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1 // Copyright 2006-2008 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
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27 
28 #ifndef V8_MARK_COMPACT_H_
29 #define V8_MARK_COMPACT_H_
30 
31 namespace v8 {
32 namespace internal {
33 
34 // Callback function, returns whether an object is alive. The heap size
35 // of the object is returned in size. It optionally updates the offset
36 // to the first live object in the page (only used for old and map objects).
37 typedef bool (*IsAliveFunction)(HeapObject* obj, int* size, int* offset);
38 
39 // Callback function for non-live blocks in the old generation.
40 typedef void (*DeallocateFunction)(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
41 
42 
43 // Forward declarations.
44 class RootMarkingVisitor;
45 class MarkingVisitor;
46 
47 
48 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 // Mark-Compact collector
50 //
51 // All methods are static.
52 
53 class MarkCompactCollector: public AllStatic {
54  public:
55   // Type of functions to compute forwarding addresses of objects in
56   // compacted spaces.  Given an object and its size, return a (non-failure)
57   // Object* that will be the object after forwarding.  There is a separate
58   // allocation function for each (compactable) space based on the location
59   // of the object before compaction.
60   typedef Object* (*AllocationFunction)(HeapObject* object, int object_size);
61 
62   // Type of functions to encode the forwarding address for an object.
63   // Given the object, its size, and the new (non-failure) object it will be
64   // forwarded to, encode the forwarding address.  For paged spaces, the
65   // 'offset' input/output parameter contains the offset of the forwarded
66   // object from the forwarding address of the previous live object in the
67   // page as input, and is updated to contain the offset to be used for the
68   // next live object in the same page.  For spaces using a different
69   // encoding (ie, contiguous spaces), the offset parameter is ignored.
70   typedef void (*EncodingFunction)(HeapObject* old_object,
71                                    int object_size,
72                                    Object* new_object,
73                                    int* offset);
74 
75   // Type of functions to process non-live objects.
76   typedef void (*ProcessNonLiveFunction)(HeapObject* object);
77 
78   // Set the global force_compaction flag, it must be called before Prepare
79   // to take effect.
SetForceCompaction(bool value)80   static void SetForceCompaction(bool value) {
81     force_compaction_ = value;
82   }
83 
84   // Prepares for GC by resetting relocation info in old and map spaces and
85   // choosing spaces to compact.
86   static void Prepare(GCTracer* tracer);
87 
88   // Performs a global garbage collection.
89   static void CollectGarbage();
90 
91   // True if the last full GC performed heap compaction.
HasCompacted()92   static bool HasCompacted() { return compacting_collection_; }
93 
94   // True after the Prepare phase if the compaction is taking place.
IsCompacting()95   static bool IsCompacting() {
96 #ifdef DEBUG
97     // For the purposes of asserts we don't want this to keep returning true
98     // after the collection is completed.
99     return state_ != IDLE && compacting_collection_;
100 #else
101     return compacting_collection_;
102 #endif
103   }
104 
105   // The count of the number of objects left marked at the end of the last
106   // completed full GC (expected to be zero).
previous_marked_count()107   static int previous_marked_count() { return previous_marked_count_; }
108 
109   // During a full GC, there is a stack-allocated GCTracer that is used for
110   // bookkeeping information.  Return a pointer to that tracer.
tracer()111   static GCTracer* tracer() { return tracer_; }
112 
113 #ifdef DEBUG
114   // Checks whether performing mark-compact collection.
in_use()115   static bool in_use() { return state_ > PREPARE_GC; }
116 #endif
117 
118   // Determine type of object and emit deletion log event.
119   static void ReportDeleteIfNeeded(HeapObject* obj);
120 
121  private:
122 #ifdef DEBUG
123   enum CollectorState {
124     IDLE,
125     PREPARE_GC,
126     MARK_LIVE_OBJECTS,
127     SWEEP_SPACES,
128     ENCODE_FORWARDING_ADDRESSES,
129     UPDATE_POINTERS,
130     RELOCATE_OBJECTS,
131     REBUILD_RSETS
132   };
133 
134   // The current stage of the collector.
