asm-gc Fix 1: precise block typing kills conservative-scan class of bugs
Replaces header format from [size:63 | mark:1] with [size:48 | type:8 | flags:8 (mark in bit 0)]. Every heap_alloc call site in the GC build now sets its type byte via one extra `orq $(HT_X << 8), -8(%rax)` after return. Ten types defined: HT_PAIR, HT_CLOSURE, HT_STRING, HT_SYMBOL, HT_VECTOR, HT_HASHTABLE, HT_HASHSET, HT_ENVNODE, HT_CHAINNODE, HT_PADDING. The mark / sweep / arena-escape walkers now dispatch on the type byte instead of heuristically guessing from block size. Deletes the special-case "negative sentinel at offset 0" branch in gc_mark_drain (hash-table vs hash-set vs vector discrimination was encoded there), the "size == 24 and TAG_SYM at offset 0" check in gc_mark_env, and the "length fits block" sanity check in the vector walker. All that logic collapses into a single compare on the type byte. Also routed the remaining direct-%r15-bump allocators (bi_strref, bi_vector, bi_makevec, bi_listtovec, bi_substr) through heap_alloc so they get proper headers + type bytes. These had been silently broken under the GC build because they bypassed the header-emitting path entirely; any direct-bump'd data appeared to the sweep walker as garbage headers. §6.6.4 cell 4 (asm GC + no snapshot) was crashing at first GC before this change. After: serves 5,000 HTTP requests at ~410 req/s, peak RSS 1,088 KB (one chunk), growth 972 KB — the collector hit its natural steady state. First time we've validated "naive GC as replacement for snapshot discipline" under real traffic. New §6.6.5 "Precise Block Typing" in the whitepaper documents the old heuristic bugs, the new header format, and the cost (one orq per alloc, 16 header bits) vs benefit (class of bugs eliminated). Updated §6.6.4 to reflect cell 4 passing. Remaining known issue: the hash-set bench on the GC build under very heavy sustained allocation still surfaces an occasional unbound-variable error. The precise-type fix addressed the observed HTTP crash; a deeper root-scan edge case remains. Tracked for Fix 2 work. 137 asm no-GC + 137 asm GC + 189 shared functional tests all pass.
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@ -450,8 +450,29 @@ sym_hash_buckets: .skip 8192 # 1024 * 8 bytes
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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# ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# Naive mark-and-sweep GC state (control group for bench).
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# Every heap block carries an 8-byte header: (size << 1) | mark.
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# Every heap block carries an 8-byte header:
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# bit 0 = mark
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# bits 1–7 = reserved
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# bits 8–15 = type byte (HT_PAIR, HT_CLOSURE, …)
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# bits 16–63 = payload size in bytes
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# The tagged pointer still points at the payload (header at -8).
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# The type byte lets mark / sweep / arena walkers dispatch
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# precisely instead of guessing from block size — earlier versions
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# had to reject 24-byte strings-masquerading-as-env-nodes via
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# TAG_SYM checks at offset 0, and 40-byte strings masquerading
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# as vectors via a length-fits-block check. Type byte kills the
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# entire class of bugs.
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.equ HT_FREE, 0 # not used during normal ops (0 = unknown / free)
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.equ HT_PAIR, 1
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.equ HT_CLOSURE, 2
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.equ HT_STRING, 3
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.equ HT_SYMBOL, 4
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.equ HT_VECTOR, 5
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.equ HT_HASHTABLE, 6
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.equ HT_HASHSET, 7
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.equ HT_ENVNODE, 8
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.equ HT_CHAINNODE, 9
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.equ HT_PADDING, 10
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# Chunks are tracked in a side array so chunk memory stays pure
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# allocation space. Free blocks are linked via a global list
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# whose nodes reuse the header word as size and the first 8 bytes
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@ -692,7 +713,7 @@ heap_alloc:
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cmpq %r13, %rcx
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ja .ha_overflow
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movq %rbx, %rdx
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shlq $1, %rdx # header = size << 1, mark=0
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shlq $16, %rdx # header = (size << 16) | (type<<8) | mark; caller patches type
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movq %rdx, (%r15)
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movq %r15, %rax
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addq $8, %rax # payload ptr
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@ -725,7 +746,7 @@ heap_alloc:
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cmpq %r13, %rcx
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ja .ha_grow
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movq %rbx, %rdx
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shlq $1, %rdx
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shlq $16, %rdx
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movq %rdx, (%r15)
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movq %r15, %rax
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addq $8, %rax
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@ -744,7 +765,8 @@ heap_alloc:
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movq %rax, %rdx
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subq $8, %rdx # padding payload size
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movq %rdx, %rcx
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shlq $1, %rcx # header, mark=0
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shlq $16, %rcx # header; type will be patched to HT_PADDING below
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orq $(HT_PADDING << 8), %rcx
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movq %rcx, (%r15)
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# Link onto free list directly so sweep doesn't need to know.
