// An experiment on how an ARC runtime could look like. // After the paper "A Pure Reference Counting Garbage Collector" by David F. Bacon et al. // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const DEBUG = true; // TODO: make visitors eat cookies so we can compile direct calls into a switch function __rt_visit_members(s: Block, cookie: i32): void { unreachable(); } function __rt_flags(classId: u32): u32 { return unreachable(); } const ACYCLIC_FLAG: u32 = 0; // ╒══════════════════════ GC Info structure ══════════════════════╕ // 3 2 1 // 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 bits // ├─┼─┴─┴─┼─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┤ // │B│color│ refCount │ // └─┴─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ // B: buffered // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const BUFFERED_BIT: u32 = 1 << (sizeof() * 8 - 1); // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_SIZE = 3; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_SHIFT: u32 = ctz(BUFFERED_BIT) - COLOR_SIZE; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_BITS: u32 = ((1 << COLOR_SIZE) - 1) << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const REFCOUNT_BITS: u32 = (1 << COLOR_SHIFT) - 1; // ╒════════╤════════════ Colors ══════════════════════╕ // │ Color │ Meaning │ // ├────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤ // │ BLACK │ In use or free │ // │ GRAY │ Possible member of cycle │ // │ WHITE │ Member of garbage cycle │ // │ PURPLE │ Possible root of cycle │ // │ RED │ Candidate cycle undergoing Σ-computation │ concurrent only // │ ORANGE │ Candidate cycle awaiting epoch boundary │ concurrent only // └────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘ // Acyclic detection has been decoupled, hence no GREEN. // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_BLACK: u32 = 0 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_GRAY: u32 = 1 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_WHITE: u32 = 2 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_PURPLE: u32 = 3 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_RED: u32 = 4 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const COLOR_ORANGE: u32 = 5 << COLOR_SHIFT; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const VISIT_DECREMENT = 1; // guard 0 // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const VISIT_MARKGRAY = 2; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const VISIT_SCAN = 3; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const VISIT_SCANBLACK = 4; // @ts-ignore: decorator @inline const VISIT_COLLECTWHITE = 5; // @ts-ignore: decorator @global function __rt_visit(s: Block, cookie: i32): void { switch (cookie) { case VISIT_DECREMENT: { decrement(s); break; } case VISIT_MARKGRAY: { if (DEBUG) assert((s.gcInfo & REFCOUNT_BITS) > 0); s.gcInfo = s.gcInfo - 1; markGray(s); break; } case VISIT_SCAN: { scan(s); break; } case VISIT_SCANBLACK: { let info = s.gcInfo; assert((info & ~REFCOUNT_BITS) == ((info + 1) & ~REFCOUNT_BITS)); // overflow s.gcInfo = info + 1; if ((info & COLOR_BITS) != COLOR_BLACK) { scanBlack(s); } break; } case VISIT_COLLECTWHITE: { collectWhite(s); break; } default: if (DEBUG) assert(false); } } function increment(s: Block): void { var info = s.gcInfo; assert((info & ~REFCOUNT_BITS) == ((info + 1) & ~REFCOUNT_BITS)); // overflow s.gcInfo = info + 1; } function decrement(s: Block): void { var info = s.gcInfo; var rc = info & REFCOUNT_BITS; if (rc == 1) { __rt_visit_members(s, VISIT_DECREMENT); if (!(info & BUFFERED_BIT)) { free(s); } else { s.gcInfo = BUFFERED_BIT | COLOR_BLACK | 0; } } else { if (DEBUG) assert(rc > 0); if (!(__rt_flags(s.classId) & ACYCLIC_FLAG)) { s.gcInfo = BUFFERED_BIT | COLOR_PURPLE | (rc - 1); if (!(info & BUFFERED_BIT)) { appendRoot(s); } } else { s.gcInfo = (info & ~REFCOUNT_BITS) | (rc - 1); } } } var ROOTS: usize; var CUR: usize = 0; var END: usize = 0; function appendRoot(s: Block): void { var cur = CUR; if (cur >= END) { growRoots(); // TBD: either that or pick a default and force collection on overflow cur = CUR; } store(cur, s); CUR = cur + 1; } function growRoots(): void { var oldRoots = ROOTS; var oldSize = CUR - oldRoots; var newSize = max(oldSize * 2, 64 << alignof()); var newRoots = memory.allocate(newSize); memory.copy(newRoots, oldRoots, oldSize); ROOTS = newRoots; CUR = newRoots + oldSize; END = newRoots + newSize; } function collectCycles(): void { // markRoots var roots = ROOTS; var cur = roots; for (let pos = cur, end = CUR; pos < end; pos += sizeof()) { let s = load(pos); let info = s.gcInfo; if ((info & COLOR_BITS) == COLOR_PURPLE && (info & REFCOUNT_BITS) > 0) { markGray(s); store(cur, s); cur += sizeof(); } else { if ((info & COLOR_BITS) == COLOR_BLACK && !(info & REFCOUNT_BITS)) { free(s); } else { s.gcInfo = info & ~BUFFERED_BIT; } } } CUR = cur; // scanRoots for (let pos = roots; pos < cur; pos += sizeof()) { scan(load(pos)); } // collectRoots for (let pos = roots; pos < cur; pos += sizeof()) { let s = load(pos); s.gcInfo = s.gcInfo & ~BUFFERED_BIT; collectWhite(s); } CUR = roots; } function markGray(s: Block): void { var info = s.gcInfo; if ((info & COLOR_BITS) != COLOR_GRAY) { s.gcInfo = (info & ~COLOR_BITS) | COLOR_GRAY; __rt_visit_members(s, VISIT_MARKGRAY); } } function scan(s: Block): void { var info = s.gcInfo; if ((info & COLOR_BITS) == COLOR_GRAY) { if ((info & REFCOUNT_BITS) > 0) { scanBlack(s); } else { s.gcInfo = (info & ~COLOR_BITS) | COLOR_WHITE; __rt_visit_members(s, VISIT_SCAN); } } } function scanBlack(s: Block): void { s.gcInfo = (s.gcInfo & ~COLOR_BITS) | COLOR_BLACK; __rt_visit_members(s, VISIT_SCANBLACK); } function collectWhite(s: Block): void { var info = s.gcInfo; if ((info & COLOR_BITS) == COLOR_WHITE && !(info & BUFFERED_BIT)) { s.gcInfo = (info & ~COLOR_BITS) | COLOR_BLACK; __rt_visit_members(s, VISIT_COLLECTWHITE); } } function free(s: Block): void { unreachable(); // TODO } // TODO: merge with TLSF @unmanaged class Block { /** Memory manager info. */ mmInfo: usize; // u32 in WASM32. WASM64 might need adaption /** Garbage collector info. */ gcInfo: u32; /** Runtime class id. */ classId: u32; /** Runtime object payload size. */ payloadSize: u32; } // keep alive, everything else is reached from here export { __rt_visit, increment as retain, decrement as release, collectCycles as collect };