;;;; various array operations that are too expensive (in space) to do
;;;; inline

;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
;;;; more information.
;;;;
;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
;;;; files for more information.

(in-package "SB!VM")

(define-assembly-routine (allocate-vector
                          (:policy :fast-safe)
                          (:translate allocate-vector)
                          (:arg-types positive-fixnum
                                      positive-fixnum
                                      positive-fixnum))
    ((:arg type any-reg a0-offset)
     (:arg length any-reg a1-offset)
     (:arg words any-reg a2-offset)
     (:res result descriptor-reg a0-offset)

     (:temp ndescr non-descriptor-reg nl0-offset)
     (:temp pa-flag non-descriptor-reg nl3-offset)
     (:temp vector descriptor-reg a3-offset)
     (:temp temp non-descriptor-reg nl2-offset))
  (pseudo-atomic (pa-flag)
    ;; boxed words == unboxed bytes
    (inst addi ndescr words (* (1+ vector-data-offset) n-word-bytes))
    (inst clrrwi ndescr ndescr n-lowtag-bits)
    (allocation vector ndescr other-pointer-lowtag
                :temp-tn temp
                :flag-tn pa-flag)
    (inst srwi ndescr type word-shift)
    (storew ndescr vector 0 other-pointer-lowtag)
    (storew length vector vector-length-slot other-pointer-lowtag))
  ;; This makes sure the zero byte at the end of a string is paged in so
  ;; the kernel doesn't bitch if we pass it the string.
  ;;
  ;; rtoy says to turn this off as it causes problems with CMUCL.
  ;;
  ;; I don't think we need to do this anymore. It looks like this
  ;; inherited from the SPARC port and does not seem to be
  ;; necessary. Turning this on worked at some point, but I have not
  ;; tested with the final GENGC-related changes. CLH 20060221
  ;;
  ;;  (storew zero-tn alloc-tn 0)
  (move result vector))