/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * (c) The GHC Team 1998-2008 * * Weak pointers and weak-like things in the GC * * Documentation on the architecture of the Garbage Collector can be * found in the online commentary: * * http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Rts/Storage/GC * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include "PosixSource.h" #include "Rts.h" #include "MarkWeak.h" #include "GC.h" #include "GCThread.h" #include "GCTDecl.h" #include "Evac.h" #include "Trace.h" #include "Schedule.h" #include "Weak.h" #include "Storage.h" #include "Threads.h" #include "sm/Sanity.h" /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weak Pointers traverse_weak_ptr_list is called possibly many times during garbage collection. It returns a flag indicating whether it did any work (i.e. called evacuate on any live pointers). Invariant: traverse_weak_ptr_list is called when the heap is in an idempotent state. That means that there are no pending evacuate/scavenge operations. This invariant helps the weak pointer code decide which weak pointers are dead - if there are no new live weak pointers, then all the currently unreachable ones are dead. For generational GC: we don't try to finalize weak pointers in older generations than the one we're collecting. There are three distinct stages to processing weak pointers: - weak_stage == WeakPtrs We process all the weak pointers whos keys are alive (evacuate their values and finalizers), and repeat until we can find no new live keys. If no live keys are found in this pass, then we evacuate the finalizers of all the dead weak pointers in order to run them. - weak_stage == WeakThreads Now, we discover which *threads* are still alive. Pointers to threads from the all_threads and main thread lists are the weakest of all: a pointers from the finalizer of a dead weak pointer can keep a thread alive. Any threads found to be unreachable are evacuated and placed on the resurrected_threads list so we can send them a signal later. - weak_stage == WeakDone No more evacuation is done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* Which stage of processing various kinds of weak pointer are we at? * (see traverse_weak_ptr_list() below for discussion). */ typedef enum { WeakPtrs, WeakThreads, WeakDone } WeakStage; static WeakStage weak_stage; // List of weak pointers whose key is dead StgWeak *dead_weak_ptr_list; // List of threads found to be unreachable StgTSO *resurrected_threads; static void collectDeadWeakPtrs (generation *gen); static rtsBool tidyWeakList (generation *gen); static rtsBool resurrectUnreachableThreads (generation *gen); static void tidyThreadList (generation *gen); void initWeakForGC(void) { nat g; for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { generation *gen = &generations[g]; gen->old_weak_ptr_list = gen->weak_ptr_list; gen->weak_ptr_list = NULL; } weak_stage = WeakThreads; dead_weak_ptr_list = NULL; resurrected_threads = END_TSO_QUEUE; } rtsBool traverseWeakPtrList(void) { rtsBool flag = rtsFalse; switch (weak_stage) { case WeakDone: return rtsFalse; case WeakThreads: /* Now deal with the gen->threads lists, which behave somewhat like * the weak ptr list. If we discover any threads that are about to * become garbage, we wake them up and administer an exception. */ { nat g; for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { tidyThreadList(&generations[g]); } // Use weak pointer relationships (value is reachable if // key is reachable): for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { if (tidyWeakList(&generations[g])) { flag = rtsTrue; } } // if we evacuated anything new, we must scavenge thoroughly // before we can determine which threads are unreachable. if (flag) return rtsTrue; // Resurrect any threads which were unreachable for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { if (resurrectUnreachableThreads(&generations[g])) { flag = rtsTrue; } } // Next, move to the WeakPtrs stage after fully // scavenging the finalizers we've just evacuated. weak_stage = WeakPtrs; // if we evacuated anything new, we must scavenge thoroughly // before entering the WeakPtrs stage. if (flag) return rtsTrue; // otherwise, fall through... } case WeakPtrs: { nat g; // resurrecting threads might have made more weak pointers // alive, so traverse those lists again: for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { if (tidyWeakList(&generations[g])) { flag = rtsTrue; } } /* If we didn't make any changes, then we can go round and kill all * the dead weak pointers. The dead_weak_ptr list is used as a list * of pending finalizers later on. */ if (flag == rtsFalse) { for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { collectDeadWeakPtrs(&generations[g]); } weak_stage = WeakDone; // *now* we're done, } return rtsTrue; // but one more round of scavenging, please } default: barf("traverse_weak_ptr_list"); return rtsTrue; } } static void collectDeadWeakPtrs (generation *gen) { StgWeak *w, *next_w; for (w = gen->old_weak_ptr_list; w != NULL; w = next_w) { // If we have C finalizers, keep the value alive for