Annotation of parser3/src/lib/gc/include/gc.h, revision 1.2

1.2     ! paf         1: /* 
        !             2:  * Copyright 1988, 1989 Hans-J. Boehm, Alan J. Demers
        !             3:  * Copyright (c) 1991-1995 by Xerox Corporation.  All rights reserved.
        !             4:  * Copyright 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics.  All rights reserved.
        !             5:  * Copyright 1999 by Hewlett-Packard Company.  All rights reserved.
        !             6:  *
        !             7:  * THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED
        !             8:  * OR IMPLIED.  ANY USE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
        !             9:  *
        !            10:  * Permission is hereby granted to use or copy this program
        !            11:  * for any purpose,  provided the above notices are retained on all copies.
        !            12:  * Permission to modify the code and to distribute modified code is granted,
        !            13:  * provided the above notices are retained, and a notice that the code was
        !            14:  * modified is included with the above copyright notice.
        !            15:  */
        !            16: 
        !            17: /*
        !            18:  * Note that this defines a large number of tuning hooks, which can
        !            19:  * safely be ignored in nearly all cases.  For normal use it suffices
        !            20:  * to call only GC_MALLOC and perhaps GC_REALLOC.
        !            21:  * For better performance, also look at GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC, and
        !            22:  * GC_enable_incremental.  If you need an action to be performed
        !            23:  * immediately before an object is collected, look at GC_register_finalizer.
        !            24:  * If you are using Solaris threads, look at the end of this file.
        !            25:  * Everything else is best ignored unless you encounter performance
        !            26:  * problems.
        !            27:  */
        !            28:  
        !            29: #ifndef _GC_H
        !            30: 
        !            31: # define _GC_H
        !            32: 
        !            33: /*
        !            34:  * Some tests for old macros.  These violate our namespace rules and will
        !            35:  * disappear shortly.  Use the GC_ names.
        !            36:  */
        !            37: #if defined(SOLARIS_THREADS) || defined(_SOLARIS_THREADS)
        !            38: # define GC_SOLARIS_THREADS
        !            39: #endif
        !            40: #if defined(_SOLARIS_PTHREADS)
        !            41: # define GC_SOLARIS_PTHREADS
        !            42: #endif
        !            43: #if defined(IRIX_THREADS)
        !            44: # define GC_IRIX_THREADS
        !            45: #endif
        !            46: #if defined(DGUX_THREADS)
        !            47: # if !defined(GC_DGUX386_THREADS)
        !            48: #  define GC_DGUX386_THREADS
        !            49: # endif
        !            50: #endif
        !            51: #if defined(HPUX_THREADS)
        !            52: # define GC_HPUX_THREADS
        !            53: #endif
        !            54: #if defined(OSF1_THREADS)
        !            55: # define GC_OSF1_THREADS
        !            56: #endif
        !            57: #if defined(LINUX_THREADS)
        !            58: # define GC_LINUX_THREADS
        !            59: #endif
        !            60: #if defined(WIN32_THREADS)
        !            61: # define GC_WIN32_THREADS
        !            62: #endif
        !            63: #if defined(USE_LD_WRAP)
        !            64: # define GC_USE_LD_WRAP
        !            65: #endif
        !            66: 
        !            67: #if !defined(_REENTRANT) && (defined(GC_SOLARIS_THREADS) \
        !            68:                             || defined(GC_SOLARIS_PTHREADS) \
        !            69:                             || defined(GC_HPUX_THREADS) \
        !            70:                             || defined(GC_LINUX_THREADS))
        !            71: # define _REENTRANT
        !            72:        /* Better late than never.  This fails if system headers that   */
        !            73:        /* depend on this were previously included.                     */
        !            74: #endif
        !            75: 
        !            76: #if defined(GC_DGUX386_THREADS) && !defined(_POSIX4A_DRAFT10_SOURCE)
        !            77: # define _POSIX4A_DRAFT10_SOURCE 1
        !            78: #endif
        !            79: 
        !            80: #if defined(GC_SOLARIS_PTHREADS) && !defined(GC_SOLARIS_THREADS)
        !            81: #   define GC_SOLARIS_THREADS
        !            82: #endif
        !            83: 
        !            84: # if defined(GC_SOLARIS_PTHREADS) || defined(GC_FREEBSD_THREADS) || \
        !            85:        defined(GC_IRIX_THREADS) || defined(GC_LINUX_THREADS) || \
        !            86:        defined(GC_HPUX_THREADS) || defined(GC_OSF1_THREADS) || \
        !            87:        defined(GC_DGUX386_THREADS) || \
        !            88:         (defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS) && defined(__CYGWIN32__))
        !            89: #   define GC_PTHREADS
        !            90: # endif
        !            91: 
        !            92: # define __GC
        !            93: # include <stddef.h>
        !            94: # ifdef _WIN32_WCE
        !            95: /* Yet more kluges for WinCE */
        !            96: #   include <stdlib.h>         /* size_t is defined here */
        !            97:     typedef long ptrdiff_t;    /* ptrdiff_t is not defined */
        !            98: # endif
        !            99: 
        !           100: #if defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(_DLL) && !defined(GC_NOT_DLL)
        !           101: # ifdef GC_BUILD
        !           102: #   define GC_API __declspec(dllexport)
        !           103: # else
        !           104: #   define GC_API __declspec(dllimport)
        !           105: # endif
        !           106: #endif
        !           107: 
        !           108: #if (defined(__DMC__) || defined(_MSC_VER)) \
        !           109:                && (defined(_DLL) && !defined(GC_NOT_DLL) \
        !           110:                    || defined(GC_DLL))
        !           111: # ifdef GC_BUILD
        !           112: #   define GC_API extern __declspec(dllexport)
        !           113: # else
        !           114: #   define GC_API __declspec(dllimport)
        !           115: # endif
        !           116: #endif
        !           117: 
        !           118: #if defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(GC_DLL)
        !           119: # ifdef GC_BUILD
        !           120: #   define GC_API extern __declspec(dllexport)
        !           121: # else
        !           122: #   define GC_API extern __declspec(dllimport)
        !           123: # endif
        !           124: #endif
        !           125: 
        !           126: #ifndef GC_API
        !           127: #define GC_API extern
        !           128: #endif
        !           129: 
        !           130: # if defined(__STDC__) || defined(__cplusplus)
        !           131: #   define GC_PROTO(args) args
        !           132:     typedef void * GC_PTR;
        !           133: #   define GC_CONST const
        !           134: # else
        !           135: #   define GC_PROTO(args) ()
        !           136:     typedef char * GC_PTR;
        !           137: #   define GC_CONST
        !           138: #  endif
        !           139: 
        !           140: # ifdef __cplusplus
        !           141:     extern "C" {
        !           142: # endif
        !           143: 
        !           144: 
        !           145: /* Define word and signed_word to be unsigned and signed types of the  */
        !           146: /* size as char * or void *.  There seems to be no way to do this      */
        !           147: /* even semi-portably.  The following is probably no better/worse      */
        !           148: /* than almost anything else.                                          */
        !           149: /* The ANSI standard suggests that size_t and ptr_diff_t might be      */
        !           150: /* better choices.  But those appear to have incorrect definitions     */
        !           151: /* on may systems.  Notably "typedef int size_t" seems to be both      */
        !           152: /* frequent and WRONG.                                                 */
        !           153: typedef unsigned long GC_word;
        !           154: typedef long GC_signed_word;
        !           155: 
        !           156: /* Public read-only variables */
        !           157: 
        !           158: GC_API GC_word GC_gc_no;/* Counter incremented per collection.         */
        !           159:                        /* Includes empty GCs at startup.               */
        !           160: 
        !           161: GC_API int GC_parallel;        /* GC is parallelized for performance on        */
