1.0.25.37: block deferrables when gc pending in PA
[sbcl.git] / src / runtime / gencgc.c
index 7091554..81ef8b2 100644 (file)
 #include "validate.h"
 #include "lispregs.h"
 #include "arch.h"
-#include "fixnump.h"
 #include "gc.h"
 #include "gc-internal.h"
 #include "thread.h"
+#include "pseudo-atomic.h"
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "genesis/vector.h"
 #include "genesis/weak-pointer.h"
 #include "genesis/fdefn.h"
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
 
 /* forward declarations */
 page_index_t  gc_find_freeish_pages(long *restart_page_ptr, long nbytes,
-                                    int unboxed);
+                                    int page_type_flag);
 
 \f
 /*
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ enum {
 boolean enable_page_protection = 1;
 
 /* the minimum size (in bytes) for a large object*/
-unsigned long large_object_size = 4 * PAGE_BYTES;
+long large_object_size = 4 * PAGE_BYTES;
 
 \f
 /*
@@ -162,9 +163,51 @@ static boolean conservative_stack = 1;
 /* An array of page structures is allocated on gc initialization.
  * This helps quickly map between an address its page structure.
  * page_table_pages is set from the size of the dynamic space. */
-unsigned page_table_pages;
+page_index_t page_table_pages;
 struct page *page_table;
 
+static inline boolean page_allocated_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return (page_table[page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_no_region_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return !(page_table[page].allocated & OPEN_REGION_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_allocated_no_region_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return ((page_table[page].allocated & (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG | BOXED_PAGE_FLAG))
+            && page_no_region_p(page));
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_free_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return (page_table[page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_boxed_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return (page_table[page].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+
+static inline boolean code_page_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return (page_table[page].allocated & CODE_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_boxed_no_region_p(page_index_t page) {
+    return page_boxed_p(page) && page_no_region_p(page);
+}
+
+static inline boolean page_unboxed_p(page_index_t page) {
+    /* Both flags set == boxed code page */
+    return ((page_table[page].allocated & UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
+            && !page_boxed_p(page));
+}
+
+static inline boolean protect_page_p(page_index_t page, generation_index_t generation) {
+    return (page_boxed_no_region_p(page)
+            && (page_table[page].bytes_used != 0)
+            && !page_table[page].dont_move
+            && (page_table[page].gen == generation));
+}
+
 /* To map addresses to page structures the address of the first page
  * is needed. */
 static void *heap_base = NULL;
@@ -176,22 +219,44 @@ page_address(page_index_t page_num)
     return (heap_base + (page_num * PAGE_BYTES));
 }
 
+/* Calculate the address where the allocation region associated with
+ * the page starts. */
+static inline void *
+page_region_start(page_index_t page_index)
+{
+    return page_address(page_index)-page_table[page_index].region_start_offset;
+}
+
 /* Find the page index within the page_table for the given
  * address. Return -1 on failure. */
 inline page_index_t
 find_page_index(void *addr)
 {
-    page_index_t index = addr-heap_base;
-
-    if (index >= 0) {
-        index = ((unsigned long)index)/PAGE_BYTES;
+    if (addr >= heap_base) {
+        page_index_t index = ((pointer_sized_uint_t)addr -
+                              (pointer_sized_uint_t)heap_base) / PAGE_BYTES;
         if (index < page_table_pages)
             return (index);
     }
-
     return (-1);
 }
 
+static size_t
+npage_bytes(long npages)
+{
+    gc_assert(npages>=0);
+    return ((unsigned long)npages)*PAGE_BYTES;
+}
+
+/* Check that X is a higher address than Y and return offset from Y to
+ * X in bytes. */
+static inline
+size_t void_diff(void *x, void *y)
+{
+    gc_assert(x >= y);
+    return (pointer_sized_uint_t)x - (pointer_sized_uint_t)y;
+}
+
 /* a structure to hold the state of a generation */
 struct generation {
 
@@ -211,13 +276,13 @@ struct generation {
     page_index_t alloc_large_unboxed_start_page;
 
     /* the bytes allocated to this generation */
-    long bytes_allocated;
+    unsigned long bytes_allocated;
 
     /* the number of bytes at which to trigger a GC */
-    long gc_trigger;
+    unsigned long gc_trigger;
 
     /* to calculate a new level for gc_trigger */
-    long bytes_consed_between_gc;
+    unsigned long bytes_consed_between_gc;
 
     /* the number of GCs since the last raise */
     int num_gc;
@@ -231,7 +296,7 @@ struct generation {
      * objects are added from a GC of a younger generation. Dividing by
      * the bytes_allocated will give the average age of the memory in
      * this generation since its last GC. */
-    long cum_sum_bytes_allocated;
+    unsigned long cum_sum_bytes_allocated;
 
     /* a minimum average memory age before a GC will occur helps
      * prevent a GC when a large number of new live objects have been
@@ -272,15 +337,16 @@ generation_index_t gencgc_oldest_gen_to_gc = HIGHEST_NORMAL_GENERATION;
  * integrated with the Lisp code. */
 page_index_t last_free_page;
 \f
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
 /* This lock is to prevent multiple threads from simultaneously
  * allocating new regions which overlap each other.  Note that the
  * majority of GC is single-threaded, but alloc() may be called from
  * >1 thread at a time and must be thread-safe.  This lock must be
  * seized before all accesses to generations[] or to parts of
  * page_table[] that other threads may want to see */
-
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
 static pthread_mutex_t free_pages_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+/* This lock is used to protect non-thread-local allocation. */
+static pthread_mutex_t allocation_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #endif
 
 \f
@@ -294,10 +360,10 @@ static long
 count_write_protect_generation_pages(generation_index_t generation)
 {
     page_index_t i;
-    long count = 0;
+    unsigned long count = 0;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++)
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation)
             && (page_table[i].write_protected == 1))
             count++;
@@ -312,7 +378,7 @@ count_generation_pages(generation_index_t generation)
     long count = 0;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++)
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation))
             count++;
     return count;
@@ -325,7 +391,7 @@ count_dont_move_pages(void)
     page_index_t i;
     long count = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].dont_move != 0)) {
             ++count;
         }
@@ -336,13 +402,13 @@ count_dont_move_pages(void)
 
 /* Work through the pages and add up the number of bytes used for the
  * given generation. */
-static long
+static unsigned long
 count_generation_bytes_allocated (generation_index_t gen)
 {
     page_index_t i;
-    long result = 0;
+    unsigned long result = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].gen == gen))
             result += page_table[i].bytes_used;
     }
@@ -403,7 +469,7 @@ print_generation_stats(int verbose) /* FIXME: should take FILE argument */
 
                 /* Count the number of boxed pages within the given
                  * generation. */
-                if (page_table[j].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG) {
+                if (page_boxed_p(j)) {
                     if (page_table[j].large_object)
                         large_boxed_cnt++;
                     else
@@ -412,7 +478,7 @@ print_generation_stats(int verbose) /* FIXME: should take FILE argument */
                 if(page_table[j].dont_move) pinned_cnt++;
                 /* Count the number of unboxed pages within the given
                  * generation. */
-                if (page_table[j].allocated & UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG) {
+                if (page_unboxed_p(j)) {
                     if (page_table[j].large_object)
                         large_unboxed_cnt++;
                     else
@@ -435,13 +501,15 @@ print_generation_stats(int verbose) /* FIXME: should take FILE argument */
                 large_unboxed_cnt,
                 pinned_cnt,
                 generations[i].bytes_allocated,
-                (count_generation_pages(i)*PAGE_BYTES - generations[i].bytes_allocated),
+                (npage_bytes(count_generation_pages(i))
+                 - generations[i].bytes_allocated),
                 generations[i].gc_trigger,
                 count_write_protect_generation_pages(i),
                 generations[i].num_gc,
                 gen_av_mem_age(i));
     }
-    fprintf(stderr,"   Total bytes allocated=%ld\n", bytes_allocated);
+    fprintf(stderr,"   Total bytes allocated    = %lu\n", bytes_allocated);
+    fprintf(stderr,"   Dynamic-space-size bytes = %u\n", dynamic_space_size);
 
     fpu_restore(fpu_state);
 }
@@ -457,8 +525,8 @@ void fast_bzero(void*, size_t); /* in <arch>-assem.S */
  */
 void zero_pages_with_mmap(page_index_t start, page_index_t end) {
     int i;
-    void *addr = (void *) page_address(start), *new_addr;
-    size_t length = PAGE_BYTES*(1+end-start);
+    void *addr = page_address(start), *new_addr;
+    size_t length = npage_bytes(1+end-start);
 
     if (start > end)
       return;
@@ -466,7 +534,8 @@ void zero_pages_with_mmap(page_index_t start, page_index_t end) {
     os_invalidate(addr, length);
     new_addr = os_validate(addr, length);
     if (new_addr == NULL || new_addr != addr) {
-        lose("remap_free_pages: page moved, 0x%08x ==> 0x%08x", start, new_addr);
+        lose("remap_free_pages: page moved, 0x%08x ==> 0x%08x",
+             start, new_addr);
     }
 
     for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
@@ -483,9 +552,9 @@ zero_pages(page_index_t start, page_index_t end) {
       return;
 
 #if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
-    fast_bzero(page_address(start), PAGE_BYTES*(1+end-start));
+    fast_bzero(page_address(start), npage_bytes(1+end-start));
 #else
-    bzero(page_address(start), PAGE_BYTES*(1+end-start));
+    bzero(page_address(start), npage_bytes(1+end-start));
 #endif
 
 }
@@ -565,6 +634,55 @@ struct alloc_region unboxed_region;
 /* The generation currently being allocated to. */
 static generation_index_t gc_alloc_generation;
 
+static inline page_index_t
+generation_alloc_start_page(generation_index_t generation, int page_type_flag, int large)
+{
+    if (large) {
+        if (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG == page_type_flag) {
+            return generations[generation].alloc_large_unboxed_start_page;
+        } else if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag) {
+            /* Both code and data. */
+            return generations[generation].alloc_large_start_page;
+        } else {
+            lose("bad page type flag: %d", page_type_flag);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG == page_type_flag) {
+            return generations[generation].alloc_unboxed_start_page;
+        } else if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag) {
+            /* Both code and data. */
+            return generations[generation].alloc_start_page;
+        } else {
+            lose("bad page_type_flag: %d", page_type_flag);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static inline void
+set_generation_alloc_start_page(generation_index_t generation, int page_type_flag, int large,
+                                page_index_t page)
+{
+    if (large) {
+        if (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG == page_type_flag) {
+            generations[generation].alloc_large_unboxed_start_page = page;
+        } else if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag) {
+            /* Both code and data. */
+            generations[generation].alloc_large_start_page = page;
+        } else {
+            lose("bad page type flag: %d", page_type_flag);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG == page_type_flag) {
+            generations[generation].alloc_unboxed_start_page = page;
+        } else if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag) {
+            /* Both code and data. */
+            generations[generation].alloc_start_page = page;
+        } else {
+            lose("bad page type flag: %d", page_type_flag);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* Find a new region with room for at least the given number of bytes.
  *
  * It starts looking at the current generation's alloc_start_page. So
@@ -589,11 +707,11 @@ static generation_index_t gc_alloc_generation;
  * are allocated, although they will initially be empty.
  */
 static void
-gc_alloc_new_region(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
+gc_alloc_new_region(long nbytes, int page_type_flag, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
 {
     page_index_t first_page;
     page_index_t last_page;
-    long bytes_found;
+    unsigned long bytes_found;
     page_index_t i;
     int ret;
 
