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1 /* alloca.c -- allocate automatically reclaimed memory
2 (Mostly) portable public-domain implementation -- D A Gwyn
4 This implementation of the PWB library alloca function,
5 which is used to allocate space off the run-time stack so
6 that it is automatically reclaimed upon procedure exit,
7 was inspired by discussions with J. Q. Johnson of Cornell.
8 J.Otto Tennant <jot@cray.com> contributed the Cray support.
10 There are some preprocessor constants that can
11 be defined when compiling for your specific system, for
12 improved efficiency; however, the defaults should be okay.
14 The general concept of this implementation is to keep
15 track of all alloca-allocated blocks, and reclaim any
16 that are found to be deeper in the stack than the current
17 invocation. This heuristic does not reclaim storage as
18 soon as it becomes invalid, but it will do so eventually.
20 As a special case, alloca(0) reclaims storage without
21 allocating any. It is a good idea to use alloca(0) in
22 your main control loop, etc. to force garbage collection. */
24 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
25 # include <config.h>
26 #endif
28 #ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
29 # include <string.h>
30 #endif
31 #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
32 # include <stdlib.h>
33 #endif
35 #ifdef DO_BLOCK_INPUT
36 # include "lisp.h"
37 # include "blockinput.h"
38 #endif
40 /* If compiling with GCC 2, this file's not needed. */
41 #if !defined (__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ < 2
43 /* If someone has defined alloca as a macro,
44 there must be some other way alloca is supposed to work. */
45 # ifndef alloca
47 # ifdef emacs
48 # ifdef static
49 /* actually, only want this if static is defined as ""
50 -- this is for usg, in which emacs must undefine static
51 in order to make unexec workable
53 # ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
54 you
55 lose
56 -- must know STACK_DIRECTION at compile-time
57 /* Using #error here is not wise since this file is for
58 old and obscure compilers. */
59 # endif /* STACK_DIRECTION undefined */
60 # endif /* static */
61 # endif /* emacs */
63 /* If your stack is a linked list of frames, you have to
64 provide an "address metric" ADDRESS_FUNCTION macro. */
66 # if defined (CRAY) && defined (CRAY_STACKSEG_END)
67 long i00afunc ();
68 # define ADDRESS_FUNCTION(arg) (char *) i00afunc (&(arg))
69 # else
70 # define ADDRESS_FUNCTION(arg) &(arg)
71 # endif
73 # ifdef POINTER_TYPE
74 typedef POINTER_TYPE *pointer;
75 # else /* not POINTER_TYPE */
76 # if __STDC__
77 typedef void *pointer;
78 # else /* not __STDC__ */
79 typedef char *pointer;
80 # endif /* not __STDC__ */
81 # endif /* not POINTER_TYPE */
83 # ifndef NULL
84 # define NULL 0
85 # endif
87 /* Different portions of Emacs need to call different versions of
88 malloc. The Emacs executable needs alloca to call xmalloc, because
89 ordinary malloc isn't protected from input signals. On the other
90 hand, the utilities in lib-src need alloca to call malloc; some of
91 them are very simple, and don't have an xmalloc routine.
93 Non-Emacs programs expect this to call xmalloc.
95 Callers below should use malloc. */
97 # ifdef emacs
98 # undef malloc
99 # define malloc xmalloc
100 # ifdef EMACS_FREE
101 # define free EMACS_FREE
102 # endif
103 # endif
104 extern pointer malloc ();
106 /* Define STACK_DIRECTION if you know the direction of stack
107 growth for your system; otherwise it will be automatically
108 deduced at run-time.
110 STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
111 STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
112 STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */
114 # ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
115 # define STACK_DIRECTION 0 /* Direction unknown. */
116 # endif
118 # if STACK_DIRECTION != 0
120 # define STACK_DIR STACK_DIRECTION /* Known at compile-time. */
122 # else /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0; need run-time code. */
124 static int stack_dir; /* 1 or -1 once known. */
125 # define STACK_DIR stack_dir
127 static void
128 find_stack_direction ()
130 static char *addr = NULL; /* Address of first `dummy', once known. */
131 auto char dummy; /* To get stack address. */
133 if (addr == NULL)
134 { /* Initial entry. */
135 addr = ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy);
137 find_stack_direction (); /* Recurse once. */
139 else
141 /* Second entry. */
142 if (ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy) > addr)
143 stack_dir = 1; /* Stack grew upward. */
144 else
145 stack_dir = -1; /* Stack grew downward. */
149 # endif /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0 */
151 /* An "alloca header" is used to:
152 (a) chain together all alloca'ed blocks;
153 (b) keep track of stack depth.