        !           162:                        /* multiprocessors.  Currently set only         */
        !           163:                        /* implicitly if collector is built with        */
        !           164:                        /* -DPARALLEL_MARK and if either:               */
        !           165:                        /*  Env variable GC_NPROC is set to > 1, or     */
        !           166:                        /*  GC_NPROC is not set and this is an MP.      */
        !           167:                        /* If GC_parallel is set, incremental           */
        !           168:                        /* collection is only partially functional,     */
        !           169:                        /* and may not be desirable.                    */
        !           170:                        
        !           171: 
        !           172: /* Public R/W variables */
        !           173: 
        !           174: GC_API GC_PTR (*GC_oom_fn) GC_PROTO((size_t bytes_requested));
        !           175:                        /* When there is insufficient memory to satisfy */
        !           176:                        /* an allocation request, we return             */
        !           177:                        /* (*GC_oom_fn)().  By default this just        */
        !           178:                        /* returns 0.                                   */
        !           179:                        /* If it returns, it must return 0 or a valid   */
        !           180:                        /* pointer to a previously allocated heap       */
        !           181:                        /* object.                                      */
        !           182: 
        !           183: GC_API int GC_find_leak;
        !           184:                        /* Do not actually garbage collect, but simply  */
        !           185:                        /* report inaccessible memory that was not      */
        !           186:                        /* deallocated with GC_free.  Initial value     */
        !           187:                        /* is determined by FIND_LEAK macro.            */
        !           188: 
        !           189: GC_API int GC_all_interior_pointers;
        !           190:                        /* Arrange for pointers to object interiors to  */
        !           191:                        /* be recognized as valid.  May not be changed  */
        !           192:                        /* after GC initialization.                     */
        !           193:                        /* Initial value is determined by               */
        !           194:                        /* -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS.                     */
        !           195:                        /* Unless DONT_ADD_BYTE_AT_END is defined, this */
        !           196:                        /* also affects whether sizes are increased by  */
        !           197:                        /* at least a byte to allow "off the end"       */
        !           198:                        /* pointer recognition.                         */
        !           199:                        /* MUST BE 0 or 1.                              */
        !           200: 
        !           201: GC_API int GC_quiet;   /* Disable statistics output.  Only matters if  */
        !           202:                        /* collector has been compiled with statistics  */
        !           203:                        /* enabled.  This involves a performance cost,  */
        !           204:                        /* and is thus not the default.                 */
        !           205: 
        !           206: GC_API int GC_finalize_on_demand;
        !           207:                        /* If nonzero, finalizers will only be run in   */
        !           208:                        /* response to an explicit GC_invoke_finalizers */
        !           209:                        /* call.  The default is determined by whether  */
        !           210:                        /* the FINALIZE_ON_DEMAND macro is defined      */
        !           211:                        /* when the collector is built.                 */
        !           212: 
        !           213: GC_API int GC_java_finalization;
        !           214:                        /* Mark objects reachable from finalizable      */
        !           215:                        /* objects in a separate postpass.  This makes  */
        !           216:                        /* it a bit safer to use non-topologically-     */
        !           217:                        /* ordered finalization.  Default value is      */
        !           218:                        /* determined by JAVA_FINALIZATION macro.       */
        !           219: 
        !           220: GC_API void (* GC_finalizer_notifier)();
        !           221:                        /* Invoked by the collector when there are      */
        !           222:                        /* objects to be finalized.  Invoked at most    */
        !           223:                        /* once per GC cycle.  Never invoked unless     */
        !           224:                        /* GC_finalize_on_demand is set.                */
        !           225:                        /* Typically this will notify a finalization    */
        !           226:                        /* thread, which will call GC_invoke_finalizers */
        !           227:                        /* in response.                                 */
        !           228: 
        !           229: GC_API int GC_dont_gc; /* Dont collect unless explicitly requested, e.g. */
        !           230:                        /* because it's not safe.                         */
        !           231: 
        !           232: GC_API int GC_dont_expand;
        !           233:                        /* Dont expand heap unless explicitly requested */
        !           234:                        /* or forced to.                                */
        !           235: 
        !           236: GC_API int GC_use_entire_heap;
        !           237:                /* Causes the nonincremental collector to use the       */
        !           238:                /* entire heap before collecting.  This was the only    */
        !           239:                /* option for GC versions < 5.0.  This sometimes        */
        !           240:                /* results in more large block fragmentation, since     */
        !           241:                /* very larg blocks will tend to get broken up          */
        !           242:                /* during each GC cycle.  It is likely to result in a   */
        !           243:                /* larger working set, but lower collection             */
        !           244:                /* frequencies, and hence fewer instructions executed   */
        !           245:                /* in the collector.                                    */
        !           246: 
        !           247: GC_API int GC_full_freq;    /* Number of partial collections between   */
        !           248:                            /* full collections.  Matters only if       */
        !           249:                            /* GC_incremental is set.                   */
        !           250:                            /* Full collections are also triggered if   */
        !           251:                            /* the collector detects a substantial      */
        !           252:                            /* increase in the number of in-use heap    */
        !           253:                            /* blocks.  Values in the tens are now      */
        !           254:                            /* perfectly reasonable, unlike for         */
        !           255:                            /* earlier GC versions.                     */
        !           256:                        
        !           257: GC_API GC_word GC_non_gc_bytes;
        !           258:                        /* Bytes not considered candidates for collection. */
        !           259:                        /* Used only to control scheduling of collections. */
        !           260:                        /* Updated by GC_malloc_uncollectable and GC_free. */
        !           261:                        /* Wizards only.                                   */
        !           262: 
        !           263: GC_API int GC_no_dls;
        !           264:                        /* Don't register dynamic library data segments. */
        !           265:                        /* Wizards only.  Should be used only if the     */
        !           266:                        /* application explicitly registers all roots.   */
        !           267:                        /* In Microsoft Windows environments, this will  */
        !           268:                        /* usually also prevent registration of the      */
        !           269:                        /* main data segment as part of the root set.    */
        !           270: 
        !           271: GC_API GC_word GC_free_space_divisor;