135   static CollectorState state_;
136 #endif
137 
138   // Global flag that forces a compaction.
139   static bool force_compaction_;
140 
141   // Global flag indicating whether spaces were compacted on the last GC.
142   static bool compacting_collection_;
143 
144   // Global flag indicating whether spaces will be compacted on the next GC.
145   static bool compact_on_next_gc_;
146 
147   // The number of objects left marked at the end of the last completed full
148   // GC (expected to be zero).
149   static int previous_marked_count_;
150 
151   // A pointer to the current stack-allocated GC tracer object during a full
152   // collection (NULL before and after).
153   static GCTracer* tracer_;
154 
155   // Finishes GC, performs heap verification if enabled.
156   static void Finish();
157 
158   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
159   // Phase 1: Marking live objects.
160   //
161   //  Before: The heap has been prepared for garbage collection by
162   //          MarkCompactCollector::Prepare() and is otherwise in its
163   //          normal state.
164   //
165   //   After: Live objects are marked and non-live objects are unmarked.
166 
167 
168   friend class RootMarkingVisitor;
169   friend class MarkingVisitor;
170 
171   // Marking operations for objects reachable from roots.
172   static void MarkLiveObjects();
173 
174   static void MarkUnmarkedObject(HeapObject* obj);
175 
MarkObject(HeapObject * obj)176   static inline void MarkObject(HeapObject* obj) {
177     if (!obj->IsMarked()) MarkUnmarkedObject(obj);
178   }
179 
SetMark(HeapObject * obj)180   static inline void SetMark(HeapObject* obj) {
181     tracer_->increment_marked_count();
182 #ifdef DEBUG
183     UpdateLiveObjectCount(obj);
184 #endif
185     obj->SetMark();
186   }
187 
188   // Creates back pointers for all map transitions, stores them in
189   // the prototype field.  The original prototype pointers are restored
190   // in ClearNonLiveTransitions().  All JSObject maps
191   // connected by map transitions have the same prototype object, which
192   // is why we can use this field temporarily for back pointers.
193   static void CreateBackPointers();
194 
195   // Mark a Map and its DescriptorArray together, skipping transitions.
196   static void MarkMapContents(Map* map);
197   static void MarkDescriptorArray(DescriptorArray* descriptors);
198 
199   // Mark the heap roots and all objects reachable from them.
200   static void MarkRoots(RootMarkingVisitor* visitor);
201 
202   // Mark the symbol table specially.  References to symbols from the
203   // symbol table are weak.
204   static void MarkSymbolTable();
205 
206   // Mark objects in object groups that have at least one object in the
207   // group marked.
208   static void MarkObjectGroups();
209 
210   // Mark all objects in an object group with at least one marked
211   // object, then all objects reachable from marked objects in object
212   // groups, and repeat.
213   static void ProcessObjectGroups(MarkingVisitor* visitor);
214 
215   // Mark objects reachable (transitively) from objects in the marking stack
216   // or overflowed in the heap.
217   static void ProcessMarkingStack(MarkingVisitor* visitor);
218 
219   // Mark objects reachable (transitively) from objects in the marking
220   // stack.  This function empties the marking stack, but may leave
221   // overflowed objects in the heap, in which case the marking stack's
222   // overflow flag will be set.
223   static void EmptyMarkingStack(MarkingVisitor* visitor);
224 
225   // Refill the marking stack with overflowed objects from the heap.  This
226   // function either leaves the marking stack full or clears the overflow
227   // flag on the marking stack.
228   static void RefillMarkingStack();
229 
230   // Callback function for telling whether the object *p is an unmarked
231   // heap object.
