195 lines
5.2 KiB
C
195 lines
5.2 KiB
C
/*
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alloca -- (mostly) portable public-domain implementation -- D A Gwyn
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last edit: 86/05/30 rms
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include config.h, since on VMS it renames some symbols.
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Use xmalloc instead of malloc.
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This implementation of the PWB library alloca() function,
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which is used to allocate space off the run-time stack so
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that it is automatically reclaimed upon procedure exit,
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was inspired by discussions with J. Q. Johnson of Cornell.
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It should work under any C implementation that uses an
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actual procedure stack (as opposed to a linked list of
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frames). There are some preprocessor constants that can
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be defined when compiling for your specific system, for
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improved efficiency; however, the defaults should be okay.
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The general concept of this implementation is to keep
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track of all alloca()-allocated blocks, and reclaim any
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that are found to be deeper in the stack than the current
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invocation. This heuristic does not reclaim storage as
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soon as it becomes invalid, but it will do so eventually.
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As a special case, alloca(0) reclaims storage without
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allocating any. It is a good idea to use alloca(0) in
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your main control loop, etc. to force garbage collection.
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*/
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#ifndef lint
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static char SCCSid[] = "@(#)alloca.c 1.1"; /* for the "what" utility */
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#endif
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#ifdef emacs
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#include "config.h"
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#ifdef static
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/* actually, only want this if static is defined as ""
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-- this is for usg, in which emacs must undefine static
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in order to make unexec workable
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*/
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#ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
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you
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lose
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-- must know STACK_DIRECTION at compile-time
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#endif /* STACK_DIRECTION undefined */
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#endif /* static */
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#endif /* emacs */
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#ifndef alloca /* If compiling with GCC, this file's not needed. */
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#ifdef __STDC__
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typedef void *pointer; /* generic pointer type */
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#else
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typedef char *pointer; /* generic pointer type */
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#endif
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#define NULL 0 /* null pointer constant */
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extern void free();
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extern pointer xmalloc();
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/*
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Define STACK_DIRECTION if you know the direction of stack
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growth for your system; otherwise it will be automatically
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deduced at run-time.
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STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
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STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
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STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown
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*/
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#ifndef STACK_DIRECTION
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#define STACK_DIRECTION 0 /* direction unknown */
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#endif
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#if STACK_DIRECTION != 0
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#define STACK_DIR STACK_DIRECTION /* known at compile-time */
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#else /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0; need run-time code */
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static int stack_dir; /* 1 or -1 once known */
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#define STACK_DIR stack_dir
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static void
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find_stack_direction (/* void */)
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{
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static char *addr = NULL; /* address of first
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`dummy', once known */
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auto char dummy; /* to get stack address */
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if (addr == NULL)
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{ /* initial entry */
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addr = &dummy;
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find_stack_direction (); /* recurse once */
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}
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else /* second entry */
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if (&dummy > addr)
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stack_dir = 1; /* stack grew upward */
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else
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stack_dir = -1; /* stack grew downward */
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}
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#endif /* STACK_DIRECTION == 0 */
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/*
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An "alloca header" is used to:
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(a) chain together all alloca()ed blocks;
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(b) keep track of stack depth.
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It is very important that sizeof(header) agree with malloc()
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alignment chunk size. The following default should work okay.
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*/
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#ifndef ALIGN_SIZE
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#define ALIGN_SIZE sizeof(double)
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#endif
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typedef union hdr
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{
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char align[ALIGN_SIZE]; /* to force sizeof(header) */
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struct
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{
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union hdr *next; /* for chaining headers */
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char *deep; /* for stack depth measure */
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} h;
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} header;
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/*
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alloca( size ) returns a pointer to at least `size' bytes of
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storage which will be automatically reclaimed upon exit from
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the procedure that called alloca(). Originally, this space
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was supposed to be taken from the current stack frame of the
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caller, but that method cannot be made to work for some
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implementations of C, for example under Gould's UTX/32.
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*/
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static header *last_alloca_header = NULL; /* -> last alloca header */
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pointer
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alloca (size) /* returns pointer to storage */
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unsigned size; /* # bytes to allocate */
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{
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auto char probe; /* probes stack depth: */
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register char *depth = &probe;
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#if STACK_DIRECTION == 0
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if (STACK_DIR == 0) /* unknown growth direction */
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find_stack_direction ();
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#endif
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/* Reclaim garbage, defined as all alloca()ed storage that
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was allocated from deeper in the stack than currently. */
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{
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register header *hp; /* traverses linked list */
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for (hp = last_alloca_header; hp != NULL;)
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if ((STACK_DIR > 0 && hp->h.deep > depth)
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|| (STACK_DIR < 0 && hp->h.deep < depth))
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{
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register header *np = hp->h.next;
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free ((pointer) hp); /* collect garbage */
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hp = np; /* -> next header */
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}
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else
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break; /* rest are not deeper */
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last_alloca_header = hp; /* -> last valid storage */
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}
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if (size == 0)
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return NULL; /* no allocation required */
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/* Allocate combined header + user data storage. */
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{
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register pointer new = xmalloc (sizeof (header) + size);
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/* address of header */
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((header *)new)->h.next = last_alloca_header;
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((header *)new)->h.deep = depth;
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last_alloca_header = (header *)new;
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/* User storage begins just after header. */
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return (pointer)((char *)new + sizeof(header));
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}
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}
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#endif /* no alloca */
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