@@ -609,16 +727,10 @@ gc_alloc_new_region(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
               && (alloc_region->free_pointer == alloc_region->end_addr));
     ret = thread_mutex_lock(&free_pages_lock);
     gc_assert(ret == 0);
-    if (unboxed) {
-        first_page =
-            generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_unboxed_start_page;
-    } else {
-        first_page =
-            generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_start_page;
-    }
-    last_page=gc_find_freeish_pages(&first_page,nbytes,unboxed);
+    first_page = generation_alloc_start_page(gc_alloc_generation, page_type_flag, 0);
+    last_page=gc_find_freeish_pages(&first_page, nbytes, page_type_flag);
     bytes_found=(PAGE_BYTES - page_table[first_page].bytes_used)
-            + PAGE_BYTES*(last_page-first_page);
+            + npage_bytes(last_page-first_page);
 
     /* Set up the alloc_region. */
     alloc_region->first_page = first_page;
@@ -632,64 +744,41 @@ gc_alloc_new_region(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
 
     /* The first page may have already been in use. */
     if (page_table[first_page].bytes_used == 0) {
-        if (unboxed)
-            page_table[first_page].allocated = UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
-        else
-            page_table[first_page].allocated = BOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
+        page_table[first_page].allocated = page_type_flag;
         page_table[first_page].gen = gc_alloc_generation;
         page_table[first_page].large_object = 0;
-        page_table[first_page].first_object_offset = 0;
+        page_table[first_page].region_start_offset = 0;
     }
 
-    if (unboxed)
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
-    else
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+    gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == page_type_flag);
     page_table[first_page].allocated |= OPEN_REGION_PAGE_FLAG;
 
     gc_assert(page_table[first_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation);
     gc_assert(page_table[first_page].large_object == 0);
 
     for (i = first_page+1; i <= last_page; i++) {
-        if (unboxed)
-            page_table[i].allocated = UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
-        else
-            page_table[i].allocated = BOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
+        page_table[i].allocated = page_type_flag;
         page_table[i].gen = gc_alloc_generation;
         page_table[i].large_object = 0;
         /* This may not be necessary for unboxed regions (think it was
          * broken before!) */
-        page_table[i].first_object_offset =
-            alloc_region->start_addr - page_address(i);
+        page_table[i].region_start_offset =
+            void_diff(page_address(i),alloc_region->start_addr);
         page_table[i].allocated |= OPEN_REGION_PAGE_FLAG ;
     }
     /* Bump up last_free_page. */
     if (last_page+1 > last_free_page) {
         last_free_page = last_page+1;
-        /* do we only want to call this on special occasions? like for boxed_region? */
-        set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)(((char *)heap_base) + last_free_page*PAGE_BYTES));
+        /* do we only want to call this on special occasions? like for
+         * boxed_region? */
+        set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)page_address(last_free_page));
     }
     ret = thread_mutex_unlock(&free_pages_lock);
     gc_assert(ret == 0);
 
-    /* we can do this after releasing free_pages_lock */
-    if (gencgc_zero_check) {
-        long *p;
-        for (p = (long *)alloc_region->start_addr;
-             p < (long *)alloc_region->end_addr; p++) {
-            if (*p != 0) {
-                /* KLUDGE: It would be nice to use %lx and explicit casts
-                 * (long) in code like this, so that it is less likely to
-                 * break randomly when running on a machine with different
-                 * word sizes. -- WHN 19991129 */
-                lose("The new region at %x is not zero.\n", p);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 #ifdef READ_PROTECT_FREE_PAGES
     os_protect(page_address(first_page),
-               PAGE_BYTES*(1+last_page-first_page),
+               npage_bytes(1+last_page-first_page),
                OS_VM_PROT_ALL);
 #endif
 
@@ -702,6 +791,22 @@ gc_alloc_new_region(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
     }
 
     zero_dirty_pages(first_page, last_page);
+
+    /* we can do this after releasing free_pages_lock */
+    if (gencgc_zero_check) {
+        long *p;
+        for (p = (long *)alloc_region->start_addr;
+             p < (long *)alloc_region->end_addr; p++) {
+            if (*p != 0) {
+                /* KLUDGE: It would be nice to use %lx and explicit casts
+                 * (long) in code like this, so that it is less likely to
+                 * break randomly when running on a machine with different
+                 * word sizes. -- WHN 19991129 */
+                lose("The new region at %x is not zero (start=%p, end=%p).\n",
+                     p, alloc_region->start_addr, alloc_region->end_addr);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /* If the record_new_objects flag is 2 then all new regions created
@@ -724,8 +829,8 @@ static int record_new_objects = 0;
 static page_index_t new_areas_ignore_page;
 struct new_area {
     page_index_t page;
-    long  offset;
-    long  size;
+    size_t offset;
+    size_t size;
 };
 static struct new_area (*new_areas)[];
 static long new_areas_index;
@@ -733,7 +838,7 @@ long max_new_areas;
 
 /* Add a new area to new_areas. */
 static void
-add_new_area(page_index_t first_page, long offset, long size)
+add_new_area(page_index_t first_page, size_t offset, size_t size)
 {
     unsigned long new_area_start,c;
     long i;
@@ -755,13 +860,13 @@ add_new_area(page_index_t first_page, long offset, long size)
         gc_abort();
     }
 
-    new_area_start = PAGE_BYTES*first_page + offset;
+    new_area_start = npage_bytes(first_page) + offset;
 
     /* Search backwards for a prior area that this follows from. If
        found this will save adding a new area. */
     for (i = new_areas_index-1, c = 0; (i >= 0) && (c < 8); i--, c++) {
         unsigned long area_end =
-            PAGE_BYTES*((*new_areas)[i].page)
+            npage_bytes((*new_areas)[i].page)
             + (*new_areas)[i].offset
             + (*new_areas)[i].size;
         /*FSHOW((stderr,
@@ -803,15 +908,15 @@ add_new_area(page_index_t first_page, long offset, long size)
  * it is safe to try to re-update the page table of this reset
  * alloc_region. */
 void
-gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
+gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int page_type_flag, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
 {
     int more;
     page_index_t first_page;
     page_index_t next_page;
-    int bytes_used;
-    long orig_first_page_bytes_used;
-    long region_size;
-    long byte_cnt;
+    unsigned long bytes_used;
+    unsigned long orig_first_page_bytes_used;
+    unsigned long region_size;
+    unsigned long byte_cnt;
     int ret;
 
 
@@ -829,22 +934,21 @@ gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
         /* some bytes were allocated in the region */
         orig_first_page_bytes_used = page_table[first_page].bytes_used;
 
-        gc_assert(alloc_region->start_addr == (page_address(first_page) + page_table[first_page].bytes_used));
+        gc_assert(alloc_region->start_addr ==
+                  (page_address(first_page)
+                   + page_table[first_page].bytes_used));
 
         /* All the pages used need to be updated */
 
         /* Update the first page. */
 
         /* If the page was free then set up the gen, and
-         * first_object_offset. */
+         * region_start_offset. */
         if (page_table[first_page].bytes_used == 0)
-            gc_assert(page_table[first_page].first_object_offset == 0);
+            gc_assert(page_table[first_page].region_start_offset == 0);
         page_table[first_page].allocated &= ~(OPEN_REGION_PAGE_FLAG);
 
-        if (unboxed)
-            gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
-        else
-            gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated & page_type_flag);
         gc_assert(page_table[first_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation);
         gc_assert(page_table[first_page].large_object == 0);
 
@@ -853,7 +957,9 @@ gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
         /* Calculate the number of bytes used in this page. This is not
          * always the number of new bytes, unless it was free. */
         more = 0;
-        if ((bytes_used = (alloc_region->free_pointer - page_address(first_page)))>PAGE_BYTES) {
+        if ((bytes_used = void_diff(alloc_region->free_pointer,
+                                    page_address(first_page)))
+            >PAGE_BYTES) {
             bytes_used = PAGE_BYTES;
             more = 1;
         }
@@ -861,26 +967,24 @@ gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
         byte_cnt += bytes_used;
 
 
-        /* All the rest of the pages should be free. We need to set their
-         * first_object_offset pointer to the start of the region, and set
-         * the bytes_used. */
+        /* All the rest of the pages should be free. We need to set
+         * their region_start_offset pointer to the start of the
+         * region, and set the bytes_used. */
         while (more) {
             page_table[next_page].allocated &= ~(OPEN_REGION_PAGE_FLAG);
-            if (unboxed)
-                gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated==UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
-            else
-                gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated & page_type_flag);
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used == 0);
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation);
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].large_object == 0);
 
-            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].first_object_offset ==
-                      alloc_region->start_addr - page_address(next_page));
+            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                      void_diff(page_address(next_page),
+                                alloc_region->start_addr));
 
             /* Calculate the number of bytes used in this page. */
             more = 0;
-            if ((bytes_used = (alloc_region->free_pointer
-                               - page_address(next_page)))>PAGE_BYTES) {
+            if ((bytes_used = void_diff(alloc_region->free_pointer,
+                                        page_address(next_page)))>PAGE_BYTES) {
                 bytes_used = PAGE_BYTES;
                 more = 1;
             }
@@ -890,7 +994,8 @@ gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
             next_page++;
         }
 
-        region_size = alloc_region->free_pointer - alloc_region->start_addr;
+        region_size = void_diff(alloc_region->free_pointer,
+                                alloc_region->start_addr);
         bytes_allocated += region_size;
         generations[gc_alloc_generation].bytes_allocated += region_size;
 
@@ -898,14 +1003,10 @@ gc_alloc_update_page_tables(int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
 
         /* Set the generations alloc restart page to the last page of
          * the region. */
-        if (unboxed)
-            generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_unboxed_start_page =
-                next_page-1;
-        else
-            generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_start_page = next_page-1;
+        set_generation_alloc_start_page(gc_alloc_generation, page_type_flag, 0, next_page-1);
 
         /* Add the region to the new_areas if requested. */
-        if (!unboxed)
+        if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag)
             add_new_area(first_page,orig_first_page_bytes_used, region_size);
 
         /*
@@ -939,58 +1040,44 @@ static inline void *gc_quick_alloc(long nbytes);
 
 /* Allocate a possibly large object. */
 void *
-gc_alloc_large(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
+gc_alloc_large(long nbytes, int page_type_flag, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
 {
     page_index_t first_page;
     page_index_t last_page;
     int orig_first_page_bytes_used;
     long byte_cnt;
     int more;
-    long bytes_used;
+    unsigned long bytes_used;
     page_index_t next_page;
     int ret;
 
     ret = thread_mutex_lock(&free_pages_lock);
     gc_assert(ret == 0);
 
-    if (unboxed) {
-        first_page =
-            generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_large_unboxed_start_page;
-    } else {
-        first_page = generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_large_start_page;
-    }
+    first_page = generation_alloc_start_page(gc_alloc_generation, page_type_flag, 1);
     if (first_page <= alloc_region->last_page) {
         first_page = alloc_region->last_page+1;
     }
 