155 It is very important that sizeof(header) agree with malloc
156 alignment chunk size. The following default should work okay. */
158 # ifndef ALIGN_SIZE
159 # define ALIGN_SIZE sizeof(double)
160 # endif
162 typedef union hdr
164 char align[ALIGN_SIZE]; /* To force sizeof(header). */
165 struct
167 union hdr *next; /* For chaining headers. */
168 char *deep; /* For stack depth measure. */
169 } h;
170 } header;
172 static header *last_alloca_header = NULL; /* -> last alloca header. */
174 /* Return a pointer to at least SIZE bytes of storage,
175 which will be automatically reclaimed upon exit from
176 the procedure that called alloca. Originally, this space
177 was supposed to be taken from the current stack frame of the
178 caller, but that method cannot be made to work for some
179 implementations of C, for example under Gould's UTX/32. */
181 pointer
182 alloca (size)
183 unsigned size;
185 auto char probe; /* Probes stack depth: */
186 register char *depth = ADDRESS_FUNCTION (probe);
188 # if STACK_DIRECTION == 0
189 if (STACK_DIR == 0) /* Unknown growth direction. */
190 find_stack_direction ();
191 # endif
193 /* Reclaim garbage, defined as all alloca'd storage that
194 was allocated from deeper in the stack than currently. */
197 register header *hp; /* Traverses linked list. */
199 # ifdef DO_BLOCK_INPUT
200 BLOCK_INPUT;
201 # endif
203 for (hp = last_alloca_header; hp != NULL;)
204 if ((STACK_DIR > 0 && hp->h.deep > depth)
205 || (STACK_DIR < 0 && hp->h.deep < depth))
207 register header *np = hp->h.next;
209 free ((pointer) hp); /* Collect garbage. */
211 hp = np; /* -> next header. */
213 else
214 break; /* Rest are not deeper. */
216 last_alloca_header = hp; /* -> last valid storage. */
218 # ifdef DO_BLOCK_INPUT
219 UNBLOCK_INPUT;
220 # endif
223 if (size == 0)
224 return NULL; /* No allocation required. */
226 /* Allocate combined header + user data storage. */
229 register pointer new = malloc (sizeof (header) + size);
230 /* Address of header. */
232 if (new == 0)
233 abort();
235 ((header *) new)->h.next = last_alloca_header;
236 ((header *) new)->h.deep = depth;
238 last_alloca_header = (header *) new;
240 /* User storage begins just after header. */
242 return (pointer) ((char *) new + sizeof (header));
246 # if defined (CRAY) && defined (CRAY_STACKSEG_END)
248 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
249 # include <stdio.h>
250 # endif
252 # ifndef CRAY_STACK
253 # define CRAY_STACK
254 # ifndef CRAY2
255 /* Stack structures for CRAY-1, CRAY X-MP, and CRAY Y-MP */
256 struct stack_control_header
258 long shgrow:32; /* Number of times stack has grown. */
259 long shaseg:32; /* Size of increments to stack. */
260 long shhwm:32; /* High water mark of stack. */
261 long shsize:32; /* Current size of stack (all segments). */
264 /* The stack segment linkage control information occurs at
265 the high-address end of a stack segment. (The stack
266 grows from low addresses to high addresses.) The initial
267 part of the stack segment linkage control information is
268 0200 (octal) words. This provides for register storage
269 for the routine which overflows the stack. */
271 struct stack_segment_linkage
273 long ss[0200]; /* 0200 overflow words. */
274 long sssize:32; /* Number of words in this segment. */
275 long ssbase:32; /* Offset to stack base. */
276 long:32;
277 long sspseg:32; /* Offset to linkage control of previous
278 segment of stack. */
279 long:32;
280 long sstcpt:32; /* Pointer to task common address block. */
281 long sscsnm; /* Private control structure number for
282 microtasking. */
283 long ssusr1; /* Reserved for user. */
284 long ssusr2; /* Reserved for user. */
285 long sstpid; /* Process ID for pid based multi-tasking. */
286 long ssgvup; /* Pointer to multitasking thread giveup. */
287 long sscray[7]; /* Reserved for Cray Research. */
288 long ssa0;
289 long ssa1;
290 long ssa2;
291 long ssa3;
292 long ssa4;
293 long ssa5;
294 long ssa6;
295 long ssa7;
296 long sss0;
297 long sss1;
298 long sss2;
299 long sss3;
300 long sss4;
301 long sss5;
302 long sss6;
303 long sss7;
306 # else /* CRAY2 */
307 /* The following structure defines the vector of words
308 returned by the STKSTAT library routine. */
309 struct stk_stat
311 long now; /* Current total stack size. */
312 long maxc; /* Amount of contiguous space which would
313 be required to satisfy the maximum
314 stack demand to date. */
315 long high_water; /* Stack high-water mark. */
316 long overflows; /* Number of stack overflow ($STKOFEN) calls. */
317 long hits; /* Number of internal buffer hits. */
318 long extends; /* Number of block extensions. */
319 long stko_mallocs; /* Block allocations by $STKOFEN. */
320 long underflows; /* Number of stack underflow calls ($STKRETN). */
321 long stko_free; /* Number of deallocations by $STKRETN. */
322 long stkm_free; /* Number of deallocations by $STKMRET. */
323 long segments; /* Current number of stack segments. */
324 long maxs; /* Maximum number of stack segments so far. */
325 long pad_size; /* Stack pad size. */
326 long current_address; /* Current stack segment address. */
327 long current_size; /* Current stack segment size. This
328 number is actually corrupted by STKSTAT to
329 include the fifteen word trailer area. */
330 long initial_address; /* Address of initial segment. */
331 long initial_size; /* Size of initial segment. */
334 /* The following structure describes the data structure which trails
335 any stack segment. I think that the description in 'asdef' is
336 out of date. I only describe the parts that I am sure about. */
338 struct stk_trailer
340 long this_address; /* Address of this block. */
341 long this_size; /* Size of this block (does not include
342 this trailer). */
343 long unknown2;
344 long unknown3;
345 long link; /* Address of trailer block of previous
346 segment. */
347 long unknown5;
348 long unknown6;
349 long unknown7;
350 long unknown8;
351 long unknown9;
352 long unknown10;
353 long unknown11;
354 long unknown12;
355 long unknown13;
356 long unknown14;
359 # endif /* CRAY2 */
360 # endif /* not CRAY_STACK */
362 # ifdef CRAY2
363 /* Determine a "stack measure" for an arbitrary ADDRESS.