        !           272:                        /* We try to make sure that we allocate at      */
        !           273:                        /* least N/GC_free_space_divisor bytes between  */
        !           274:                        /* collections, where N is the heap size plus   */
        !           275:                        /* a rough estimate of the root set size.       */
        !           276:                        /* Initially, GC_free_space_divisor = 4.        */
        !           277:                        /* Increasing its value will use less space     */
        !           278:                        /* but more collection time.  Decreasing it     */
        !           279:                        /* will appreciably decrease collection time    */
        !           280:                        /* at the expense of space.                     */
        !           281:                        /* GC_free_space_divisor = 1 will effectively   */
        !           282:                        /* disable collections.                         */
        !           283: 
        !           284: GC_API GC_word GC_max_retries;
        !           285:                        /* The maximum number of GCs attempted before   */
        !           286:                        /* reporting out of memory after heap           */
        !           287:                        /* expansion fails.  Initially 0.               */
        !           288:                        
        !           289: 
        !           290: GC_API char *GC_stackbottom;   /* Cool end of user stack.              */
        !           291:                                /* May be set in the client prior to    */
        !           292:                                /* calling any GC_ routines.  This      */
        !           293:                                /* avoids some overhead, and            */
        !           294:                                /* potentially some signals that can    */
        !           295:                                /* confuse debuggers.  Otherwise the    */
        !           296:                                /* collector attempts to set it         */
        !           297:                                /* automatically.                       */
        !           298:                                /* For multithreaded code, this is the  */
        !           299:                                /* cold end of the stack for the        */
        !           300:                                /* primordial thread.                   */      
        !           301:                                
        !           302: GC_API int GC_dont_precollect;  /* Don't collect as part of            */
        !           303:                                /* initialization.  Should be set only  */
        !           304:                                /* if the client wants a chance to      */
        !           305:                                /* manually initialize the root set     */
        !           306:                                /* before the first collection.         */
        !           307:                                /* Interferes with blacklisting.        */
        !           308:                                /* Wizards only.                        */
        !           309: 
        !           310: GC_API unsigned long GC_time_limit;
        !           311:                                /* If incremental collection is enabled, */
        !           312:                                /* We try to terminate collections       */
        !           313:                                /* after this many milliseconds.  Not a  */
        !           314:                                /* hard time bound.  Setting this to     */
        !           315:                                /* GC_TIME_UNLIMITED will essentially    */
        !           316:                                /* disable incremental collection while  */
        !           317:                                /* leaving generational collection       */
        !           318:                                /* enabled.                              */
        !           319: #      define GC_TIME_UNLIMITED 999999
        !           320:                                /* Setting GC_time_limit to this value   */
        !           321:                                /* will disable the "pause time exceeded"*/
        !           322:                                /* tests.                                */
        !           323: 
        !           324: /* Public procedures */
        !           325: 
        !           326: /* Initialize the collector.  This is only required when using thread-local
        !           327:  * allocation, since unlike the regular allocation routines, GC_local_malloc
        !           328:  * is not self-initializing.  If you use GC_local_malloc you should arrange
        !           329:  * to call this somehow (e.g. from a constructor) before doing any allocation.
        !           330:  */
        !           331: GC_API void GC_init GC_PROTO((void));
        !           332: 
        !           333: /*
        !           334:  * general purpose allocation routines, with roughly malloc calling conv.
        !           335:  * The atomic versions promise that no relevant pointers are contained
        !           336:  * in the object.  The nonatomic versions guarantee that the new object
        !           337:  * is cleared.  GC_malloc_stubborn promises that no changes to the object
        !           338:  * will occur after GC_end_stubborn_change has been called on the
        !           339:  * result of GC_malloc_stubborn. GC_malloc_uncollectable allocates an object
        !           340:  * that is scanned for pointers to collectable objects, but is not itself
        !           341:  * collectable.  The object is scanned even if it does not appear to
        !           342:  * be reachable.  GC_malloc_uncollectable and GC_free called on the resulting
        !           343:  * object implicitly update GC_non_gc_bytes appropriately.
        !           344:  *
        !           345:  * Note that the GC_malloc_stubborn support is stubbed out by default
        !           346:  * starting in 6.0.  GC_malloc_stubborn is an alias for GC_malloc unless
        !           347:  * the collector is built with STUBBORN_ALLOC defined.
        !           348:  */
        !           349: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           350: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_atomic GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           351: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_uncollectable GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           352: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_stubborn GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           353: 
        !           354: /* The following is only defined if the library has been suitably      */
        !           355: /* compiled:                                                           */
        !           356: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_atomic_uncollectable GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           357: 
        !           358: /* Explicitly deallocate an object.  Dangerous if used incorrectly.     */
        !           359: /* Requires a pointer to the base of an object.                                */
        !           360: /* If the argument is stubborn, it should not be changeable when freed. */
        !           361: /* An object should not be enable for finalization when it is          */
        !           362: /* explicitly deallocated.                                             */
        !           363: /* GC_free(0) is a no-op, as required by ANSI C for free.              */
        !           364: GC_API void GC_free GC_PROTO((GC_PTR object_addr));
        !           365: 
        !           366: /*
        !           367:  * Stubborn objects may be changed only if the collector is explicitly informed.
        !           368:  * The collector is implicitly informed of coming change when such
        !           369:  * an object is first allocated.  The following routines inform the
        !           370:  * collector that an object will no longer be changed, or that it will
        !           371:  * once again be changed.  Only nonNIL pointer stores into the object
        !           372:  * are considered to be changes.  The argument to GC_end_stubborn_change
        !           373:  * must be exacly the value returned by GC_malloc_stubborn or passed to
        !           374:  * GC_change_stubborn.  (In the second case it may be an interior pointer
        !           375:  * within 512 bytes of the beginning of the objects.)
        !           376:  * There is a performance penalty for allowing more than
        !           377:  * one stubborn object to be changed at once, but it is acceptable to
        !           378:  * do so.  The same applies to dropping stubborn objects that are still
        !           379:  * changeable.
