1 ;;;; garbage collection and allocation-related code
3 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
6 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
7 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
8 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
9 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
10 ;;;; files for more information.
12 (in-package "SB!KERNEL")
14 ;;;; DYNAMIC-USAGE and friends
16 (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :execute)
17 (sb!xc:defmacro def-c-var-fun (lisp-fun c-var-name)
19 (sb!alien:extern-alien ,c-var-name (sb!alien:unsigned 32)))))
22 (declaim (inline current-dynamic-space-start))
24 (defun current-dynamic-space-start () sb!vm:dynamic-space-start)
26 (def-c-var-fun current-dynamic-space-start "current_dynamic_space")
29 (declaim (inline dynamic-usage))
31 (def-c-var-fun dynamic-usage "bytes_allocated")
33 (defun dynamic-usage ()
34 (the (unsigned-byte 32)
35 (- (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!c::dynamic-space-free-pointer))
36 (current-dynamic-space-start))))
38 (defun static-space-usage ()
39 (- (* sb!vm:*static-space-free-pointer* sb!vm:n-word-bytes)
40 sb!vm:static-space-start))
42 (defun read-only-space-usage ()
43 (- (* sb!vm::*read-only-space-free-pointer* sb!vm:n-word-bytes)
44 sb!vm:read-only-space-start))
46 (defun control-stack-usage ()
47 #!-stack-grows-downward-not-upward
48 (- (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!c::control-stack-pointer-sap))
49 (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!di::descriptor-sap sb!vm:*control-stack-start*)))
50 #!+stack-grows-downward-not-upward
51 (- (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!di::descriptor-sap sb!vm:*control-stack-end*))
52 (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!c::control-stack-pointer-sap))))
54 (defun binding-stack-usage ()
55 (- (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!c::binding-stack-pointer-sap))
56 (sb!sys:sap-int (sb!di::descriptor-sap sb!vm:*binding-stack-start*))))
60 (defun room-minimal-info ()
61 (format t "Dynamic space usage is: ~10:D bytes.~%" (dynamic-usage))
62 (format t "Read-only space usage is: ~10:D bytes.~%" (read-only-space-usage))
63 (format t "Static space usage is: ~10:D bytes.~%" (static-space-usage))
64 (format t "Control stack usage is: ~10:D bytes.~%" (control-stack-usage))
65 (format t "Binding stack usage is: ~10:D bytes.~%" (binding-stack-usage))
68 "Control and binding stack usage is for the current thread only.~%")
69 (format t "Garbage collection is currently ~:[enabled~;DISABLED~].~%"
72 (defun room-intermediate-info ()
74 (sb!vm:memory-usage :count-spaces '(:dynamic)
79 (defun room-maximal-info ()
80 ;; FIXME: SB!VM:INSTANCE-USAGE calls suppressed until bug 344 is fixed
81 (room-intermediate-info)
82 ;; old way, could be restored when bug 344 fixed:
83 ;;x (room-minimal-info)
84 ;;x (sb!vm:memory-usage :count-spaces '(:static :dynamic))
85 ;;x (sb!vm:instance-usage :dynamic :top-n 10)
86 ;;x (sb!vm:instance-usage :static :top-n 10)
89 (defun room (&optional (verbosity :default))
91 "Print to *STANDARD-OUTPUT* information about the state of internal
92 storage and its management. The optional argument controls the
93 verbosity of output. If it is T, ROOM prints out a maximal amount of
94 information. If it is NIL, ROOM prints out a minimal amount of
95 information. If it is :DEFAULT or it is not supplied, ROOM prints out
96 an intermediate amount of information."
104 (room-intermediate-info)))
107 ;;;; GET-BYTES-CONSED
109 ;;; the total number of bytes freed so far (including any freeing
110 ;;; which goes on in PURIFY)
112 ;;; (We save this so that we can calculate the total number of bytes
113 ;;; ever allocated by adding this to the number of bytes currently
114 ;;; allocated and never freed.)