232   static bool IsUnmarkedHeapObject(Object** p);
233 
234 #ifdef DEBUG
235   static void UpdateLiveObjectCount(HeapObject* obj);
236 #endif
237 
238   // We sweep the large object space in the same way whether we are
239   // compacting or not, because the large object space is never compacted.
240   static void SweepLargeObjectSpace();
241 
242   // Test whether a (possibly marked) object is a Map.
243   static inline bool SafeIsMap(HeapObject* object);
244 
245   // Map transitions from a live map to a dead map must be killed.
246   // We replace them with a null descriptor, with the same key.
247   static void ClearNonLiveTransitions();
248 
249   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
250   // Phase 2: Sweeping to clear mark bits and free non-live objects for
251   // a non-compacting collection, or else computing and encoding
252   // forwarding addresses for a compacting collection.
253   //
254   //  Before: Live objects are marked and non-live objects are unmarked.
255   //
256   //   After: (Non-compacting collection.)  Live objects are unmarked,
257   //          non-live regions have been added to their space's free
258   //          list.
259   //
260   //   After: (Compacting collection.)  The forwarding address of live
261   //          objects in the paged spaces is encoded in their map word
262   //          along with their (non-forwarded) map pointer.
263   //
264   //          The forwarding address of live objects in the new space is
265   //          written to their map word's offset in the inactive
266   //          semispace.
267   //
268   //          Bookkeeping data is written to the remembered-set are of
269   //          eached paged-space page that contains live objects after
270   //          compaction:
271   //
272   //          The 3rd word of the page (first word of the remembered
273   //          set) contains the relocation top address, the address of
274   //          the first word after the end of the last live object in
275   //          the page after compaction.
276   //
277   //          The 4th word contains the zero-based index of the page in
278   //          its space.  This word is only used for map space pages, in
279   //          order to encode the map addresses in 21 bits to free 11
280   //          bits per map word for the forwarding address.
281   //
282   //          The 5th word contains the (nonencoded) forwarding address
283   //          of the first live object in the page.
284   //
285   //          In both the new space and the paged spaces, a linked list
286   //          of live regions is constructructed (linked through
287   //          pointers in the non-live region immediately following each
288   //          live region) to speed further passes of the collector.
289 
290   // Encodes forwarding addresses of objects in compactable parts of the
291   // heap.
292   static void EncodeForwardingAddresses();
293 
294   // Encodes the forwarding addresses of objects in new space.
295   static void EncodeForwardingAddressesInNewSpace();
296 
297   // Function template to encode the forwarding addresses of objects in
298   // paged spaces, parameterized by allocation and non-live processing
299   // functions.
300   template<AllocationFunction Alloc, ProcessNonLiveFunction ProcessNonLive>
301   static void EncodeForwardingAddressesInPagedSpace(PagedSpace* space);
302 
303   // Iterates live objects in a space, passes live objects
304   // to a callback function which returns the heap size of the object.
305   // Returns the number of live objects iterated.
306   static int IterateLiveObjects(NewSpace* space, HeapObjectCallback size_f);
307   static int IterateLiveObjects(PagedSpace* space, HeapObjectCallback size_f);
308 
309   // Iterates the live objects between a range of addresses, returning the
310   // number of live objects.
311   static int IterateLiveObjectsInRange(Address start, Address end,
312                                        HeapObjectCallback size_func);
313 
314   // Callback functions for deallocating non-live blocks in the old
315   // generation.
316   static void DeallocateOldPointerBlock(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
317   static void DeallocateOldDataBlock(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
318   static void DeallocateCodeBlock(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
319   static void DeallocateMapBlock(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
320   static void DeallocateCellBlock(Address start, int size_in_bytes);
321 
322   // If we are not compacting the heap, we simply sweep the spaces except
323   // for the large object space, clearing mark bits and adding unmarked
324   // regions to each space's free list.
325   static void SweepSpaces();
326 
327   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
328   // Phase 3: Updating pointers in live objects.
