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2 -- --
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- S Y S T E M . S E C O N D A R Y _ S T A C K --
6 -- --
7 -- S p e c --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 1992-2016, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
10 -- --
11 -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
12 -- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
13 -- ware Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later ver- --
14 -- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
15 -- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
16 -- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. --
17 -- --
18 -- As a special exception under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted --
19 -- additional permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, --
20 -- version 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation. --
21 -- --
22 -- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and --
23 -- a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program; --
24 -- see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see --
25 -- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --
26 -- --
27 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
29 -- --
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32 pragma Compiler_Unit_Warning;
34 with System.Storage_Elements;
36 package System.Secondary_Stack is
38 package SSE renames System.Storage_Elements;
40 Default_Secondary_Stack_Size : Natural := 10 * 1024;
41 -- Default size of a secondary stack. May be modified by binder -D switch
42 -- which causes the binder to generate an appropriate assignment in the
43 -- binder generated file.
45 function Minimum_Secondary_Stack_Size return Natural;
46 -- The minimum size of the secondary stack so that the internal
47 -- requirements of the stack are met.
49 procedure SS_Init
50 (Stk : in out Address;
51 Size : Natural := Default_Secondary_Stack_Size);
52 -- Initialize the secondary stack with a main stack of the given Size.
54 -- If System.Parameters.Sec_Stack_Percentage equals Dynamic, Stk is really
55 -- an OUT parameter that will be allocated on the heap. Then all further
56 -- allocations which do not overflow the main stack will not generate
57 -- dynamic (de)allocation calls. If the main Stack overflows, a new
58 -- chuck of at least the same size will be allocated and linked to the
59 -- previous chunk.
61 -- Otherwise (Sec_Stack_Percentage between 0 and 100), Stk is an IN
62 -- parameter that is already pointing to a Stack_Id. The secondary stack
63 -- in this case is fixed, and any attempt to allocate more than the initial
64 -- size will result in a Storage_Error being raised.
66 -- Note: the reason that Stk is passed is that SS_Init is called before
67 -- the proper interface is established to obtain the address of the
68 -- stack using System.Soft_Links.Get_Sec_Stack_Addr.
70 procedure SS_Allocate
71 (Addr : out Address;
72 Storage_Size : SSE.Storage_Count);
73 -- Allocate enough space for a 'Storage_Size' bytes object with Maximum
74 -- alignment. The address of the allocated space is returned in Addr.
76 procedure SS_Free (Stk : in out Address);
77 -- Release the memory allocated for the Secondary Stack. That is
78 -- to say, all the allocated chunks. Upon return, Stk will be set
79 -- to System.Null_Address.
81 type Mark_Id is private;
82 -- Type used to mark the stack for mark/release processing
84 function SS_Mark return Mark_Id;
85 -- Return the Mark corresponding to the current state of the stack
87 procedure SS_Release (M : Mark_Id);
88 -- Restore the state of the stack corresponding to the mark M. If an
89 -- additional chunk have been allocated, it will never be freed during a
90 -- ??? missing comment here
92 function SS_Get_Max return Long_Long_Integer;
93 -- Return maximum used space in storage units for the current secondary
94 -- stack. For a dynamically allocated secondary stack, the returned
95 -- result is always -1. For a statically allocated secondary stack,
96 -- the returned value shows the largest amount of space allocated so
97 -- far during execution of the program to the current secondary stack,
98 -- i.e. the secondary stack for the current task.
100 generic
101 with procedure Put_Line (S : String);
102 procedure SS_Info;
103 -- Debugging procedure used to print out secondary Stack allocation
104 -- information. This procedure is generic in order to avoid a direct
105 -- dependance on a particular IO package.
107 private
108 SS_Pool : Integer;
109 -- Unused entity that is just present to ease the sharing of the pool
110 -- mechanism for specific allocation/deallocation in the compiler
112 type SS_Ptr is new SSE.Integer_Address;
113 -- Stack pointer value for secondary stack
115 type Mark_Id is record
116 Sstk : System.Address;
117 Sptr : SS_Ptr;
118 end record;
119 -- A mark value contains the address of the secondary stack structure,
120 -- as returned by System.Soft_Links.Get_Sec_Stack_Addr, and a stack
121 -- pointer value corresponding to the point of the mark call.
123 end System.Secondary_Stack;