1 /* alloca.c -- allocate automatically reclaimed memory
2 (Mostly) portable public-domain implementation -- D A Gwyn
4 This implementation of the PWB library alloca function,
5 which is used to allocate space off the run-time stack so
6 that it is automatically reclaimed upon procedure exit,
7 was inspired by discussions with J. Q. Johnson of Cornell.
8 J.Otto Tennant <jot@cray.com> contributed the Cray support.
10 There are some preprocessor constants that can
11 be defined when compiling for your specific system, for
12 improved efficiency; however, the defaults should be okay.
14 The general concept of this implementation is to keep
15 track of all alloca-allocated blocks, and reclaim any
16 that are found to be deeper in the stack than the current
17 invocation. This heuristic does not reclaim storage as
18 soon as it becomes invalid, but it will do so eventually.
20 As a special case, alloca(0) reclaims storage without
21 allocating any. It is a good idea to use alloca(0) in
22 your main control loop, etc. to force garbage collection. */
36 # include "blockinput.h"
39 /* If compiling with GCC 2, this file's not needed. */
40 #if !defined (__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ < 2
42 /* If someone has defined alloca as a macro,
43 there must be some other way alloca is supposed to work. */
48 /* actually, only want this if static is defined as ""
49 -- this is for usg, in which emacs must undefine static
50 in order to make unexec workable
52 # ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
55 -- must know STACK_DIRECTION at compile
-time
56 # endif /* STACK_DIRECTION undefined */
60 /* If your stack is a linked list of frames, you have to
61 provide an "address metric" ADDRESS_FUNCTION macro. */
63 # if defined (CRAY) && defined (CRAY_STACKSEG_END)
65 # define ADDRESS_FUNCTION(arg) (char *) i00afunc (&(arg))
67 # define ADDRESS_FUNCTION(arg) &(arg)
71 typedef void *pointer
;
73 typedef char *pointer
;
80 /* Different portions of Emacs need to call different versions of
81 malloc. The Emacs executable needs alloca to call xmalloc, because
82 ordinary malloc isn't protected from input signals. On the other
83 hand, the utilities in lib-src need alloca to call malloc; some of
84 them are very simple, and don't have an xmalloc routine.
86 Non-Emacs programs expect this to call xmalloc.
88 Callers below should use malloc. */
92 # define malloc xmalloc
94 extern pointer
malloc ();
96 /* Define STACK_DIRECTION if you know the direction of stack
97 growth for your system; otherwise it will be automatically
100 STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
101 STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
102 STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */
104 # ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
105 # define STACK_DIRECTION 0 /* Direction unknown. */
108 # if STACK_DIRECTION != 0
110 # define STACK_DIR STACK_DIRECTION /* Known at compile-time. */
112 # else /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0; need run-time code. */
114 static int stack_dir
; /* 1 or -1 once known. */
115 # define STACK_DIR stack_dir
118 find_stack_direction ()
120 static char *addr
= NULL
; /* Address of first `dummy', once known. */
121 auto char dummy
; /* To get stack address. */
124 { /* Initial entry. */
125 addr
= ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy
);
127 find_stack_direction (); /* Recurse once. */
132 if (ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy
) > addr
)
133 stack_dir
= 1; /* Stack grew upward. */
135 stack_dir
= -1; /* Stack grew downward. */
139 # endif /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0 */
141 /* An "alloca header" is used to:
142 (a) chain together all alloca'ed blocks;
143 (b) keep track of stack depth.
