1 ;;;; various array operations that are too expensive (in space) to do
4 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
7 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
8 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
9 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
10 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
11 ;;;; files for more information.
15 (define-assembly-routine (allocate-vector
17 (:translate allocate-vector)
18 (:arg-types positive-fixnum
21 ((:arg type any-reg a0-offset)
22 (:arg length any-reg a1-offset)
23 (:arg words any-reg a2-offset)
24 (:res result descriptor-reg a0-offset)
26 (:temp ndescr non-descriptor-reg nl0-offset)
27 (:temp pa-flag non-descriptor-reg nl3-offset)
28 (:temp vector descriptor-reg a3-offset)
29 (:temp temp non-descriptor-reg nl2-offset))
30 (pseudo-atomic (pa-flag)
31 ;; boxed words == unboxed bytes
32 (inst addi ndescr words (* (1+ vector-data-offset) n-word-bytes))
33 (inst clrrwi ndescr ndescr n-lowtag-bits)
34 (allocation vector ndescr other-pointer-lowtag
37 (inst srwi ndescr type word-shift)
38 (storew ndescr vector 0 other-pointer-lowtag)
39 (storew length vector vector-length-slot other-pointer-lowtag))
40 ;; This makes sure the zero byte at the end of a string is paged in so
41 ;; the kernel doesn't bitch if we pass it the string.
43 ;; rtoy says to turn this off as it causes problems with CMUCL.
45 ;; I don't think we need to do this anymore. It looks like this
46 ;; inherited from the SPARC port and does not seem to be
47 ;; necessary. Turning this on worked at some point, but I have not
48 ;; tested with the final GENGC-related changes. CLH 20060221
50 ;; (storew zero-tn alloc-tn 0)