115 (declaim (type unsigned-byte *n-bytes-freed-or-purified*))
116 (defvar *n-bytes-freed-or-purified* 0)
118 (setq *gc-inhibit* nil)
120 (setf *n-bytes-freed-or-purified* 0
122 ;; See comment in interr.lisp
123 *heap-exhausted-error-condition* (make-condition 'heap-exhausted-error)))
125 (declaim (ftype (sfunction () unsigned-byte) get-bytes-consed))
126 (defun get-bytes-consed ()
128 "Return the number of bytes consed since the program began. Typically
129 this result will be a consed bignum, so if you have an application (e.g.
130 profiling) which can't tolerate the overhead of consing bignums, you'll
131 probably want either to hack in at a lower level (as the code in the
132 SB-PROFILE package does), or to design a more microefficient interface
133 and submit it as a patch."
135 *n-bytes-freed-or-purified*))
139 (defvar *after-gc-hooks* nil
140 "Called after each garbage collection, except for garbage collections
141 triggered during thread exits. In a multithreaded environment these hooks may
147 (sb!alien:define-alien-routine collect-garbage sb!alien:int
148 (#!+gencgc last-gen #!-gencgc ignore sb!alien:int))
152 (sb!alien:define-alien-routine gc-stop-the-world sb!alien:void)
153 (sb!alien:define-alien-routine gc-start-the-world sb!alien:void))
156 (defun gc-stop-the-world ())
157 (defun gc-start-the-world ()))
161 (sb!alien:define-alien-variable ("gc_logfile" %gc-logfile) (* char))
162 (defun (setf gc-logfile) (pathname)
163 "Use PATHNAME to log garbage collections. If non-null, the
164 designated file is opened before and after each collection, and
165 generation statistics are appended to it. To stop writing the log, use
166 NIL as the pathname."
167 (let ((new (when pathname
168 (sb!alien:make-alien-string
169 (native-namestring (translate-logical-pathname pathname)
172 (setf %gc-logfile new)
174 (sb!alien:free-alien old))))
176 "Return the name of the current GC logfile."
177 (let ((val %gc-logfile))
179 (native-pathname (cast val c-string)))))
180 (declaim (inline dynamic-space-size))
181 (defun dynamic-space-size ()
182 (sb!alien:extern-alien "dynamic_space_size" sb!alien:unsigned-long)))
186 ;;; SUB-GC does a garbage collection. This is called from three places:
187 ;;; (1) The C runtime will call here when it detects that we've consed
188 ;;; enough to exceed the gc trigger threshold. This is done in
189 ;;; alloc() for gencgc or interrupt_maybe_gc() for cheneygc
190 ;;; (2) The user may request a collection using GC, below
191 ;;; (3) At the end of a WITHOUT-GCING section, we are called if
192 ;;; *NEED-TO-COLLECT-GARBAGE* is true
194 ;;; This is different from the behaviour in 0.7 and earlier: it no
195 ;;; longer decides whether to GC based on thresholds. If you call
196 ;;; SUB-GC you will definitely get a GC either now or when the
197 ;;; WITHOUT-GCING is over
199 ;;; For GENCGC all generations < GEN will be GC'ed.
201 (defvar *already-in-gc* (sb!thread:make-mutex :name "GC lock"))
203 ;;; A unique GC id. This is supplied for code that needs to detect
204 ;;; whether a GC has happened since some earlier point in time. For
207 ;;; (let ((epoch *gc-epoch*))
209 ;;; (unless (eql epoch *gc-epoch)
212 ;;; This isn't just a fixnum counter since then we'd have theoretical
213 ;;; problems when exactly 2^29 GCs happen between epoch
214 ;;; comparisons. Unlikely, but the cost of using a cons instead is too
215 ;;; small to measure. -- JES, 2007-09-30
216 (declaim (type cons *gc-epoch*))
217 (defvar *gc-epoch* (cons nil nil))
219 (defun sub-gc (&key (gen 0))
221 (setf *gc-pending* t)
225 (setf *gc-pending* :in-progress)
226 ;; Tricks to to prevent triggerring a recursive gc. This is
227 ;; like a WITHOUT-GCING inside the lock except that we
228 ;; cannot call MAYBE-HANDLE-PENDING-GC at the end, because
229 ;; that would lead to a recursive attempt on the lock. In
230 ;; case you are wondering, wrapping the lock in a
231 ;; WITHOUT-GCING would also deadlock. The
232 ;; *IN-WITHOUT-GCING* part is used to tell the runtime that
233 ;; it's ok to have a pending gc even though *GC-INHIBIT* is
236 ;; Now, if GET-MUTEX did not cons, that would be enough.