145 It is very important that sizeof(header) agree with malloc
146 alignment chunk size. The following default should work okay. */
149 # define ALIGN_SIZE sizeof(double)
154 char align
[ALIGN_SIZE
]; /* To force sizeof(header). */
157 union hdr
*next
; /* For chaining headers. */
158 char *deep
; /* For stack depth measure. */
162 static header
*last_alloca_header
= NULL
; /* -> last alloca header. */
164 /* Return a pointer to at least SIZE bytes of storage,
165 which will be automatically reclaimed upon exit from
166 the procedure that called alloca. Originally, this space
167 was supposed to be taken from the current stack frame of the
168 caller, but that method cannot be made to work for some
169 implementations of C, for example under Gould's UTX/32. */
174 auto char probe
; /* Probes stack depth: */
175 register char *depth
= ADDRESS_FUNCTION (probe
);
177 # if STACK_DIRECTION == 0
178 if (STACK_DIR
== 0) /* Unknown growth direction. */
179 find_stack_direction ();
182 /* Reclaim garbage, defined as all alloca'd storage that
183 was allocated from deeper in the stack than currently. */
186 register header
*hp
; /* Traverses linked list. */
192 for (hp
= last_alloca_header
; hp
!= NULL
;)
193 if ((STACK_DIR
> 0 && hp
->h
.deep
> depth
)
194 || (STACK_DIR
< 0 && hp
->h
.deep
< depth
))
196 register header
*np
= hp
->h
.next
;
198 free ((pointer
) hp
); /* Collect garbage. */
200 hp
= np
; /* -> next header. */
203 break; /* Rest are not deeper. */
205 last_alloca_header
= hp
; /* -> last valid storage. */
213 return NULL
; /* No allocation required. */
215 /* Allocate combined header + user data storage. */
218 register pointer
new = malloc (sizeof (header
) + size
);
219 /* Address of header. */
224 ((header
*) new)->h
.next
= last_alloca_header
;
225 ((header
*) new)->h
.deep
= depth
;
227 last_alloca_header
= (header
*) new;
229 /* User storage begins just after header. */
231 return (pointer
) ((char *) new + sizeof (header
));
235 # if defined (CRAY) && defined (CRAY_STACKSEG_END)
237 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
244 /* Stack structures for CRAY-1, CRAY X-MP, and CRAY Y-MP */
245 struct stack_control_header
247 long shgrow
:32; /* Number of times stack has grown. */
248 long shaseg
:32; /* Size of increments to stack. */
249 long shhwm
:32; /* High water mark of stack. */
250 long shsize
:32; /* Current size of stack (all segments). */
253 /* The stack segment linkage control information occurs at
254 the high-address end of a stack segment. (The stack
255 grows from low addresses to high addresses.) The initial
256 part of the stack segment linkage control information is
257 0200 (octal) words. This provides for register storage
258 for the routine which overflows the stack. */
260 struct stack_segment_linkage
262 long ss
[0200]; /* 0200 overflow words. */
263 long sssize
:32; /* Number of words in this segment. */
264 long ssbase
:32; /* Offset to stack base. */
266 long sspseg
:32; /* Offset to linkage control of previous
269 long sstcpt
:32; /* Pointer to task common address block. */
270 long sscsnm
; /* Private control structure number for
272 long ssusr1
; /* Reserved for user. */
273 long ssusr2
; /* Reserved for user. */
274 long sstpid
; /* Process ID for pid based multi-tasking. */
275 long ssgvup
; /* Pointer to multitasking thread giveup. */
276 long sscray
[7]; /* Reserved for Cray Research. */
296 /* The following structure defines the vector of words
297 returned by the STKSTAT library routine. */
300 long now
; /* Current total stack size. */
301 long maxc
; /* Amount of contiguous space which would
302 be required to satisfy the maximum
303 stack demand to date. */
304 long high_water
; /* Stack high-water mark. */
305 long overflows
; /* Number of stack overflow ($STKOFEN) calls. */
306 long hits
; /* Number of internal buffer hits. */
307 long extends
; /* Number of block extensions. */
308 long stko_mallocs
; /* Block allocations by $STKOFEN. */
309 long underflows
; /* Number of stack underflow calls ($STKRETN). */
310 long stko_free
; /* Number of deallocations by $STKRETN. */
311 long stkm_free
; /* Number of deallocations by $STKMRET. */
312 long segments
; /* Current number of stack segments. */
313 long maxs
; /* Maximum number of stack segments so far. */
314 long pad_size
; /* Stack pad size. */
315 long current_address
; /* Current stack segment address. */
316 long current_size
; /* Current stack segment size. This
317 number is actually corrupted by STKSTAT to
318 include the fifteen word trailer area. */
319 long initial_address
; /* Address of initial segment. */
320 long initial_size
; /* Size of initial segment. */
323 /* The following structure describes the data structure which trails
324 any stack segment. I think that the description in 'asdef' is
325 out of date. I only describe the parts that I am sure about. */
329 long this_address
; /* Address of this block. */
330 long this_size
; /* Size of this block (does not include
334 long link
; /* Address of trailer block of previous
349 # endif /* not CRAY_STACK */
352 /* Determine a "stack measure" for an arbitrary ADDRESS.