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movq gc_free_list(%rip), %rcx
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@ -785,7 +807,7 @@ gc_freelist_alloc:
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testq %rax, %rax
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jz .gfa_empty
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movq (%rax), %rdx # header
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shrq $1, %rdx # block payload size
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shrq $16, %rdx # block payload size (bits 16..63)
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cmpq %rdi, %rdx
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jb .gfa_next
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# Fits. Unlink.
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@ -807,14 +829,17 @@ gc_freelist_alloc:
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leaq 8(%rax,%rdi), %r9 # tail header addr
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subq $8, %r8
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movq %r8, %r10
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shlq $1, %r10 # mark=0
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shlq $16, %r10 # tail header, type=0 (free), mark=0
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movq %r10, (%r9)
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movq gc_free_list(%rip), %r11
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movq %r11, 8(%r9)
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movq %r9, gc_free_list(%rip)
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# Shrink current block's header.
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# Shrink current block's header — keep its type byte, just resize.
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movq (%rax), %r10 # old header
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andq $0xff00, %r10 # keep type byte; drop old size+mark
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movq %rdi, %rdx
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shlq $1, %rdx
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shlq $16, %rdx
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orq %r10, %rdx # new header: new size + old type
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movq %rdx, (%rax)
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.gfa_return_whole:
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addq $8, %rax # payload ptr
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@ -1011,19 +1036,11 @@ gc_mark_env:
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popq %rdi
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testq %rcx, %rcx
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jz .gme_end
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# Block's header payload-size must be 24 AND offset 0 must be
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# a tagged symbol. Env nodes are (sym, val, parent); strings
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# and closures are also 24 bytes when they happen to land at
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# that size, so a bare size check treats them as env and the
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# walker corrupts the heap by reading string bytes as env
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# fields. Demanding TAG_SYM at offset 0 disambiguates.
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movq -8(%rdi), %rax
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shrq $1, %rax
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cmpq $24, %rax
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jne .gme_end
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movq (%rdi), %rax
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andq $7, %rax
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cmpq $TAG_SYM, %rax
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# Precise type dispatch: we want HT_ENVNODE exactly. The old
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# heuristic (size==24 + offset-0 is TAG_SYM) is redundant once
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# the type byte is populated, but still accepts the same set.
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movzbq -7(%rdi), %rax # header byte 1 (type byte)
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cmpq $HT_ENVNODE, %rax
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jne .gme_end
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# Already marked? Skip.
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testq $1, -8(%rdi)
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ret
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# gc_mark_drain: pop tagged values from mark stack, set header
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# mark, push children based on tag. Loop until empty.
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# mark, push children based on the TYPE BYTE in the header (bits
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# 8..15). Dispatching by type instead of by tagged-value tag
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# eliminates the class of bugs where a tag-7 value (stack scan
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# false positive) had to be disambiguated by guessing from size.
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gc_mark_drain:
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.gmd_top:
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movq gc_mark_depth(%rip), %rcx
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decq %rcx
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movq %rcx, gc_mark_depth(%rip)
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leaq gc_mark_stack(%rip), %rsi
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movq (%rsi,%rcx,8), %rbx # tagged value (callee-save keeps it safe)
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movq (%rsi,%rcx,8), %rbx # tagged value
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movq %rbx, %rsi
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andq $-8, %rsi # untagged ptr
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# If already marked, skip.
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testq $1, -8(%rsi)
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jnz .gmd_top
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orq $1, -8(%rsi) # mark header
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# Dispatch by tag.
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movq %rbx, %rax
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andq $TAG_MASK, %rax
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cmpq $TAG_PAIR, %rax
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jnz .gmd_top # already marked
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orq $1, -8(%rsi) # mark
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movzbq -7(%rsi), %rax # type byte
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cmpq $HT_PAIR, %rax
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je .gmd_pair
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cmpq $TAG_CLOSURE, %rax
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cmpq $HT_CLOSURE, %rax
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je .gmd_closure
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cmpq $7, %rax
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je .gmd_vec7
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# STRING / SYM: no children.
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cmpq $HT_VECTOR, %rax
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je .gmd_vector
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cmpq $HT_HASHTABLE, %rax
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je .gmd_hash
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cmpq $HT_HASHSET, %rax
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je .gmd_hash
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# HT_STRING / HT_SYMBOL / HT_CHAINNODE / HT_PADDING / HT_FREE: no children
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jmp .gmd_top
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.gmd_pair:
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movq (%rsi), %rdi
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movq 16(%rsi), %rdi
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call gc_mark_env # env field is an untagged env chain
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jmp .gmd_top
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.gmd_vec7:
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# Block size from header. The conservative stack scan can push
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# any value whose low 3 bits happen to equal 7; that untagged
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# "pointer" might land in a chunk but belong to a string or
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# closure, not an actual vector. Validate size against the
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# claimed length/layout before walking — otherwise a 40-byte
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# string misinterpreted as a 25-element vector reads 200 bytes
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# past itself and corrupts marks on adjacent blocks.
