2010-05-13 Rodrigo Kumpera <rkumpera@novell.com>
[mono.git] / mono / metadata / gc-internal.h
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1 /*
2 * metadata/gc-internal.h: Internal GC interface
4 * Author: Paolo Molaro <lupus@ximian.com>
6 * (C) 2002 Ximian, Inc.
7 */
9 #ifndef __MONO_METADATA_GC_INTERNAL_H__
10 #define __MONO_METADATA_GC_INTERNAL_H__
12 #include <glib.h>
13 #include <mono/metadata/object-internals.h>
14 #include <mono/metadata/threads-types.h>
15 #include <mono/utils/gc_wrapper.h>
17 #define mono_domain_finalizers_lock(domain) EnterCriticalSection (&(domain)->finalizable_objects_hash_lock);
18 #define mono_domain_finalizers_unlock(domain) LeaveCriticalSection (&(domain)->finalizable_objects_hash_lock);
20 #define MONO_GC_REGISTER_ROOT(x) mono_gc_register_root ((char*)&(x), sizeof(x), NULL)
22 #define MONO_GC_UNREGISTER_ROOT(x) mono_gc_deregister_root ((char*)&(x))
24 void mono_object_register_finalizer (MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
25 void ves_icall_System_GC_InternalCollect (int generation) MONO_INTERNAL;
26 gint64 ves_icall_System_GC_GetTotalMemory (MonoBoolean forceCollection) MONO_INTERNAL;
27 void ves_icall_System_GC_KeepAlive (MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
28 void ves_icall_System_GC_ReRegisterForFinalize (MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
29 void ves_icall_System_GC_SuppressFinalize (MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
30 void ves_icall_System_GC_WaitForPendingFinalizers (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
32 MonoObject *ves_icall_System_GCHandle_GetTarget (guint32 handle) MONO_INTERNAL;
33 guint32 ves_icall_System_GCHandle_GetTargetHandle (MonoObject *obj, guint32 handle, gint32 type) MONO_INTERNAL;
34 void ves_icall_System_GCHandle_FreeHandle (guint32 handle) MONO_INTERNAL;
35 gpointer ves_icall_System_GCHandle_GetAddrOfPinnedObject (guint32 handle) MONO_INTERNAL;
36 void ves_icall_System_GC_register_ephemeron_array (MonoObject *array) MONO_INTERNAL;
37 MonoObject *ves_icall_System_GC_get_ephemeron_tombstone (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
39 extern void mono_gc_init (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
40 extern void mono_gc_base_init (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
41 extern void mono_gc_cleanup (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
42 extern void mono_gc_enable (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
43 extern void mono_gc_disable (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
46 * Return whenever the current thread is registered with the GC (i.e. started
47 * by the GC pthread wrappers on unix.
49 extern gboolean mono_gc_is_gc_thread (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
52 * Try to register a foreign thread with the GC, if we fail or the backend
53 * can't cope with this concept - we return FALSE.
55 extern gboolean mono_gc_register_thread (void *baseptr) MONO_INTERNAL;
57 extern gboolean mono_gc_is_finalizer_internal_thread (MonoInternalThread *thread) MONO_INTERNAL;
59 /* only valid after the RECLAIM_START GC event and before RECLAIM_END
60 * Not exported in public headers, but can be linked to (unsupported).