-    last_page=gc_find_freeish_pages(&first_page,nbytes,unboxed);
+    last_page=gc_find_freeish_pages(&first_page,nbytes, page_type_flag);
 
     gc_assert(first_page > alloc_region->last_page);
-    if (unboxed)
-        generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_large_unboxed_start_page =
-            last_page;
-    else
-        generations[gc_alloc_generation].alloc_large_start_page = last_page;
+
+    set_generation_alloc_start_page(gc_alloc_generation, page_type_flag, 1, last_page);
 
     /* Set up the pages. */
     orig_first_page_bytes_used = page_table[first_page].bytes_used;
 
     /* If the first page was free then set up the gen, and
-     * first_object_offset. */
+     * region_start_offset. */
     if (page_table[first_page].bytes_used == 0) {
-        if (unboxed)
-            page_table[first_page].allocated = UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
-        else
-            page_table[first_page].allocated = BOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
+        page_table[first_page].allocated = page_type_flag;
         page_table[first_page].gen = gc_alloc_generation;
-        page_table[first_page].first_object_offset = 0;
+        page_table[first_page].region_start_offset = 0;
         page_table[first_page].large_object = 1;
     }
 
-    if (unboxed)
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
-    else
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+    gc_assert(page_table[first_page].allocated == page_type_flag);
     gc_assert(page_table[first_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation);
     gc_assert(page_table[first_page].large_object == 1);
 
@@ -1009,24 +1096,22 @@ gc_alloc_large(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
     next_page = first_page+1;
 
     /* All the rest of the pages should be free. We need to set their
-     * first_object_offset pointer to the start of the region, and
-     * set the bytes_used. */
+     * region_start_offset pointer to the start of the region, and set
+     * the bytes_used. */
     while (more) {
-        gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG);
+        gc_assert(page_free_p(next_page));
         gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used == 0);
-        if (unboxed)
-            page_table[next_page].allocated = UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
-        else
-            page_table[next_page].allocated = BOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
+        page_table[next_page].allocated = page_type_flag;
         page_table[next_page].gen = gc_alloc_generation;
         page_table[next_page].large_object = 1;
 
-        page_table[next_page].first_object_offset =
-            orig_first_page_bytes_used - PAGE_BYTES*(next_page-first_page);
+        page_table[next_page].region_start_offset =
+            npage_bytes(next_page-first_page) - orig_first_page_bytes_used;
 
         /* Calculate the number of bytes used in this page. */
         more = 0;
-        if ((bytes_used=(nbytes+orig_first_page_bytes_used)-byte_cnt) > PAGE_BYTES) {
+        bytes_used=(nbytes+orig_first_page_bytes_used)-byte_cnt;
+        if (bytes_used > PAGE_BYTES) {
             bytes_used = PAGE_BYTES;
             more = 1;
         }
@@ -1043,20 +1128,20 @@ gc_alloc_large(long nbytes, int unboxed, struct alloc_region *alloc_region)
     generations[gc_alloc_generation].bytes_allocated += nbytes;
 
     /* Add the region to the new_areas if requested. */
-    if (!unboxed)
+    if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag)
         add_new_area(first_page,orig_first_page_bytes_used,nbytes);
 
     /* Bump up last_free_page */
     if (last_page+1 > last_free_page) {
         last_free_page = last_page+1;
-        set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)(((char *)heap_base) + last_free_page*PAGE_BYTES));
+        set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)(page_address(last_free_page)));
     }
     ret = thread_mutex_unlock(&free_pages_lock);
     gc_assert(ret == 0);
 
 #ifdef READ_PROTECT_FREE_PAGES
     os_protect(page_address(first_page),
-               PAGE_BYTES*(1+last_page-first_page),
+               npage_bytes(1+last_page-first_page),
                OS_VM_PROT_ALL);
 #endif
 
@@ -1070,23 +1155,26 @@ static page_index_t gencgc_alloc_start_page = -1;
 void
 gc_heap_exhausted_error_or_lose (long available, long requested)
 {
+    struct thread *thread = arch_os_get_current_thread();
     /* Write basic information before doing anything else: if we don't
      * call to lisp this is a must, and even if we do there is always
      * the danger that we bounce back here before the error has been
      * handled, or indeed even printed.
      */
     fprintf(stderr, "Heap exhausted during %s: %ld bytes available, %ld requested.\n",
-            gc_active_p ? "garbage collection" : "allocation", available, requested);
+            gc_active_p ? "garbage collection" : "allocation",
+            available, requested);
     if (gc_active_p || (available == 0)) {
         /* If we are in GC, or totally out of memory there is no way
          * to sanely transfer control to the lisp-side of things.
          */
-        struct thread *thread = arch_os_get_current_thread();
         print_generation_stats(1);
         fprintf(stderr, "GC control variables:\n");
         fprintf(stderr, "          *GC-INHIBIT* = %s\n          *GC-PENDING* = %s\n",
                 SymbolValue(GC_INHIBIT,thread)==NIL ? "false" : "true",
-                SymbolValue(GC_PENDING,thread)==NIL ? "false" : "true");
+                (SymbolValue(GC_PENDING, thread) == T) ?
+                "true" : ((SymbolValue(GC_PENDING, thread) == NIL) ?
+                  "false" : "in progress"));
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
         fprintf(stderr, " *STOP-FOR-GC-PENDING* = %s\n",
                 SymbolValue(STOP_FOR_GC_PENDING,thread)==NIL ? "false" : "true");
@@ -1095,86 +1183,108 @@ gc_heap_exhausted_error_or_lose (long available, long requested)
     }
     else {
         /* FIXME: assert free_pages_lock held */
-        thread_mutex_unlock(&free_pages_lock);
-        funcall2(SymbolFunction(HEAP_EXHAUSTED_ERROR),
+        (void)thread_mutex_unlock(&free_pages_lock);
+        gc_assert(get_pseudo_atomic_atomic(thread));
+        clear_pseudo_atomic_atomic(thread);
+        if (get_pseudo_atomic_interrupted(thread))
+            do_pending_interrupt();
+        /* Another issue is that signalling HEAP-EXHAUSTED error leads
+         * to running user code at arbitrary places, even in a
+         * WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS which may lead to a deadlock without
+         * running out of the heap. So at this point all bets are
+         * off. */
+        if (SymbolValue(INTERRUPTS_ENABLED,thread) == NIL)
+            corruption_warning_and_maybe_lose
+                ("Signalling HEAP-EXHAUSTED in a WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS.");
+        funcall2(StaticSymbolFunction(HEAP_EXHAUSTED_ERROR),
                  alloc_number(available), alloc_number(requested));
         lose("HEAP-EXHAUSTED-ERROR fell through");
     }
 }
 
 page_index_t
-gc_find_freeish_pages(page_index_t *restart_page_ptr, long nbytes, int unboxed)
+gc_find_freeish_pages(page_index_t *restart_page_ptr, long nbytes,
+                      int page_type_flag)
 {
-    page_index_t first_page;
-    page_index_t last_page;
-    long region_size;
-    page_index_t restart_page=*restart_page_ptr;
-    long bytes_found;
-    long num_pages;
-    int large_p=(nbytes>=large_object_size);
+    page_index_t first_page, last_page;
+    page_index_t restart_page = *restart_page_ptr;
+    long bytes_found = 0;
+    long most_bytes_found = 0;
     /* FIXME: assert(free_pages_lock is held); */
 
-    /* Search for a contiguous free space of at least nbytes. If it's
-     * a large object then align it on a page boundary by searching
-     * for a free page. */
-
+    /* Toggled by gc_and_save for heap compaction, normally -1. */
     if (gencgc_alloc_start_page != -1) {
         restart_page = gencgc_alloc_start_page;
     }
 
-    do {
-        first_page = restart_page;
-        if (large_p)
-            while ((first_page < page_table_pages)
-                   && (page_table[first_page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG))
-                first_page++;
-        else
-            while (first_page < page_table_pages) {
-                if(page_table[first_page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
-                    break;
-                if((page_table[first_page].allocated ==
-                    (unboxed ? UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG : BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)) &&
-                   (page_table[first_page].large_object == 0) &&
-                   (page_table[first_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation) &&
-                   (page_table[first_page].bytes_used < (PAGE_BYTES-32)) &&
-                   (page_table[first_page].write_protected == 0) &&
-                   (page_table[first_page].dont_move == 0)) {
-                    break;
-                }
+    gc_assert(nbytes>=0);
+    if (((unsigned long)nbytes)>=PAGE_BYTES) {
+        /* Search for a contiguous free space of at least nbytes,
+         * aligned on a page boundary. The page-alignment is strictly
+         * speaking needed only for objects at least large_object_size
+         * bytes in size. */
+        do {
+            first_page = restart_page;
+            while ((first_page < page_table_pages) &&
+                   page_allocated_p(first_page))
                 first_page++;
-            }
-
-        if (first_page >= page_table_pages)
-            gc_heap_exhausted_error_or_lose(0, nbytes);
 
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].write_protected == 0);
+            last_page = first_page;
+            bytes_found = PAGE_BYTES;
+            while ((bytes_found < nbytes) &&
+                   (last_page < (page_table_pages-1)) &&
+                   page_free_p(last_page+1)) {
+                last_page++;
+                bytes_found += PAGE_BYTES;
+                gc_assert(0 == page_table[last_page].bytes_used);
+                gc_assert(0 == page_table[last_page].write_protected);
+            }
+            if (bytes_found > most_bytes_found)
+                most_bytes_found = bytes_found;
+            restart_page = last_page + 1;
+        } while ((restart_page < page_table_pages) && (bytes_found < nbytes));
 
-        last_page = first_page;
-        bytes_found = PAGE_BYTES - page_table[first_page].bytes_used;
-        num_pages = 1;
-        while (((bytes_found < nbytes)
-                || (!large_p && (num_pages < 2)))
-               && (last_page < (page_table_pages-1))
-               && (page_table[last_page+1].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)) {
-            last_page++;
-            num_pages++;
-            bytes_found += PAGE_BYTES;
-            gc_assert(page_table[last_page].write_protected == 0);
+    } else {
+        /* Search for a page with at least nbytes of space. We prefer
+         * not to split small objects on multiple pages, to reduce the
+         * number of contiguous allocation regions spaning multiple
+         * pages: this helps avoid excessive conservativism. */
+        first_page = restart_page;
+        while (first_page < page_table_pages) {
+            if (page_free_p(first_page))
+                {
+                    gc_assert(0 == page_table[first_page].bytes_used);
+                    bytes_found = PAGE_BYTES;
+                    break;
+                }
+            else if ((page_table[first_page].allocated == page_type_flag) &&
+                     (page_table[first_page].large_object == 0) &&
+                     (page_table[first_page].gen == gc_alloc_generation) &&
+                     (page_table[first_page].write_protected == 0) &&
+                     (page_table[first_page].dont_move == 0))
+                {
+                    bytes_found = PAGE_BYTES
+                        - page_table[first_page].bytes_used;
+                    if (bytes_found > most_bytes_found)
+                        most_bytes_found = bytes_found;
+                    if (bytes_found >= nbytes)
+                        break;
+                }
+            first_page++;
         }
-
-        region_size = (PAGE_BYTES - page_table[first_page].bytes_used)
-            + PAGE_BYTES*(last_page-first_page);
-
-        gc_assert(bytes_found == region_size);
-        restart_page = last_page + 1;
-    } while ((restart_page < page_table_pages) && (bytes_found < nbytes));
+        last_page = first_page;
+        restart_page = first_page + 1;
+    }
 
