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diff --git a/include/gc.s b/include/gc.s
index bb32240..636a6a2 100644
--- a/include/gc.s
+++ b/include/gc.s
@@ -2,10 +2,53 @@
.ifndef _gc_s_file
_gc_s_file:
-.macro prealloc name amount
- mov %rsp,%rax
+.section .bss
+_write_region_start:
+ # begin of the active memory area
+ cell 0
+_write_region_end:
+ # end of the active memory area (%rsp kinda starts here and goes down
+ # towars the start)
+ cell 0
+_gc_trigger:
+ # point in memory where the gc will trigger (we don't necessarily wait for the write region to fill up!)
+ cell 0
+
+_gc_last_size:
+ # how much data we evacuated last time
+ cell 0
+_gc_min_alloc:
+ # minimum possible allocation
+ cell 0 # tunable constant
+_gc_grow_ratio:
+ # 256th's of the minimal amount of memory increment compared to the
+ # last time. New minimal amount is compared as:
+ # (ratio * last size) >> 8
+ cell 0 # tunable constant
+_gc_shrink_ratio:
+ # 256th's of the ratio of post-gc still-free to-space that should be considered for discarding
+ cell 0
+
+_gc_region_start:
+ # in GC, this region is being evacuated and will eventually disappear
+ cell 0
+_gc_region_end:
+ # end of the disappear region
+ cell 0
+
+_gc_backup_thunk:
+ # backup of %rsi so that we can use the register for other nonsense
+ cell 0
+_gc_backup_cont:
+ # backup of %rbp for same reason
+ cell 0
+
+.section .text
+
+.macro needs_alloc amount
+ mov %rsp, %rax
sub _write_region_start, %rax
- cmp $amount, %rax #TODO check direction
+ cmp \amount, %rax
jb _uskel_gc
.endm
@@ -14,23 +57,24 @@ _uskel_alloc:
# calculate the desired size to %r14
mov _gc_min_alloc, %r14
+ #add _gc_region_end, %r14
+ #sub _gc_region_start, %r14
# check if the desired size isn't greater because of the last gc use
mov _gc_last_size, %rax
- mul _gc_min_expect_ratio, %rax
- shr 8, %rax
- cmp %r14, %rax #TODO check direction
+ mulq _gc_grow_ratio
+ shr $8, %rax
+ add _gc_min_alloc, %rax
+ cmp %r14, %rax
cmova %rax, %r14
# check if we don't need even more space because we need to evacuate stuff
mov _gc_region_end, %rax
sub %rsp, %rax # trick -- if we counted from gc region start, allocated memory could never shrink
- cmp %r14, %rax #TODO direction
+ cmp %r14, %rax
cmova %rax, %r14
- #TODO add functionality to trigger the gc's a bit earlier than when
- # they hit _write_region_start, to allow for faster compaction.
- # maybe _write_region_trigger = 25%ish between _write_region_start and %rsp ?
+ alloc_goes_mmap:
mov $9, %rax # mmap
mov $0, %rdi # addr = NULL
mov %r14, %rsi # len = %r14
@@ -48,27 +92,110 @@ _uskel_alloc:
jmp *%r15
+_uskel_gc_init:
+ mov %rsi, %r13
+ movq $0x100, _gc_min_alloc
+ movq $0x180, _gc_grow_ratio
+ movq $0x40, _gc_shrink_ratio
+ mov $0, %rsp # fake original rsp for first alloc run
+ mov $_uskel_gc_init_cont, %rsi
+ jmp _uskel_alloc
+ _uskel_gc_init_cont:
+ mov _write_region_start, %rax
+ mov %rax, _gc_trigger
+ jmp *%r13
+
_uskel_gc:
+ # save what we did before ending up here
mov %rbp, _gc_backup_thunk
mov %rsi, _gc_backup_cont
+
# first we need a new memory area
- mov _write_region_start, _gc_region_start
- mov _write_region_end, _gc_region_end
- mov $_uskel_gc_evacuate, %r15
+ mov _write_region_start, %rbx
+ mov _write_region_end, %rcx
+ mov %rbx, _gc_region_start
+ mov %rcx, _gc_region_end
+ mov $_uskel_gc_evacuate, %rsi
jmp _uskel_alloc
_uskel_gc_evacuate:
- # we may also need a scavenging queue! Or can that be solved by walking the write region?