62 extern gboolean mono_object_is_alive (MonoObject* obj);
63 extern gboolean mono_gc_is_finalizer_thread (MonoThread *thread);
64 extern gpointer mono_gc_out_of_memory (size_t size);
65 extern void mono_gc_enable_events (void);
67 /* disappearing link functionality */
68 void mono_gc_weak_link_add (void **link_addr, MonoObject *obj, gboolean track) MONO_INTERNAL;
69 void mono_gc_weak_link_remove (void **link_addr) MONO_INTERNAL;
70 MonoObject *mono_gc_weak_link_get (void **link_addr) MONO_INTERNAL;
72 #ifndef HAVE_SGEN_GC
73 void mono_gc_add_weak_track_handle (MonoObject *obj, guint32 gchandle) MONO_INTERNAL;
74 void mono_gc_change_weak_track_handle (MonoObject *old_obj, MonoObject *obj, guint32 gchandle) MONO_INTERNAL;
75 void mono_gc_remove_weak_track_handle (guint32 gchandle) MONO_INTERNAL;
76 GSList* mono_gc_remove_weak_track_object (MonoDomain *domain, MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
77 #endif
79 /*Ephemeron functionality. Sgen only*/
80 gboolean mono_gc_ephemeron_array_add (MonoObject *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
83 MonoBoolean
84 GCHandle_CheckCurrentDomain (guint32 gchandle) MONO_INTERNAL;
86 /* simple interface for data structures needed in the runtime */
87 void* mono_gc_make_descr_from_bitmap (gsize *bitmap, int numbits) MONO_INTERNAL;
89 /* User defined marking function */
90 /* It should work like this:
91 * foreach (ref in GC references in the are structure pointed to by ADDR)
92 * mark_func (ref)
94 typedef void (*MonoGCMarkFunc) (void **addr);
95 typedef void (*MonoGCRootMarkFunc) (void *addr, MonoGCMarkFunc mark_func);
97 /* Create a descriptor with a user defined marking function */
98 void *mono_gc_make_root_descr_user (MonoGCRootMarkFunc marker);
100 /* desc is the result from mono_gc_make_descr*. A NULL value means
101 * all the words might contain GC pointers.
102 * The memory is non-moving and it will be explicitly deallocated.
103 * size bytes will be available from the returned address (ie, descr
104 * must not be stored in the returned memory)
106 void* mono_gc_alloc_fixed (size_t size, void *descr) MONO_INTERNAL;
107 void mono_gc_free_fixed (void* addr) MONO_INTERNAL;
109 /* make sure the gchandle was allocated for an object in domain */
110 gboolean mono_gchandle_is_in_domain (guint32 gchandle, MonoDomain *domain) MONO_INTERNAL;
111 void mono_gchandle_free_domain (MonoDomain *domain) MONO_INTERNAL;
113 typedef void (*FinalizerThreadCallback) (gpointer user_data);
115 /* if there are finalizers to run, run them. Returns the number of finalizers run */
116 gboolean mono_gc_pending_finalizers (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
117 void mono_gc_finalize_notify (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
119 void* mono_gc_alloc_pinned_obj (MonoVTable *vtable, size_t size) MONO_INTERNAL;
120 void* mono_gc_alloc_obj (MonoVTable *vtable, size_t size) MONO_INTERNAL;
121 void* mono_gc_alloc_vector (MonoVTable *vtable, size_t size, uintptr_t max_length) MONO_INTERNAL;
122 void* mono_gc_alloc_array (MonoVTable *vtable, size_t size, uintptr_t max_length, uintptr_t bounds_size) MONO_INTERNAL;
123 void* mono_gc_alloc_string (MonoVTable *vtable, size_t size, gint32 len) MONO_INTERNAL;
124 void* mono_gc_make_descr_for_string (gsize *bitmap, int numbits) MONO_INTERNAL;
125 void* mono_gc_make_descr_for_object (gsize *bitmap, int numbits, size_t obj_size) MONO_INTERNAL;
126 void* mono_gc_make_descr_for_array (int vector, gsize *elem_bitmap, int numbits, size_t elem_size) MONO_INTERNAL;
128 void mono_gc_register_for_finalization (MonoObject *obj, void *user_data) MONO_INTERNAL;
129 void mono_gc_add_memory_pressure (gint64 value) MONO_INTERNAL;
130 int mono_gc_register_root (char *start, size_t size, void *descr) MONO_INTERNAL;
131 void mono_gc_deregister_root (char* addr) MONO_INTERNAL;
132 int mono_gc_finalizers_for_domain (MonoDomain *domain, MonoObject **out_array, int out_size) MONO_INTERNAL;
133 void mono_gc_run_finalize (void *obj, void *data) MONO_INTERNAL;
134 void mono_gc_clear_domain (MonoDomain * domain) MONO_INTERNAL;
137 * Register a root which can only be written using a write barrier.
138 * Writes to the root must be done using a write barrier (MONO_ROOT_SETREF).
