global gc_init, gc_alloc section .bss alloc_list: resq 1 stack_start: resq 1 total_alloc: resq 1 section .data gc_threshold: dq 4096 ; default of 4096 bytes, this will scale when gc_collect is ran section .text gc_init: mov [stack_start], rsp ret gc_alloc: add rdi, 17 ; add space for metadata mov rdx, [total_alloc] ; load total allocation cmp rdx, [gc_threshold] ; has total exceeded threshold? jb .no_collect ; no? skip push rdi call gc_collect pop rdi .no_collect: add [total_alloc], rdi ; save total allocation push rdi call sys_mmap ; allocate size + metadata pop rdi mov byte [rax], 0 ; set mark to 0 mov qword [rax + 1], rdi ; set total size of object (including metadata) mov rsi, [alloc_list] ; load first item in allocation list mov qword [rax + 9], rsi ; make current head of allocation list the next item in this object mov [alloc_list], rax ; update head of allocation list so it points to this object add rax, 17 ; skip metadata for return value ret gc_collect: call gc_mark_stack call gc_sweep mov rdi, [total_alloc] ; since we just swept, all the memory is in use shl rdi, 1 ; double the currently used memory mov rsi, 4096 call max ; get the largest of total_alloc * 2 and 4096 mov qword [gc_threshold], rax ; update threshold to new value ret gc_mark_stack: mov r8, rsp ; load current stack pointer mov r9, [stack_start] ; load start of stack .loop: cmp r8, r9 ; have we reached end of stack? ja .done ; yes? return mov rdi, [r8] ; no? load the value call gc_mark ; this might be an allocation, check add r8, 8 ; next item in stack jmp .loop .done: ret gc_mark: test rdi, rdi ; is input null? jz .done ; yes? return mov rsi, [alloc_list] ; load start of allocation list .loop: test rsi, rsi ; reached end of list? jz .done ; yes? return lea rdx, [rsi + 17] cmp rdx, rdi ; no? is this the input object? je .mark_object ; yes? mark it mov rsi, [rsi + 9] ; no? next item jmp .loop .mark_object: mov al, [rdi] ; load mark test al, al ; already marked? jnz .done ; yes? return mov byte [rdi - 17], 1 ; mark object mov rcx, [rdi + 1] ; load object size mov rdx, rdi ; start of data add rcx, rdx ; end of data .scan_object: cmp rdx, rcx ; done scanning? jae .done ; yes? return mov rdi, [rbx] ; load value call gc_mark add rdx, 8 ; next object jmp .scan_object .done: ret gc_sweep: mov rdi, [alloc_list] xor rsi, rsi .loop: test rdi, rdi ; reached end of list? jz .done ; yes? return mov al, [rdi] test al, al ; is object marked? jz .free ; no? free it mov byte [rdi], 0 ; yes? clear mark for next marking mov rsi, rdi mov rdi, [rdi + 9] ; load the next object in the list jmp .loop ; repeat .free: mov rdx, [rdi + 9] ; save address of next object in list test rsi, rsi jz .remove_head mov [rsi + 9], rdx ; unlink the current node by setting the previous node's next to the next node's address jmp .free_memory .remove_head: mov [alloc_list], rdx ; update head node to be the next node .free_memory: push rsi ; save previous node since it will also be the previous node for the next item push rdx ; save next node mov rsi, [rdi + 1] ; get length of the object sub [total_alloc], rsi ; remove this allocation from total allocations call sys_munmap ; free the memory pop rdi ; input for next iteration pop rsi ; prev node for next iteration jmp .loop .done: ret sys_mmap: mov rax, 9 mov rsi, rdi mov rdi, 0 mov rdx, 3 mov r10, 34 mov r8, -1 mov r9, 0 syscall cmp rax, -1 je .error ret .error: mov rax, 60 mov rdi, 1 syscall sys_munmap: mov rax, 11 syscall cmp rax, -1 je .error ret .error: mov rax, 60 mov rdi, 1 syscall max: cmp rdi, rsi jae .left mov rax, rsi ret .left: mov rax, rdi ret