     /* Check for a failure */
-    if ((restart_page >= page_table_pages) && (bytes_found < nbytes))
-        gc_heap_exhausted_error_or_lose(bytes_found, nbytes);
+    if (bytes_found < nbytes) {
+        gc_assert(restart_page >= page_table_pages);
+        gc_heap_exhausted_error_or_lose(most_bytes_found, nbytes);
+    }
 
-    *restart_page_ptr=first_page;
+    gc_assert(page_table[first_page].write_protected == 0);
 
+    *restart_page_ptr = first_page;
     return last_page;
 }
 
@@ -1182,13 +1292,13 @@ gc_find_freeish_pages(page_index_t *restart_page_ptr, long nbytes, int unboxed)
  * functions will eventually call this  */
 
 void *
-gc_alloc_with_region(long nbytes,int unboxed_p, struct alloc_region *my_region,
+gc_alloc_with_region(long nbytes,int page_type_flag, struct alloc_region *my_region,
                      int quick_p)
 {
     void *new_free_pointer;
 
-    if(nbytes>=large_object_size)
-        return gc_alloc_large(nbytes,unboxed_p,my_region);
+    if (nbytes>=large_object_size)
+        return gc_alloc_large(nbytes, page_type_flag, my_region);
 
     /* Check whether there is room in the current alloc region. */
     new_free_pointer = my_region->free_pointer + nbytes;
@@ -1204,11 +1314,11 @@ gc_alloc_with_region(long nbytes,int unboxed_p, struct alloc_region *my_region,
         /* Unless a `quick' alloc was requested, check whether the
            alloc region is almost empty. */
         if (!quick_p &&
-            (my_region->end_addr - my_region->free_pointer) <= 32) {
+            void_diff(my_region->end_addr,my_region->free_pointer) <= 32) {
             /* If so, finished with the current region. */
-            gc_alloc_update_page_tables(unboxed_p, my_region);
+            gc_alloc_update_page_tables(page_type_flag, my_region);
             /* Set up a new region. */
-            gc_alloc_new_region(32 /*bytes*/, unboxed_p, my_region);
+            gc_alloc_new_region(32 /*bytes*/, page_type_flag, my_region);
         }
 
         return((void *)new_obj);
@@ -1217,60 +1327,45 @@ gc_alloc_with_region(long nbytes,int unboxed_p, struct alloc_region *my_region,
     /* Else not enough free space in the current region: retry with a
      * new region. */
 
-    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(unboxed_p, my_region);
-    gc_alloc_new_region(nbytes, unboxed_p, my_region);
-    return gc_alloc_with_region(nbytes,unboxed_p,my_region,0);
+    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(page_type_flag, my_region);
+    gc_alloc_new_region(nbytes, page_type_flag, my_region);
+    return gc_alloc_with_region(nbytes, page_type_flag, my_region,0);
 }
 
 /* these are only used during GC: all allocation from the mutator calls
  * alloc() -> gc_alloc_with_region() with the appropriate per-thread
  * region */
 
-void *
-gc_general_alloc(long nbytes,int unboxed_p,int quick_p)
-{
-    struct alloc_region *my_region =
-      unboxed_p ? &unboxed_region : &boxed_region;
-    return gc_alloc_with_region(nbytes,unboxed_p, my_region,quick_p);
-}
-
 static inline void *
 gc_quick_alloc(long nbytes)
 {
-    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes,ALLOC_BOXED,ALLOC_QUICK);
+    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes, BOXED_PAGE_FLAG, ALLOC_QUICK);
 }
 
 static inline void *
 gc_quick_alloc_large(long nbytes)
 {
-    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes,ALLOC_BOXED,ALLOC_QUICK);
+    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes, BOXED_PAGE_FLAG ,ALLOC_QUICK);
 }
 
 static inline void *
 gc_alloc_unboxed(long nbytes)
 {
-    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes,ALLOC_UNBOXED,0);
+    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes, UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void *
 gc_quick_alloc_unboxed(long nbytes)
 {
-    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes,ALLOC_UNBOXED,ALLOC_QUICK);
+    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes, UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG, ALLOC_QUICK);
 }
 
 static inline void *
 gc_quick_alloc_large_unboxed(long nbytes)
 {
-    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes,ALLOC_UNBOXED,ALLOC_QUICK);
+    return gc_general_alloc(nbytes, UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG, ALLOC_QUICK);
 }
 \f
-/*
- * scavenging/transporting routines derived from gc.c in CMU CL ca. 18b
- */
-
-extern long (*scavtab[256])(lispobj *where, lispobj object);
-extern lispobj (*transother[256])(lispobj object);
-extern long (*sizetab[256])(lispobj *where);
 
 /* Copy a large boxed object. If the object is in a large object
  * region then it is simply promoted, else it is copied. If it's large
@@ -1298,10 +1393,10 @@ copy_large_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
 
         /* Promote the object. */
 
-        long remaining_bytes;
+        unsigned long remaining_bytes;
         page_index_t next_page;
-        long bytes_freed;
-        long old_bytes_used;
+        unsigned long bytes_freed;
+        unsigned long old_bytes_used;
 
         /* Note: Any page write-protection must be removed, else a
          * later scavenge_newspace may incorrectly not scavenge these
@@ -1309,16 +1404,16 @@ copy_large_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
          * new areas, but let's do it for them all (they'll probably
          * be written anyway?). */
 
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].first_object_offset == 0);
+        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].region_start_offset == 0);
 
         next_page = first_page;
         remaining_bytes = nwords*N_WORD_BYTES;
         while (remaining_bytes > PAGE_BYTES) {
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].gen == from_space);
-            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+            gc_assert(page_boxed_p(next_page));
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].large_object);
-            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].first_object_offset==
-                      -PAGE_BYTES*(next_page-first_page));
+            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                      npage_bytes(next_page-first_page));
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES);
 
             page_table[next_page].gen = new_space;
@@ -1340,7 +1435,7 @@ copy_large_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
         gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used >= remaining_bytes);
 
         page_table[next_page].gen = new_space;
-        gc_assert(page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+        gc_assert(page_boxed_p(next_page));
 
         /* Adjust the bytes_used. */
         old_bytes_used = page_table[next_page].bytes_used;
@@ -1352,10 +1447,10 @@ copy_large_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
         next_page++;
         while ((old_bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES) &&
                (page_table[next_page].gen == from_space) &&
-               (page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG) &&
+               page_boxed_p(next_page) &&
                page_table[next_page].large_object &&
-               (page_table[next_page].first_object_offset ==
-                -(next_page - first_page)*PAGE_BYTES)) {
+               (page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                npage_bytes(next_page - first_page))) {
             /* Checks out OK, free the page. Don't need to bother zeroing
              * pages as this should have been done before shrinking the
              * object. These pages shouldn't be write-protected as they
@@ -1369,8 +1464,8 @@ copy_large_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
             next_page++;
         }
 
-        generations[from_space].bytes_allocated -= N_WORD_BYTES*nwords +
-          bytes_freed;
+        generations[from_space].bytes_allocated -= N_WORD_BYTES*nwords
+            + bytes_freed;
         generations[new_space].bytes_allocated += N_WORD_BYTES*nwords;
         bytes_allocated -= bytes_freed;
 
@@ -1437,8 +1532,10 @@ copy_large_unboxed_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
     gc_assert(from_space_p(object));
     gc_assert((nwords & 0x01) == 0);
 
-    if ((nwords > 1024*1024) && gencgc_verbose)
-        FSHOW((stderr, "/copy_large_unboxed_object: %d bytes\n", nwords*N_WORD_BYTES));
+    if ((nwords > 1024*1024) && gencgc_verbose) {
+        FSHOW((stderr, "/copy_large_unboxed_object: %d bytes\n",
+               nwords*N_WORD_BYTES));
+    }
 
     /* Check whether it's a large object. */
     first_page = find_page_index((void *)object);
@@ -1448,22 +1545,21 @@ copy_large_unboxed_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
         /* Promote the object. Note: Unboxed objects may have been
          * allocated to a BOXED region so it may be necessary to
          * change the region to UNBOXED. */
-        long remaining_bytes;
+        unsigned long remaining_bytes;
         page_index_t next_page;
-        long bytes_freed;
-        long old_bytes_used;
+        unsigned long bytes_freed;
+        unsigned long old_bytes_used;
 
-        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].first_object_offset == 0);
+        gc_assert(page_table[first_page].region_start_offset == 0);
 
         next_page = first_page;
         remaining_bytes = nwords*N_WORD_BYTES;
         while (remaining_bytes > PAGE_BYTES) {
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].gen == from_space);
-            gc_assert((page_table[next_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-                      || (page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG));
+            gc_assert(page_allocated_no_region_p(next_page));
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].large_object);
-            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].first_object_offset==
-                      -PAGE_BYTES*(next_page-first_page));
+            gc_assert(page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                      npage_bytes(next_page-first_page));
             gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES);
 
             page_table[next_page].gen = new_space;
@@ -1491,11 +1587,10 @@ copy_large_unboxed_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
         next_page++;
         while ((old_bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES) &&
                (page_table[next_page].gen == from_space) &&
-               ((page_table[next_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-                || (page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)) &&
+               page_allocated_no_region_p(next_page) &&
                page_table[next_page].large_object &&
-               (page_table[next_page].first_object_offset ==
-                -(next_page - first_page)*PAGE_BYTES)) {
+               (page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                npage_bytes(next_page - first_page))) {
             /* Checks out OK, free the page. Don't need to both zeroing
              * pages as this should have been done before shrinking the
              * object. These pages shouldn't be write-protected, even if
@@ -1509,12 +1604,14 @@ copy_large_unboxed_object(lispobj object, long nwords)
             next_page++;
         }
 
-        if ((bytes_freed > 0) && gencgc_verbose)
+        if ((bytes_freed > 0) && gencgc_verbose) {
             FSHOW((stderr,
                    "/copy_large_unboxed bytes_freed=%d\n",
                    bytes_freed));
+        }
 
-        generations[from_space].bytes_allocated -= nwords*N_WORD_BYTES + bytes_freed;
+        generations[from_space].bytes_allocated -=
+            nwords*N_WORD_BYTES + bytes_freed;
         generations[new_space].bytes_allocated += nwords*N_WORD_BYTES;
         bytes_allocated -= bytes_freed;
 
@@ -1569,6 +1666,8 @@ sniff_code_object(struct code *code, unsigned long displacement)
     if (!check_code_fixups)
         return;
 