139 * If the root uses an user defined mark routine, the writes are not required to be
140 * to the area between START and START+SIZE.
141 * The write barrier allows the GC to avoid scanning this root at each collection, so it
142 * is more efficient.
143 * FIXME: Add an API for clearing remset entries if a root with a user defined
144 * mark routine is deleted.
146 int mono_gc_register_root_wbarrier (char *start, size_t size, void *descr) MONO_INTERNAL;
148 void mono_gc_wbarrier_set_root (gpointer ptr, MonoObject *value) MONO_INTERNAL;
150 /* Set a field of a root registered using mono_gc_register_root_wbarrier () */
151 #define MONO_ROOT_SETREF(s,fieldname,value) do { \
152 mono_gc_wbarrier_set_root (&((s)->fieldname), (MonoObject*)value); \
153 } while (0)
155 void mono_gc_finalize_threadpool_threads (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
157 /* fast allocation support */
159 /* Accessible using mono_marshal_wrapper_info_from_wrapper () */
160 typedef struct {
161 int alloc_type;
162 } AllocatorWrapperInfo;
164 MonoMethod* mono_gc_get_managed_allocator (MonoVTable *vtable, gboolean for_box) MONO_INTERNAL;
165 MonoMethod* mono_gc_get_managed_array_allocator (MonoVTable *vtable, int rank) MONO_INTERNAL;
166 MonoMethod *mono_gc_get_managed_allocator_by_type (int atype) MONO_INTERNAL;
168 guint32 mono_gc_get_managed_allocator_types (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
170 /* Fast write barriers */
171 MonoMethod* mono_gc_get_write_barrier (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
173 /* helper for the managed alloc support */
174 MonoString *mono_string_alloc (int length) MONO_INTERNAL;
177 * Functions supplied by the runtime and called by the GC. Currently only used
178 * by SGEN.
180 typedef struct {
182 * Function called during thread startup/attach to allocate thread-local data
183 * needed by the other functions.
185 gpointer (*thread_attach_func) (void);
186 /* FIXME: Add a cleanup function too */
188 * Function called from every thread when suspending for GC. It can save
189 * data needed for marking from thread stacks. user_data is the data returned
190 * by attach_func. This might called with GC locks held and the word stopped,
191 * so it shouldn't do any synchronization etc.
193 void (*thread_suspend_func) (gpointer user_data, void *sigcontext);
195 * Function called to mark from thread stacks. user_data is the data returned
196 * by attach_func. This is called twice, with the word stopped:
197 * - in the first pass, it should mark areas of the stack using
198 * conservative marking by calling mono_gc_conservatively_scan_area ().
199 * - in the second pass, it should mark the remaining areas of the stack
200 * using precise marking by calling mono_gc_scan_object ().
202 void (*thread_mark_func) (gpointer user_data, guint8 *stack_start, guint8 *stack_end, gboolean precise);
203 } MonoGCCallbacks;
205 /* Set the callback functions callable by the GC */
206 void mono_gc_set_gc_callbacks (MonoGCCallbacks *callbacks) MONO_INTERNAL;
208 /* Functions callable from the thread mark func */
210 /* Scan the memory area between START and END conservatively */
211 void mono_gc_conservatively_scan_area (void *start, void *end) MONO_INTERNAL;
213 /* Scan OBJ, returning its new address */
214 void *mono_gc_scan_object (void *obj) MONO_INTERNAL;
216 /* Return the bitmap encoded by a descriptor */
217 gsize* mono_gc_get_bitmap_for_descr (void *descr, int *numbits) MONO_INTERNAL;
219 /* Return the suspend signal number used by the GC to suspend threads,
220 or -1 if not applicable. */
221 int mono_gc_get_suspend_signal (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
223 typedef void* (*MonoGCLockedCallbackFunc) (void *data);
225 void* mono_gc_invoke_with_gc_lock (MonoGCLockedCallbackFunc func, void *data) MONO_INTERNAL;
227 #ifdef HAVE_SGEN_GC
228 int mono_gc_get_los_limit (void) MONO_INTERNAL;
229 #endif
231 #endif /* __MONO_METADATA_GC_INTERNAL_H__ */