */
- /* Wizards only. */
+ /* The maximum number of GCs attempted before */
+ /* reporting out of memory after heap */
+ /* expansion fails. Initially 0. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_max_retries(GC_word);
+GC_API GC_word GC_CALL GC_get_max_retries(void);
+
+
+GC_API char *GC_stackbottom; /* Cool end of user stack. */
+ /* May be set in the client prior to */
+ /* calling any GC_ routines. This */
+ /* avoids some overhead, and */
+ /* potentially some signals that can */
+ /* confuse debuggers. Otherwise the */
+ /* collector attempts to set it */
+ /* automatically. */
+ /* For multithreaded code, this is the */
+ /* cold end of the stack for the */
+ /* primordial thread. */
+
+GC_API int GC_dont_precollect; /* Don't collect as part of */
+ /* initialization. Should be set only */
+ /* if the client wants a chance to */
+ /* manually initialize the root set */
+ /* before the first collection. */
+ /* Interferes with blacklisting. */
+ /* Wizards only. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_dont_precollect(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_dont_precollect(void);
GC_API unsigned long GC_time_limit;
- /* If incremental collection is enabled, */
- /* We try to terminate collections */
- /* after this many milliseconds. Not a */
- /* hard time bound. Setting this to */
- /* GC_TIME_UNLIMITED will essentially */
- /* disable incremental collection while */
- /* leaving generational collection */
- /* enabled. */
-# define GC_TIME_UNLIMITED 999999
- /* Setting GC_time_limit to this value */
- /* will disable the "pause time exceeded"*/
- /* tests. */
+ /* If incremental collection is enabled, */
+ /* We try to terminate collections */
+ /* after this many milliseconds. Not a */
+ /* hard time bound. Setting this to */
+ /* GC_TIME_UNLIMITED will essentially */
+ /* disable incremental collection while */
+ /* leaving generational collection */
+ /* enabled. */
+#define GC_TIME_UNLIMITED 999999
+ /* Setting GC_time_limit to this value */
+ /* will disable the "pause time exceeded"*/
+ /* tests. */
+ /* The setter and getter are unsynchronized, so */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() is required to */
+ /* avoid data races (if the value is modified */
+ /* after the GC is put to multi-threaded mode). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_time_limit(unsigned long);
+GC_API unsigned long GC_CALL GC_get_time_limit(void);
/* Public procedures */
-/* Initialize the collector. Portable clients should call GC_INIT() from
- * the main program instead.
- */
-GC_API void GC_init(void);
-
-/*
- * general purpose allocation routines, with roughly malloc calling conv.
- * The atomic versions promise that no relevant pointers are contained
- * in the object. The nonatomic versions guarantee that the new object
- * is cleared. GC_malloc_stubborn promises that no changes to the object
- * will occur after GC_end_stubborn_change has been called on the
- * result of GC_malloc_stubborn. GC_malloc_uncollectable allocates an object
- * that is scanned for pointers to collectable objects, but is not itself
- * collectable. The object is scanned even if it does not appear to
- * be reachable. GC_malloc_uncollectable and GC_free called on the resulting
- * object implicitly update GC_non_gc_bytes appropriately.
- *
- * Note that the GC_malloc_stubborn support is stubbed out by default
- * starting in 6.0. GC_malloc_stubborn is an alias for GC_malloc unless
- * the collector is built with STUBBORN_ALLOC defined.
- */
-GC_API void * GC_malloc(size_t size_in_bytes);
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_atomic(size_t size_in_bytes);
-GC_API char * GC_strdup (const char *str);
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_uncollectable(size_t size_in_bytes);
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_stubborn(size_t size_in_bytes);
-
-/* The following is only defined if the library has been suitably */
-/* compiled: */
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_atomic_uncollectable(size_t size_in_bytes);
+/* Initialize the collector. Portable clients should call GC_INIT() */
+/* from the main program instead. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_init(void);
+
+/* General purpose allocation routines, with roughly malloc calling */
+/* conv. The atomic versions promise that no relevant pointers are */
+/* contained in the object. The non-atomic versions guarantee that the */
+/* new object is cleared. GC_malloc_stubborn promises that no changes */
+/* to the object will occur after GC_end_stubborn_change has been */
+/* called on the result of GC_malloc_stubborn. GC_malloc_uncollectable */
+/* allocates an object that is scanned for pointers to collectable */
+/* objects, but is not itself collectable. The object is scanned even */
+/* if it does not appear to be reachable. GC_malloc_uncollectable and */
+/* GC_free called on the resulting object implicitly update */
+/* GC_non_gc_bytes appropriately. */
+/* Note that the GC_malloc_stubborn support doesn't really exist */
+/* anymore. MANUAL_VDB provides comparable functionality. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc(size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_atomic(size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API char * GC_CALL GC_strdup(const char *) GC_ATTR_MALLOC;
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_uncollectable(size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_stubborn(size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+
+/* GC_memalign() is not well tested. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_memalign(size_t /* align */, size_t /* lb */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(2);
+
+/* The following is only defined if the library has been suitably */
+/* compiled: */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_atomic_uncollectable(
+ size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
/* Explicitly deallocate an object. Dangerous if used incorrectly. */
-/* Requires a pointer to the base of an object. */
+/* Requires a pointer to the base of an object. */
/* If the argument is stubborn, it should not be changeable when freed. */
-/* An object should not be enable for finalization when it is */
-/* explicitly deallocated. */
-/* GC_free(0) is a no-op, as required by ANSI C for free. */
-GC_API void GC_free(void * object_addr);
-
-/*
- * Stubborn objects may be changed only if the collector is explicitly informed.
- * The collector is implicitly informed of coming change when such
- * an object is first allocated. The following routines inform the
- * collector that an object will no longer be changed, or that it will
- * once again be changed. Only nonNIL pointer stores into the object
- * are considered to be changes. The argument to GC_end_stubborn_change
- * must be exacly the value returned by GC_malloc_stubborn or passed to
- * GC_change_stubborn. (In the second case it may be an interior pointer
- * within 512 bytes of the beginning of the objects.)
- * There is a performance penalty for allowing more than
- * one stubborn object to be changed at once, but it is acceptable to
- * do so. The same applies to dropping stubborn objects that are still
- * changeable.
- */
-GC_API void GC_change_stubborn(void *);
-GC_API void GC_end_stubborn_change(void *);
-
-/* Return a pointer to the base (lowest address) of an object given */
-/* a pointer to a location within the object. */
-/* I.e. map an interior pointer to the corresponding bas pointer. */
-/* Note that with debugging allocation, this returns a pointer to the */
-/* actual base of the object, i.e. the debug information, not to */
-/* the base of the user object. */
-/* Return 0 if displaced_pointer doesn't point to within a valid */
-/* object. */
-/* Note that a deallocated object in the garbage collected heap */
-/* may be considered valid, even if it has been deallocated with */
-/* GC_free. */
-GC_API void * GC_base(void * displaced_pointer);
-
-/* Given a pointer to the base of an object, return its size in bytes. */
-/* The returned size may be slightly larger than what was originally */
-/* requested. */
-GC_API size_t GC_size(void * object_addr);
-
-/* For compatibility with C library. This is occasionally faster than */
-/* a malloc followed by a bcopy. But if you rely on that, either here */
-/* or with the standard C library, your code is broken. In my */
-/* opinion, it shouldn't have been invented, but now we're stuck. -HB */
-/* The resulting object has the same kind as the original. */
-/* If the argument is stubborn, the result will have changes enabled. */
-/* It is an error to have changes enabled for the original object. */
-/* Follows ANSI comventions for NULL old_object. */
-GC_API void * GC_realloc(void * old_object, size_t new_size_in_bytes);
-
-/* Explicitly increase the heap size. */
+/* An object should not be enabled for finalization when it is */
+/* explicitly deallocated. */
+/* GC_free(0) is a no-op, as required by ANSI C for free. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_free(void *);
+
+/* Stubborn objects may be changed only if the collector is explicitly */
+/* informed. The collector is implicitly informed of coming change */
+/* when such an object is first allocated. The following routines */
+/* inform the collector that an object will no longer be changed, or */
+/* that it will once again be changed. Only non-NULL pointer stores */
+/* into the object are considered to be changes. The argument to */
+/* GC_end_stubborn_change must be exactly the value returned by */
+/* GC_malloc_stubborn or passed to GC_change_stubborn. (In the second */
+/* case, it may be an interior pointer within 512 bytes of the */
+/* beginning of the objects.) There is a performance penalty for */
+/* allowing more than one stubborn object to be changed at once, but it */
+/* is acceptable to do so. The same applies to dropping stubborn */
+/* objects that are still changeable. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_change_stubborn(void *);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_end_stubborn_change(void *);
+
+/* Return a pointer to the base (lowest address) of an object given */
+/* a pointer to a location within the object. */
+/* I.e. map an interior pointer to the corresponding bas pointer. */
+/* Note that with debugging allocation, this returns a pointer to the */
+/* actual base of the object, i.e. the debug information, not to */
+/* the base of the user object. */
+/* Return 0 if displaced_pointer doesn't point to within a valid */
+/* object. */
+/* Note that a deallocated object in the garbage collected heap */
+/* may be considered valid, even if it has been deallocated with */
+/* GC_free. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_base(void * /* displaced_pointer */);
+
+/* Given a pointer to the base of an object, return its size in bytes. */
+/* The returned size may be slightly larger than what was originally */
+/* requested. */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_size(const void * /* object_addr */);
+
+/* For compatibility with C library. This is occasionally faster than */
+/* a malloc followed by a bcopy. But if you rely on that, either here */
+/* or with the standard C library, your code is broken. In my */
+/* opinion, it shouldn't have been invented, but now we're stuck. -HB */
+/* The resulting object has the same kind as the original. */
+/* If the argument is stubborn, the result will have changes enabled. */
+/* It is an error to have changes enabled for the original object. */
+/* Follows ANSI conventions for NULL old_object. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_realloc(void * /* old_object */,
+ size_t /* new_size_in_bytes */)
+ /* 'realloc' attr */ GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(2);
+
+/* Explicitly increase the heap size. */
/* Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success. */
-GC_API int GC_expand_hp(size_t number_of_bytes);
-
-/* Limit the heap size to n bytes. Useful when you're debugging, */
-/* especially on systems that don't handle running out of memory well. */