353 I doubt that "lint" will like this much. */
356 i00afunc (long *address
)
358 struct stk_stat status
;
359 struct stk_trailer
*trailer
;
363 /* We want to iterate through all of the segments. The first
364 step is to get the stack status structure. We could do this
365 more quickly and more directly, perhaps, by referencing the
366 $LM00 common block, but I know that this works. */
370 /* Set up the iteration. */
372 trailer
= (struct stk_trailer
*) (status
.current_address
373 + status
.current_size
376 /* There must be at least one stack segment. Therefore it is
377 a fatal error if "trailer" is null. */
382 /* Discard segments that do not contain our argument address. */
386 block
= (long *) trailer
->this_address
;
387 size
= trailer
->this_size
;
388 if (block
== 0 || size
== 0)
390 trailer
= (struct stk_trailer
*) trailer
->link
;
391 if ((block
<= address
) && (address
< (block
+ size
)))
395 /* Set the result to the offset in this segment and add the sizes
396 of all predecessor segments. */
398 result
= address
- block
;
407 if (trailer
->this_size
<= 0)
409 result
+= trailer
->this_size
;
410 trailer
= (struct stk_trailer
*) trailer
->link
;
412 while (trailer
!= 0);
414 /* We are done. Note that if you present a bogus address (one
415 not in any segment), you will get a different number back, formed
416 from subtracting the address of the first block. This is probably
417 not what you want. */
422 # else /* not CRAY2 */
423 /* Stack address function for a CRAY-1, CRAY X-MP, or CRAY Y-MP.
424 Determine the number of the cell within the stack,
425 given the address of the cell. The purpose of this
426 routine is to linearize, in some sense, stack addresses
430 i00afunc (long address
)
434 long size
, pseg
, this_segment
, stack
;
437 struct stack_segment_linkage
*ssptr
;
439 /* Register B67 contains the address of the end of the
440 current stack segment. If you (as a subprogram) store
441 your registers on the stack and find that you are past
442 the contents of B67, you have overflowed the segment.
444 B67 also points to the stack segment linkage control
445 area, which is what we are really interested in. */
447 stkl
= CRAY_STACKSEG_END ();
448 ssptr
= (struct stack_segment_linkage
*) stkl
;
450 /* If one subtracts 'size' from the end of the segment,
451 one has the address of the first word of the segment.
453 If this is not the first segment, 'pseg' will be
456 pseg
= ssptr
->sspseg
;
457 size
= ssptr
->sssize
;
459 this_segment
= stkl
- size
;
461 /* It is possible that calling this routine itself caused
462 a stack overflow. Discard stack segments which do not
463 contain the target address. */
465 while (!(this_segment
<= address
&& address
<= stkl
))
467 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
468 fprintf (stderr
, "%011o %011o %011o\n", this_segment
, address
, stkl
);
473 ssptr
= (struct stack_segment_linkage
*) stkl
;
474 size
= ssptr
->sssize
;
475 pseg
= ssptr
->sspseg
;
476 this_segment
= stkl
- size
;
479 result
= address
- this_segment
;
481 /* If you subtract pseg from the current end of the stack,
482 you get the address of the previous stack segment's end.
483 This seems a little convoluted to me, but I'll bet you save
484 a cycle somewhere. */
488 # ifdef DEBUG_I00AFUNC
489 fprintf (stderr
, "%011o %011o\n", pseg
, size
);
492 ssptr
= (struct stack_segment_linkage
*) stkl
;
493 size
= ssptr
->sssize
;
494 pseg
= ssptr
->sspseg
;
500 # endif /* not CRAY2 */
503 # endif /* no alloca */
504 #endif /* not GCC version 2 */