/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * $Id: Closures.h,v 1.35 2003/11/14 14:28:07 stolz Exp $
*
- * (c) The GHC Team, 1998-1999
+ * (c) The GHC Team, 1998-2004
*
* Closures
*
#endif
} StgHeader;
-#define FIXED_HS (sizeof(StgHeader))
-
/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Closure Types
#define BCO_BITMAP_SIZEW(bco) ((BCO_BITMAP_SIZE(bco) + BITS_IN(StgWord) - 1) \
/ BITS_IN(StgWord))
-/* Dynamic stack frames - these have a liveness mask in the object
- * itself, rather than in the info table. Useful for generic heap
- * check code. See StgMacros.h, HEAP_CHK_GEN().
- */
-
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Dynamic stack frames for generic heap checks.
+
+ These generic heap checks are slow, but have the advantage of being
+ usable in a variety of situations.
+
+ The one restriction is that any relevant SRTs must already be pointed
+ to from the stack. The return address doesn't need to have an info
+ table attached: hence it can be any old code pointer.
+
+ The liveness mask contains a 1 at bit n, if register Rn contains a
+ non-pointer. The contents of all 8 vanilla registers are always saved
+ on the stack; the liveness mask tells the GC which ones contain
+ pointers.
+
+ Good places to use a generic heap check:
+
+ - case alternatives (the return address with an SRT is already
+ on the stack).
+
+ - primitives (no SRT required).
+
+ The stack frame layout for a RET_DYN is like this:
+
+ some pointers |-- RET_DYN_PTRS(liveness) words
+ some nonpointers |-- RET_DYN_NONPTRS(liveness) words
+
+ L1 \
+ D1-2 |-- RET_DYN_NONPTR_REGS_SIZE words
+ F1-4 /
+
+ R1-8 |-- RET_DYN_BITMAP_SIZE words
+
+ return address \
+ liveness mask |-- StgRetDyn structure
+ stg_gen_chk_info /
+
+ we assume that the size of a double is always 2 pointers (wasting a
+ word when it is only one pointer, but avoiding lots of #ifdefs).
+
+ See Liveness.h for the macros (RET_DYN_PTRS() etc.).
+
+ NOTE: if you change the layout of RET_DYN stack frames, then you
+ might also need to adjust the value of RESERVED_STACK_WORDS in
+ Constants.h.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
typedef struct {
const struct _StgInfoTable* info;
StgWord liveness;