-/* n == 0 ==> unbounded. This is the default. */
-GC_API void GC_set_max_heap_size(GC_word n);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_expand_hp(size_t /* number_of_bytes */);
-GC_API GC_word GC_get_max_heap_size(void);
+/* Limit the heap size to n bytes. Useful when you're debugging, */
+/* especially on systems that don't handle running out of memory well. */
+/* n == 0 ==> unbounded. This is the default. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_max_heap_size(GC_word /* n */);
-/* Inform the collector that a certain section of statically allocated */
-/* memory contains no pointers to garbage collected memory. Thus it */
+/* Inform the collector that a certain section of statically allocated */
+/* memory contains no pointers to garbage collected memory. Thus it */
/* need not be scanned. This is sometimes important if the application */
-/* maps large read/write files into the address space, which could be */
-/* mistaken for dynamic library data segments on some systems. */
-GC_API void GC_exclude_static_roots(void * low_address,
- void * high_address_plus_1);
-
-/* Clear the set of root segments. Wizards only. */
-GC_API void GC_clear_roots(void);
-
-/* Add a root segment. Wizards only. */
-GC_API void GC_add_roots(void * low_address, void * high_address_plus_1);
-
-/* Remove a root segment. Wizards only. */
-GC_API void GC_remove_roots(void * low_address, void * high_address_plus_1);
-
-/* Add a displacement to the set of those considered valid by the */
+/* maps large read/write files into the address space, which could be */
+/* mistaken for dynamic library data segments on some systems. */
+/* The section (referred to by low_address) must be pointer-aligned. */
+/* low_address must not be greater than high_address_plus_1. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_exclude_static_roots(void * /* low_address */,
+ void * /* high_address_plus_1 */);
+
+/* Clear the set of root segments. Wizards only. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_clear_roots(void);
+
+/* Add a root segment. Wizards only. */
+/* The segment (referred to by low_address) must be pointer-aligned. */
+/* low_address must not be greater than high_address_plus_1. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_add_roots(void * /* low_address */,
+ void * /* high_address_plus_1 */);
+
+/* Remove a root segment. Wizards only. */
+/* May be unimplemented on some platforms. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_remove_roots(void * /* low_address */,
+ void * /* high_address_plus_1 */);
+
+/* Add a displacement to the set of those considered valid by the */
/* collector. GC_register_displacement(n) means that if p was returned */
-/* by GC_malloc, then (char *)p + n will be considered to be a valid */
-/* pointer to p. N must be small and less than the size of p. */
-/* (All pointers to the interior of objects from the stack are */
-/* considered valid in any case. This applies to heap objects and */
-/* static data.) */
-/* Preferably, this should be called before any other GC procedures. */
-/* Calling it later adds to the probability of excess memory */
-/* retention. */
-/* This is a no-op if the collector has recognition of */
-/* arbitrary interior pointers enabled, which is now the default. */
-GC_API void GC_register_displacement(size_t n);
-
-/* The following version should be used if any debugging allocation is */
-/* being done. */
-GC_API void GC_debug_register_displacement(size_t n);
-
-/* Explicitly trigger a full, world-stop collection. */
-GC_API void GC_gcollect(void);
-
-/* Trigger a full world-stopped collection. Abort the collection if */
-/* and when stop_func returns a nonzero value. Stop_func will be */
-/* called frequently, and should be reasonably fast. This works even */
-/* if virtual dirty bits, and hence incremental collection is not */
-/* available for this architecture. Collections can be aborted faster */
-/* than normal pause times for incremental collection. However, */
-/* aborted collections do no useful work; the next collection needs */
-/* to start from the beginning. */
-/* Return 0 if the collection was aborted, 1 if it succeeded. */
-typedef int (* GC_stop_func)(void);
-GC_API int GC_try_to_collect(GC_stop_func stop_func);
-
-/* Return the number of bytes in the heap. Excludes collector private */
-/* data structures. Includes empty blocks and fragmentation loss. */
-/* Includes some pages that were allocated but never written. */
-GC_API size_t GC_get_heap_size(void);
-
-/* Return a lower bound on the number of free bytes in the heap. */
-GC_API size_t GC_get_free_bytes(void);
-
-/* Return the number of bytes allocated since the last collection. */
-GC_API size_t GC_get_bytes_since_gc(void);
-
-/* Return the total number of bytes allocated in this process. */
-/* Never decreases, except due to wrapping. */
-GC_API size_t GC_get_total_bytes(void);
-
-/* Disable garbage collection. Even GC_gcollect calls will be */
-/* ineffective. */
-GC_API void GC_disable(void);
-
-/* Reenable garbage collection. GC_disable() and GC_enable() calls */
-/* nest. Garbage collection is enabled if the number of calls to both */
-/* both functions is equal. */
-GC_API void GC_enable(void);
-
-/* Enable incremental/generational collection. */
-/* Not advisable unless dirty bits are */
-/* available or most heap objects are */
-/* pointerfree(atomic) or immutable. */
-/* Don't use in leak finding mode. */
-/* Ignored if GC_dont_gc is true. */
-/* Only the generational piece of this is */
-/* functional if GC_parallel is TRUE */
-/* or if GC_time_limit is GC_TIME_UNLIMITED. */
-/* Causes GC_local_gcj_malloc() to revert to */
-/* locked allocation. Must be called */
-/* before any GC_local_gcj_malloc() calls. */
-/* For best performance, should be called as early as possible. */
-/* On some platforms, calling it later may have adverse effects.*/
-/* Safe to call before GC_INIT(). Includes a GC_init() call. */
-GC_API void GC_enable_incremental(void);
-
-/* Does incremental mode write-protect pages? Returns zero or */
-/* more of the following, or'ed together: */
-#define GC_PROTECTS_POINTER_HEAP 1 /* May protect non-atomic objs. */
+/* by GC_malloc, then (char *)p + n will be considered to be a valid */
+/* pointer to p. N must be small and less than the size of p. */
+/* (All pointers to the interior of objects from the stack are */
+/* considered valid in any case. This applies to heap objects and */
+/* static data.) */
+/* Preferably, this should be called before any other GC procedures. */
+/* Calling it later adds to the probability of excess memory */
+/* retention. */
+/* This is a no-op if the collector has recognition of */
+/* arbitrary interior pointers enabled, which is now the default. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_displacement(size_t /* n */);
+
+/* The following version should be used if any debugging allocation is */
+/* being done. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_register_displacement(size_t /* n */);
+
+/* Explicitly trigger a full, world-stop collection. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_gcollect(void);
+
+/* Same as above but ignores the default stop_func setting and tries to */
+/* unmap as much memory as possible (regardless of the corresponding */
+/* switch setting). The recommended usage: on receiving a system */
+/* low-memory event; before retrying a system call failed because of */
+/* the system is running out of resources. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_gcollect_and_unmap(void);
+
+/* Trigger a full world-stopped collection. Abort the collection if */
+/* and when stop_func returns a nonzero value. Stop_func will be */
+/* called frequently, and should be reasonably fast. (stop_func is */
+/* called with the allocation lock held and the world might be stopped; */
+/* it's not allowed for stop_func to manipulate pointers to the garbage */
+/* collected heap or call most of GC functions.) This works even */
+/* if virtual dirty bits, and hence incremental collection is not */
+/* available for this architecture. Collections can be aborted faster */
+/* than normal pause times for incremental collection. However, */
+/* aborted collections do no useful work; the next collection needs */
+/* to start from the beginning. stop_func must not be 0. */
+/* GC_try_to_collect() returns 0 if the collection was aborted (or the */
+/* collections are disabled), 1 if it succeeded. */
+typedef int (GC_CALLBACK * GC_stop_func)(void);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_try_to_collect(GC_stop_func /* stop_func */);
+
+/* Set and get the default stop_func. The default stop_func is used by */
+/* GC_gcollect() and by implicitly trigged collections (except for the */
+/* case when handling out of memory). Must not be 0. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_stop_func(GC_stop_func /* stop_func */);
+GC_API GC_stop_func GC_CALL GC_get_stop_func(void);
+
+/* Return the number of bytes in the heap. Excludes collector private */
+/* data structures. Excludes the unmapped memory (retuned to the OS). */
+/* Includes empty blocks and fragmentation loss. Includes some pages */
+/* that were allocated but never written. */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_get_heap_size(void);
+
+/* Return a lower bound on the number of free bytes in the heap */
+/* (excluding the unmapped memory space). */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_get_free_bytes(void);
+
+/* Return the size (in bytes) of the unmapped memory (which is returned */
+/* to the OS but could be remapped back by the collector later unless */
+/* the OS runs out of system/virtual memory). */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_get_unmapped_bytes(void);
+
+/* Return the number of bytes allocated since the last collection. */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_get_bytes_since_gc(void);
+
+/* Return the total number of bytes allocated in this process. */
+/* Never decreases, except due to wrapping. */
+GC_API size_t GC_CALL GC_get_total_bytes(void);
+
+/* Return the signal number used by the garbage collector to suspend */
+/* threads on POSIX systems. Return -1 otherwise. Exported only if */
+/* the library has been compiled with threads support (GC_THREADS). */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_suspend_signal(void);
+
+/* Disable garbage collection. Even GC_gcollect calls will be */
+/* ineffective. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_disable(void);
+
+/* Re-enable garbage collection. GC_disable() and GC_enable() calls */
+/* nest. Garbage collection is enabled if the number of calls to both */
+/* both functions is equal. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_enable(void);
+
+/* Enable incremental/generational collection. Not advisable unless */
+/* dirty bits are available or most heap objects are pointer-free */
+/* (atomic) or immutable. Don't use in leak finding mode. Ignored if */
+/* GC_dont_gc is true. Only the generational piece of this is */
+/* functional if GC_parallel is TRUE or if GC_time_limit is */
+/* GC_TIME_UNLIMITED. Causes thread-local variant of GC_gcj_malloc() */
+/* to revert to locked allocation. Must be called before any such */
+/* GC_gcj_malloc() calls. For best performance, should be called as */
+/* early as possible. On some platforms, calling it later may have */
+/* adverse effects. */
+/* Safe to call before GC_INIT(). Includes a GC_init() call. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_enable_incremental(void);
+
+/* Does incremental mode write-protect pages? Returns zero or */
+/* more of the following, or'ed together: */
+#define GC_PROTECTS_POINTER_HEAP 1 /* May protect non-atomic objs. */
#define GC_PROTECTS_PTRFREE_HEAP 2
-#define GC_PROTECTS_STATIC_DATA 4 /* Currently never. */
-#define GC_PROTECTS_STACK 8 /* Probably impractical. */
+#define GC_PROTECTS_STATIC_DATA 4 /* Currently never. */
+#define GC_PROTECTS_STACK 8 /* Probably impractical. */
#define GC_PROTECTS_NONE 0
-GC_API int GC_incremental_protection_needs(void);
-
