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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
5 -- S Y S T E M . S E C O N D A R Y _ S T A C K --
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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
44 (Stk
: in out Address
;
45 Size
: Natural := Default_Secondary_Stack_Size
);
46 -- Initialize the secondary stack with a main stack of the given Size.
48 -- If System.Parameters.Sec_Stack_Ratio equals Dynamic, Stk is really an
49 -- OUT parameter that will be allocated on the heap. Then all further
50 -- allocations which do not overflow the main stack will not generate
51 -- dynamic (de)allocation calls. If the main Stack overflows, a new
52 -- chuck of at least the same size will be allocated and linked to the
55 -- Otherwise (Sec_Stack_Ratio between 0 and 100), Stk is an IN parameter
56 -- that is already pointing to a Stack_Id. The secondary stack in this case
57 -- is fixed, and any attempt to allocated more than the initial size will
58 -- result in a Storage_Error being raised.
60 -- Note: the reason that Stk is passed is that SS_Init is called before
61 -- the proper interface is established to obtain the address of the
62 -- stack using System.Soft_Links.Get_Sec_Stack_Addr.
66 Storage_Size
: SSE
.Storage_Count
);
67 -- Allocate enough space for a 'Storage_Size' bytes object with Maximum
68 -- alignment. The address of the allocated space is returned in Addr.
70 procedure SS_Free
(Stk
: in out Address
);
71 -- Release the memory allocated for the Secondary Stack. That is
72 -- to say, all the allocated chunks. Upon return, Stk will be set
73 -- to System.Null_Address.
75 type Mark_Id
is private;
76 -- Type used to mark the stack for mark/release processing
78 function SS_Mark
return Mark_Id
;
79 -- Return the Mark corresponding to the current state of the stack
81 procedure SS_Release
(M
: Mark_Id
);
82 -- Restore the state of the stack corresponding to the mark M. If an
83 -- additional chunk have been allocated, it will never be freed during a
85 function SS_Get_Max
return Long_Long_Integer;
86 -- Return maximum used space in storage units for the current secondary
87 -- stack. For a dynamically allocated secondary stack, the returned
88 -- result is always -1. For a statically allocated secondary stack,
89 -- the returned value shows the largest amount of space allocated so
90 -- far during execution of the program to the current secondary stack,
91 -- i.e. the secondary stack for the current task.
94 with procedure Put_Line
(S
: String);
96 -- Debugging procedure used to print out secondary Stack allocation
97 -- information. This procedure is generic in order to avoid a direct
98 -- dependance on a particular IO package.
102 -- Unused entity that is just present to ease the sharing of the pool
103 -- mechanism for specific allocation/deallocation in the compiler
105 type SS_Ptr
is new SSE
.Integer_Address
;
106 -- Stack pointer value for secondary stack
108 type Mark_Id
is record
109 Sstk
: System
.Address
;
112 -- A mark value contains the address of the secondary stack structure,
113 -- as returned by System.Soft_Links.Get_Sec_Stack_Addr, and a stack
114 -- pointer value corresponding to the point of the mark call.
116 end System
.Secondary_Stack
;