factor/basis/compiler/codegen/gc-maps/gc-maps-docs.factor

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USING: bit-arrays byte-arrays compiler.cfg compiler.cfg.instructions
compiler.cfg.stack-frame help.markup help.syntax kernel math sequences ;
IN: compiler.codegen.gc-maps
HELP: emit-gc-info-bitmap
{ $values
{ "gc-maps" sequence }
{ "spill-count" "maximum number of spill slots" }
}
{ $description "Emits a bitmap of live locations of spill slots in the 'gc-maps' to the current make sequence." } ;
HELP: emit-gc-roots
{ $values
{ "seqs" "a sequence of sequences" }
{ "n" "maximum number of spill slots" }
} { $description "Emits the sequences of spill slots as a sequence of " { $link t } " and " { $link f } " values to the current make sequence." } ;
HELP: emit-uint
{ $values { "n" integer } }
{ $description "Emits an unsigned 32 bit integer to the make sequence being created. The word takes care of ensuring that the byte order is correct for the current machine." }
{ $examples
{ $example
"USING: compiler.codegen.gc-maps make prettyprint ;"
"[ 0xffff emit-uint ] B{ } make ."
"B{ 255 255 0 0 }"
}
} ;
HELP: emit-gc-maps
{ $description "GC maps are emitted so that the end is aligned to a 16-byte boundary." } ;
HELP: gc-maps
{ $var-description "Variable that holds a sequence of " { $link gc-map } " tuples. Gc maps are added to the sequence by " { $link gc-map-here } "." } ;
HELP: gc-map-needed?
{ $values { "gc-map/f" { $maybe gc-map } } { "?" boolean } }
{ $description "If all slots in the gc-map are empty, then it doesn't need to be emitted." } ;
HELP: gc-root-offsets
{ $values { "gc-map" gc-map } { "offsets" sequence } }
{ $description "Gets the offets of all roots in a gc-map. The " { $link cfg } " variable must have been set and the stack-frame slot been initialized." } ;
HELP: serialize-gc-maps
{ $values { "byte-array" byte-array } }
{ $description "Serializes the gc-maps that have been registered in the " { $link gc-maps } " variable into a byte-array." } ;
HELP: gc-map-here
{ $values { "gc-map" gc-map } }
{ $description "Registers the gc map in the " { $link gc-maps } " dynamic variable at the current compiled offset." } ;
ARTICLE: "compiler.codegen.gc-maps" "GC maps"
"The " { $vocab-link "compiler.codegen.gc-maps" } " vocab serializes a compiled words gc maps into a space-efficient format which is appended to the end of the code block."
$nl
"Every code block generated either ends with:"
{ $list "uint 0" }
"or"
{ $list
{
"a bitmap representing the indices of the spill slots that contain roots in each gc map"
}
"uint[] base pointers"
"uint[] return addresses"
"uint largest GC root spill slot"
"uint largest derived root spill slot"
"int number of return addresses/gc maps"
}
"For example, if there are three gc maps and each contain four roots, then bit 0-3 in the bitmap would indicate liveness of the first gc maps roots, 4-7 of the second and 8-11 of the third."
$nl
"Main entry point:"
{ $subsections emit-gc-maps } ;
ABOUT: "compiler.codegen.gc-maps"