-/* Perform some garbage collection work, if appropriate. */
-/* Return 0 if there is no more work to be done. */
-/* Typically performs an amount of work corresponding roughly */
-/* to marking from one page. May do more work if further */
-/* progress requires it, e.g. if incremental collection is */
-/* disabled. It is reasonable to call this in a wait loop */
-/* until it returns 0. */
-GC_API int GC_collect_a_little(void);
-
-/* Allocate an object of size lb bytes. The client guarantees that */
-/* as long as the object is live, it will be referenced by a pointer */
-/* that points to somewhere within the first 256 bytes of the object. */
-/* (This should normally be declared volatile to prevent the compiler */
-/* from invalidating this assertion.) This routine is only useful */
-/* if a large array is being allocated. It reduces the chance of */
-/* accidentally retaining such an array as a result of scanning an */
-/* integer that happens to be an address inside the array. (Actually, */
-/* it reduces the chance of the allocator not finding space for such */
-/* an array, since it will try hard to avoid introducing such a false */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_incremental_protection_needs(void);
+
+/* Perform some garbage collection work, if appropriate. */
+/* Return 0 if there is no more work to be done. */
+/* Typically performs an amount of work corresponding roughly */
+/* to marking from one page. May do more work if further */
+/* progress requires it, e.g. if incremental collection is */
+/* disabled. It is reasonable to call this in a wait loop */
+/* until it returns 0. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_collect_a_little(void);
+
+/* Allocate an object of size lb bytes. The client guarantees that */
+/* as long as the object is live, it will be referenced by a pointer */
+/* that points to somewhere within the first 256 bytes of the object. */
+/* (This should normally be declared volatile to prevent the compiler */
+/* from invalidating this assertion.) This routine is only useful */
+/* if a large array is being allocated. It reduces the chance of */
+/* accidentally retaining such an array as a result of scanning an */
+/* integer that happens to be an address inside the array. (Actually, */
+/* it reduces the chance of the allocator not finding space for such */
+/* an array, since it will try hard to avoid introducing such a false */
/* reference.) On a SunOS 4.X or MS Windows system this is recommended */
-/* for arrays likely to be larger than 100K or so. For other systems, */
-/* or if the collector is not configured to recognize all interior */
-/* pointers, the threshold is normally much higher. */
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_ignore_off_page(size_t lb);
-GC_API void * GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(size_t lb);
+/* for arrays likely to be larger than 100K or so. For other systems, */
+/* or if the collector is not configured to recognize all interior */
+/* pointers, the threshold is normally much higher. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_ignore_off_page(size_t /* lb */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(size_t /* lb */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
#if defined(__sgi) && !defined(__GNUC__) && _COMPILER_VERSION >= 720
-# define GC_ADD_CALLER
-# define GC_RETURN_ADDR (GC_word)__return_address
+# define GC_ADD_CALLER
+# define GC_RETURN_ADDR (GC_word)__return_address
#endif
#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
# include <features.h>
# if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 1 || __GLIBC__ > 2) \
- && !defined(__ia64__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
-# ifndef GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE
-/* # define GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE */
-# endif
+ && !defined(__ia64__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__) \
+ && !defined(GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE)
+# define GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE
# endif
# if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
# define GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS
# endif
#endif
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1200 /* version 12.0+ (MSVC 6.0+) */ \
- && !defined(_AMD64_)
-# ifndef GC_HAVE_NO_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE
-# define GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE
-# endif
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1200 /* version 12.0+ (MSVC 6.0+) */ \
+ && !defined(_AMD64_) && !defined(GC_HAVE_NO_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE) \
+ && !defined(_WIN32_WCE) && !defined(GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE)
+# define GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE
#endif
#if defined(GC_HAVE_BUILTIN_BACKTRACE) && !defined(GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS)
#endif
#if defined(__sparc__)
-# define GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS
+# define GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS
#endif
-/* If we're on an a platform on which we can't save call stacks, but */
-/* gcc is normally used, we go ahead and define GC_ADD_CALLER. */
-/* We make this decision independent of whether gcc is actually being */
-/* used, in order to keep the interface consistent, and allow mixing */
-/* of compilers. */
-/* This may also be desirable if it is possible but expensive to */
-/* retrieve the call chain. */
+/* If we're on an a platform on which we can't save call stacks, but */
+/* gcc is normally used, we go ahead and define GC_ADD_CALLER. */
+/* We make this decision independent of whether gcc is actually being */
+/* used, in order to keep the interface consistent, and allow mixing */
+/* of compilers. */
+/* This may also be desirable if it is possible but expensive to */
+/* retrieve the call chain. */
#if (defined(__linux__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) \
- || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)) & !defined(GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS)
+ || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)) \
+ && !defined(GC_CAN_SAVE_CALL_STACKS)
# define GC_ADD_CALLER
-# if __GNUC__ >= 3 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95)
+# if __GNUC__ >= 3 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95)
/* gcc knows how to retrieve return address, but we don't know */
- /* how to generate call stacks. */
+ /* how to generate call stacks. */
# define GC_RETURN_ADDR (GC_word)__builtin_return_address(0)
# else
/* Just pass 0 for gcc compatibility. */
#endif
#ifdef GC_ADD_CALLER
-# define GC_EXTRAS GC_RETURN_ADDR, __FILE__, __LINE__
-# define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS GC_word ra, const char * s, int i
+# define GC_EXTRAS GC_RETURN_ADDR, __FILE__, __LINE__
+# define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS GC_word ra, const char * s, int i
#else
-# define GC_EXTRAS __FILE__, __LINE__
-# define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS const char * s, int i
+# define GC_EXTRAS __FILE__, __LINE__
+# define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS const char * s, int i
#endif
-/* Debugging (annotated) allocation. GC_gcollect will check */
-/* objects allocated in this way for overwrites, etc. */
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc(size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_atomic(size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API char * GC_debug_strdup(const char *str, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable
- (size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_stubborn
- (size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_ignore_off_page
- (size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page
- (size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void GC_debug_free (void * object_addr);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_realloc
- (void * old_object, size_t new_size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS);
-GC_API void GC_debug_change_stubborn(void *);
-GC_API void GC_debug_end_stubborn_change(void *);
-
-/* Routines that allocate objects with debug information (like the */
-/* above), but just fill in dummy file and line number information. */
-/* Thus they can serve as drop-in malloc/realloc replacements. This */
-/* can be useful for two reasons: */
-/* 1) It allows the collector to be built with DBG_HDRS_ALL defined */
-/* even if some allocation calls come from 3rd party libraries */
-/* that can't be recompiled. */
-/* 2) On some platforms, the file and line information is redundant, */
-/* since it can be reconstructed from a stack trace. On such */
-/* platforms it may be more convenient not to recompile, e.g. for */
-/* leak detection. This can be accomplished by instructing the */
-/* linker to replace malloc/realloc with these. */
-GC_API void * GC_debug_malloc_replacement (size_t size_in_bytes);
-GC_API void * GC_debug_realloc_replacement
- (void * object_addr, size_t size_in_bytes);
-
-# ifdef GC_DEBUG
-# define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_debug_malloc(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_debug_malloc_atomic(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_STRDUP(s) GC_debug_strdup((s), GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) \
- GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_MALLOC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
- GC_debug_malloc_ignore_off_page(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
- GC_debug_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_debug_realloc(old, sz, GC_EXTRAS)
-# define GC_FREE(p) GC_debug_free(p)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_debug_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_UNREACHABLE(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_debug_register_finalizer_unreachable(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_debug_malloc_stubborn(sz, GC_EXTRAS);
-# define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_debug_change_stubborn(p)
-# define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_debug_end_stubborn_change(p)
-# define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
- GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, GC_base(obj))
-# define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_debug_register_displacement(n)
-# else
-# define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_malloc(sz)
-# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_malloc_atomic(sz)
-# define GC_STRDUP(s) GC_strdup(s)
-# define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) GC_malloc_uncollectable(sz)
-# define GC_MALLOC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
- GC_malloc_ignore_off_page(sz)
-# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
- GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(sz)
-# define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_realloc(old, sz)
-# define GC_FREE(p) GC_free(p)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_UNREACHABLE(p, f, d, of, od) \
- GC_register_finalizer_unreachable(p, f, d, of, od)
-# define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_malloc_stubborn(sz)
-# define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_change_stubborn(p)
-# define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_end_stubborn_change(p)
-# define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
- GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, obj)
-# define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_register_displacement(n)
-# endif
-/* The following are included because they are often convenient, and */
-/* reduce the chance for a misspecifed size argument. But calls may */
-/* expand to something syntactically incorrect if t is a complicated */
-/* type expression. */
-# define GC_NEW(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC(sizeof (t))
-# define GC_NEW_ATOMIC(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sizeof (t))
