This interface defines platform (machine + OS) dependent types and constants.
INTERFACE--------------------------------------------------------- thread state ---RTMachine ; IMPORT Csetjmp;
TYPE State = Csetjmp.fpjmp_buf; (* The machine state is saved in a "State". This type is really opaque to the client, i.e. it does not need to be an array. *) <*EXTERNAL "_fpsetjmp" *> PROCEDURE SaveState (VAR s: State): INTEGER;
Capture the currently running thread's state
CONST FramePadBottom = 2; FramePadTop = 0; (* Additional padding words from above and below an existing thread's stack pointer to copy when creating a new thread *)------------------------------------------------------------------ heap ---
The heap page size is machine-dependent, since it might depend on the architecture's VM page size (if VM is TRUE). Otherwise, 8192 bytes is a reasonable page size. The page size must be a power of two.
CONST BytesPerHeapPage = 4096; (* bytes per page *) LogBytesPerHeapPage = 12; AdrPerHeapPage = 4096; (* addresses per page *) LogAdrPerHeapPage = 12;The collector supports the use of VM protection to achieve incremental, generational collection. This is not possible on all architectures, and it may not be implemented in all cases where it is possible. The boolean constant
VMHeap
is TRUE
iff all necessary support is
present for this architecture. VMHeap
is TRUE
for the DS3100,
whose implementation you might use as a reference.
CONST VMHeap = TRUE;If
VMHeap
is true, AtomicWrappers
indicates whether the wrappers
that validate parameters passed to system calls are atomic with
respect to the collector.
CONST AtomicWrappers = TRUE;** hooks for the C wrapper functions **
<*EXTERNAL *> VAR RTHeapRep_Fault: ADDRESS; (* => RTHeapRep.Fault *) <*EXTERNAL *> VAR RTCSRC_FinishVM: ADDRESS; (* => RTCollectorSRC.FinishVM *)--------------------------------------------------------- thread stacks ---
CONST PointerAlignment = 4; (* The C compiler allocates all pointers on 'PointerAlignment'-byte boundaries. The garbage collector scans thread stacks, but only looks at these possible pointer locations. Setting this value smaller than is needed will only make your system run slower. Setting it too large will cause the collector to collect storage that is not free. *) CONST StackFrameAlignment = 16; (* Stack frames must be aligned to this constraint (in ADRSIZE units). It's not a big deal if this value is too large, but it may break the thread mechanism to make it too small. *)----------------------------------------------- exception stack walking --- The
FrameInfo
type must minimally include fields named pc
and sp
.
CONST Has_stack_walker = FALSE; (* Indicates whether this platform supports the stack walking functions defined in the "RTStack" interface. *) TYPE FrameInfo = RECORD pc, sp: ADDRESS END; END RTMachine.