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nub-lang-archive-2/input/baseline/gc.asm
2025-02-03 23:02:05 +01:00

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NASM

global gc_init, gc_alloc
extern alloc, free
section .bss
alloc_list: resq 1 ; head of alloc list
stack_start: resq 1 ; start of stack
section .data
gc_threshold_c: dq 1024 ; default of 1024 allocations
total_alloc_c: dq 0 ; count the amount of allocations
section .text
gc_init:
mov [stack_start], rsp
ret
gc_alloc:
add rdi, 24 ; add space for metadata
mov rdx, [total_alloc_c] ; load total allocation count
cmp rdx, [gc_threshold_c] ; has count exceeded threshold?
jb .skip_collect ; yes? run gc
push rdi
call gc_collect
pop rdi
.skip_collect:
inc qword [total_alloc_c] ; update total allocation count
push rdi
call alloc ; allocate size + metadata
pop rdi
mov byte [rax], 0 ; set mark to 0
mov qword [rax + 8], rdi ; set total size of object (including metadata)
mov rsi, [alloc_list] ; load first item in allocation list
mov qword [rax + 16], 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, 24 ; skip metadata for return value
ret
gc_collect:
call gc_mark_stack
call gc_sweep
mov qword [total_alloc_c], 0 ; reset allocation count
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?
jae .done ; yes? return
mov rdi, [r8] ; no? load the value
call gc_mark ; this might be an allocation, check
lea r8, [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 + 24]
cmp rdx, rdi ; no? is this the input object?
je .mark_object ; yes? mark it
mov rsi, [rsi + 16] ; no? next item
jmp .loop
.mark_object:
mov al, [rdi] ; load mark
test al, al ; already marked?
jnz .done ; yes? return
mov byte [rdi - 24], 1 ; mark object
mov rcx, [rdi + 8] ; 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, [rdx] ; 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 + 16] ; load the next object in the list
jmp .loop ; repeat
.free:
mov rdx, [rdi + 16] ; save address of next object in list
test rsi, rsi
jz .remove_head
mov [rsi + 16], 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
call free ; free the memory
pop rdi ; input for next iteration
pop rsi ; prev node for next iteration
jmp .loop
.done:
ret