+    FSHOW((stderr, "/sniffing code: %p, %lu\n", code, displacement));
+
     ncode_words = fixnum_value(code->code_size);
     nheader_words = HeaderValue(*(lispobj *)code);
     nwords = ncode_words + nheader_words;
@@ -1597,7 +1696,8 @@ sniff_code_object(struct code *code, unsigned long displacement)
             && (data < (code_end_addr-displacement))) {
             /* function header */
             if ((d4 == 0x5e)
-                && (((unsigned)p - 4 - 4*HeaderValue(*((unsigned *)p-1))) == (unsigned)code)) {
+                && (((unsigned)p - 4 - 4*HeaderValue(*((unsigned *)p-1))) ==
+                    (unsigned)code)) {
                 /* Skip the function header */
                 p += 6*4 - 4 - 1;
                 continue;
@@ -1737,7 +1837,8 @@ gencgc_apply_code_fixups(struct code *old_code, struct code *new_code)
     void *constants_start_addr, *constants_end_addr;
     void *code_start_addr, *code_end_addr;
     lispobj fixups = NIL;
-    unsigned long displacement = (unsigned long)new_code - (unsigned long)old_code;
+    unsigned long displacement =
+        (unsigned long)new_code - (unsigned long)old_code;
     struct vector *fixups_vector;
 
     ncode_words = fixnum_value(new_code->code_size);
@@ -1785,7 +1886,8 @@ gencgc_apply_code_fixups(struct code *old_code, struct code *new_code)
         (fixups_vector->header == 0x01)) {
         /* If so, then follow it. */
         /*SHOW("following pointer to a forwarding pointer");*/
-        fixups_vector = (struct vector *)native_pointer((lispobj)fixups_vector->length);
+        fixups_vector =
+            (struct vector *)native_pointer((lispobj)fixups_vector->length);
     }
 
     /*SHOW("got fixups");*/
@@ -1804,7 +1906,8 @@ gencgc_apply_code_fixups(struct code *old_code, struct code *new_code)
             /* If it's within the old_code object then it must be an
              * absolute fixup (relative ones are not saved) */
             if ((old_value >= (unsigned long)old_code)
-                && (old_value < ((unsigned long)old_code + nwords*N_WORD_BYTES)))
+                && (old_value < ((unsigned long)old_code
+                                 + nwords*N_WORD_BYTES)))
                 /* So add the dispacement. */
                 *(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)code_start_addr + offset) =
                     old_value + displacement;
@@ -1816,7 +1919,10 @@ gencgc_apply_code_fixups(struct code *old_code, struct code *new_code)
                     old_value - displacement;
         }
     } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "widetag of fixup vector is %d\n", widetag_of(fixups_vector->header));
+        /* This used to just print a note to stderr, but a bogus fixup seems to
+         * indicate real heap corruption, so a hard hailure is in order. */
+        lose("fixup vector %p has a bad widetag: %d\n",
+             fixups_vector, widetag_of(fixups_vector->header));
     }
 
     /* Check for possible errors. */
@@ -2050,29 +2156,21 @@ size_lutex(lispobj *where)
 static long
 scav_weak_pointer(lispobj *where, lispobj object)
 {
-    struct weak_pointer *wp = weak_pointers;
-    /* Push the weak pointer onto the list of weak pointers.
-     * Do I have to watch for duplicates? Originally this was
-     * part of trans_weak_pointer but that didn't work in the
-     * case where the WP was in a promoted region.
+    /* Since we overwrite the 'next' field, we have to make
+     * sure not to do so for pointers already in the list.
+     * Instead of searching the list of weak_pointers each
+     * time, we ensure that next is always NULL when the weak
+     * pointer isn't in the list, and not NULL otherwise.
+     * Since we can't use NULL to denote end of list, we
+     * use a pointer back to the same weak_pointer.
      */
+    struct weak_pointer * wp = (struct weak_pointer*)where;
 
-    /* Check whether it's already in the list. */
-    while (wp != NULL) {
-        if (wp == (struct weak_pointer*)where) {
-            break;
-        }
-        wp = wp->next;
-    }
-    if (wp == NULL) {
-        /* Add it to the start of the list. */
-        wp = (struct weak_pointer*)where;
-        if (wp->next != weak_pointers) {
-            wp->next = weak_pointers;
-        } else {
-            /*SHOW("avoided write to weak pointer");*/
-        }
+    if (NULL == wp->next) {
+        wp->next = weak_pointers;
         weak_pointers = wp;
+        if (NULL == wp->next)
+            wp->next = wp;
     }
 
     /* Do not let GC scavenge the value slot of the weak pointer.
@@ -2115,11 +2213,9 @@ search_dynamic_space(void *pointer)
     lispobj *start;
 
     /* The address may be invalid, so do some checks. */
-    if ((page_index == -1) ||
-        (page_table[page_index].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG))
+    if ((page_index == -1) || page_free_p(page_index))
         return NULL;
-    start = (lispobj *)((void *)page_address(page_index)
-                        + page_table[page_index].first_object_offset);
+    start = (lispobj *)page_region_start(page_index);
     return (gc_search_space(start,
                             (((lispobj *)pointer)+2)-start,
                             (lispobj *)pointer));
@@ -2136,13 +2232,6 @@ search_dynamic_space(void *pointer)
 static int
 looks_like_valid_lisp_pointer_p(lispobj *pointer, lispobj *start_addr)
 {
-    /* We need to allow raw pointers into Code objects for return
-     * addresses. This will also pick up pointers to functions in code
-     * objects. */
-    if (widetag_of(*start_addr) == CODE_HEADER_WIDETAG)
-        /* XXX could do some further checks here */
-        return 1;
-
     if (!is_lisp_pointer((lispobj)pointer)) {
         return 0;
     }
@@ -2161,85 +2250,83 @@ looks_like_valid_lisp_pointer_p(lispobj *pointer, lispobj *start_addr)
         case FUNCALLABLE_INSTANCE_HEADER_WIDETAG:
             if ((unsigned long)pointer !=
                 ((unsigned long)start_addr+FUN_POINTER_LOWTAG)) {
-                if (gencgc_verbose)
+                if (gencgc_verbose) {
                     FSHOW((stderr,
                            "/Wf2: %x %x %x\n",
                            pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+                }
                 return 0;
             }
             break;
         default:
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wf3: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         break;
     case LIST_POINTER_LOWTAG:
         if ((unsigned long)pointer !=
             ((unsigned long)start_addr+LIST_POINTER_LOWTAG)) {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wl1: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         /* Is it plausible cons? */
-        if ((is_lisp_pointer(start_addr[0])
-            || (fixnump(start_addr[0]))
-            || (widetag_of(start_addr[0]) == CHARACTER_WIDETAG)
-#if N_WORD_BITS == 64
-            || (widetag_of(start_addr[0]) == SINGLE_FLOAT_WIDETAG)
-#endif
-            || (widetag_of(start_addr[0]) == UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG))
-           && (is_lisp_pointer(start_addr[1])
-               || (fixnump(start_addr[1]))
-               || (widetag_of(start_addr[1]) == CHARACTER_WIDETAG)
-#if N_WORD_BITS == 64
-               || (widetag_of(start_addr[1]) == SINGLE_FLOAT_WIDETAG)
-#endif
-               || (widetag_of(start_addr[1]) == UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG)))
+        if ((is_lisp_pointer(start_addr[0]) ||
+             is_lisp_immediate(start_addr[0])) &&
+            (is_lisp_pointer(start_addr[1]) ||
+             is_lisp_immediate(start_addr[1])))
             break;
         else {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wl2: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
     case INSTANCE_POINTER_LOWTAG:
         if ((unsigned long)pointer !=
             ((unsigned long)start_addr+INSTANCE_POINTER_LOWTAG)) {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wi1: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         if (widetag_of(start_addr[0]) != INSTANCE_HEADER_WIDETAG) {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wi2: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         break;
     case OTHER_POINTER_LOWTAG:
         if ((unsigned long)pointer !=
             ((unsigned long)start_addr+OTHER_POINTER_LOWTAG)) {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wo1: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         /* Is it plausible?  Not a cons. XXX should check the headers. */
         if (is_lisp_pointer(start_addr[0]) || ((start_addr[0] & 3) == 0)) {
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wo2: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         switch (widetag_of(start_addr[0])) {
@@ -2249,26 +2336,29 @@ looks_like_valid_lisp_pointer_p(lispobj *pointer, lispobj *start_addr)
 #if N_WORD_BITS == 64
         case SINGLE_FLOAT_WIDETAG:
 #endif
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "*Wo3: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
 
             /* only pointed to by function pointers? */
         case CLOSURE_HEADER_WIDETAG:
         case FUNCALLABLE_INSTANCE_HEADER_WIDETAG:
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "*Wo4: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
 
         case INSTANCE_HEADER_WIDETAG:
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "*Wo5: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
 
             /* the valid other immediate pointer objects */
@@ -2371,18 +2461,20 @@ looks_like_valid_lisp_pointer_p(lispobj *pointer, lispobj *start_addr)
             break;
 
         default:
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 FSHOW((stderr,
                        "/Wo6: %x %x %x\n",
                        pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+            }
             return 0;
         }
         break;
     default:
-        if (gencgc_verbose)
+        if (gencgc_verbose) {
             FSHOW((stderr,
                    "*W?: %x %x %x\n",
                    pointer, start_addr, *start_addr));
+        }
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -2445,9 +2537,9 @@ maybe_adjust_large_object(lispobj *where)
     page_index_t next_page;
     long nwords;
 
-    long remaining_bytes;
-    long bytes_freed;
-    long old_bytes_used;
+    unsigned long remaining_bytes;
+    unsigned long bytes_freed;
+    unsigned long old_bytes_used;
 
     int boxed;
 
@@ -2533,17 +2625,16 @@ maybe_adjust_large_object(lispobj *where)
      * but lets do it for them all (they'll probably be written
      * anyway?). */
 
-    gc_assert(page_table[first_page].first_object_offset == 0);
+    gc_assert(page_table[first_page].region_start_offset == 0);
 
     next_page = first_page;
     remaining_bytes = nwords*N_WORD_BYTES;
     while (remaining_bytes > PAGE_BYTES) {
         gc_assert(page_table[next_page].gen == from_space);
-        gc_assert((page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-                  || (page_table[next_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG));
+        gc_assert(page_allocated_no_region_p(next_page));
         gc_assert(page_table[next_page].large_object);
-        gc_assert(page_table[next_page].first_object_offset ==
-                  -PAGE_BYTES*(next_page-first_page));
+        gc_assert(page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+                  npage_bytes(next_page-first_page));
         gc_assert(page_table[next_page].bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES);
 
         page_table[next_page].allocated = boxed;
@@ -2575,11 +2666,10 @@ maybe_adjust_large_object(lispobj *where)
     next_page++;
     while ((old_bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES) &&
            (page_table[next_page].gen == from_space) &&
-           ((page_table[next_page].allocated == UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-            || (page_table[next_page].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)) &&
+           page_allocated_no_region_p(next_page) &&
            page_table[next_page].large_object &&
-           (page_table[next_page].first_object_offset ==
-            -(next_page - first_page)*PAGE_BYTES)) {
+           (page_table[next_page].region_start_offset ==
+            npage_bytes(next_page - first_page))) {
         /* It checks out OK, free the page. We don't need to both zeroing
          * pages as this should have been done before shrinking the
          * object. These pages shouldn't be write protected as they
@@ -2628,7 +2718,7 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
 
     /* quick check 1: Address is quite likely to have been invalid. */
     if ((addr_page_index == -1)
-        || (page_table[addr_page_index].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        || page_free_p(addr_page_index)
         || (page_table[addr_page_index].bytes_used == 0)
         || (page_table[addr_page_index].gen != from_space)
         /* Skip if already marked dont_move. */
@@ -2642,7 +2732,8 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
     /* quick check 2: Check the offset within the page.
      *
      */
-    if (((unsigned long)addr & (PAGE_BYTES - 1)) > page_table[addr_page_index].bytes_used)
+    if (((unsigned long)addr & (PAGE_BYTES - 1)) >
+        page_table[addr_page_index].bytes_used)
         return;
 