this GC. // See Note [MallocPtr finalizers] in GHC.ForeignPtr, and #10904 if (w->cfinalizers != &stg_NO_FINALIZER_closure) { evacuate(&w->value); } evacuate(&w->finalizer); next_w = w->link; w->link = dead_weak_ptr_list; dead_weak_ptr_list = w; } } static rtsBool resurrectUnreachableThreads (generation *gen) { StgTSO *t, *tmp, *next; rtsBool flag = rtsFalse; for (t = gen->old_threads; t != END_TSO_QUEUE; t = next) { next = t->global_link; // ThreadFinished and ThreadComplete: we have to keep // these on the all_threads list until they // become garbage, because they might get // pending exceptions. switch (t->what_next) { case ThreadKilled: case ThreadComplete: continue; default: tmp = t; evacuate((StgClosure **)&tmp); tmp->global_link = resurrected_threads; resurrected_threads = tmp; flag = rtsTrue; } } return flag; } static rtsBool tidyWeakList(generation *gen) { StgWeak *w, **last_w, *next_w; const StgInfoTable *info; StgClosure *new; rtsBool flag = rtsFalse; last_w = &gen->old_weak_ptr_list; for (w = gen->old_weak_ptr_list; w != NULL; w = next_w) { /* There might be a DEAD_WEAK on the list if finalizeWeak# was * called on a live weak pointer object. Just remove it. */ if (w->header.info == &stg_DEAD_WEAK_info) { next_w = w->link; *last_w = next_w; continue; } info = get_itbl((StgClosure *)w); switch (info->type) { case WEAK: /* Now, check whether the key is reachable. */ new = isAlive(w->key); if (new != NULL) { generation *new_gen; w->key = new; // Find out which generation this weak ptr is in, and // move it onto the weak ptr list of that generation. new_gen = Bdescr((P_)w)->gen; gct->evac_gen_no = new_gen->no; // evacuate the value and finalizer evacuate(&w->value); evacuate(&w->finalizer); // remove this weak ptr from the old_weak_ptr list *last_w = w->link; next_w = w->link; // and put it on the correct weak ptr list. w->link = new_gen->weak_ptr_list; new_gen->weak_ptr_list = w; flag = rtsTrue; if (gen->no != new_gen->no) { debugTrace(DEBUG_weak, "moving weak pointer %p from %d to %d", w, gen->no, new_gen->no); } debugTrace(DEBUG_weak, "weak pointer still alive at %p -> %p", w, w->key); continue; } else { last_w = &(w->link); next_w = w->link; continue; } default: barf("tidyWeakList: not WEAK: %d, %p", info->type, w); } } return flag; } static void tidyThreadList (generation *gen) { StgTSO *t, *tmp, *next, **prev; prev = &gen->old_threads; for (t = gen->old_threads; t != END_TSO_QUEUE; t = next) { tmp = (StgTSO *)isAlive((StgClosure *)t); if (tmp != NULL) { t = tmp; } ASSERT(get_itbl((StgClosure *)t)->type == TSO); next = t->global_link; // if the thread is not masking exceptions but there are // pending exceptions on its queue, then something has gone // wrong. However, pending exceptions are OK if there is an // FFI call. ASSERT(t->blocked_exceptions == END_BLOCKED_EXCEPTIONS_QUEUE || t->why_blocked == BlockedOnCCall || t->why_blocked == BlockedOnCCall_Interruptible || (t->flags & TSO_BLOCKEX)); if (tmp == NULL) { // not alive (yet): leave this thread on the // old_all_threads list. prev = &(t->global_link); } else { // alive *prev = next; // move this thread onto the correct threads list. generation *new_gen; new_gen = Bdescr((P_)t)->gen; t->global_link = new_gen->threads; new_gen->threads = t; } } } #ifdef DEBUG static void checkWeakPtrSanity(StgWeak *hd, StgWeak *tl) { StgWeak *w, *prev; for (w = hd; w != NULL; prev = w, w = w->link) { ASSERT(INFO_PTR_TO_STRUCT(UNTAG_CLOSURE((StgClosure*)w)->header.info)->type == WEAK || UNTAG_CLOSURE((StgClosure*)w)->header.info == &stg_DEAD_WEAK_info); checkClosure((StgClosure*)w); } if (tl != NULL) { ASSERT(prev == tl); } } #endif void collectFreshWeakPtrs() { nat i; generation *gen = &generations[0]; // move recently allocated weak_ptr_list to the old list as well for (i = 0; i < n_capabilities; i++) { Capability *cap = capabilities[i]; if (cap->weak_ptr_list_tl != NULL) { IF_DEBUG(sanity, checkWeakPtrSanity(cap->weak_ptr_list_hd, cap->weak_ptr_list_tl)); cap->weak_ptr_list_tl->link = gen->weak_ptr_list; gen->weak_ptr_list = cap->weak_ptr_list_hd; cap->weak_ptr_list_tl = NULL; cap->weak_ptr_list_hd = NULL; } else { ASSERT(cap->weak_ptr_list_hd == NULL); } } } /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evacuate every weak pointer object on the weak_ptr_list, and update the link fields. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ void markWeakPtrList ( void ) { nat g; for (g = 0; g <= N; g++) { generation *gen = &generations[g]; StgWeak *w, **last_w; last_w = &gen->weak_ptr_list; for (w = gen->weak_ptr_list; w != NULL; w = w->link) { // w might be WEAK, EVACUATED, or DEAD_WEAK (actually CON_STATIC) here #ifdef DEBUG { // careful to do this assertion only reading the info ptr // once, because during parallel GC it might change under our feet. const StgInfoTable *info; info = w->header.info; ASSERT(IS_FORWARDING_PTR(info) || info == &stg_DEAD_WEAK_info || INFO_PTR_TO_STRUCT(info)->type == WEAK); } #endif evacuate((StgClosure **)last_w); w = *last_w; if (w->header.info == &stg_DEAD_WEAK_info) { last_w = &(w->link); } else { last_w = &(w->link); } } } }