237 ;; Because it does, we need the :IN-PROGRESS bit above to
238 ;; tell the runtime not to trigger gcs.
239 (let ((sb!impl::*in-without-gcing* t)
240 (sb!impl::*deadline* nil)
241 (sb!impl::*deadline-seconds* nil))
242 (sb!thread:with-mutex (*already-in-gc*)
243 (let ((*gc-inhibit* t))
244 (let ((old-usage (dynamic-usage))
246 (unsafe-clear-roots gen)
248 (let ((start-time (get-internal-run-time)))
249 (collect-garbage gen)
250 (setf *gc-epoch* (cons nil nil))
251 (let ((run-time (- (get-internal-run-time) start-time)))
252 ;; KLUDGE: Sometimes we see the second getrusage() call
253 ;; return a smaller value than the first, which can
254 ;; lead to *GC-RUN-TIME* to going negative, which in
255 ;; turn is a type-error.
256 (when (plusp run-time)
257 (incf *gc-run-time* run-time))))
258 (setf *gc-pending* nil
259 new-usage (dynamic-usage))
261 (assert (not *stop-for-gc-pending*))
263 ;; In a multithreaded environment the other threads
264 ;; will see *n-b-f-o-p* change a little late, but
266 (let ((freed (- old-usage new-usage)))
267 ;; GENCGC occasionally reports negative here, but
268 ;; the current belief is that it is part of the
269 ;; normal order of things and not a bug.
271 (incf *n-bytes-freed-or-purified* freed)))))))
272 ;; While holding the mutex we were protected from
273 ;; SIG_STOP_FOR_GC and recursive GCs. Now, in order to
274 ;; preserve the invariant (*GC-PENDING* ->
275 ;; pseudo-atomic-interrupted or *GC-INHIBIT*), let's check
276 ;; explicitly for a pending gc before interrupts are
278 (maybe-handle-pending-gc))
282 ;; Outside the mutex, interrupts may be enabled: these may cause
283 ;; another GC. FIXME: it can potentially exceed maximum interrupt
284 ;; nesting by triggering GCs.
286 ;; Can that be avoided by having the finalizers and hooks run only
287 ;; from the outermost SUB-GC? If the nested GCs happen in interrupt
288 ;; handlers that's not enough.
290 ;; KLUDGE: Don't run the hooks in GC's if:
292 ;; A) this thread is dying, so that user-code never runs with
293 ;; (thread-alive-p *current-thread*) => nil
295 ;; B) interrupts are disabled somewhere up the call chain since we
296 ;; don't want to run user code in such a case.
298 ;; The long-term solution will be to keep a separate thread for
299 ;; finalizers and after-gc hooks.
300 (when (sb!thread:thread-alive-p sb!thread:*current-thread*)
301 (when *allow-with-interrupts*
303 (run-pending-finalizers)
304 (call-hooks "after-GC" *after-gc-hooks* :on-error :warn)))))
306 ;;; This is the user-advertised garbage collection function.
307 (defun gc (&key (gen 0) (full nil) &allow-other-keys)
308 #!+(and sb-doc gencgc)
309 "Initiate a garbage collection. GEN controls the number of generations
311 #!+(and sb-doc (not gencgc))
312 "Initiate a garbage collection. GEN may be provided for compatibility with
313 generational garbage collectors, but is ignored in this implementation."
314 (when (sub-gc :gen (if full 6 gen))
317 (define-alien-routine scrub-control-stack sb!alien:void)
319 (defun unsafe-clear-roots (gen)
320 #!-gencgc (declare (ignore gen))
321 ;; KLUDGE: Do things in an attempt to get rid of extra roots. Unsafe
322 ;; as having these cons more then we have space left leads to huge
324 (scrub-control-stack)
325 ;; Power cache of the bignum printer: drops overly large bignums and
326 ;; removes duplicate entries.
328 ;; Clear caches depending on the generation being collected.
332 (ctype-of-cache-clear))
334 (drop-all-hash-caches)))
336 (drop-all-hash-caches))
338 ;;;; auxiliary functions
340 (defun bytes-consed-between-gcs ()
342 "The amount of memory that will be allocated before the next garbage
343 collection is initiated. This can be set with SETF."