        !           380:  */
        !           381: GC_API void GC_change_stubborn GC_PROTO((GC_PTR));
        !           382: GC_API void GC_end_stubborn_change GC_PROTO((GC_PTR));
        !           383: 
        !           384: /* Return a pointer to the base (lowest address) of an object given    */
        !           385: /* a pointer to a location within the object.                          */
        !           386: /* I.e. map an interior pointer to the corresponding bas pointer.      */
        !           387: /* Note that with debugging allocation, this returns a pointer to the  */
        !           388: /* actual base of the object, i.e. the debug information, not to       */
        !           389: /* the base of the user object.                                                */
        !           390: /* Return 0 if displaced_pointer doesn't point to within a valid       */
        !           391: /* object.                                                             */
        !           392: GC_API GC_PTR GC_base GC_PROTO((GC_PTR displaced_pointer));
        !           393: 
        !           394: /* Given a pointer to the base of an object, return its size in bytes. */
        !           395: /* The returned size may be slightly larger than what was originally   */
        !           396: /* requested.                                                          */
        !           397: GC_API size_t GC_size GC_PROTO((GC_PTR object_addr));
        !           398: 
        !           399: /* For compatibility with C library.  This is occasionally faster than */
        !           400: /* a malloc followed by a bcopy.  But if you rely on that, either here */
        !           401: /* or with the standard C library, your code is broken.  In my         */
        !           402: /* opinion, it shouldn't have been invented, but now we're stuck. -HB  */
        !           403: /* The resulting object has the same kind as the original.             */
        !           404: /* If the argument is stubborn, the result will have changes enabled.  */
        !           405: /* It is an error to have changes enabled for the original object.     */
        !           406: /* Follows ANSI comventions for NULL old_object.                       */
        !           407: GC_API GC_PTR GC_realloc
        !           408:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR old_object, size_t new_size_in_bytes));
        !           409:                                   
        !           410: /* Explicitly increase the heap size.  */
        !           411: /* Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.  */
        !           412: GC_API int GC_expand_hp GC_PROTO((size_t number_of_bytes));
        !           413: 
        !           414: /* Limit the heap size to n bytes.  Useful when you're debugging,      */
        !           415: /* especially on systems that don't handle running out of memory well. */
        !           416: /* n == 0 ==> unbounded.  This is the default.                         */
        !           417: GC_API void GC_set_max_heap_size GC_PROTO((GC_word n));
        !           418: 
        !           419: /* Inform the collector that a certain section of statically allocated */
        !           420: /* memory contains no pointers to garbage collected memory.  Thus it   */
        !           421: /* need not be scanned.  This is sometimes important if the application */
        !           422: /* maps large read/write files into the address space, which could be  */
        !           423: /* mistaken for dynamic library data segments on some systems.         */
        !           424: GC_API void GC_exclude_static_roots GC_PROTO((GC_PTR start, GC_PTR finish));
        !           425: 
        !           426: /* Clear the set of root segments.  Wizards only. */
        !           427: GC_API void GC_clear_roots GC_PROTO((void));
        !           428: 
        !           429: /* Add a root segment.  Wizards only. */
        !           430: GC_API void GC_add_roots GC_PROTO((char * low_address,
        !           431:                                   char * high_address_plus_1));
        !           432: 
        !           433: /* Add a displacement to the set of those considered valid by the      */
        !           434: /* collector.  GC_register_displacement(n) means that if p was returned */
        !           435: /* by GC_malloc, then (char *)p + n will be considered to be a valid   */
        !           436: /* pointer to n.  N must be small and less than the size of p.         */
        !           437: /* (All pointers to the interior of objects from the stack are         */
        !           438: /* considered valid in any case.  This applies to heap objects and     */
        !           439: /* static data.)                                                       */
        !           440: /* Preferably, this should be called before any other GC procedures.   */
        !           441: /* Calling it later adds to the probability of excess memory           */
        !           442: /* retention.                                                          */
        !           443: /* This is a no-op if the collector was compiled with recognition of   */
        !           444: /* arbitrary interior pointers enabled, which is now the default.      */
        !           445: GC_API void GC_register_displacement GC_PROTO((GC_word n));
        !           446: 
        !           447: /* The following version should be used if any debugging allocation is */
        !           448: /* being done.                                                         */
        !           449: GC_API void GC_debug_register_displacement GC_PROTO((GC_word n));
        !           450: 
        !           451: /* Explicitly trigger a full, world-stop collection.   */
        !           452: GC_API void GC_gcollect GC_PROTO((void));
        !           453: 
        !           454: /* Trigger a full world-stopped collection.  Abort the collection if   */
        !           455: /* and when stop_func returns a nonzero value.  Stop_func will be      */
        !           456: /* called frequently, and should be reasonably fast.  This works even  */
        !           457: /* if virtual dirty bits, and hence incremental collection is not      */
        !           458: /* available for this architecture.  Collections can be aborted faster */
        !           459: /* than normal pause times for incremental collection.  However,       */
        !           460: /* aborted collections do no useful work; the next collection needs    */
        !           461: /* to start from the beginning.                                                */
        !           462: /* Return 0 if the collection was aborted, 1 if it succeeded.          */
        !           463: typedef int (* GC_stop_func) GC_PROTO((void));
        !           464: GC_API int GC_try_to_collect GC_PROTO((GC_stop_func stop_func));
        !           465: 
        !           466: /* Return the number of bytes in the heap.  Excludes collector private */
        !           467: /* data structures.  Includes empty blocks and fragmentation loss.     */
        !           468: /* Includes some pages that were allocated but never written.          */
        !           469: GC_API size_t GC_get_heap_size GC_PROTO((void));
        !           470: 
        !           471: /* Return a lower bound on the number of free bytes in the heap.       */
        !           472: GC_API size_t GC_get_free_bytes GC_PROTO((void));
        !           473: 
        !           474: /* Return the number of bytes allocated since the last collection.     */
        !           475: GC_API size_t GC_get_bytes_since_gc GC_PROTO((void));
        !           476: 
        !           477: /* Return the total number of bytes allocated in this process.         */
        !           478: /* Never decreases.                                                    */
        !           479: GC_API size_t GC_get_total_bytes GC_PROTO((void));
        !           480: 
        !           481: /* Enable incremental/generational collection. */
        !           482: /* Not advisable unless dirty bits are                 */
        !           483: /* available or most heap objects are          */
        !           484: /* pointerfree(atomic) or immutable.           */
        !           485: /* Don't use in leak finding mode.             */
        !           486: /* Ignored if GC_dont_gc is true.              */
        !           487: /* Only the generational piece of this is      */
        !           488: /* functional if GC_parallel is TRUE           */
        !           489: /* or if GC_time_limit is GC_TIME_UNLIMITED.   */
        !           490: /* Causes GC_local_gcj_malloc() to revert to   */
        !           491: /* locked allocation.  Must be called          */
        !           492: /* before any GC_local_gcj_malloc() calls.     */
        !           493: GC_API void GC_enable_incremental GC_PROTO((void));
        !           494: 
        !           495: /* Does incremental mode write-protect pages?  Returns zero or */
        !           496: /* more of the following, or'ed together:                      */
        !           497: #define GC_PROTECTS_POINTER_HEAP  1 /* May protect non-atomic objs.    */
        !           498: #define GC_PROTECTS_PTRFREE_HEAP  2