     /* Filter out anything which can't be a pointer to a Lisp object
@@ -2651,7 +2742,9 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
      * expensive but important, since it vastly reduces the
      * probability that random garbage will be bogusly interpreted as
      * a pointer which prevents a page from moving. */
-    if (!(possibly_valid_dynamic_space_pointer(addr)))
+    if (!(code_page_p(addr_page_index)
+          || (is_lisp_pointer((lispobj)addr) &&
+              possibly_valid_dynamic_space_pointer(addr))))
         return;
 
     /* Find the beginning of the region.  Note that there may be
@@ -2662,12 +2755,10 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
 #if 0
     /* I think this'd work just as well, but without the assertions.
      * -dan 2004.01.01 */
-    first_page=
-        find_page_index(page_address(addr_page_index)+
-                        page_table[addr_page_index].first_object_offset);
+    first_page = find_page_index(page_region_start(addr_page_index))
 #else
     first_page = addr_page_index;
-    while (page_table[first_page].first_object_offset != 0) {
+    while (page_table[first_page].region_start_offset != 0) {
         --first_page;
         /* Do some checks. */
         gc_assert(page_table[first_page].bytes_used == PAGE_BYTES);
@@ -2684,7 +2775,7 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
          * free area in which case it's ignored here. Note it gets
          * through the valid pointer test above because the tail looks
          * like conses. */
-        if ((page_table[addr_page_index].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_free_p(addr_page_index)
             || (page_table[addr_page_index].bytes_used == 0)
             /* Check the offset within the page. */
             || (((unsigned long)addr & (PAGE_BYTES - 1))
@@ -2723,10 +2814,10 @@ preserve_pointer(void *addr)
         /* Check whether this is the last page in this contiguous block.. */
         if ((page_table[i].bytes_used < PAGE_BYTES)
             /* ..or it is PAGE_BYTES and is the last in the block */
-            || (page_table[i+1].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+            || page_free_p(i+1)
             || (page_table[i+1].bytes_used == 0) /* next page free */
             || (page_table[i+1].gen != from_space) /* diff. gen */
-            || (page_table[i+1].first_object_offset == 0))
+            || (page_table[i+1].region_start_offset == 0))
             break;
     }
 
@@ -2760,14 +2851,14 @@ update_page_write_prot(page_index_t page)
     long num_words = page_table[page].bytes_used / N_WORD_BYTES;
 
     /* Shouldn't be a free page. */
-    gc_assert(page_table[page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG);
+    gc_assert(page_allocated_p(page));
     gc_assert(page_table[page].bytes_used != 0);
 
     /* Skip if it's already write-protected, pinned, or unboxed */
     if (page_table[page].write_protected
         /* FIXME: What's the reason for not write-protecting pinned pages? */
         || page_table[page].dont_move
-        || (page_table[page].allocated & UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG))
+        || page_unboxed_p(page))
         return (0);
 
     /* Scan the page for pointers to younger generations or the
@@ -2780,7 +2871,7 @@ update_page_write_prot(page_index_t page)
         /* Check that it's in the dynamic space */
         if (index != -1)
             if (/* Does it point to a younger or the temp. generation? */
-                ((page_table[index].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+                (page_allocated_p(index)
                  && (page_table[index].bytes_used != 0)
                  && ((page_table[index].gen < gen)
                      || (page_table[index].gen == SCRATCH_GENERATION)))
@@ -2854,7 +2945,7 @@ scavenge_generations(generation_index_t from, generation_index_t to)
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
         generation_index_t generation = page_table[i].gen;
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_boxed_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (generation != new_space)
             && (generation >= from)
@@ -2863,7 +2954,7 @@ scavenge_generations(generation_index_t from, generation_index_t to)
             int write_protected=1;
 
             /* This should be the start of a region */
-            gc_assert(page_table[i].first_object_offset == 0);
+            gc_assert(page_table[i].region_start_offset == 0);
 
             /* Now work forward until the end of the region */
             for (last_page = i; ; last_page++) {
@@ -2871,16 +2962,17 @@ scavenge_generations(generation_index_t from, generation_index_t to)
                     write_protected && page_table[last_page].write_protected;
                 if ((page_table[last_page].bytes_used < PAGE_BYTES)
                     /* Or it is PAGE_BYTES and is the last in the block */
-                    || (!(page_table[last_page+1].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG))
+                    || (!page_boxed_p(last_page+1))
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].bytes_used == 0)
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].gen != generation)
-                    || (page_table[last_page+1].first_object_offset == 0))
+                    || (page_table[last_page+1].region_start_offset == 0))
                     break;
             }
             if (!write_protected) {
                 scavenge(page_address(i),
-                         (page_table[last_page].bytes_used +
-                          (last_page-i)*PAGE_BYTES)/N_WORD_BYTES);
+                         ((unsigned long)(page_table[last_page].bytes_used
+                                          + npage_bytes(last_page-i)))
+                         /N_WORD_BYTES);
 
                 /* Now scan the pages and write protect those that
                  * don't have pointers to younger generations. */
@@ -2903,15 +2995,15 @@ scavenge_generations(generation_index_t from, generation_index_t to)
     /* Check that none of the write_protected pages in this generation
      * have been written to. */
     for (i = 0; i < page_table_pages; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocation != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation)
             && (page_table[i].write_protected_cleared != 0)) {
             FSHOW((stderr, "/scavenge_generation() %d\n", generation));
             FSHOW((stderr,
-                   "/page bytes_used=%d first_object_offset=%d dont_move=%d\n",
+                   "/page bytes_used=%d region_start_offset=%lu dont_move=%d\n",
                     page_table[i].bytes_used,
-                    page_table[i].first_object_offset,
+                    page_table[i].region_start_offset,
                     page_table[i].dont_move));
             lose("write to protected page %d in scavenge_generation()\n", i);
         }
@@ -2957,7 +3049,7 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation_one_scan(generation_index_t generation)
            generation));
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
         /* Note that this skips over open regions when it encounters them. */
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_boxed_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation)
             && ((page_table[i].write_protected == 0)
@@ -2967,7 +3059,8 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation_one_scan(generation_index_t generation)
             page_index_t last_page;
             int all_wp=1;
 
-            /* The scavenge will start at the first_object_offset of page i.
+            /* The scavenge will start at the region_start_offset of
+             * page i.
              *
              * We need to find the full extent of this contiguous
              * block in case objects span pages.
@@ -2985,25 +3078,23 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation_one_scan(generation_index_t generation)
                  * contiguous block */
                 if ((page_table[last_page].bytes_used < PAGE_BYTES)
                     /* Or it is PAGE_BYTES and is the last in the block */
-                    || (!(page_table[last_page+1].allocated & BOXED_PAGE_FLAG))
+                    || (!page_boxed_p(last_page+1))
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].bytes_used == 0)
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].gen != generation)
-                    || (page_table[last_page+1].first_object_offset == 0))
+                    || (page_table[last_page+1].region_start_offset == 0))
                     break;
             }
 
             /* Do a limited check for write-protected pages.  */
             if (!all_wp) {
-                long size;
-
-                size = (page_table[last_page].bytes_used
-                        + (last_page-i)*PAGE_BYTES
-                        - page_table[i].first_object_offset)/N_WORD_BYTES;
+                long nwords = (((unsigned long)
+                               (page_table[last_page].bytes_used
+                                + npage_bytes(last_page-i)
+                                + page_table[i].region_start_offset))
+                               / N_WORD_BYTES);
                 new_areas_ignore_page = last_page;
 
-                scavenge(page_address(i) +
-                         page_table[i].first_object_offset,
-                         size);
+                scavenge(page_region_start(i), nwords);
 
             }
             i = last_page;
@@ -3087,8 +3178,9 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation(generation_index_t generation)
             /* New areas of objects allocated have been lost so need to do a
              * full scan to be sure! If this becomes a problem try
              * increasing NUM_NEW_AREAS. */
-            if (gencgc_verbose)
+            if (gencgc_verbose) {
                 SHOW("new_areas overflow, doing full scavenge");
+            }
 
             /* Don't need to record new areas that get scavenged
              * anyway during scavenge_newspace_generation_one_scan. */
@@ -3108,9 +3200,9 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation(generation_index_t generation)
 
             /* Work through previous_new_areas. */
             for (i = 0; i < previous_new_areas_index; i++) {
-                long page = (*previous_new_areas)[i].page;
-                long offset = (*previous_new_areas)[i].offset;
-                long size = (*previous_new_areas)[i].size / N_WORD_BYTES;
+                page_index_t page = (*previous_new_areas)[i].page;
+                size_t offset = (*previous_new_areas)[i].offset;
+                size_t size = (*previous_new_areas)[i].size / N_WORD_BYTES;
                 gc_assert((*previous_new_areas)[i].size % N_WORD_BYTES == 0);
                 scavenge(page_address(page)+offset, size);
             }
@@ -3135,7 +3227,7 @@ scavenge_newspace_generation(generation_index_t generation)
     /* Check that none of the write_protected pages in this generation
      * have been written to. */
     for (i = 0; i < page_table_pages; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocation != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation)
             && (page_table[i].write_protected_cleared != 0)
@@ -3158,7 +3250,7 @@ unprotect_oldspace(void)
     page_index_t i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (page_table[i].gen == from_space)) {
             void *page_start;
@@ -3179,10 +3271,10 @@ unprotect_oldspace(void)
  * assumes that all objects have been copied or promoted to an older
  * generation. Bytes_allocated and the generation bytes_allocated
  * counter are updated. The number of bytes freed is returned. */
-static long
+static unsigned long
 free_oldspace(void)
 {
-    long bytes_freed = 0;
+    unsigned long bytes_freed = 0;
     page_index_t first_page, last_page;
 
     first_page = 0;
@@ -3190,7 +3282,7 @@ free_oldspace(void)
     do {
         /* Find a first page for the next region of pages. */
         while ((first_page < last_free_page)
-               && ((page_table[first_page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+               && (page_free_p(first_page)
                    || (page_table[first_page].bytes_used == 0)
                    || (page_table[first_page].gen != from_space)))
             first_page++;
@@ -3222,13 +3314,13 @@ free_oldspace(void)
             last_page++;
         }
         while ((last_page < last_free_page)
-               && (page_table[last_page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+               && page_allocated_p(last_page)
                && (page_table[last_page].bytes_used != 0)
                && (page_table[last_page].gen == from_space));
 