-# define GC_NEW_STUBBORN(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sizeof (t))
-# define GC_NEW_UNCOLLECTABLE(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sizeof (t))
-
-/* Finalization. Some of these primitives are grossly unsafe. */
-/* The idea is to make them both cheap, and sufficient to build */
-/* a safer layer, closer to Modula-3, Java, or PCedar finalization. */
-/* The interface represents my conclusions from a long discussion */
-/* with Alan Demers, Dan Greene, Carl Hauser, Barry Hayes, */
-/* Christian Jacobi, and Russ Atkinson. It's not perfect, and */
-/* probably nobody else agrees with it. Hans-J. Boehm 3/13/92 */
-typedef void (*GC_finalization_proc) (void * obj, void * client_data);
-
-GC_API void GC_register_finalizer(void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn,
- void * cd, GC_finalization_proc *ofn,
- void * *ocd);
-GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
- /* When obj is no longer accessible, invoke */
- /* (*fn)(obj, cd). If a and b are inaccessible, and */
- /* a points to b (after disappearing links have been */
- /* made to disappear), then only a will be */
- /* finalized. (If this does not create any new */
- /* pointers to b, then b will be finalized after the */
- /* next collection.) Any finalizable object that */
- /* is reachable from itself by following one or more */
- /* pointers will not be finalized (or collected). */
- /* Thus cycles involving finalizable objects should */
- /* be avoided, or broken by disappearing links. */
- /* All but the last finalizer registered for an object */
- /* is ignored. */
- /* Finalization may be removed by passing 0 as fn. */
- /* Finalizers are implicitly unregistered just before */
- /* they are invoked. */
- /* The old finalizer and client data are stored in */
- /* *ofn and *ocd. */
- /* Fn is never invoked on an accessible object, */
- /* provided hidden pointers are converted to real */
- /* pointers only if the allocation lock is held, and */
- /* such conversions are not performed by finalization */
- /* routines. */
- /* If GC_register_finalizer is aborted as a result of */
- /* a signal, the object may be left with no */
- /* finalization, even if neither the old nor new */
- /* finalizer were NULL. */
- /* Obj should be the nonNULL starting address of an */
- /* object allocated by GC_malloc or friends. */
- /* Note that any garbage collectable object referenced */
- /* by cd will be considered accessible until the */
- /* finalizer is invoked. */
-
-/* Another versions of the above follow. It ignores */
-/* self-cycles, i.e. pointers from a finalizable object to */
-/* itself. There is a stylistic argument that this is wrong, */
-/* but it's unavoidable for C++, since the compiler may */
-/* silently introduce these. It's also benign in that specific */
-/* case. And it helps if finalizable objects are split to */
-/* avoid cycles. */
-/* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
-/* refers to the object itself. */
-GC_API void GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
-GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
+/* Debugging (annotated) allocation. GC_gcollect will check */
+/* objects allocated in this way for overwrites, etc. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc(size_t /* size_in_bytes */,
+ GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_atomic(size_t /* size_in_bytes */,
+ GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API char * GC_CALL GC_debug_strdup(const char *,
+ GC_EXTRA_PARAMS) GC_ATTR_MALLOC;
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable(
+ size_t /* size_in_bytes */, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_stubborn(size_t /* size_in_bytes */,
+ GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_ignore_off_page(
+ size_t /* size_in_bytes */, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(
+ size_t /* size_in_bytes */, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_free(void *);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_realloc(void * /* old_object */,
+ size_t /* new_size_in_bytes */, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS)
+ /* 'realloc' attr */ GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(2);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_change_stubborn(void *);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_end_stubborn_change(void *);
+
+/* Routines that allocate objects with debug information (like the */
+/* above), but just fill in dummy file and line number information. */
+/* Thus they can serve as drop-in malloc/realloc replacements. This */
+/* can be useful for two reasons: */
+/* 1) It allows the collector to be built with DBG_HDRS_ALL defined */
+/* even if some allocation calls come from 3rd party libraries */
+/* that can't be recompiled. */
+/* 2) On some platforms, the file and line information is redundant, */
+/* since it can be reconstructed from a stack trace. On such */
+/* platforms it may be more convenient not to recompile, e.g. for */
+/* leak detection. This can be accomplished by instructing the */
+/* linker to replace malloc/realloc with these. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_malloc_replacement(size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ GC_ATTR_MALLOC GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(1);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_debug_realloc_replacement(void * /* object_addr */,
+ size_t /* size_in_bytes */)
+ /* 'realloc' attr */ GC_ATTR_ALLOC_SIZE(2);
+
+#ifdef GC_DEBUG
+# define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_debug_malloc(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_debug_malloc_atomic(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_STRDUP(s) GC_debug_strdup((s), GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) \
+ GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_MALLOC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
+ GC_debug_malloc_ignore_off_page(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
+ GC_debug_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_debug_realloc(old, sz, GC_EXTRAS)
+# define GC_FREE(p) GC_debug_free(p)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_debug_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_UNREACHABLE(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_debug_register_finalizer_unreachable(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_debug_malloc_stubborn(sz, GC_EXTRAS);
+# define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_debug_change_stubborn(p)
+# define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_debug_end_stubborn_change(p)
+# define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
+ GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, GC_base(obj))
+# define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_debug_register_displacement(n)
+#else
+# define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_malloc(sz)
+# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_malloc_atomic(sz)
+# define GC_STRDUP(s) GC_strdup(s)
+# define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) GC_malloc_uncollectable(sz)
+# define GC_MALLOC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
+ GC_malloc_ignore_off_page(sz)
+# define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC_IGNORE_OFF_PAGE(sz) \
+ GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page(sz)
+# define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_realloc(old, sz)
+# define GC_FREE(p) GC_free(p)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_UNREACHABLE(p, f, d, of, od) \
+ GC_register_finalizer_unreachable(p, f, d, of, od)
+# define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_malloc_stubborn(sz)
+# define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_change_stubborn(p)
+# define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_end_stubborn_change(p)
+# define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
+ GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, obj)
+# define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_register_displacement(n)
+#endif
+
+/* The following are included because they are often convenient, and */
+/* reduce the chance for a misspecified size argument. But calls may */
+/* expand to something syntactically incorrect if t is a complicated */
+/* type expression. */
+#define GC_NEW(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC(sizeof (t))
+#define GC_NEW_ATOMIC(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sizeof (t))
+#define GC_NEW_STUBBORN(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sizeof (t))
+#define GC_NEW_UNCOLLECTABLE(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sizeof (t))
+
+/* Finalization. Some of these primitives are grossly unsafe. */
+/* The idea is to make them both cheap, and sufficient to build */
+/* a safer layer, closer to Modula-3, Java, or PCedar finalization. */
+/* The interface represents my conclusions from a long discussion */
+/* with Alan Demers, Dan Greene, Carl Hauser, Barry Hayes, */
+/* Christian Jacobi, and Russ Atkinson. It's not perfect, and */
+/* probably nobody else agrees with it. Hans-J. Boehm 3/13/92 */
+typedef void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_finalization_proc)(void * /* obj */,
+ void * /* client_data */);
+
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_finalizer(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_register_finalizer(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+ /* When obj is no longer accessible, invoke */
+ /* (*fn)(obj, cd). If a and b are inaccessible, and */
+ /* a points to b (after disappearing links have been */
+ /* made to disappear), then only a will be */
+ /* finalized. (If this does not create any new */
+ /* pointers to b, then b will be finalized after the */
+ /* next collection.) Any finalizable object that */
+ /* is reachable from itself by following one or more */
+ /* pointers will not be finalized (or collected). */
+ /* Thus cycles involving finalizable objects should */
+ /* be avoided, or broken by disappearing links. */
+ /* All but the last finalizer registered for an object */
+ /* is ignored. */
+ /* Finalization may be removed by passing 0 as fn. */
+ /* Finalizers are implicitly unregistered when they are */
+ /* enqueued for finalization (i.e. become ready to be */
+ /* finalized). */
+ /* The old finalizer and client data are stored in */
+ /* *ofn and *ocd. (ofn and/or ocd may be NULL. */
+ /* The allocation lock is held while *ofn and *ocd are */
+ /* updated. In case of error (no memory to register */
+ /* new finalizer), *ofn and *ocd remain unchanged.) */
+ /* Fn is never invoked on an accessible object, */
+ /* provided hidden pointers are converted to real */
+ /* pointers only if the allocation lock is held, and */
+ /* such conversions are not performed by finalization */
+ /* routines. */
+ /* If GC_register_finalizer is aborted as a result of */
+ /* a signal, the object may be left with no */
+ /* finalization, even if neither the old nor new */
+ /* finalizer were NULL. */
+ /* Obj should be the starting address of an object */
+ /* allocated by GC_malloc or friends. Obj may also be */
+ /* NULL or point to something outside GC heap (in this */
+ /* case, fn is ignored, *ofn and *ocd are set to NULL). */
+ /* Note that any garbage collectable object referenced */
+ /* by cd will be considered accessible until the */
+ /* finalizer is invoked. */
+
+/* Another versions of the above follow. It ignores */
+/* self-cycles, i.e. pointers from a finalizable object to */
+/* itself. There is a stylistic argument that this is wrong, */
+/* but it's unavoidable for C++, since the compiler may */
+/* silently introduce these. It's also benign in that specific */
+/* case. And it helps if finalizable objects are split to */
+/* avoid cycles. */
+/* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
+/* refers to the object itself. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
/* Another version of the above. It ignores all cycles. */
/* It should probably only be used by Java implementations. */