        !           499: #define GC_PROTECTS_STATIC_DATA   4 /* Curently never.                 */
        !           500: #define GC_PROTECTS_STACK        8 /* Probably impractical.            */
        !           501: 
        !           502: #define GC_PROTECTS_NONE 0
        !           503: GC_API int GC_incremental_protection_needs GC_PROTO((void));
        !           504: 
        !           505: /* Perform some garbage collection work, if appropriate.       */
        !           506: /* Return 0 if there is no more work to be done.               */
        !           507: /* Typically performs an amount of work corresponding roughly  */
        !           508: /* to marking from one page.  May do more work if further      */
        !           509: /* progress requires it, e.g. if incremental collection is     */
        !           510: /* disabled.  It is reasonable to call this in a wait loop     */
        !           511: /* until it returns 0.                                         */
        !           512: GC_API int GC_collect_a_little GC_PROTO((void));
        !           513: 
        !           514: /* Allocate an object of size lb bytes.  The client guarantees that    */
        !           515: /* as long as the object is live, it will be referenced by a pointer   */
        !           516: /* that points to somewhere within the first 256 bytes of the object.  */
        !           517: /* (This should normally be declared volatile to prevent the compiler  */
        !           518: /* from invalidating this assertion.)  This routine is only useful     */
        !           519: /* if a large array is being allocated.  It reduces the chance of      */
        !           520: /* accidentally retaining such an array as a result of scanning an     */
        !           521: /* integer that happens to be an address inside the array.  (Actually, */
        !           522: /* it reduces the chance of the allocator not finding space for such   */
        !           523: /* an array, since it will try hard to avoid introducing such a false  */
        !           524: /* reference.)  On a SunOS 4.X or MS Windows system this is recommended */
        !           525: /* for arrays likely to be larger than 100K or so.  For other systems, */
        !           526: /* or if the collector is not configured to recognize all interior     */
        !           527: /* pointers, the threshold is normally much higher.                    */
        !           528: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_ignore_off_page GC_PROTO((size_t lb));
        !           529: GC_API GC_PTR GC_malloc_atomic_ignore_off_page GC_PROTO((size_t lb));
        !           530: 
        !           531: #if defined(__sgi) && !defined(__GNUC__) && _COMPILER_VERSION >= 720
        !           532: #   define GC_ADD_CALLER
        !           533: #   define GC_RETURN_ADDR (GC_word)__return_address
        !           534: #endif
        !           535: 
        !           536: #ifdef GC_ADD_CALLER
        !           537: #  define GC_EXTRAS GC_RETURN_ADDR, __FILE__, __LINE__
        !           538: #  define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS GC_word ra, GC_CONST char * s, int i
        !           539: #else
        !           540: #  define GC_EXTRAS __FILE__, __LINE__
        !           541: #  define GC_EXTRA_PARAMS GC_CONST char * s, int i
        !           542: #endif
        !           543: 
        !           544: /* Debugging (annotated) allocation.  GC_gcollect will check           */
        !           545: /* objects allocated in this way for overwrites, etc.                  */
        !           546: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_malloc
        !           547:        GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS));
        !           548: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_malloc_atomic
        !           549:        GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS));
        !           550: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable
        !           551:        GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS));
        !           552: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_malloc_stubborn
        !           553:        GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes, GC_EXTRA_PARAMS));
        !           554: GC_API void GC_debug_free GC_PROTO((GC_PTR object_addr));
        !           555: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_realloc
        !           556:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR old_object, size_t new_size_in_bytes,
        !           557:                  GC_EXTRA_PARAMS));
        !           558: GC_API void GC_debug_change_stubborn GC_PROTO((GC_PTR));
        !           559: GC_API void GC_debug_end_stubborn_change GC_PROTO((GC_PTR));
        !           560: 
        !           561: /* Routines that allocate objects with debug information (like the     */
        !           562: /* above), but just fill in dummy file and line number information.    */
        !           563: /* Thus they can serve as drop-in malloc/realloc replacements.  This   */
        !           564: /* can be useful for two reasons:                                      */
        !           565: /* 1) It allows the collector to be built with DBG_HDRS_ALL defined    */
        !           566: /*    even if some allocation calls come from 3rd party libraries      */
        !           567: /*    that can't be recompiled.                                                */
        !           568: /* 2) On some platforms, the file and line information is redundant,   */
        !           569: /*    since it can be reconstructed from a stack trace.  On such       */
        !           570: /*    platforms it may be more convenient not to recompile, e.g. for   */
        !           571: /*    leak detection.  This can be accomplished by instructing the     */
        !           572: /*    linker to replace malloc/realloc with these.                     */
        !           573: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_malloc_replacement GC_PROTO((size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           574: GC_API GC_PTR GC_debug_realloc_replacement
        !           575:              GC_PROTO((GC_PTR object_addr, size_t size_in_bytes));
        !           576:                                 
        !           577: # ifdef GC_DEBUG
        !           578: #   define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_debug_malloc(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
        !           579: #   define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_debug_malloc_atomic(sz, GC_EXTRAS)
        !           580: #   define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) GC_debug_malloc_uncollectable(sz, \
        !           581:                                                        GC_EXTRAS)
        !           582: #   define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_debug_realloc(old, sz, GC_EXTRAS)
        !           583: #   define GC_FREE(p) GC_debug_free(p)
        !           584: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           585:        GC_debug_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           586: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           587:        GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           588: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           589:        GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           590: #   define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_debug_malloc_stubborn(sz, GC_EXTRAS);
        !           591: #   define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_debug_change_stubborn(p)
        !           592: #   define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_debug_end_stubborn_change(p)
        !           593: #   define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
        !           594:        GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, GC_base(obj))
        !           595: #   define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_debug_register_displacement(n)
        !           596: # else
        !           597: #   define GC_MALLOC(sz) GC_malloc(sz)
        !           598: #   define GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sz) GC_malloc_atomic(sz)
        !           599: #   define GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sz) GC_malloc_uncollectable(sz)
        !           600: #   define GC_REALLOC(old, sz) GC_realloc(old, sz)
        !           601: #   define GC_FREE(p) GC_free(p)
        !           602: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           603:        GC_register_finalizer(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           604: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_IGNORE_SELF(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           605:        GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           606: #   define GC_REGISTER_FINALIZER_NO_ORDER(p, f, d, of, od) \
        !           607:        GC_register_finalizer_no_order(p, f, d, of, od)
        !           608: #   define GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sz) GC_malloc_stubborn(sz)
        !           609: #   define GC_CHANGE_STUBBORN(p) GC_change_stubborn(p)