 #ifdef READ_PROTECT_FREE_PAGES
         os_protect(page_address(first_page),
-                   PAGE_BYTES*(last_page-first_page),
+                   npage_bytes(last_page-first_page),
                    OS_VM_PROT_NONE);
 #endif
         first_page = last_page;
@@ -3247,13 +3339,13 @@ print_ptr(lispobj *addr)
     page_index_t pi1 = find_page_index((void*)addr);
 
     if (pi1 != -1)
-        fprintf(stderr,"  %x: page %d  alloc %d  gen %d  bytes_used %d  offset %d  dont_move %d\n",
+        fprintf(stderr,"  %x: page %d  alloc %d  gen %d  bytes_used %d  offset %lu  dont_move %d\n",
                 (unsigned long) addr,
                 pi1,
                 page_table[pi1].allocated,
                 page_table[pi1].gen,
                 page_table[pi1].bytes_used,
-                page_table[pi1].first_object_offset,
+                page_table[pi1].region_start_offset,
                 page_table[pi1].dont_move);
     fprintf(stderr,"  %x %x %x %x (%x) %x %x %x %x\n",
             *(addr-4),
@@ -3293,7 +3385,7 @@ verify_space(lispobj *start, size_t words)
             if (page_index != -1) {
                 /* If it's within the dynamic space it should point to a used
                  * page. XX Could check the offset too. */
-                if ((page_table[page_index].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+                if (page_allocated_p(page_index)
                     && (page_table[page_index].bytes_used == 0))
                     lose ("Ptr %x @ %x sees free page.\n", thing, start);
                 /* Check that it doesn't point to a forwarding pointer! */
@@ -3366,8 +3458,10 @@ verify_space(lispobj *start, size_t words)
                             count = 1;
                             break;
                         }
-                        nuntagged = ((struct layout *)native_pointer(layout))->n_untagged_slots;
-                        verify_space(start + 1, ntotal - fixnum_value(nuntagged));
+                        nuntagged = ((struct layout *)
+                                     native_pointer(layout))->n_untagged_slots;
+                        verify_space(start + 1,
+                                     ntotal - fixnum_value(nuntagged));
                         count = ntotal + 1;
                         break;
                     }
@@ -3415,7 +3509,8 @@ verify_space(lispobj *start, size_t words)
                         while (fheaderl != NIL) {
                             fheaderp =
                                 (struct simple_fun *) native_pointer(fheaderl);
-                            gc_assert(widetag_of(fheaderp->header) == SIMPLE_FUN_HEADER_WIDETAG);
+                            gc_assert(widetag_of(fheaderp->header) ==
+                                      SIMPLE_FUN_HEADER_WIDETAG);
                             verify_space(&fheaderp->name, 1);
                             verify_space(&fheaderp->arglist, 1);
                             verify_space(&fheaderp->type, 1);
@@ -3506,15 +3601,15 @@ verify_space(lispobj *start, size_t words)
 #ifdef LUTEX_WIDETAG
                 case LUTEX_WIDETAG:
 #endif
+#ifdef NO_TLS_VALUE_MARKER_WIDETAG
+                case NO_TLS_VALUE_MARKER_WIDETAG:
+#endif
                     count = (sizetab[widetag_of(*start)])(start);
                     break;
 
                 default:
-                    FSHOW((stderr,
-                           "/Unhandled widetag 0x%x at 0x%x\n",
-                           widetag_of(*start), start));
-                    fflush(stderr);
-                    gc_abort();
+                    lose("Unhandled widetag 0x%x at 0x%x\n",
+                         widetag_of(*start), start);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3555,14 +3650,14 @@ verify_generation(generation_index_t generation)
     page_index_t i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
+        if (page_allocated_p(i)
             && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0)
             && (page_table[i].gen == generation)) {
             page_index_t last_page;
             int region_allocation = page_table[i].allocated;
 
             /* This should be the start of a contiguous block */
-            gc_assert(page_table[i].first_object_offset == 0);
+            gc_assert(page_table[i].region_start_offset == 0);
 
             /* Need to find the full extent of this contiguous block in case
                objects span pages. */
@@ -3577,11 +3672,14 @@ verify_generation(generation_index_t generation)
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].allocated != region_allocation)
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].bytes_used == 0)
                     || (page_table[last_page+1].gen != generation)
-                    || (page_table[last_page+1].first_object_offset == 0))
+                    || (page_table[last_page+1].region_start_offset == 0))
                     break;
 
-            verify_space(page_address(i), (page_table[last_page].bytes_used
-                                           + (last_page-i)*PAGE_BYTES)/N_WORD_BYTES);
+            verify_space(page_address(i),
+                         ((unsigned long)
+                          (page_table[last_page].bytes_used
+                           + npage_bytes(last_page-i)))
+                         / N_WORD_BYTES);
             i = last_page;
         }
     }
@@ -3594,7 +3692,7 @@ verify_zero_fill(void)
     page_index_t page;
 
     for (page = 0; page < last_free_page; page++) {
-        if (page_table[page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG) {
+        if (page_free_p(page)) {
             /* The whole page should be zero filled. */
             long *start_addr = (long *)page_address(page);
             long size = 1024;
@@ -3652,10 +3750,7 @@ write_protect_generation_pages(generation_index_t generation)
     gc_assert(generation < SCRATCH_GENERATION);
 
     for (start = 0; start < last_free_page; start++) {
-        if ((page_table[start].allocated == BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-            && (page_table[start].bytes_used != 0)
-            && !page_table[start].dont_move
-            && (page_table[start].gen == generation))  {
+        if (protect_page_p(start, generation)) {
             void *page_start;
             page_index_t last;
 
@@ -3663,10 +3758,7 @@ write_protect_generation_pages(generation_index_t generation)
             page_table[start].write_protected = 1;
 
             for (last = start + 1; last < last_free_page; last++) {
-                if ((page_table[last].allocated != BOXED_PAGE_FLAG)
-                    || (page_table[last].bytes_used == 0)
-                    || page_table[last].dont_move
-                    || (page_table[last].gen != generation))
+                if (!protect_page_p(last, generation))
                   break;
                 page_table[last].write_protected = 1;
             }
@@ -3674,7 +3766,7 @@ write_protect_generation_pages(generation_index_t generation)
             page_start = (void *)page_address(start);
 
             os_protect(page_start,
-                       PAGE_BYTES * (last - start),
+                       npage_bytes(last - start),
                        OS_VM_PROT_READ | OS_VM_PROT_EXECUTE);
 
             start = last;
@@ -3761,9 +3853,11 @@ scavenge_interrupt_context(os_context_t * context)
 
     /* Compute the PC's offset from the start of the CODE */
     /* register. */
-    pc_code_offset = *os_context_pc_addr(context) - *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE);
+    pc_code_offset = *os_context_pc_addr(context)
+        - *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE);
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_NPC_REGISTER
-    npc_code_offset = *os_context_npc_addr(context) - *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE);
+    npc_code_offset = *os_context_npc_addr(context)
+        - *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE);
 #endif /* ARCH_HAS_NPC_REGISTER */
 
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_LINK_REGISTER
@@ -3789,22 +3883,25 @@ scavenge_interrupt_context(os_context_t * context)
     /* Fix the LIP */
 
     /*
-     * But what happens if lip_register_pair is -1?  *os_context_register_addr on Solaris
-     * (see solaris_register_address in solaris-os.c) will return
-     * &context->uc_mcontext.gregs[2].  But gregs[2] is REG_nPC.  Is
-     * that what we really want?  My guess is that that is not what we
+     * But what happens if lip_register_pair is -1?
+     * *os_context_register_addr on Solaris (see
+     * solaris_register_address in solaris-os.c) will return
+     * &context->uc_mcontext.gregs[2]. But gregs[2] is REG_nPC. Is
+     * that what we really want? My guess is that that is not what we
      * want, so if lip_register_pair is -1, we don't touch reg_LIP at
-     * all.  But maybe it doesn't really matter if LIP is trashed?
+     * all. But maybe it doesn't really matter if LIP is trashed?
      */
     if (lip_register_pair >= 0) {
         *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_LIP) =
-            *os_context_register_addr(context, lip_register_pair) + lip_offset;
+            *os_context_register_addr(context, lip_register_pair)
+            + lip_offset;
     }
 #endif /* reg_LIP */
 
     /* Fix the PC if it was in from space */
     if (from_space_p(*os_context_pc_addr(context)))
-        *os_context_pc_addr(context) = *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE) + pc_code_offset;
+        *os_context_pc_addr(context) =
+            *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE) + pc_code_offset;
 
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_LINK_REGISTER
     /* Fix the LR ditto; important if we're being called from
@@ -3817,7 +3914,8 @@ scavenge_interrupt_context(os_context_t * context)
 
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_NPC_REGISTER
     if (from_space_p(*os_context_npc_addr(context)))
-        *os_context_npc_addr(context) = *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE) + npc_code_offset;
+        *os_context_npc_addr(context) =
+            *os_context_register_addr(context, reg_CODE) + npc_code_offset;
 #endif /* ARCH_HAS_NPC_REGISTER */
 }
 
@@ -4004,7 +4102,7 @@ garbage_collect_generation(generation_index_t generation, int raise)
         fprintf(stderr,
                 "/non-movable pages due to conservative pointers = %d (%d bytes)\n",
                 num_dont_move_pages,
-                num_dont_move_pages * PAGE_BYTES);
+                npage_bytes(num_dont_move_pages));
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -4141,8 +4239,9 @@ garbage_collect_generation(generation_index_t generation, int raise)
     generations[generation].alloc_large_unboxed_start_page = 0;
 
     if (generation >= verify_gens) {
-        if (gencgc_verbose)
+        if (gencgc_verbose) {
             SHOW("verifying");
+        }
         verify_gc();
         verify_dynamic_space();
     }
@@ -4171,13 +4270,12 @@ update_dynamic_space_free_pointer(void)
     page_index_t last_page = -1, i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++)
-        if ((page_table[i].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG)
-            && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0))
+        if (page_allocated_p(i) && (page_table[i].bytes_used != 0))
             last_page = i;
 
     last_free_page = last_page+1;
 
-    set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)(((char *)heap_base) + last_free_page*PAGE_BYTES));
+    set_alloc_pointer((lispobj)(page_address(last_free_page)));
     return 0; /* dummy value: return something ... */
 }
 
@@ -4187,15 +4285,15 @@ remap_free_pages (page_index_t from, page_index_t to)
     page_index_t first_page, last_page;
 
     for (first_page = from; first_page <= to; first_page++) {
-        if (page_table[first_page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG ||
-            page_table[first_page].need_to_zero == 0) {
+        if (page_allocated_p(first_page) ||
+            (page_table[first_page].need_to_zero == 0)) {
             continue;
         }
 
         last_page = first_page + 1;
-        while (page_table[last_page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG &&
-               last_page < to &&
-               page_table[last_page].need_to_zero == 1) {
+        while (page_free_p(last_page) &&
+               (last_page < to) &&
+               (page_table[last_page].need_to_zero == 1)) {
             last_page++;
         }
 
@@ -4371,12 +4469,13 @@ gc_free_heap(void)
 {
     page_index_t page;
 
-    if (gencgc_verbose > 1)
+    if (gencgc_verbose > 1) {
         SHOW("entering gc_free_heap");
+    }
 
     for (page = 0; page < page_table_pages; page++) {
         /* Skip free pages which should already be zero filled. */
-        if (page_table[page].allocated != FREE_PAGE_FLAG) {
+        if (page_allocated_p(page)) {
             void *page_start, *addr;
 
             /* Mark the page free. The other slots are assumed invalid
@@ -4387,7 +4486,8 @@ gc_free_heap(void)
             page_table[page].allocated = FREE_PAGE_FLAG;
             page_table[page].bytes_used = 0;
 
-#ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32 /* Pages already zeroed on win32? Not sure about this change. */
+#ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32 /* Pages already zeroed on win32? Not sure
+                            * about this change. */
             /* Zero the page. */
             page_start = (void *)page_address(page);
 