-/* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
-/* refers to the object itself. */
-GC_API void GC_register_finalizer_no_order
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
-GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
+/* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
+/* refers to the object itself. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_finalizer_no_order(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
/* This is a special finalizer that is useful when an object's */
/* finalizer must be run when the object is known to be no */
/* longer reachable, not even from other finalizable objects. */
-/* It behaves like "normal" finalization, except that the */
-/* finalizer is not run while the object is reachable from */
-/* other objects specifying unordered finalization. */
-/* Effectively it allows an object referenced, possibly */
+/* It behaves like "normal" finalization, except that the */
+/* finalizer is not run while the object is reachable from */
+/* other objects specifying unordered finalization. */
+/* Effectively it allows an object referenced, possibly */
/* indirectly, from an unordered finalizable object to override */
-/* the unordered finalization request. */
+/* the unordered finalization request. */
/* This can be used in combination with finalizer_no_order so */
/* as to release resources that must not be released while an */
/* object can still be brought back to life by other */
/* finalizers. */
-/* Only works if GC_java_finalization is set. Probably only */
-/* of interest when implementing a language that requires */
-/* unordered finalization (e.g. Java, C#). */
-GC_API void GC_register_finalizer_unreachable
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
-GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer_unreachable
- (void * obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, void * cd,
- GC_finalization_proc *ofn, void * *ocd);
-
-/* The following routine may be used to break cycles between */
-/* finalizable objects, thus causing cyclic finalizable */
-/* objects to be finalized in the correct order. Standard */
-/* use involves calling GC_register_disappearing_link(&p), */
-/* where p is a pointer that is not followed by finalization */
-/* code, and should not be considered in determining */
-/* finalization order. */
-GC_API int GC_register_disappearing_link(void * * link );
- /* Link should point to a field of a heap allocated */
- /* object obj. *link will be cleared when obj is */
- /* found to be inaccessible. This happens BEFORE any */
- /* finalization code is invoked, and BEFORE any */
- /* decisions about finalization order are made. */
- /* This is useful in telling the finalizer that */
- /* some pointers are not essential for proper */
- /* finalization. This may avoid finalization cycles. */
- /* Note that obj may be resurrected by another */
- /* finalizer, and thus the clearing of *link may */
- /* be visible to non-finalization code. */
- /* There's an argument that an arbitrary action should */
- /* be allowed here, instead of just clearing a pointer. */
- /* But this causes problems if that action alters, or */
- /* examines connectivity. */
- /* Returns 1 if link was already registered, 0 if */
- /* registration succeeded, 2 if it failed for lack of */
- /* memory, and GC_oom_fn did not handle the problem. */
- /* Only exists for backward compatibility. See below: */
-
-GC_API int GC_general_register_disappearing_link (void * * link, void * obj);
- /* A slight generalization of the above. *link is */
- /* cleared when obj first becomes inaccessible. This */
- /* can be used to implement weak pointers easily and */
- /* safely. Typically link will point to a location */
- /* holding a disguised pointer to obj. (A pointer */
- /* inside an "atomic" object is effectively */
- /* disguised.) In this way soft */
- /* pointers are broken before any object */
- /* reachable from them are finalized. Each link */
- /* May be registered only once, i.e. with one obj */
- /* value. This was added after a long email discussion */
- /* with John Ellis. */
- /* Obj must be a pointer to the first word of an object */
- /* we allocated. It is unsafe to explicitly deallocate */
- /* the object containing link. Explicitly deallocating */
- /* obj may or may not cause link to eventually be */
- /* cleared. */
- /* This can be used to implement certain types of */
- /* weak pointers. Note however that this generally */
- /* requires that thje allocation lock is held (see */
- /* GC_call_with_allock_lock() below) when the disguised */
- /* pointer is accessed. Otherwise a strong pointer */
- /* could be recreated between the time the collector */
- /* decides to reclaim the object and the link is */
- /* cleared. */
-
-GC_API int GC_unregister_disappearing_link (void * * link);
- /* Returns 0 if link was not actually registered. */
- /* Undoes a registration by either of the above two */
- /* routines. */
-
-GC_API void GC_finalize_all();
-
-/* Returns !=0 if GC_invoke_finalizers has something to do. */
-GC_API int GC_should_invoke_finalizers(void);
-
-GC_API int GC_invoke_finalizers(void);
- /* Run finalizers for all objects that are ready to */
- /* be finalized. Return the number of finalizers */
- /* that were run. Normally this is also called */
- /* implicitly during some allocations. If */
- /* GC-finalize_on_demand is nonzero, it must be called */
- /* explicitly. */
-
-/* Explicitly tell the collector that an object is reachable */
-/* at a particular program point. This prevents the argument */
-/* pointer from being optimized away, even it is otherwise no */
-/* longer needed. It should have no visible effect in the */
-/* absence of finalizers or disappearing links. But it may be */
-/* needed to prevent finalizers from running while the */
-/* associated external resource is still in use. */
-/* The function is sometimes called keep_alive in other */
-/* settings. */
-# if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
-# define GC_reachable_here(ptr) \
- __asm__ volatile(" " : : "X"(ptr) : "memory");
-# else
- GC_API void GC_noop1(GC_word x);
-# define GC_reachable_here(ptr) GC_noop1((GC_word)(ptr));
+/* Only works if GC_java_finalization is set. Probably only */
+/* of interest when implementing a language that requires */
+/* unordered finalization (e.g. Java, C#). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_finalizer_unreachable(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_debug_register_finalizer_unreachable(void * /* obj */,
+ GC_finalization_proc /* fn */, void * /* cd */,
+ GC_finalization_proc * /* ofn */, void ** /* ocd */);
+
+#define GC_NO_MEMORY 2 /* Failure due to lack of memory. */
+
+/* The following routine may be used to break cycles between */
+/* finalizable objects, thus causing cyclic finalizable */
+/* objects to be finalized in the correct order. Standard */
+/* use involves calling GC_register_disappearing_link(&p), */
+/* where p is a pointer that is not followed by finalization */
+/* code, and should not be considered in determining */
+/* finalization order. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_register_disappearing_link(void ** /* link */);
+ /* Link should point to a field of a heap allocated */
+ /* object obj. *link will be cleared when obj is */
+ /* found to be inaccessible. This happens BEFORE any */
+ /* finalization code is invoked, and BEFORE any */
+ /* decisions about finalization order are made. */
+ /* This is useful in telling the finalizer that */
+ /* some pointers are not essential for proper */
+ /* finalization. This may avoid finalization cycles. */
+ /* Note that obj may be resurrected by another */
+ /* finalizer, and thus the clearing of *link may */
+ /* be visible to non-finalization code. */
+ /* There's an argument that an arbitrary action should */
+ /* be allowed here, instead of just clearing a pointer. */
+ /* But this causes problems if that action alters, or */
+ /* examines connectivity. Returns GC_DUPLICATE if link */
+ /* was already registered, GC_SUCCESS if registration */
+ /* succeeded, GC_NO_MEMORY if it failed for lack of */
+ /* memory, and GC_oom_fn did not handle the problem. */
+ /* Only exists for backward compatibility. See below: */
+
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_general_register_disappearing_link(void ** /* link */,
+ void * /* obj */);
+ /* A slight generalization of the above. *link is */
+ /* cleared when obj first becomes inaccessible. This */
+ /* can be used to implement weak pointers easily and */
+ /* safely. Typically link will point to a location */
+ /* holding a disguised pointer to obj. (A pointer */
+ /* inside an "atomic" object is effectively disguised.) */
+ /* In this way, weak pointers are broken before any */
+ /* object reachable from them gets finalized. */
+ /* Each link may be registered only with one obj value, */
+ /* i.e. all objects but the last one (link registered */
+ /* with) are ignored. This was added after a long */
+ /* email discussion with John Ellis. */
+ /* link must be non-NULL (and be properly aligned). */
+ /* obj must be a pointer to the first word of an object */
+ /* allocated by GC_malloc or friends. It is unsafe to */
+ /* explicitly deallocate the object containing link. */
+ /* Explicit deallocation of obj may or may not cause */
+ /* link to eventually be cleared. */
+ /* This function can be used to implement certain types */
+ /* of weak pointers. Note, however, this generally */
+ /* requires that the allocation lock is held (see */
+ /* GC_call_with_alloc_lock() below) when the disguised */
+ /* pointer is accessed. Otherwise a strong pointer */
+ /* could be recreated between the time the collector */
+ /* decides to reclaim the object and the link is */
+ /* cleared. Returns GC_SUCCESS if registration */
+ /* succeeded (a new link is registered), GC_DUPLICATE */
+ /* if link was already registered (with some object), */
+ /* GC_NO_MEMORY if registration failed for lack of */
+ /* memory (and GC_oom_fn did not handle the problem). */
+
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_unregister_disappearing_link(void ** /* link */);
+ /* Undoes a registration by either of the above two */
+ /* routines. Returns 0 if link was not actually */
+ /* registered (otherwise returns 1). */
+
+/* Returns !=0 if GC_invoke_finalizers has something to do. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_should_invoke_finalizers(void);
+
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_invoke_finalizers(void);
+ /* Run finalizers for all objects that are ready to */
+ /* be finalized. Return the number of finalizers */
+ /* that were run. Normally this is also called */
+ /* implicitly during some allocations. If */
+ /* GC_finalize_on_demand is nonzero, it must be called */
+ /* explicitly. */
+
+/* Explicitly tell the collector that an object is reachable */
+/* at a particular program point. This prevents the argument */
+/* pointer from being optimized away, even it is otherwise no */
+/* longer needed. It should have no visible effect in the */
+/* absence of finalizers or disappearing links. But it may be */
+/* needed to prevent finalizers from running while the */
+/* associated external resource is still in use. */
+/* The function is sometimes called keep_alive in other */
+/* settings. */
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+# define GC_reachable_here(ptr) \
+ __asm__ volatile(" " : : "X"(ptr) : "memory");
+#else
+ GC_API void GC_CALL GC_noop1(GC_word);
+# define GC_reachable_here(ptr) GC_noop1((GC_word)(ptr));
#endif
-/* GC_set_warn_proc can be used to redirect or filter warning messages. */
-/* p may not be a NULL pointer. */
-typedef void (*GC_warn_proc) (char *msg, GC_word arg);
-GC_API GC_warn_proc GC_set_warn_proc(GC_warn_proc p);
- /* Returns old warning procedure. */
-
-GC_API GC_word GC_set_free_space_divisor(GC_word value);
- /* Set free_space_divisor. See above for definition. */
- /* Returns old value. */
-
-/* The following is intended to be used by a higher level */
