Replace repetitive C code in "gc.c" and "vfasl.c" with an
implementation using a little "Parenthe-C" language, which is a
somewhat declarative description of object tracing. From that
descrition, we generate different kinds of tracing functions, such as
the copy function or the sweep function.
The little language is still bascially C, just with parentheses and
parameterization that is much better than trying to use the C
preprocessor. (The "mkgc.ss" file includes the compiler from
Parenthe-C to C.)
Besides replacing existing code, we also generate a new traversal to
implement `compute-object-sizes`. Finally, the GC can now perform a
fused `collect` and `compute-object-sizes` in a single traversal.
Also improve the way that locked objects are detected during GC. This
can make a significant difference (on the order of 10-20% for a full
collection) when locked objects are long-lived.
original commit: de1f5c41d729ac75822a1f1e633ec6d042c883dc
For a collect rendezvous, call the collect-notify handler in
the main thread if it is active. A collect-notify handler can
then make sure the main thread is active and try again, if
that's useful to an application.
original commit: 0bc286e81827f029dd02a3627a192edd053b3b91
add name fields for mutexes and condition variables, now `make-mutex` and `make-condition` accept an optional argument `name`, which must be a symbol or #f. The name, if not #f, is printed every time the object is printed, which is useful for debugging.
original commit: 1397e173200d1697ed714d24fc2eb4767421b976
Also adds `get-initial-thread`, since threa values are useful with
`compute-size[-increments]`.
Changes the compiler to inline `weak-pair?` and `ephemeron-pair?`,
since that provides better performance for `compute-size-increments`.
original commit: 57d0cc13f8e932972cba3837b4f54e9c86786091
because these fields can be accessed from multiple threads concurrently.
Updated $yield and $thread-check in mats/thread.ms to be more tolerant of timing variability.
original commit: 0a6a1e14e7ecb9e39fa7a10a8584ed2fec24cbf4
sizes of pathnames produced by expansion of tilde (home-directory)
prefixes by replacing S_pathname, S_pathname_impl, and S_homedir
with S_malloc_pathname, which always mallocs space for the result.
one thread-safety issue involved the use of static strings for expanded
pathnames and affected various file-system operations. the other
affected the file open routines and involved use of the incoming
pathname while deactivated. the incoming pathname is sometimes if not
always a pointer into a Scheme bytevector, which can be overwritten if a
collection occurs while the thread is deactivated. the size limitation
corresponded to the use of the static strings, which were limited to
PATH_MAX bytes. (PATH_MAX typically isn't actually the maximum path
length in contemporary operating systems.) eliminated similar issues
for wide pathnames under Windows by adding S_malloc_wide_pathname.
consumers of the old routines have been modified to use the new
routines and to free the result strings. the various file operations
now consistently treat a pathname with an unresolvable home directory
as a pathname that happens to start with a tilde. eliminated unused
foreign-symbol binding of "(cs)pathname" to S_pathname.
io.c, externs.h, new_io.c, prim5.c, scheme.c, prim.c
- various places where a call to close or gzclose was retried when
the close operation was interrupted no longer do so, since this can
cause problems when another thread has reallocated the same file
descriptor.
new_io.c
- now using vcvarsall type x86_amd64 rather than amd64 when the
former appears to supported and the latter does not, as is the
case with VS Express 2015.
c/Mf-a6nt, c/Mf-ta6nt
- commented out one of the thread mats that consistently causes
indefinite delays under Windows and OpenBSD due to starvation.
thread.ms
- increased wait time for a couple of subprocess responses
6.ms
- added call to collector to close files opened during iconv mats
specifically for when mats are run under Windows with no iconv dll.
io.ms
original commit: ad44924307c576eb2fc92e7958afe8b615a7f48b