        !           610: #   define GC_END_STUBBORN_CHANGE(p) GC_end_stubborn_change(p)
        !           611: #   define GC_GENERAL_REGISTER_DISAPPEARING_LINK(link, obj) \
        !           612:        GC_general_register_disappearing_link(link, obj)
        !           613: #   define GC_REGISTER_DISPLACEMENT(n) GC_register_displacement(n)
        !           614: # endif
        !           615: /* The following are included because they are often convenient, and   */
        !           616: /* reduce the chance for a misspecifed size argument.  But calls may   */
        !           617: /* expand to something syntactically incorrect if t is a complicated   */
        !           618: /* type expression.                                                    */
        !           619: # define GC_NEW(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC(sizeof (t))
        !           620: # define GC_NEW_ATOMIC(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_ATOMIC(sizeof (t))
        !           621: # define GC_NEW_STUBBORN(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_STUBBORN(sizeof (t))
        !           622: # define GC_NEW_UNCOLLECTABLE(t) (t *)GC_MALLOC_UNCOLLECTABLE(sizeof (t))
        !           623: 
        !           624: /* Finalization.  Some of these primitives are grossly unsafe.         */
        !           625: /* The idea is to make them both cheap, and sufficient to build                */
        !           626: /* a safer layer, closer to PCedar finalization.                       */
        !           627: /* The interface represents my conclusions from a long discussion      */
        !           628: /* with Alan Demers, Dan Greene, Carl Hauser, Barry Hayes,             */
        !           629: /* Christian Jacobi, and Russ Atkinson.  It's not perfect, and         */
        !           630: /* probably nobody else agrees with it.            Hans-J. Boehm  3/13/92      */
        !           631: typedef void (*GC_finalization_proc)
        !           632:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_PTR client_data));
        !           633: 
        !           634: GC_API void GC_register_finalizer
        !           635:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           636:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           637: GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer
        !           638:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           639:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           640:        /* When obj is no longer accessible, invoke             */
        !           641:        /* (*fn)(obj, cd).  If a and b are inaccessible, and    */
        !           642:        /* a points to b (after disappearing links have been    */
        !           643:        /* made to disappear), then only a will be              */
        !           644:        /* finalized.  (If this does not create any new         */
        !           645:        /* pointers to b, then b will be finalized after the    */
        !           646:        /* next collection.)  Any finalizable object that       */
        !           647:        /* is reachable from itself by following one or more    */
        !           648:        /* pointers will not be finalized (or collected).       */
        !           649:        /* Thus cycles involving finalizable objects should     */
        !           650:        /* be avoided, or broken by disappearing links.         */
        !           651:        /* All but the last finalizer registered for an object  */
        !           652:        /* is ignored.                                          */
        !           653:        /* Finalization may be removed by passing 0 as fn.      */
        !           654:        /* Finalizers are implicitly unregistered just before   */
        !           655:        /* they are invoked.                                    */
        !           656:        /* The old finalizer and client data are stored in      */
        !           657:        /* *ofn and *ocd.                                       */ 
        !           658:        /* Fn is never invoked on an accessible object,         */
        !           659:        /* provided hidden pointers are converted to real       */
        !           660:        /* pointers only if the allocation lock is held, and    */
        !           661:        /* such conversions are not performed by finalization   */
        !           662:        /* routines.                                            */
        !           663:        /* If GC_register_finalizer is aborted as a result of   */
        !           664:        /* a signal, the object may be left with no             */
        !           665:        /* finalization, even if neither the old nor new        */
        !           666:        /* finalizer were NULL.                                 */
        !           667:        /* Obj should be the nonNULL starting address of an     */
        !           668:        /* object allocated by GC_malloc or friends.            */
        !           669:        /* Note that any garbage collectable object referenced  */
        !           670:        /* by cd will be considered accessible until the        */
        !           671:        /* finalizer is invoked.                                */
        !           672: 
        !           673: /* Another versions of the above follow.  It ignores           */
        !           674: /* self-cycles, i.e. pointers from a finalizable object to     */
        !           675: /* itself.  There is a stylistic argument that this is wrong,  */
        !           676: /* but it's unavoidable for C++, since the compiler may                */
        !           677: /* silently introduce these.  It's also benign in that specific        */
        !           678: /* case.  And it helps if finalizable objects are split to     */
        !           679: /* avoid cycles.                                               */
        !           680: /* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
        !           681: /* refers to the object itself.                                        */
        !           682: GC_API void GC_register_finalizer_ignore_self
        !           683:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           684:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           685: GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer_ignore_self
        !           686:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           687:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           688: 
        !           689: /* Another version of the above.  It ignores all cycles.        */
        !           690: /* It should probably only be used by Java implementations.     */
        !           691: /* Note that cd will still be viewed as accessible, even if it */
        !           692: /* refers to the object itself.                                        */
        !           693: GC_API void GC_register_finalizer_no_order
        !           694:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           695:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           696: GC_API void GC_debug_register_finalizer_no_order
        !           697:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR cd,
        !           698:                  GC_finalization_proc *ofn, GC_PTR *ocd));
        !           699: 
        !           700: 
        !           701: /* The following routine may be used to break cycles between   */
        !           702: /* finalizable objects, thus causing cyclic finalizable                */
        !           703: /* objects to be finalized in the correct order.  Standard     */
        !           704: /* use involves calling GC_register_disappearing_link(&p),     */
        !           705: /* where p is a pointer that is not followed by finalization   */
        !           706: /* code, and should not be considered in determining           */
        !           707: /* finalization order.                                         */
        !           708: GC_API int GC_register_disappearing_link GC_PROTO((GC_PTR * /* link */));
        !           709:        /* Link should point to a field of a heap allocated     */
        !           710:        /* object obj.  *link will be cleared when obj is       */
        !           711:        /* found to be inaccessible.  This happens BEFORE any   */
        !           712:        /* finalization code is invoked, and BEFORE any         */
        !           713:        /* decisions about finalization order are made.         */
        !           714:        /* This is useful in telling the finalizer that         */
        !           715:        /* some pointers are not essential for proper           */
        !           716:        /* finalization.  This may avoid finalization cycles.   */
        !           717:        /* Note that obj may be resurrected by another          */
        !           718:        /* finalizer, and thus the clearing of *link may        */
        !           719:        /* be visible to non-finalization code.                 */
        !           720:        /* There's an argument that an arbitrary action should  */
        !           721:        /* be allowed here, instead of just clearing a pointer. */