-/* (e.g. Java-like) finalization facility. It is expected */
-/* that finalization code will arrange for hidden pointers to */
-/* disappear. Otherwise objects can be accessed after they */
-/* have been collected. */
-/* Note that putting pointers in atomic objects or in */
-/* nonpointer slots of "typed" objects is equivalent to */
-/* disguising them in this way, and may have other advantages. */
-# if defined(I_HIDE_POINTERS) || defined(GC_I_HIDE_POINTERS)
- typedef GC_word GC_hidden_pointer;
-# define HIDE_POINTER(p) (~(GC_hidden_pointer)(p))
-# define REVEAL_POINTER(p) ((void *)(HIDE_POINTER(p)))
- /* Converting a hidden pointer to a real pointer requires verifying */
- /* that the object still exists. This involves acquiring the */
- /* allocator lock to avoid a race with the collector. */
-# endif /* I_HIDE_POINTERS */
-
-typedef void * (*GC_fn_type) (void * client_data);
-GC_API void * GC_call_with_alloc_lock (GC_fn_type fn, void * client_data);
-
-/* These routines are intended to explicitly notify the collector */
-/* of new threads. Often this is unnecessary because thread creation */
-/* is implicitly intercepted by the collector, using header-file */
-/* defines, or linker-based interception. In the long run the intent */
-/* is to always make redundant registration safe. In the short run, */
-/* this is being implemented a platform at a time. */
-/* The interface is complicated by the fact that we probably will not */
-/* ever be able to automatically determine the stack base for thread */
-/* stacks on all platforms. */
-
-/* Structure representing the base of a thread stack. On most */
-/* platforms this contains just a single address. */
+/* GC_set_warn_proc can be used to redirect or filter warning messages. */
+/* p may not be a NULL pointer. Both the setter and the getter acquire */
+/* the GC lock (to avoid data races). */
+typedef void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_warn_proc)(char * /* msg */,
+ GC_word /* arg */);
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_warn_proc(GC_warn_proc /* p */);
+/* GC_get_warn_proc returns the current warn_proc. */
+GC_API GC_warn_proc GC_CALL GC_get_warn_proc(void);
+
+ /* GC_ignore_warn_proc may be used as an argument for */
+ /* GC_set_warn_proc() to suppress all warnings (unless */
+ /* statistics printing is turned on). */
+GC_API void GC_CALLBACK GC_ignore_warn_proc(char *, GC_word);
+
+/* The following is intended to be used by a higher level */
+/* (e.g. Java-like) finalization facility. It is expected */
+/* that finalization code will arrange for hidden pointers to */
+/* disappear. Otherwise objects can be accessed after they */
+/* have been collected. */
+/* Note that putting pointers in atomic objects or in */
+/* nonpointer slots of "typed" objects is equivalent to */
+/* disguising them in this way, and may have other advantages. */
+#if defined(I_HIDE_POINTERS) || defined(GC_I_HIDE_POINTERS)
+ typedef GC_word GC_hidden_pointer;
+# define HIDE_POINTER(p) (~(GC_hidden_pointer)(p))
+# define REVEAL_POINTER(p) ((void *)HIDE_POINTER(p))
+ /* Converting a hidden pointer to a real pointer requires verifying */
+ /* that the object still exists. This involves acquiring the */
+ /* allocator lock to avoid a race with the collector. */
+#endif /* I_HIDE_POINTERS */
+
+/* The GC-prefixed symbols are preferred for new code (I_HIDE_POINTERS, */
+/* HIDE_POINTER and REVEAL_POINTER remain for compatibility). */
+#ifdef GC_I_HIDE_POINTERS
+# define GC_HIDE_POINTER(p) HIDE_POINTER(p)
+# define GC_REVEAL_POINTER(p) REVEAL_POINTER(p)
+#endif
+
+typedef void * (GC_CALLBACK * GC_fn_type)(void * /* client_data */);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_call_with_alloc_lock(GC_fn_type /* fn */,
+ void * /* client_data */);
+
+/* These routines are intended to explicitly notify the collector */
+/* of new threads. Often this is unnecessary because thread creation */
+/* is implicitly intercepted by the collector, using header-file */
+/* defines, or linker-based interception. In the long run the intent */
+/* is to always make redundant registration safe. In the short run, */
+/* this is being implemented a platform at a time. */
+/* The interface is complicated by the fact that we probably will not */
+/* ever be able to automatically determine the stack base for thread */
+/* stacks on all platforms. */
+
+/* Structure representing the base of a thread stack. On most */
+/* platforms this contains just a single address. */
struct GC_stack_base {
- void * mem_base; /* Base of memory stack. */
-# if defined(__ia64) || defined(__ia64__)
- void * reg_base; /* Base of separate register stack. */
-# endif
+ void * mem_base; /* Base of memory stack. */
+# if defined(__ia64) || defined(__ia64__) || defined(_M_IA64)
+ void * reg_base; /* Base of separate register stack. */
+# endif
};
-typedef void * (*GC_stack_base_func)(struct GC_stack_base *sb, void *arg);
-
-/* Call a function with a stack base structure corresponding to */
-/* somewhere in the GC_call_with_stack_base frame. This often can */
-/* be used to provide a sufficiently accurate stack base. And we */
-/* implement it everywhere. */
-GC_API void * GC_call_with_stack_base(GC_stack_base_func fn, void *arg);
-
-/* Register the current thread, with the indicated stack base, as */
-/* a new thread whose stack(s) should be traced by the GC. If a */
-/* platform does not implicitly do so, this must be called before a */
-/* thread can allocate garbage collected memory, or assign pointers */
-/* to the garbage collected heap. Once registered, a thread will be */
-/* stopped during garbage collections. */
-/* Return codes: */
-#define GC_SUCCESS 0
-#define GC_DUPLICATE 1 /* Was already registered. */
-#define GC_NO_THREADS 2 /* No thread support in GC. */
-#define GC_UNIMPLEMENTED 3 /* Not yet implemented on this platform. */
-GC_API int GC_register_my_thread(struct GC_stack_base *);
-
-/* Unregister the current thread. The thread may no longer allocate */
-/* garbage collected memory or manipulate pointers to the */
-/* garbage collected heap after making this call. */
-/* Specifically, if it wants to return or otherwise communicate a */
-/* pointer to the garbage-collected heap to another thread, it must */
-/* do this before calling GC_unregister_my_thread, most probably */
-/* by saving it in a global data structure. */
-GC_API int GC_unregister_my_thread(void);
-
-/* Attempt to fill in the GC_stack_base structure with the stack base */
-/* for this thread. This appears to be required to implement anything */
-/* like the JNI AttachCurrentThread in an environment in which new */
-/* threads are not automatically registered with the collector. */
-/* It is also unfortunately hard to implement well on many platforms. */
-/* Returns GC_SUCCESS or GC_UNIMPLEMENTED. */
-GC_API int GC_get_stack_base(struct GC_stack_base *);
-
-/* The following routines are primarily intended for use with a */
-/* preprocessor which inserts calls to check C pointer arithmetic. */
-/* They indicate failure by invoking the corresponding _print_proc. */
-
-/* Check that p and q point to the same object. */
-/* Fail conspicuously if they don't. */
-/* Returns the first argument. */
-/* Succeeds if neither p nor q points to the heap. */
-/* May succeed if both p and q point to between heap objects. */
-GC_API void * GC_same_obj (void * p, void * q);
-
-/* Checked pointer pre- and post- increment operations. Note that */
-/* the second argument is in units of bytes, not multiples of the */
-/* object size. This should either be invoked from a macro, or the */
-/* call should be automatically generated. */
-GC_API void * GC_pre_incr (void * *p, size_t how_much);
-GC_API void * GC_post_incr (void * *p, size_t how_much);
-
-/* Check that p is visible */
-/* to the collector as a possibly pointer containing location. */
-/* If it isn't fail conspicuously. */
-/* Returns the argument in all cases. May erroneously succeed */
-/* in hard cases. (This is intended for debugging use with */
-/* untyped allocations. The idea is that it should be possible, though */
-/* slow, to add such a call to all indirect pointer stores.) */
-/* Currently useless for multithreaded worlds. */
-GC_API void * GC_is_visible (void * p);
-
-/* Check that if p is a pointer to a heap page, then it points to */
-/* a valid displacement within a heap object. */
-/* Fail conspicuously if this property does not hold. */
-/* Uninteresting with GC_all_interior_pointers. */
-/* Always returns its argument. */
-GC_API void * GC_is_valid_displacement (void * p);
-
-/* Explicitly dump the GC state. This is most often called from the */
-/* debugger, or by setting the GC_DUMP_REGULARLY environment variable, */
-/* but it may be useful to call it from client code during debugging. */
-void GC_dump(void);
-
-/* Safer, but slow, pointer addition. Probably useful mainly with */
-/* a preprocessor. Useful only for heap pointers. */
-#ifdef GC_DEBUG
-# define GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, type_of_result) \
- ((type_of_result)GC_same_obj((x)+(n), (x)))
-# define GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) \
- ((type_of_result)GC_pre_incr(&(x), (n)*sizeof(*x))
-# define GC_POST_INCR2(x, type_of_result) \
- ((type_of_result)GC_post_incr(&(x), sizeof(*x))
-# ifdef __GNUC__
-# define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) \
- GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, typeof(x))
-# define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) \
- GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, typeof(x))
-# define GC_POST_INCR(x, n) \
- GC_POST_INCR3(x, typeof(x))
-# else
- /* We can't do this right without typeof, which ANSI */
- /* decided was not sufficiently useful. Repeatedly */
- /* mentioning the arguments seems too dangerous to be */
- /* useful. So does not casting the result. */
-# define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) ((x)+(n))
-# endif
-#else /* !GC_DEBUG */
-# define GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, type_of_result) ((x)+(n))
-# define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) ((x)+(n))
-# define GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) ((x) += (n))
-# define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) ((x) += (n))
-# define GC_POST_INCR2(x, n, type_of_result) ((x)++)
-# define GC_POST_INCR(x, n) ((x)++)
-#endif
+typedef void * (GC_CALLBACK * GC_stack_base_func)(
+ struct GC_stack_base * /* sb */, void * /* arg */);
-/* Safer assignment of a pointer to a nonstack location. */
+/* Call a function with a stack base structure corresponding to */
+/* somewhere in the GC_call_with_stack_base frame. This often can */
+/* be used to provide a sufficiently accurate stack base. And we */
+/* implement it everywhere. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_call_with_stack_base(GC_stack_base_func /* fn */,
+ void * /* arg */);
+
+#define GC_SUCCESS 0
+#define GC_DUPLICATE 1 /* Was already registered. */
+#define GC_NO_THREADS 2 /* No thread support in GC. */
+ /* GC_NO_THREADS is not returned by any GC func anymore. */
+#define GC_UNIMPLEMENTED 3 /* Not yet implemented on this platform. */
+
+/* GC_allow_register_threads(), GC_register_my_thread() and */
+/* GC_unregister_my_thread() are exported only if the library has been */
+/* compiled with threads support (GC_THREADS). */
+
+/* Explicitly enable GC_register_my_thread() invocation. */
+/* Done implicitly if a GC thread-creation function is called (or */
+/* DllMain-based thread registration is enabled). Otherwise, it must */
+/* be called from the main (or any previously registered) thread */
+/* between the collector initialization and the first explicit */
+/* registering of a thread (it should be called as late as possible). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_allow_register_threads(void);
+
+/* Register the current thread, with the indicated stack base, as */
+/* a new thread whose stack(s) should be traced by the GC. If it */
+/* is not implicitly called by the GC, this must be called before a */
+/* thread can allocate garbage collected memory, or assign pointers */
