corda/src/heap.h

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#ifndef HEAP_H
#define HEAP_H

#include "system.h"
#include "allocator.h"

namespace vm {

// an object must survive TenureThreshold + 2 garbage collections
// before being copied to gen2 (must be at least 1):
const unsigned TenureThreshold = 3;

const unsigned FixieTenureThreshold = TenureThreshold + 2;

class Heap: public Allocator {
 public:
  enum CollectionType {
    MinorCollection,
    MajorCollection
  };

  enum Status {
    Null,
    Reachable,
    Unreachable,
    Tenured
  };

  class Visitor {
   public:
    virtual void visit(void*) = 0;
  };

  class Walker {
   public:
    virtual bool visit(unsigned) = 0;
  };

  class Client {
   public:
    virtual void collect(void* context, CollectionType type) = 0;
    virtual void visitRoots(Visitor*) = 0;
    virtual bool isFixed(void*) = 0;
    virtual unsigned sizeInWords(void*) = 0;
    virtual unsigned copiedSizeInWords(void*) = 0;
    virtual void copy(void*, void*) = 0;
    virtual void walk(void*, Walker*) = 0;
  };

  virtual void setClient(Client* client) = 0;
  virtual void setImmortalHeap(uintptr_t* start, unsigned sizeInWords) = 0;
  virtual unsigned limit() = 0;
  virtual bool limitExceeded() = 0;
  virtual void collect(CollectionType type, unsigned footprint) = 0;
  virtual void* allocateFixed(Allocator* allocator, unsigned sizeInWords,
                              bool objectMask, unsigned* totalInBytes) = 0;
  virtual void* allocateImmortalFixed(Allocator* allocator,
                                      unsigned sizeInWords, bool objectMask,
                                      unsigned* totalInBytes) = 0;
  virtual void mark(void* p, unsigned offset, unsigned count) = 0;
  virtual void pad(void* p) = 0;
  virtual void* follow(void* p) = 0;
  virtual void postVisit() = 0;
  virtual Status status(void* p) = 0;
  virtual CollectionType collectionType() = 0;
  virtual void disposeFixies() = 0;
  virtual void dispose() = 0;
};

Heap* makeHeap(System* system, unsigned limit);

} // namespace vm

#endif//HEAP_H