344 (sb!alien:extern-alien "bytes_consed_between_gcs"
345 (sb!alien:unsigned 32)))
347 (defun (setf bytes-consed-between-gcs) (val)
348 (declare (type index val))
349 (setf (sb!alien:extern-alien "bytes_consed_between_gcs"
350 (sb!alien:unsigned 32))
353 (declaim (inline maybe-handle-pending-gc))
354 (defun maybe-handle-pending-gc ()
355 (when (and (not *gc-inhibit*)
356 (or #!+sb-thread *stop-for-gc-pending*
358 (sb!unix::receive-pending-interrupt)))
360 ;;;; GENCGC specifics
362 ;;;; For documentation convenience, these have stubs on non-GENCGC platforms
365 (deftype generation-index ()
366 '(integer 0 #.sb!vm:+pseudo-static-generation+))
368 ;;; FIXME: GENERATION (and PAGE, as seen in room.lisp) should probably be
369 ;;; defined in Lisp, and written to header files by genesis, instead of this
370 ;;; OAOOMiness -- this duplicates the struct definition in gencgc.c.
372 (define-alien-type generation
374 (alloc-start-page page-index-t)
375 (alloc-unboxed-start-page page-index-t)
376 (alloc-large-start-page page-index-t)
377 (alloc-large-unboxed-start-page page-index-t)
378 (bytes-allocated unsigned-long)
379 (gc-trigger unsigned-long)
380 (bytes-consed-between-gcs unsigned-long)
382 (number-of-gcs-before-promotion int)
383 (cum-sum-bytes-allocated unsigned-long)
384 (minimum-age-before-gc double)
385 ;; `struct lutex *' or `void *', depending.
389 (define-alien-variable generations
390 (array generation #.(1+ sb!vm:+pseudo-static-generation+)))
392 (macrolet ((def (slot doc &optional setfp)
393 (declare (ignorable doc))
395 (defun ,(symbolicate "GENERATION-" slot) (generation)
399 (declare (generation-index generation))
401 (declare (ignore generation))
403 (error "~S is a GENCGC only function and unavailable in this build"
406 (slot (deref generations generation) ',slot))
408 `((defun (setf ,(symbolicate "GENERATION-" slot)) (value generation)
410 (declare (generation-index generation))
412 (declare (ignore value generation))
414 (error "(SETF ~S) is a GENCGC only function and unavailable in this build"
417 (setf (slot (deref generations generation) ',slot) value)))))))
418 (def bytes-consed-between-gcs
419 "Number of bytes that can be allocated to GENERATION before that
420 generation is considered for garbage collection. This value is meaningless for
421 generation 0 (the nursery): see BYTES-CONSED-BETWEEN-GCS instead. Default is
422 20Mb. Can be assigned to using SETF. Available on GENCGC platforms only.
424 Experimental: interface subject to change."
426 (def minimum-age-before-gc
427 "Minimum average age of objects allocated to GENERATION before that
428 generation is may be garbage collected. Default is 0.75. See also
429 GENERATION-AVERAGE-AGE. Can be assigned to using SETF. Available on GENCGC
432 Experimental: interface subject to change."
434 (def number-of-gcs-before-promotion
435 "Number of times garbage collection is done on GENERATION before
436 automatic promotion to the next generation is triggered. Can be assigned to
437 using SETF. Available on GENCGC platforms only.
439 Experimental: interface subject to change."
442 "Number of bytes allocated to GENERATION currently. Available on GENCGC
445 Experimental: interface subject to change.")
447 "Number of times garbage collection has been done on GENERATION without
448 promotion. Available on GENCGC platforms only.
450 Experimental: interface subject to change."))
451 (defun generation-average-age (generation)
452 "Average age of memory allocated to GENERATION: average number of times
453 objects allocated to the generation have seen younger objects promoted to it.
454 Available on GENCGC platforms only.
456 Experimental: interface subject to change."
458 (declare (generation-index generation))
459 #!-gencgc (declare (ignore generation))
461 (error "~S is a GENCGC only function and unavailable in this build."
462 'generation-average-age)
464 (alien-funcall (extern-alien "generation_average_age"
465 (function double generation-index-t))