+/* to the garbage collected heap. Once registered, a thread will be */
+/* stopped during garbage collections. */
+/* This call must be previously enabled (see above). */
+/* This should never be called from the main thread, where it is */
+/* always done implicitly. This is normally done implicitly if GC_ */
+/* functions are called to create the thread, e.g. by defining */
+/* GC_THREADS and including gc.h (which redefines some system */
+/* functions) before calling the system thread creation function. */
+/* It is also always done implicitly under win32 with DllMain-based */
+/* thread registration enabled. Except in this latter case, explicit */
+/* calls are normally required for threads created by third-party */
+/* libraries. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_register_my_thread(const struct GC_stack_base *);
+
+/* Unregister the current thread. Only an explicity registered thread */
+/* (i.e. for which GC_register_my_thread() returns GC_SUCCESS) is */
+/* allowed (and required) to call this function. The thread may no */
+/* longer allocate garbage collected memory or manipulate pointers to */
+/* the garbage collected heap after making this call. */
+/* Specifically, if it wants to return or otherwise communicate a */
+/* pointer to the garbage-collected heap to another thread, it must */
+/* do this before calling GC_unregister_my_thread, most probably */
+/* by saving it in a global data structure. Must not be called inside */
+/* a GC callback function (except for GC_call_with_stack_base() one). */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_unregister_my_thread(void);
+
+/* Wrapper for functions that are likely to block (or, at least, do not */
+/* allocate garbage collected memory and/or manipulate pointers to the */
+/* garbage collected heap) for an appreciable length of time. While fn */
+/* is running, the collector is said to be in the "inactive" state for */
+/* the current thread (this means that the thread is not suspended and */
+/* the thread's stack frames "belonging" to the functions in the */
+/* "inactive" state are not scanned during garbage collections). It is */
+/* allowed for fn to call GC_call_with_gc_active() (even recursively), */
+/* thus temporarily toggling the collector's state back to "active". */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_do_blocking(GC_fn_type /* fn */,
+ void * /* client_data */);
+
+/* Call a function switching to the "active" state of the collector for */
+/* the current thread (i.e. the user function is allowed to call any */
+/* GC function and/or manipulate pointers to the garbage collected */
+/* heap). GC_call_with_gc_active() has the functionality opposite to */
+/* GC_do_blocking() one. It is assumed that the collector is already */
+/* initialized and the current thread is registered. fn may toggle */
+/* the collector thread's state temporarily to "inactive" one by using */
+/* GC_do_blocking. GC_call_with_gc_active() often can be used to */
+/* provide a sufficiently accurate stack base. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_call_with_gc_active(GC_fn_type /* fn */,
+ void * /* client_data */);
+
+/* Attempt to fill in the GC_stack_base structure with the stack base */
+/* for this thread. This appears to be required to implement anything */
+/* like the JNI AttachCurrentThread in an environment in which new */
+/* threads are not automatically registered with the collector. */
+/* It is also unfortunately hard to implement well on many platforms. */
+/* Returns GC_SUCCESS or GC_UNIMPLEMENTED. */
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_stack_base(struct GC_stack_base *);
+
+/* The following routines are primarily intended for use with a */
+/* preprocessor which inserts calls to check C pointer arithmetic. */
+/* They indicate failure by invoking the corresponding _print_proc. */
+
+/* Check that p and q point to the same object. */
+/* Fail conspicuously if they don't. */
+/* Returns the first argument. */
+/* Succeeds if neither p nor q points to the heap. */
+/* May succeed if both p and q point to between heap objects. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_same_obj(void * /* p */, void * /* q */);
+
+/* Checked pointer pre- and post- increment operations. Note that */
+/* the second argument is in units of bytes, not multiples of the */
+/* object size. This should either be invoked from a macro, or the */
+/* call should be automatically generated. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_pre_incr(void **, ptrdiff_t /* how_much */);
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_post_incr(void **, ptrdiff_t /* how_much */);
+
+/* Check that p is visible */
+/* to the collector as a possibly pointer containing location. */
+/* If it isn't fail conspicuously. */
+/* Returns the argument in all cases. May erroneously succeed */
+/* in hard cases. (This is intended for debugging use with */
+/* untyped allocations. The idea is that it should be possible, though */
+/* slow, to add such a call to all indirect pointer stores.) */
+/* Currently useless for multithreaded worlds. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_is_visible(void * /* p */);
+
+/* Check that if p is a pointer to a heap page, then it points to */
+/* a valid displacement within a heap object. */
+/* Fail conspicuously if this property does not hold. */
+/* Uninteresting with GC_all_interior_pointers. */
+/* Always returns its argument. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_is_valid_displacement(void * /* p */);
+
+/* Explicitly dump the GC state. This is most often called from the */
+/* debugger, or by setting the GC_DUMP_REGULARLY environment variable, */
+/* but it may be useful to call it from client code during debugging. */
+/* Defined only if the library has been compiled without NO_DEBUGGING. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_dump(void);
+
+/* Safer, but slow, pointer addition. Probably useful mainly with */
+/* a preprocessor. Useful only for heap pointers. */
+/* Only the macros without trailing digits are meant to be used */
+/* by clients. These are designed to model the available C pointer */
+/* arithmetic expressions. */
+/* Even then, these are probably more useful as */
+/* documentation than as part of the API. */
+/* Note that GC_PTR_ADD evaluates the first argument more than once. */
+#if defined(GC_DEBUG) && defined(__GNUC__)
+# define GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, type_of_result) \
+ ((type_of_result)GC_same_obj((x)+(n), (x)))
+# define GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) \
+ ((type_of_result)GC_pre_incr((void **)(&(x)), (n)*sizeof(*x)))
+# define GC_POST_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) \
+ ((type_of_result)GC_post_incr((void **)(&(x)), (n)*sizeof(*x)))
+# define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, typeof(x))
+# define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, typeof(x))
+# define GC_POST_INCR(x) GC_POST_INCR3(x, 1, typeof(x))
+# define GC_POST_DECR(x) GC_POST_INCR3(x, -1, typeof(x))
+#else /* !GC_DEBUG || !__GNUC__ */
+ /* We can't do this right without typeof, which ANSI decided was not */
+ /* sufficiently useful. Without it we resort to the non-debug version. */
+ /* FIXME: This should eventually support C++0x decltype. */
+# define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) ((x)+(n))
+# define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) ((x) += (n))
+# define GC_POST_INCR(x) ((x)++)
+# define GC_POST_DECR(x) ((x)--)
+#endif /* !GC_DEBUG || !__GNUC__ */
+
+/* Safer assignment of a pointer to a non-stack location. */
#ifdef GC_DEBUG
-# define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) \
- (*(void **)GC_is_visible(p) = GC_is_valid_displacement(q))
-#else /* !GC_DEBUG */
-# define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) (*(p) = (q))
+# define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) \
+ (*(void **)GC_is_visible(p) = GC_is_valid_displacement(q))
+#else
+# define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) (*(p) = (q))
#endif
/* Functions called to report pointer checking errors */
-GC_API void (*GC_same_obj_print_proc) (void * p, void * q);
+GC_API void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_same_obj_print_proc)(void * /* p */,
+ void * /* q */);
+GC_API void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_is_valid_displacement_print_proc)(void *);
+GC_API void (GC_CALLBACK * GC_is_visible_print_proc)(void *);
+
+#ifdef GC_PTHREADS
+ /* For pthread support, we generally need to intercept a number of */
+ /* thread library calls. We do that here by macro defining them. */
+# include "gc_pthread_redirects.h"
+#endif
-GC_API void (*GC_is_valid_displacement_print_proc) (void * p);
+/* This returns a list of objects, linked through their first word. */
+/* Its use can greatly reduce lock contention problems, since the */
+/* allocation lock can be acquired and released many fewer times. */
+/* Exported only if the library has been compiled with threads support. */
+GC_API void * GC_CALL GC_malloc_many(size_t /* lb */);
+#define GC_NEXT(p) (*(void * *)(p)) /* Retrieve the next element */
+ /* in returned list. */
+
+/* A filter function to control the scanning of dynamic libraries. */
+/* If implemented, called by GC before registering a dynamic library */
+/* (discovered by GC) section as a static data root (called only as */
+/* a last reason not to register). The filename of the library, the */
+/* address and the length of the memory region (section) are passed. */
+/* This routine should return nonzero if that region should be scanned. */
+/* Always called with the allocation lock held. Depending on the */
+/* platform, might be called with the "world" stopped. */
+typedef int (GC_CALLBACK * GC_has_static_roots_func)(
+ const char * /* dlpi_name */,
+ void * /* section_start */,
+ size_t /* section_size */);
+
+/* Register a new callback (a user-supplied filter) to control the */
+/* scanning of dynamic libraries. Replaces any previously registered */
+/* callback. May be 0 (means no filtering). May be unused on some */
+/* platforms (if the filtering is unimplemented or inappropriate). */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_register_has_static_roots_callback(
+ GC_has_static_roots_func);
+
+#if defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(GC_PTHREADS)
+
+# ifndef GC_NO_THREAD_DECLS
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+ } /* Including windows.h in an extern "C" context no longer works. */
+# endif
-GC_API void (*GC_is_visible_print_proc) (void * p);
+# if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) && !defined(__CEGCC__)
+# include <process.h> /* For _beginthreadex, _endthreadex */
+# endif
+# include <windows.h>
-/* For pthread support, we generally need to intercept a number of */
-/* thread library calls. We do that here by macro defining them. */
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+ extern "C" {
+# endif
-#if !defined(GC_USE_LD_WRAP) && !defined(GC_NO_THREAD_REDIRECTS) \
- && defined(GC_PTHREADS)
-# include "gc_pthread_redirects.h"
-#endif
+# ifdef GC_UNDERSCORE_STDCALL
+ /* Explicitly prefix exported/imported WINAPI (__stdcall) symbols */
+ /* with '_' (underscore). Might be useful if MinGW/x86 is used. */
+# define GC_CreateThread _GC_CreateThread
+# define GC_ExitThread _GC_ExitThread
+# endif
-# if defined(PCR) || defined(GC_SOLARIS_THREADS) || \
- defined(GC_PTHREADS) || defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS)
- /* Any flavor of threads. */
-/* This returns a list of objects, linked through their first */
-/* word. Its use can greatly reduce lock contention problems, since */
-/* the allocation lock can be acquired and released many fewer times. */
-/* It is used internally by gc_local_alloc.h, which provides a simpler */
-/* programming interface on Linux. */
-void * GC_malloc_many(size_t lb);
-#define GC_NEXT(p) (*(void * *)(p)) /* Retrieve the next element */
- /* in returned list. */
-
-#endif /* THREADS */
-
-/* Register a callback to control the scanning of dynamic libraries.