329   //
330   //  Before: Same as after phase 2 (compacting collection).
331   //
332   //   After: All pointers in live objects, including encoded map
333   //          pointers, are updated to point to their target's new
334   //          location.  The remembered set area of each paged-space
335   //          page containing live objects still contains bookkeeping
336   //          information.
337 
338   friend class UpdatingVisitor;  // helper for updating visited objects
339 
340   // Updates pointers in all spaces.
341   static void UpdatePointers();
342 
343   // Updates pointers in an object in new space.
344   // Returns the heap size of the object.
345   static int UpdatePointersInNewObject(HeapObject* obj);
346 
347   // Updates pointers in an object in old spaces.
348   // Returns the heap size of the object.
349   static int UpdatePointersInOldObject(HeapObject* obj);
350 
351   // Calculates the forwarding address of an object in an old space.
352   static Address GetForwardingAddressInOldSpace(HeapObject* obj);
353 
354   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
355   // Phase 4: Relocating objects.
356   //
357   //  Before: Pointers to live objects are updated to point to their
358   //          target's new location.  The remembered set area of each
359   //          paged-space page containing live objects still contains
360   //          bookkeeping information.
361   //
362   //   After: Objects have been moved to their new addresses. The
363   //          remembered set area of each paged-space page containing
364   //          live objects still contains bookkeeping information.
365 
366   // Relocates objects in all spaces.
367   static void RelocateObjects();
368 
369   // Converts a code object's inline target to addresses, convention from
370   // address to target happens in the marking phase.
371   static int ConvertCodeICTargetToAddress(HeapObject* obj);
372 
373   // Relocate a map object.
374   static int RelocateMapObject(HeapObject* obj);
375 
376   // Relocates an old object.
377   static int RelocateOldPointerObject(HeapObject* obj);
378   static int RelocateOldDataObject(HeapObject* obj);
379 
380   // Relocate a property cell object.
381   static int RelocateCellObject(HeapObject* obj);
382 
383   // Helper function.
384   static inline int RelocateOldNonCodeObject(HeapObject* obj,
385                                              PagedSpace* space);
386 
387   // Relocates an object in the code space.
388   static int RelocateCodeObject(HeapObject* obj);
389 
390   // Copy a new object.
391   static int RelocateNewObject(HeapObject* obj);
392 
393   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
394   // Phase 5: Rebuilding remembered sets.
395   //
396   //  Before: The heap is in a normal state except that remembered sets
397   //          in the paged spaces are not correct.
398   //
399   //   After: The heap is in a normal state.
400 
401   // Rebuild remembered set in old and map spaces.
402   static void RebuildRSets();
403 
404 #ifdef DEBUG
405   // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
406   // Debugging variables, functions and classes
407   // Counters used for debugging the marking phase of mark-compact or
408   // mark-sweep collection.
409 
410   // Number of live objects in Heap::to_space_.
411   static int live_young_objects_;
412 
413   // Number of live objects in Heap::old_pointer_space_.
414   static int live_old_pointer_objects_;
415 
416   // Number of live objects in Heap::old_data_space_.
417   static int live_old_data_objects_;
418 
419   // Number of live objects in Heap::code_space_.
420   static int live_code_objects_;
421 
422   // Number of live objects in Heap::map_space_.
423   static int live_map_objects_;
424 
425   // Number of live objects in Heap::cell_space_.
426   static int live_cell_objects_;
427 
428   // Number of live objects in Heap::lo_space_.
429   static int live_lo_objects_;
430 
431   // Number of live bytes in this collection.
432   static int live_bytes_;
433 
434   friend class MarkObjectVisitor;
435   static void VisitObject(HeapObject* obj);
436 
437   friend class UnmarkObjectVisitor;
438   static void UnmarkObject(HeapObject* obj);
439 #endif
440 };
441 
442 
443 } }  // namespace v8::internal
444 
445 #endif  // V8_MARK_COMPACT_H_
446