@@ -4409,7 +4509,7 @@ gc_free_heap(void)
             /* Double-check that the page is zero filled. */
             long *page_start;
             page_index_t i;
-            gc_assert(page_table[page].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG);
+            gc_assert(page_free_p(page));
             gc_assert(page_table[page].bytes_used == 0);
             page_start = (long *)page_address(page);
             for (i=0; i<1024; i++) {
@@ -4449,8 +4549,7 @@ gc_free_heap(void)
 
     if (verify_after_free_heap) {
         /* Check whether purify has left any bad pointers. */
-        if (gencgc_verbose)
-            SHOW("checking after free_heap\n");
+        FSHOW((stderr, "checking after free_heap\n"));
         verify_gc();
     }
 }
@@ -4463,7 +4562,7 @@ gc_init(void)
     /* Compute the number of pages needed for the dynamic space.
      * Dynamic space size should be aligned on page size. */
     page_table_pages = dynamic_space_size/PAGE_BYTES;
-    gc_assert(dynamic_space_size == (size_t) page_table_pages*PAGE_BYTES);
+    gc_assert(dynamic_space_size == npage_bytes(page_table_pages));
 
     page_table = calloc(page_table_pages, sizeof(struct page));
     gc_assert(page_table);
@@ -4528,10 +4627,9 @@ static void
 gencgc_pickup_dynamic(void)
 {
     page_index_t page = 0;
-    long alloc_ptr = get_alloc_pointer();
+    void *alloc_ptr = (void *)get_alloc_pointer();
     lispobj *prev=(lispobj *)page_address(page);
     generation_index_t gen = PSEUDO_STATIC_GENERATION;
-
     do {
         lispobj *first,*ptr= (lispobj *)page_address(page);
         page_table[page].allocated = BOXED_PAGE_FLAG;
@@ -4546,11 +4644,11 @@ gencgc_pickup_dynamic(void)
         if (!gencgc_partial_pickup) {
             first=gc_search_space(prev,(ptr+2)-prev,ptr);
             if(ptr == first)  prev=ptr;
-            page_table[page].first_object_offset =
-                (void *)prev - page_address(page);
+            page_table[page].region_start_offset =
+                page_address(page) - (void *)prev;
         }
         page++;
-    } while ((long)page_address(page) < alloc_ptr);
+    } while (page_address(page) < alloc_ptr);
 
 #ifdef LUTEX_WIDETAG
     /* Lutexes have been registered in generation 0 by coreparse, and
@@ -4561,8 +4659,8 @@ gencgc_pickup_dynamic(void)
 
     last_free_page = page;
 
-    generations[gen].bytes_allocated = PAGE_BYTES*page;
-    bytes_allocated = PAGE_BYTES*page;
+    generations[gen].bytes_allocated = npage_bytes(page);
+    bytes_allocated = npage_bytes(page);
 
     gc_alloc_update_all_page_tables();
     write_protect_generation_pages(gen);
@@ -4573,8 +4671,6 @@ gc_initialize_pointers(void)
 {
     gencgc_pickup_dynamic();
 }
-
-
 \f
 
 /* alloc(..) is the external interface for memory allocation. It
@@ -4589,16 +4685,10 @@ gc_initialize_pointers(void)
  * The check for a GC trigger is only performed when the current
  * region is full, so in most cases it's not needed. */
 
-char *
-alloc(long nbytes)
+static inline lispobj *
+general_alloc_internal(long nbytes, int page_type_flag, struct alloc_region *region,
+                       struct thread *thread)
 {
-    struct thread *thread=arch_os_get_current_thread();
-    struct alloc_region *region=
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-        thread ? &(thread->alloc_region) : &boxed_region;
-#else
-        &boxed_region;
-#endif
 #ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
     lispobj alloc_signal;
 #endif
@@ -4611,25 +4701,8 @@ alloc(long nbytes)
     gc_assert((((unsigned long)region->free_pointer & LOWTAG_MASK) == 0)
               && ((nbytes & LOWTAG_MASK) == 0));
 
-#if 0
-    if(all_threads)
-        /* there are a few places in the C code that allocate data in the
-         * heap before Lisp starts.  This is before interrupts are enabled,
-         * so we don't need to check for pseudo-atomic */
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-        if(!get_psuedo_atomic_atomic(th)) {
-            register u32 fs;
-            fprintf(stderr, "fatal error in thread 0x%x, tid=%ld\n",
-                    th,th->os_thread);
-            __asm__("movl %fs,%0" : "=r" (fs)  : );
-            fprintf(stderr, "fs is %x, th->tls_cookie=%x \n",
-                    debug_get_fs(),th->tls_cookie);
-            lose("If you see this message before 2004.01.31, mail details to sbcl-devel\n");
-        }
-#else
-    gc_assert(get_pseudo_atomic_atomic(th));
-#endif
-#endif
+    /* Must be inside a PA section. */
+    gc_assert(get_pseudo_atomic_atomic(thread));
 
     /* maybe we can do this quickly ... */
     new_free_pointer = region->free_pointer + nbytes;
@@ -4639,11 +4712,10 @@ alloc(long nbytes)
         return(new_obj);        /* yup */
     }
 
-    /* we have to go the long way around, it seems.  Check whether
-     * we should GC in the near future
+    /* we have to go the long way around, it seems. Check whether we
+     * should GC in the near future
      */
     if (auto_gc_trigger && bytes_allocated > auto_gc_trigger) {
-        gc_assert(get_pseudo_atomic_atomic(thread));
         /* Don't flood the system with interrupts if the need to gc is
          * already noted. This can happen for example when SUB-GC
          * allocates or after a gc triggered in a WITHOUT-GCING. */
@@ -4651,21 +4723,33 @@ alloc(long nbytes)
             /* set things up so that GC happens when we finish the PA
              * section */
             SetSymbolValue(GC_PENDING,T,thread);
-            if (SymbolValue(GC_INHIBIT,thread) == NIL)
-              set_pseudo_atomic_interrupted(thread);
+            if (SymbolValue(GC_INHIBIT,thread) == NIL) {
+                set_pseudo_atomic_interrupted(thread);
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_PPC
+                /* PPC calls alloc() from a trap, look up the most
+                 * recent one and frob that. */
+                {
+                    int context_index =
+                        fixnum_value(SymbolValue(FREE_INTERRUPT_CONTEXT_INDEX,
+                                                 thread));
+                    os_context_t *context =
+                        thread->interrupt_contexts[context_index - 1];
+                    maybe_save_gc_mask_and_block_deferrables(context);
+                }
+#else
+                maybe_save_gc_mask_and_block_deferrables(NULL);
+#endif
+            }
         }
     }
-    new_obj = gc_alloc_with_region(nbytes,0,region,0);
+    new_obj = gc_alloc_with_region(nbytes, page_type_flag, region, 0);
 
 #ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
     alloc_signal = SymbolValue(ALLOC_SIGNAL,thread);
     if ((alloc_signal & FIXNUM_TAG_MASK) == 0) {
         if ((signed long) alloc_signal <= 0) {
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-            kill_thread_safely(thread->os_thread, SIGPROF);
-#else
-            raise(SIGPROF);
-#endif
+            SetSymbolValue(ALLOC_SIGNAL, T, thread);
+            thread_kill(thread->os_thread, SIGPROF);
         } else {
             SetSymbolValue(ALLOC_SIGNAL,
                            alloc_signal - (1 << N_FIXNUM_TAG_BITS),
@@ -4676,12 +4760,43 @@ alloc(long nbytes)
 
     return (new_obj);
 }
+
+lispobj *
+general_alloc(long nbytes, int page_type_flag)
+{
+    struct thread *thread = arch_os_get_current_thread();
+    /* Select correct region, and call general_alloc_internal with it.
+     * For other then boxed allocation we must lock first, since the
+     * region is shared. */
+    if (BOXED_PAGE_FLAG & page_type_flag) {
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+        struct alloc_region *region = (thread ? &(thread->alloc_region) : &boxed_region);
+#else
+        struct alloc_region *region = &boxed_region;
+#endif
+        return general_alloc_internal(nbytes, page_type_flag, region, thread);
+    } else if (UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG == page_type_flag) {
+        lispobj * obj;
+        gc_assert(0 == thread_mutex_lock(&allocation_lock));
+        obj = general_alloc_internal(nbytes, page_type_flag, &unboxed_region, thread);
+        gc_assert(0 == thread_mutex_unlock(&allocation_lock));
+        return obj;
+    } else {
+        lose("bad page type flag: %d", page_type_flag);
+    }
+}
+
+lispobj *
+alloc(long nbytes)
+{
+    gc_assert(get_pseudo_atomic_atomic(arch_os_get_current_thread()));
+    return general_alloc(nbytes, BOXED_PAGE_FLAG);
+}
 \f
 /*
  * shared support for the OS-dependent signal handlers which
  * catch GENCGC-related write-protect violations
  */
-
 void unhandled_sigmemoryfault(void* addr);
 
 /* Depending on which OS we're running under, different signals might
@@ -4729,7 +4844,8 @@ gencgc_handle_wp_violation(void* fault_addr)
              */
             if(page_table[page_index].write_protected_cleared != 1)
                 lose("fault in heap page %d not marked as write-protected\nboxed_region.first_page: %d, boxed_region.last_page %d\n",
-                     page_index, boxed_region.first_page, boxed_region.last_page);
+                     page_index, boxed_region.first_page,
+                     boxed_region.last_page);
         }
         /* Don't worry, we can handle it. */
         return 1;
@@ -4748,9 +4864,9 @@ void gc_alloc_update_all_page_tables(void)
     /* Flush the alloc regions updating the tables. */
     struct thread *th;
     for_each_thread(th)
-        gc_alloc_update_page_tables(0, &th->alloc_region);
-    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(1, &unboxed_region);
-    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(0, &boxed_region);
+        gc_alloc_update_page_tables(BOXED_PAGE_FLAG, &th->alloc_region);
+    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(UNBOXED_PAGE_FLAG, &unboxed_region);
+    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(BOXED_PAGE_FLAG, &boxed_region);
 }
 
 void
@@ -4769,7 +4885,7 @@ zero_all_free_pages()
     page_index_t i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < last_free_page; i++) {
-        if (page_table[i].allocated == FREE_PAGE_FLAG) {
+        if (page_free_p(i)) {
 #ifdef READ_PROTECT_FREE_PAGES
             os_protect(page_address(i),
                        PAGE_BYTES,
@@ -4809,7 +4925,8 @@ prepare_for_final_gc ()
  * function being set to the value of the static symbol
  * SB!VM:RESTART-LISP-FUNCTION */
 void
-gc_and_save(char *filename, int prepend_runtime)
+gc_and_save(char *filename, boolean prepend_runtime,
+            boolean save_runtime_options)
 {
     FILE *file;
     void *runtime_bytes = NULL;
@@ -4844,7 +4961,7 @@ gc_and_save(char *filename, int prepend_runtime)
     /* The dumper doesn't know that pages need to be zeroed before use. */
     zero_all_free_pages();
     save_to_filehandle(file, filename, SymbolValue(RESTART_LISP_FUNCTION,0),
-                       prepend_runtime);
+                       prepend_runtime, save_runtime_options);
     /* Oops. Save still managed to fail. Since we've mangled the stack
      * beyond hope, there's not much we can do.
      * (beyond FUNCALLing RESTART_LISP_FUNCTION, but I suspect that's