- When the GC scans the static data of a dynamic library, it will
- first call a user-supplied routine with filename of the library and
- the address and length of the memory region. This routine should
- return nonzero if that region should be scanned. */
-GC_API void
-GC_register_has_static_roots_callback
- (int (*callback)(const char *, void *, size_t));
-
-
-#if defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__) \
- && !defined(__CYGWIN__) \
- && !defined(GC_PTHREADS)
+ /* All threads must be created using GC_CreateThread or */
+ /* GC_beginthreadex, or must explicitly call GC_register_my_thread */
+ /* (and call GC_unregister_my_thread before thread termination), so */
+ /* that they will be recorded in the thread table. For backward */
+ /* compatibility, it is possible to build the GC with GC_DLL */
+ /* defined, and to call GC_use_DllMain(). This implicitly */
+ /* registers all created threads, but appears to be less robust. */
+ /* Currently the collector expects all threads to fall through and */
+ /* terminate normally, or call GC_endthreadex() or GC_ExitThread, */
+ /* so that the thread is properly unregistered. */
+ GC_API HANDLE WINAPI GC_CreateThread(
+ LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES /* lpThreadAttributes */,
+ DWORD /* dwStackSize */,
+ LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE /* lpStartAddress */,
+ LPVOID /* lpParameter */, DWORD /* dwCreationFlags */,
+ LPDWORD /* lpThreadId */);
+
+ GC_API void WINAPI GC_ExitThread(DWORD /* dwExitCode */);
+
+# if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) && !defined(__CEGCC__)
+# if !defined(_UINTPTR_T) && !defined(_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED) \
+ && !defined(UINTPTR_MAX)
+ typedef GC_word GC_uintptr_t;
+# else
+ typedef uintptr_t GC_uintptr_t;
+# endif
+
+ GC_API GC_uintptr_t GC_CALL GC_beginthreadex(
+ void * /* security */, unsigned /* stack_size */,
+ unsigned (__stdcall *)(void *),
+ void * /* arglist */, unsigned /* initflag */,
+ unsigned * /* thrdaddr */);
+
+ GC_API void GC_CALL GC_endthreadex(unsigned /* retval */);
+# endif /* !_WIN32_WCE */
+
+# endif /* !GC_NO_THREAD_DECLS */
+
+# ifdef GC_WINMAIN_REDIRECT
+ /* win32_threads.c implements the real WinMain(), which will start */
+ /* a new thread to call GC_WinMain() after initializing the garbage */
+ /* collector. */
+# define WinMain GC_WinMain
+# endif
-#ifdef __cplusplus
- } /* Including windows.h in an extern "C" context no longer works. */
-#endif
+ /* Use implicit thread registration via DllMain. Deprecated. Must */
+ /* be called before GC_INIT() and other GC routines. Should be */
+ /* avoided if GC_beginthreadex() or GC_CreateThread() could be called */
+ /* instead. */
+ GC_API void GC_CALL GC_use_DllMain(void);
-#ifndef GC_NO_THREAD_DECLS
-# include <windows.h>
+# ifndef GC_NO_THREAD_REDIRECTS
+# define CreateThread GC_CreateThread
+# define ExitThread GC_ExitThread
+# undef _beginthreadex
+# define _beginthreadex GC_beginthreadex
+# undef _endthreadex
+# define _endthreadex GC_endthreadex
+/* #define _beginthread { > "Please use _beginthreadex instead of _beginthread" < } */
+# endif /* !GC_NO_THREAD_REDIRECTS */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
- extern "C" {
+#endif /* GC_WIN32_THREADS */
+
+/* Public setter and getter for switching "unmap as much as possible" */
+/* mode on(1) and off(0). Has no effect unless unmapping is turned on. */
+/* Has no effect on implicitly-initiated garbage collections. Initial */
+/* value is controlled by GC_FORCE_UNMAP_ON_GCOLLECT. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_set_force_unmap_on_gcollect(int);
+GC_API int GC_CALL GC_get_force_unmap_on_gcollect(void);
+
+ /* Fully portable code should call GC_INIT() from the main program */
+ /* before making any other GC_ calls. On most platforms this is a */
+ /* no-op and the collector self-initializes. But a number of */
+ /* platforms make that too hard. */
+ /* A GC_INIT call is required if the collector is built with */
+ /* THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC defined and the initial allocation call is not */
+ /* to GC_malloc() or GC_malloc_atomic(). */
+
+#ifdef __CYGWIN32__
+ /* Similarly gnu-win32 DLLs need explicit initialization from the */
+ /* main program, as does AIX. */
+ extern int _data_start__[], _data_end__[], _bss_start__[], _bss_end__[];
+# define GC_DATASTART (_data_start__ < _bss_start__ ? \
+ (void *)_data_start__ : (void *)_bss_start__)
+# define GC_DATAEND (_data_end__ > _bss_end__ ? \
+ (void *)_data_end__ : (void *)_bss_end__)
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_ROOTS GC_add_roots(GC_DATASTART, GC_DATAEND); \
+ GC_gcollect() /* For blacklisting. */
+ /* Required at least if GC is in dll. And doesn't hurt. */
+#elif defined(_AIX)
+ extern int _data[], _end[];
+# define GC_DATASTART ((void *)((ulong)_data))
+# define GC_DATAEND ((void *)((ulong)_end))
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_ROOTS GC_add_roots(GC_DATASTART, GC_DATAEND)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_ROOTS /* empty */
#endif
- /*
- * All threads must be created using GC_CreateThread or GC_beginthreadex,
- * or must explicitly call GC_register_my_thread,
- * so that they will be recorded in the thread table.
- * For backwards compatibility, it is possible to build the GC
- * with GC_DLL defined, and to call GC_use_DllMain().
- * This implicitly registers all created threads, but appears to be
- * less robust.
- *
- * Currently the collector expects all threads to fall through and
- * terminate normally, or call GC_endthreadex() or GC_ExitThread,
- * so that the thread is properly unregistered. (An explicit call
- * to GC_unregister_my_thread() should also work, but risks unregistering
- * the thread twice.)
- */
- GC_API HANDLE WINAPI GC_CreateThread(
- LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,
- DWORD dwStackSize, LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE lpStartAddress,
- LPVOID lpParameter, DWORD dwCreationFlags, LPDWORD lpThreadId );
-# if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1200 && !defined(_UINTPTR_T_DEFINED)
- typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
-# endif
+#ifdef GC_DONT_EXPAND
+ /* Set GC_dont_expand to TRUE at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_DONT_EXPAND GC_set_dont_expand(1)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_DONT_EXPAND /* empty */
+#endif
- GC_API uintptr_t GC_beginthreadex(
- void *security, unsigned stack_size,
- unsigned ( __stdcall *start_address )( void * ),
- void *arglist, unsigned initflag, unsigned *thrdaddr);
+#ifdef GC_FORCE_UNMAP_ON_GCOLLECT
+ /* Turn on "unmap as much as possible on explicit GC" mode at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FORCE_UNMAP_ON_GCOLLECT \
+ GC_set_force_unmap_on_gcollect(1)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FORCE_UNMAP_ON_GCOLLECT /* empty */
+#endif
- GC_API void GC_endthreadex(unsigned retval);
+#ifdef GC_MAX_RETRIES
+ /* Set GC_max_retries to the desired value at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_MAX_RETRIES GC_set_max_retries(GC_MAX_RETRIES)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_MAX_RETRIES /* empty */
+#endif
- GC_API void WINAPI GC_ExitThread(DWORD dwExitCode);
+#ifdef GC_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR
+ /* Set GC_free_space_divisor to the desired value at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR \
+ GC_set_free_space_divisor(GC_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR /* empty */
+#endif
-# if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
- /*
- * win32_threads.c implements the real WinMain, which will start a new thread
- * to call GC_WinMain after initializing the garbage collector.
- */
- GC_API int WINAPI GC_WinMain(
- HINSTANCE hInstance,
- HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
- LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
- int nCmdShow );
-# ifndef GC_BUILD
-# define WinMain GC_WinMain
-# endif
-# endif /* defined(_WIN32_WCE) */
-#endif /* !GC_NO_THREAD_DECLS */
+#ifdef GC_FULL_FREQ
+ /* Set GC_full_freq to the desired value at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FULL_FREQ GC_set_full_freq(GC_FULL_FREQ)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_FULL_FREQ /* empty */
+#endif
- /*
- * Use implicit thread registration via DllMain.
- * Must be called before GC_INIT and other GC routines.
- * Should be avoided if GC_beginthreadex and friends can be called
- * instead.
- */
-GC_API void GC_use_DllMain(void);
+#ifdef GC_TIME_LIMIT
+ /* Set GC_time_limit to the desired value at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_TIME_LIMIT GC_set_time_limit(GC_TIME_LIMIT)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_TIME_LIMIT /* empty */
+#endif
-# ifndef GC_NO_THREAD_REDIRECTS
-# define CreateThread GC_CreateThread
-# define ExitThread GC_ExitThread
-# define _beginthreadex GC_beginthreadex
-# define _endthreadex GC_endthreadex
-# define _beginthread { > "Please use _beginthreadex instead of _beginthread" < }
-# endif /* !GC_NO_THREAD_REDIRECTS */
+#ifdef GC_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE
+ /* Limit the heap size to the desired value (useful for debugging). */
+ /* The limit could be overridden either at the program start-up by */
+ /* the similar environment variable or anytime later by the */
+ /* corresponding API function call. */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE \
+ GC_set_max_heap_size(GC_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE)
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE /* empty */
+#endif
-#endif /* defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS) && !cygwin */
-
- /*
- * Fully portable code should call GC_INIT() from the main program
- * before making any other GC_ calls. On most platforms this is a
- * no-op and the collector self-initializes. But a number of platforms
- * make that too hard.
- * A GC_INIT call is required if the collector is built with THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC
- * defined and the initial allocation call is not to GC_malloc() or
- * GC_malloc_atomic().
- */
-#if defined(__CYGWIN32__) || defined (_AIX)
- /*
- * Similarly gnu-win32 DLLs need explicit initialization from
- * the main program, as does AIX.
- */
-# ifdef __CYGWIN32__
- extern int _data_start__[];
- extern int _data_end__[];
- extern int _bss_start__[];
- extern int _bss_end__[];
-# define GC_MAX(x,y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y))
-# define GC_MIN(x,y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
-# define GC_DATASTART ((void *) GC_MIN(_data_start__, _bss_start__))
-# define GC_DATAEND ((void *) GC_MAX(_data_end__, _bss_end__))
-# define GC_INIT() { GC_add_roots(GC_DATASTART, GC_DATAEND); \
- GC_gcollect(); /* For blacklisting. */}
- /* Required at least if GC is in dll. And doesn't hurt. */
-# endif
-# if defined(_AIX)
- extern int _data[], _end[];
-# define GC_DATASTART ((void *)((ulong)_data))
-# define GC_DATAEND ((void *)((ulong)_end))
-# define GC_INIT() { GC_add_roots(GC_DATASTART, GC_DATAEND); }
-# endif
+#ifdef GC_IGNORE_WARN
+ /* Turn off all warnings at start-up (after GC initialization) */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_IGNORE_WARN GC_set_warn_proc(GC_ignore_warn_proc)
#else
-# define GC_INIT() { GC_init(); }
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_IGNORE_WARN /* empty */
#endif
-#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) \
- && ((defined(_MSDOS) || defined(_MSC_VER)) && (_M_IX86 >= 300) \
- || defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__))
- /* win32S may not free all resources on process exit. */
- /* This explicitly deallocates the heap. */
- GC_API void GC_win32_free_heap ();
+#ifdef GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE
+ /* Set heap size to the desired value at start-up */
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE \
+ { size_t heap_size = GC_get_heap_size(); \
+ if (heap_size < (GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE)) \
+ (void)GC_expand_hp((GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE) - heap_size); }
+#else
+# define GC_INIT_CONF_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE /* empty */
#endif
-#if ( defined(_AMIGA) && !defined(GC_AMIGA_MAKINGLIB) )
- /* Allocation really goes through GC_amiga_allocwrapper_do */
+#define GC_INIT() { GC_INIT_CONF_DONT_EXPAND; /* pre-init */ \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_FORCE_UNMAP_ON_GCOLLECT; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_MAX_RETRIES; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_FULL_FREQ; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_TIME_LIMIT; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_MAXIMUM_HEAP_SIZE; \
+ GC_init(); /* real GC initialization */ \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_ROOTS; /* post-init */ \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_IGNORE_WARN; \
+ GC_INIT_CONF_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE; }
+
+/* win32S may not free all resources on process exit. */
+/* This explicitly deallocates the heap. */
+GC_API void GC_CALL GC_win32_free_heap(void);
+
+#if defined(_AMIGA) && !defined(GC_AMIGA_MAKINGLIB)
+ /* Allocation really goes through GC_amiga_allocwrapper_do */
# include "gc_amiga_redirects.h"
#endif
-#if defined(GC_REDIRECT_TO_LOCAL)
- /* Now redundant; that's the default with THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC */
-#endif
+ /*
+ * GC_REDIRECT_TO_LOCAL is now redundant;
+ * that's the default with THREAD_LOCAL_ALLOC.
+ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
- } /* end of extern "C" */
+ } /* end of extern "C" */
#endif
-#endif /* _GC_H */
+#endif /* GC_H */