        !           722:        /* But this causes problems if that action alters, or   */
        !           723:        /* examines connectivity.                               */
        !           724:        /* Returns 1 if link was already registered, 0          */
        !           725:        /* otherwise.                                           */
        !           726:        /* Only exists for backward compatibility.  See below:  */
        !           727:        
        !           728: GC_API int GC_general_register_disappearing_link
        !           729:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR * /* link */, GC_PTR obj));
        !           730:        /* A slight generalization of the above. *link is       */
        !           731:        /* cleared when obj first becomes inaccessible.  This   */
        !           732:        /* can be used to implement weak pointers easily and    */
        !           733:        /* safely. Typically link will point to a location      */
        !           734:        /* holding a disguised pointer to obj.  (A pointer      */
        !           735:        /* inside an "atomic" object is effectively             */
        !           736:        /* disguised.)   In this way soft                       */
        !           737:        /* pointers are broken before any object                */
        !           738:        /* reachable from them are finalized.  Each link        */
        !           739:        /* May be registered only once, i.e. with one obj       */
        !           740:        /* value.  This was added after a long email discussion */
        !           741:        /* with John Ellis.                                     */
        !           742:        /* Obj must be a pointer to the first word of an object */
        !           743:        /* we allocated.  It is unsafe to explicitly deallocate */
        !           744:        /* the object containing link.  Explicitly deallocating */
        !           745:        /* obj may or may not cause link to eventually be       */
        !           746:        /* cleared.                                             */
        !           747: GC_API int GC_unregister_disappearing_link GC_PROTO((GC_PTR * /* link */));
        !           748:        /* Returns 0 if link was not actually registered.       */
        !           749:        /* Undoes a registration by either of the above two     */
        !           750:        /* routines.                                            */
        !           751: 
        !           752: /* Auxiliary fns to make finalization work correctly with displaced    */
        !           753: /* pointers introduced by the debugging allocators.                    */
        !           754: GC_API GC_PTR GC_make_closure GC_PROTO((GC_finalization_proc fn, GC_PTR data));
        !           755: GC_API void GC_debug_invoke_finalizer GC_PROTO((GC_PTR obj, GC_PTR data));
        !           756: 
        !           757: /* Returns !=0  if GC_invoke_finalizers has something to do.           */
        !           758: GC_API int GC_should_invoke_finalizers GC_PROTO((void));
        !           759: 
        !           760: GC_API int GC_invoke_finalizers GC_PROTO((void));
        !           761:        /* Run finalizers for all objects that are ready to     */
        !           762:        /* be finalized.  Return the number of finalizers       */
        !           763:        /* that were run.  Normally this is also called         */
        !           764:        /* implicitly during some allocations.  If              */
        !           765:        /* GC-finalize_on_demand is nonzero, it must be called  */
        !           766:        /* explicitly.                                          */
        !           767: 
        !           768: /* GC_set_warn_proc can be used to redirect or filter warning messages.        */
        !           769: /* p may not be a NULL pointer.                                                */
        !           770: typedef void (*GC_warn_proc) GC_PROTO((char *msg, GC_word arg));
        !           771: GC_API GC_warn_proc GC_set_warn_proc GC_PROTO((GC_warn_proc p));
        !           772:     /* Returns old warning procedure.  */
        !           773:        
        !           774: /* The following is intended to be used by a higher level      */
        !           775: /* (e.g. Java-like) finalization facility.  It is expected     */
        !           776: /* that finalization code will arrange for hidden pointers to  */
        !           777: /* disappear.  Otherwise objects can be accessed after they    */
        !           778: /* have been collected.                                                */
        !           779: /* Note that putting pointers in atomic objects or in          */
        !           780: /* nonpointer slots of "typed" objects is equivalent to        */
        !           781: /* disguising them in this way, and may have other advantages. */
        !           782: # if defined(I_HIDE_POINTERS) || defined(GC_I_HIDE_POINTERS)
        !           783:     typedef GC_word GC_hidden_pointer;
        !           784: #   define HIDE_POINTER(p) (~(GC_hidden_pointer)(p))
        !           785: #   define REVEAL_POINTER(p) ((GC_PTR)(HIDE_POINTER(p)))
        !           786:     /* Converting a hidden pointer to a real pointer requires verifying        */
        !           787:     /* that the object still exists.  This involves acquiring the      */
        !           788:     /* allocator lock to avoid a race with the collector.              */
        !           789: # endif /* I_HIDE_POINTERS */
        !           790: 
        !           791: typedef GC_PTR (*GC_fn_type) GC_PROTO((GC_PTR client_data));
        !           792: GC_API GC_PTR GC_call_with_alloc_lock
        !           793:                GC_PROTO((GC_fn_type fn, GC_PTR client_data));
        !           794: 
        !           795: /* The following routines are primarily intended for use with a        */
        !           796: /* preprocessor which inserts calls to check C pointer arithmetic.     */
        !           797: 
        !           798: /* Check that p and q point to the same object.                */
        !           799: /* Fail conspicuously if they don't.                           */
        !           800: /* Returns the first argument.                                 */
        !           801: /* Succeeds if neither p nor q points to the heap.             */
        !           802: /* May succeed if both p and q point to between heap objects.  */
        !           803: GC_API GC_PTR GC_same_obj GC_PROTO((GC_PTR p, GC_PTR q));
        !           804: 
        !           805: /* Checked pointer pre- and post- increment operations.  Note that     */
        !           806: /* the second argument is in units of bytes, not multiples of the      */
        !           807: /* object size.  This should either be invoked from a macro, or the    */
        !           808: /* call should be automatically generated.                             */
        !           809: GC_API GC_PTR GC_pre_incr GC_PROTO((GC_PTR *p, size_t how_much));
        !           810: GC_API GC_PTR GC_post_incr GC_PROTO((GC_PTR *p, size_t how_much));
        !           811: 
        !           812: /* Check that p is visible                                             */
        !           813: /* to the collector as a possibly pointer containing location.         */
        !           814: /* If it isn't fail conspicuously.                                     */
        !           815: /* Returns the argument in all cases.  May erroneously succeed         */
        !           816: /* in hard cases.  (This is intended for debugging use with            */
        !           817: /* untyped allocations.  The idea is that it should be possible, though        */
        !           818: /* slow, to add such a call to all indirect pointer stores.)           */
        !           819: /* Currently useless for multithreaded worlds.                         */
        !           820: GC_API GC_PTR GC_is_visible GC_PROTO((GC_PTR p));
        !           821: 
        !           822: /* Check that if p is a pointer to a heap page, then it points to      */
        !           823: /* a valid displacement within a heap object.                          */
        !           824: /* Fail conspicuously if this property does not hold.                  */
        !           825: /* Uninteresting with GC_all_interior_pointers.                                */
        !           826: /* Always returns its argument.                                                */
        !           827: GC_API GC_PTR GC_is_valid_displacement GC_PROTO((GC_PTR        p));
        !           828: 
        !           829: /* Safer, but slow, pointer addition.  Probably useful mainly with     */
        !           830: /* a preprocessor.  Useful only for heap pointers.                     */
        !           831: #ifdef GC_DEBUG
        !           832: #   define GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, type_of_result) \
        !           833:        ((type_of_result)GC_same_obj((x)+(n), (x)))
        !           834: #   define GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) \
        !           835:        ((type_of_result)GC_pre_incr(&(x), (n)*sizeof(*x))