364 I doubt that "lint" will like this much. */
366 static long
367 i00afunc (long *address)
369 struct stk_stat status;
370 struct stk_trailer *trailer;
371 long *block, size;
372 long result = 0;
374 /* We want to iterate through all of the segments. The first
375 step is to get the stack status structure. We could do this
376 more quickly and more directly, perhaps, by referencing the
377 $LM00 common block, but I know that this works. */
379 STKSTAT (&status);
381 /* Set up the iteration. */
383 trailer = (struct stk_trailer *) (status.current_address
384 + status.current_size
385 - 15);
387 /* There must be at least one stack segment. Therefore it is
388 a fatal error if "trailer" is null. */
390 if (trailer == 0)
391 abort ();
393 /* Discard segments that do not contain our argument address. */
395 while (trailer != 0)
397 block = (long *) trailer->this_address;
398 size = trailer->this_size;
399 if (block == 0 || size == 0)
400 abort ();
401 trailer = (struct stk_trailer *) trailer->link;
402 if ((block <= address) && (address < (block + size)))
403 break;
406 /* Set the result to the offset in this segment and add the sizes
407 of all predecessor segments. */
409 result = address - block;
411 if (trailer == 0)
413 return result;
418 if (trailer->this_size <= 0)
419 abort ();
420 result += trailer->this_size;
421 trailer = (struct stk_trailer *) trailer->link;
423 while (trailer != 0);
425 /* We are done. Note that if you present a bogus address (one
426 not in any segment), you will get a different number back, formed
427 from subtracting the address of the first block. This is probably
428 not what you want. */
430 return (result);
433 # else /* not CRAY2 */
434 /* Stack address function for a CRAY-1, CRAY X-MP, or CRAY Y-MP.
435 Determine the number of the cell within the stack,
436 given the address of the cell. The purpose of this
437 routine is to linearize, in some sense, stack addresses
438 for alloca. */
440 static long
441 i00afunc (long address)
443 long stkl = 0;
445 long size, pseg, this_segment, stack;
446 long result = 0;
448 struct stack_segment_linkage *ssptr;
450 /* Register B67 contains the address of the end of the
451 current stack segment. If you (as a subprogram) store
452 your registers on the stack and find that you are past
453 the contents of B67, you have overflowed the segment.
455 B67 also points to the stack segment linkage control
456 area, which is what we are really interested in. */
458 stkl = CRAY_STACKSEG_END ();
459 ssptr = (struct stack_segment_linkage *) stkl;
461 /* If one subtracts 'size' from the end of the segment,
462 one has the address of the first word of the segment.
464 If this is not the first segment, 'pseg' will be
465 nonzero. */
467 pseg = ssptr->sspseg;
468 size = ssptr->sssize;
470 this_segment = stkl - size;
472 /* It is possible that calling this routine itself caused
473 a stack overflow. Discard stack segments which do not
474 contain the target address. */
476 while (!(this_segment <= address && address <= stkl))
478 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
479 fprintf (stderr, "%011o %011o %011o\n", this_segment, address, stkl);
480 # endif
481 if (pseg == 0)
482 break;
483 stkl = stkl - pseg;
484 ssptr = (struct stack_segment_linkage *) stkl;
485 size = ssptr->sssize;
486 pseg = ssptr->sspseg;
487 this_segment = stkl - size;
490 result = address - this_segment;
492 /* If you subtract pseg from the current end of the stack,
493 you get the address of the previous stack segment's end.
494 This seems a little convoluted to me, but I'll bet you save
495 a cycle somewhere. */
497 while (pseg != 0)
499 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
500 fprintf (stderr, "%011o %011o\n", pseg, size);
501 # endif
502 stkl = stkl - pseg;
503 ssptr = (struct stack_segment_linkage *) stkl;
504 size = ssptr->sssize;
505 pseg = ssptr->sspseg;
506 result += size;
508 return (result);
511 # endif /* not CRAY2 */
512 # endif /* CRAY */
514 # endif /* no alloca */
515 #endif /* not GCC version 2 */