- # plan:
- # evacuate thunk and cont, save them right away in _gc_backup_thunk and _cont
- # scavenge from the top of the gc region, evacuating stuff en route
- # (this is a little more complex because we grow down, so we have to
- # scavenge up from %rsp to the last known scavenged position)
- # finish when scavenge doesn't have anything more to scavenge
+
+ # point the writer to the new memory area
+ mov _write_region_end, %rsp
+ mov %rsp, %rdi # %rdi is "the last scavenged thing"
+
+ # start by evacuating the thunk and cont
+ mov _gc_backup_thunk, %rbp
+ mov $_uskel_gc_evacuate_cont_thunk, %rsi
+ jmp _gc_evacuate
+ _uskel_gc_evacuate_cont_thunk:
+ mov %rbp, _gc_backup_thunk
+
+ mov _gc_backup_cont, %rbp
+ mov $_uskel_gc_evacuate_cont_cont, %rsi
+ jmp _gc_evacuate
+ _uskel_gc_evacuate_cont_cont:
+ mov %rbp, _gc_backup_cont
+
+ # scavenge everything
+ _uskel_gc_scavenge:
+ # start at what we wrote last
+ mov %rsp, %rbp
+
+ # if the thing is already scavenged, we didn't write anything, mark done.
+ cmp %rbp, %rdi
+ jbe _uskel_gc_scavenge_end
+
+ _uskel_gc_scavenge1:
+ # if all ok, scavenge one thing (moving %rbp) and recheck
+ mov $_uskel_gc_scavenge1_ret, %rsi
+ mov (%rbp), %rax
+ jmp *-020(%rax) # scavenge position in infotable
+ _uskel_gc_scavenge1_ret:
+ cmp %rbp, %rdi
+ ja _uskel_gc_scavenge1
+
+ # everything above rsp is now scavenged, continue with next round
+ mov %rsp, %rdi
+ jmp _uskel_gc_scavenge
+
+ _uskel_gc_scavenge_end:
+
+ # deallocate the old memory region
+ mov $11, %rax # munmap
+ mov _gc_region_end, %rsi
+ mov _gc_region_start, %rdi # addr = gc start
+ sub %rdi, %rsi # len = gc end - gc start
+ syscall
+
+ # recalculate the gc trigger point
+ mov %rsp, %rax
+ sub _write_region_start, %rax
+ mulq _gc_shrink_ratio
+ shr $8, %rax
+ add _write_region_start, %rax
+ mov %rax, _gc_trigger
# save how much data we actually had at this point
- mov _write_region_end, _gc_last_size
- sub %rsp, _gc_last_size
+ mov _write_region_end, %rax
+ sub %rsp, %rax
+ mov %rax, _gc_last_size
+
+ # restore what we were doing
+ mov _gc_backup_thunk, %rbp
+ mov _gc_backup_cont, %rsi
+ enter_rbp # for simplicity just restart the thunk
- enter_rbp # restart the thunk for simplicity
+_gc_evacuate:
+ # check if we are really out of the target region
+ cmp _write_region_start, %rbp
+ jb _gc_evacuate_ok
+ cmp _write_region_end, %rbp
+ jae _gc_evacuate_ok
+ # if not, let's just jump to cont and leave %rbp as result
+ jmp *%rsi
+ _gc_evacuate_ok:
+ # if we should evacuate, jump to the evac routine
+ mov (%rbp), %rax
+ jmp *-030(%rax)
.endif #_gc_s_file