        !           836: #   define GC_POST_INCR2(x, type_of_result) \
        !           837:        ((type_of_result)GC_post_incr(&(x), sizeof(*x))
        !           838: #   ifdef __GNUC__
        !           839: #       define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) \
        !           840:            GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, typeof(x))
        !           841: #       define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) \
        !           842:            GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, typeof(x))
        !           843: #       define GC_POST_INCR(x, n) \
        !           844:            GC_POST_INCR3(x, typeof(x))
        !           845: #   else
        !           846:        /* We can't do this right without typeof, which ANSI    */
        !           847:        /* decided was not sufficiently useful.  Repeatedly     */
        !           848:        /* mentioning the arguments seems too dangerous to be   */
        !           849:        /* useful.  So does not casting the result.             */
        !           850: #      define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) ((x)+(n))
        !           851: #   endif
        !           852: #else  /* !GC_DEBUG */
        !           853: #   define GC_PTR_ADD3(x, n, type_of_result) ((x)+(n))
        !           854: #   define GC_PTR_ADD(x, n) ((x)+(n))
        !           855: #   define GC_PRE_INCR3(x, n, type_of_result) ((x) += (n))
        !           856: #   define GC_PRE_INCR(x, n) ((x) += (n))
        !           857: #   define GC_POST_INCR2(x, n, type_of_result) ((x)++)
        !           858: #   define GC_POST_INCR(x, n) ((x)++)
        !           859: #endif
        !           860: 
        !           861: /* Safer assignment of a pointer to a nonstack location.       */
        !           862: #ifdef GC_DEBUG
        !           863: # ifdef __STDC__
        !           864: #   define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) \
        !           865:        (*(void **)GC_is_visible(p) = GC_is_valid_displacement(q))
        !           866: # else
        !           867: #   define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) \
        !           868:        (*(char **)GC_is_visible(p) = GC_is_valid_displacement(q))
        !           869: # endif
        !           870: #else /* !GC_DEBUG */
        !           871: #   define GC_PTR_STORE(p, q) *((p) = (q))
        !           872: #endif
        !           873: 
        !           874: /* Fynctions called to report pointer checking errors */
        !           875: GC_API void (*GC_same_obj_print_proc) GC_PROTO((GC_PTR p, GC_PTR q));
        !           876: 
        !           877: GC_API void (*GC_is_valid_displacement_print_proc)
        !           878:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR p));
        !           879: 
        !           880: GC_API void (*GC_is_visible_print_proc)
        !           881:        GC_PROTO((GC_PTR p));
        !           882: 
        !           883: 
        !           884: /* For pthread support, we generally need to intercept a number of     */
        !           885: /* thread library calls.  We do that here by macro defining them.      */
        !           886: 
        !           887: #if !defined(GC_USE_LD_WRAP) && \
        !           888:     (defined(GC_PTHREADS) || defined(GC_SOLARIS_THREADS))
        !           889: # include "gc_pthread_redirects.h"
        !           890: #endif
        !           891: 
        !           892: # if defined(PCR) || defined(GC_SOLARIS_THREADS) || \
        !           893:      defined(GC_PTHREADS) || defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS)
        !           894:        /* Any flavor of threads except SRC_M3. */
        !           895: /* This returns a list of objects, linked through their first          */
        !           896: /* word.  Its use can greatly reduce lock contention problems, since   */
        !           897: /* the allocation lock can be acquired and released many fewer times.  */
        !           898: /* lb must be large enough to hold the pointer field.                  */
        !           899: /* It is used internally by gc_local_alloc.h, which provides a simpler */
        !           900: /* programming interface on Linux.                                     */
        !           901: GC_PTR GC_malloc_many(size_t lb);
        !           902: #define GC_NEXT(p) (*(GC_PTR *)(p))    /* Retrieve the next element    */
        !           903:                                        /* in returned list.            */
        !           904: extern void GC_thr_init();     /* Needed for Solaris/X86       */
        !           905: 
        !           906: #endif /* THREADS && !SRC_M3 */
        !           907: 
        !           908: #if defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS)
        !           909: # include <windows.h>
        !           910: # include <winbase.h>
        !           911: 
        !           912:   /*
        !           913:    * All threads must be created using GC_CreateThread, so that they will be
        !           914:    * recorded in the thread table.  For backwards compatibility, this is not
        !           915:    * technically true if the GC is built as a dynamic library, since it can
        !           916:    * and does then use DllMain to keep track of thread creations.  But new code
        !           917:    * should be built to call GC_CreateThread.
        !           918:    */
        !           919:   HANDLE WINAPI GC_CreateThread(
        !           920:       LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,
        !           921:       DWORD dwStackSize, LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE lpStartAddress,
        !           922:       LPVOID lpParameter, DWORD dwCreationFlags, LPDWORD lpThreadId );
        !           923: 
        !           924: # if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
        !           925:   /*
        !           926:    * win32_threads.c implements the real WinMain, which will start a new thread
        !           927:    * to call GC_WinMain after initializing the garbage collector.
        !           928:    */
        !           929:   int WINAPI GC_WinMain(
        !           930:       HINSTANCE hInstance,
        !           931:       HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
        !           932:       LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
        !           933:       int nCmdShow );
        !           934: 
        !           935: #  ifndef GC_BUILD
        !           936: #    define WinMain GC_WinMain
        !           937: #    define CreateThread GC_CreateThread
        !           938: #  endif
        !           939: # endif /* defined(_WIN32_WCE) */
        !           940: 
        !           941: #endif /* defined(GC_WIN32_THREADS) */
        !           942: 
        !           943: /*
        !           944:  * If you are planning on putting
        !           945:  * the collector in a SunOS 5 dynamic library, you need to call GC_INIT()
        !           946:  * from the statically loaded program section.
        !           947:  * This circumvents a Solaris 2.X (X<=4) linker bug.
        !           948:  */
        !           949: #if defined(sparc) || defined(__sparc)
        !           950: #   define GC_INIT() { extern end, etext; \
        !           951:                       GC_noop(&end, &etext); }
        !           952: #else
        !           953: # if defined(__CYGWIN32__) && defined(GC_USE_DLL) || defined (_AIX)
        !           954:     /*
        !           955:      * Similarly gnu-win32 DLLs need explicit initialization from
        !           956:      * the main program, as does AIX.
        !           957:      */
        !           958: #   define GC_INIT() { GC_add_roots(DATASTART, DATAEND); }
        !           959: # else
        !           960: #   define GC_INIT()
        !           961: # endif
        !           962: #endif
        !           963: 
        !           964: #if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) \
        !           965:     && ((defined(_MSDOS) || defined(_MSC_VER)) && (_M_IX86 >= 300) \
        !           966:         || defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__))
        !           967:   /* win32S may not free all resources on process exit.  */
        !           968:   /* This explicitly deallocates the heap.              */
        !           969:     GC_API void GC_win32_free_heap ();
        !           970: #endif
        !           971: 
        !           972: #if ( defined(_AMIGA) && !defined(GC_AMIGA_MAKINGLIB) )
        !           973:   /* Allocation really goes through GC_amiga_allocwrapper_do */
        !           974: # include "gc_amiga_redirects.h"
        !           975: #endif
        !           976: 
        !           977: #if defined(GC_REDIRECT_TO_LOCAL) && !defined(GC_LOCAL_ALLOC_H)
        !           978: #  include  "gc_local_alloc.h"
        !           979: #endif
        !           980: 
        !           981: #ifdef __cplusplus
        !           982:     }  /* end of extern "C" */
        !           983: #endif
        !           984: 
        !           985: #endif /* _GC_H */

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