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107 lines
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This is an ASCII diagram of the data structure used to check pointer
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validity. It was provided by Dave Barrett <barrett@asgard.cs.colorado.edu>,
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and should be of use to others attempting to understand the code.
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The data structure in GC4.X is essentially the same. -HB
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Data Structure used by GC_base in gc3.7:
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21-Apr-94
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63 LOG_TOP_SZ[11] LOG_BOTTOM_SZ[10] LOG_HBLKSIZE[13]
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+------------------+----------------+------------------+------------------+
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p:| | TL_HASH(hi) | | HBLKDISPL(p) |
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+------------------+----------------+------------------+------------------+
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\-----------------------HBLKPTR(p)-------------------/
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\------------hi-------------------/
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\______ ________/ \________ _______/ \________ _______/
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V V V
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GC_top_index[] | | |
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--- +--------------+ | | |
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^ | | | | |
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| | | | | |
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TOP +--------------+<--+ | |
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_SZ +-<| [] | * | |
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(items)| +--------------+ if 0 < bi< HBLKSIZE | |
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| | | | then large object | |
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| | | | starts at the bi'th | |
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v | | | HBLK before p. | i |
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--- | +--------------+ | (word- |
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v | aligned) |
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bi= |GET_BI(p){->hash_link}->key==hi | |
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v | |
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| (bottom_index) \ scratch_alloc'd | |
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| ( struct bi ) / by get_index() | |
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--- +->+--------------+ | |
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^ | | | |
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^ | | | |
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BOTTOM | | ha=GET_HDR_ADDR(p) | |
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_SZ(items)+--------------+<----------------------+ +-------+
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| +--<| index[] | |
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| | +--------------+ GC_obj_map: v
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| | | | from / +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ ---
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v | | | GC_add < 0| | | | | | | | ^
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--- | +--------------+ _map_entry \ +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ |
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| | asc_link | +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ MAXOBJSZ
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| +--------------+ +-->| | | j | | | | | +1
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| | key | | +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ |
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| +--------------+ | +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ |
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| | hash_link | | | | | | | | | | v
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| +--------------+ | +-+-+-----+-+-+-+-+ ---
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| | |<--MAX_OFFSET--->|
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| | (bytes)
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HDR(p)| GC_find_header(p) | |<--MAP_ENTRIES-->|
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| \ from | =HBLKSIZE/WORDSZ
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| (hdr) (struct hblkhdr) / alloc_hdr() | (1024 on Alpha)
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+-->+----------------------+ | (8/16 bits each)
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GET_HDR(p)| word hb_sz (words) | |
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+----------------------+ |
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| struct hblk *hb_next | |
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+----------------------+ |
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|mark_proc hb_mark_proc| |
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+----------------------+ |
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| char * hb_map |>-------------+
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+----------------------+
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| ushort hb_obj_kind |
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+----------------------+
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| hb_last_reclaimed |
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--- +----------------------+
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^ | |
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MARK_BITS| hb_marks[] | *if hdr is free, hb_sz + DISCARD_WORDS
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_SZ(words)| | is the size of a heap chunk (struct hblk)
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v | | of at least MININCR*HBLKSIZE bytes (below),
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--- +----------------------+ otherwise, size of each object in chunk.
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Dynamic data structures above are interleaved throughout the heap in blocks of
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size MININCR * HBLKSIZE bytes as done by gc_scratch_alloc which cannot be
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freed; free lists are used (e.g. alloc_hdr). HBLKs's below are collected.
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(struct hblk)
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--- +----------------------+ < HBLKSIZE --- --- DISCARD_
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^ |garbage[DISCARD_WORDS]| aligned ^ ^ HDR_BYTES WORDS
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| | | | v (bytes) (words)
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| +-----hb_body----------+ < WORDSZ | --- ---
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| | | aligned | ^ ^
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| | Object 0 | | hb_sz |
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| | | i |(word- (words)|
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| | | (bytes)|aligned) v |
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| + - - - - - - - - - - -+ --- | --- |
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| | | ^ | ^ |
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n * | | j (words) | hb_sz BODY_SZ
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HBLKSIZE | Object 1 | v v | (words)
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(bytes) | |--------------- v MAX_OFFSET
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| + - - - - - - - - - - -+ --- (bytes)
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| | | !All_INTERIOR_PTRS ^ |
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| | | sets j only for hb_sz |
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| | Object N | valid object offsets. | |
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v | | All objects WORDSZ v v
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--- +----------------------+ aligned. --- ---
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DISCARD_WORDS is normally zero. Indeed the collector has not been tested
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with another value in ages.
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