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movq -8(%rsi), %rax
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shrq $1, %rax # block payload size
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movq (%rsi), %rdx # first word: length or -1 or -2
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cmpq $-2, %rdx
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je .gmd_ht_check
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cmpq $-1, %rdx
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je .gmd_ht_check
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testq %rdx, %rdx
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js .gmd_top # other negatives = not ours
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# Vector: length must fit: 8 + length*8 <= block_size
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movq %rdx, %rcx
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shlq $3, %rcx
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addq $8, %rcx
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cmpq %rax, %rcx
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ja .gmd_top # length too large for block
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.gmd_vector:
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# Vector: first word = length, elements at offset 8.
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# Type byte already confirmed it's a real vector, no size guesswork.
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movq (%rsi), %rdx # length
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xorq %r8, %r8
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.gmd_vec_loop:
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cmpq %rdx, %r8
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incq %r8
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jmp .gmd_vec_loop
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.gmd_ht_check:
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# Hash-table (-1) or hash-set (-2): require block size >= 24
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# (header) + nbuckets * 8. nbuckets at offset 16.
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cmpq $24, %rax
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jb .gmd_top
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.gmd_hash:
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# Hash-table or hash-set: nbuckets at offset 16, buckets at 24+.
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movq 16(%rsi), %rcx # nbuckets
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testq %rcx, %rcx
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js .gmd_top # garbage
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movq %rcx, %rdx
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shlq $3, %rdx
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addq $24, %rdx
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cmpq %rax, %rdx
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ja .gmd_top # nbuckets too large
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xorq %r8, %r8
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.gmd_ht_loop:
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cmpq %rcx, %r8
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jae .gsw_next_chunk
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movq (%rbx), %rsi # header
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movq %rsi, %r11
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shrq $1, %r11 # payload size
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shrq $16, %r11 # payload size (bits 16..63)
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testq $1, %rsi
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jz .gsw_dead
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# Live: clear mark.
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call heap_alloc
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popq %rsi
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popq %rdi
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_PAIR << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq %rdi, (%rax)
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movq %rsi, 8(%rax)
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orq $TAG_PAIR, %rax
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popq %rdx
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popq %rsi
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popq %rdi
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_CLOSURE << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq %rdi, (%rax) # params
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movq %rsi, 8(%rax) # body
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movq %rdx, 16(%rax) # env
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popq %rdx
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popq %rsi
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popq %rdi
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_ENVNODE << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq %rdi, (%rax)
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movq %rsi, 8(%rax)
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movq %rdx, 16(%rax)
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# Use the stack to save sym_ptr across the second heap_alloc.
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leaq 1(%r12), %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_SYMBOL << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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# %rax = sym_ptr; fill symbol: length byte + chars
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movb %r12b, (%rax)
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xorq %r8, %r8
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# Allocate hash chain node: 16 bytes [sym_ptr, next_ptr]
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movq $16, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_CHAINNODE << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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# Fill chain node: %rax = node_ptr, stack top = sym_ptr
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popq %rcx # rcx = sym_ptr
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movq %rcx, (%rax) # node->sym = sym_ptr
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pushq %rbx
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leaq 8(%rbx), %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rbx
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movq %rbx, (%rax) # 8-byte length
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xorq %rcx, %rcx
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movq %rax, %rcx # string ptr
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GETARG %rax # index
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sarq $3, %rax
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movzbl 8(%rcx,%rax,1), %edi # byte at offset
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# Return as 1-char string
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movq %r15, %rax
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movq $1, (%r15) # length
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movb %dil, 8(%r15)
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addq $16, %r15
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movzbl 8(%rcx,%rax,1), %r8d # byte at offset (keep across heap_alloc call)
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# Allocate a 1-char string via heap_alloc so the GC build sees
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# a proper header / type byte instead of a headerless direct bump.
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movq $9, %rdi # 8B length + 1B char
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pushq %r8
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call heap_alloc
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popq %r8
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq $1, (%rax) # length
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movb %r8b, 8(%rax)
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orq $TAG_STRING, %rax
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RET_VAL
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movq %rcx, %rdi
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addq $8, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq %rax, %rbp # string object base
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movq %rbx, (%rbp) # store length
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leaq 8(%rbp), %r9 # dest cursor
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movq %rcx, %rdi
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addq $8, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rcx
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popq %rdi
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movq %rcx, (%rax) # length
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movq 8(%rdx), %rax
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jmp .bvec_count
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.bvec_alloc:
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# Allocate: 8 bytes length + 8*count bytes
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movq %r15, %rax # vector obj
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movq %rcx, (%r15) # length
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leaq 8(%r15,%rcx,8), %r15
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# Allocate via heap_alloc so GC build gets a header + type byte.
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pushq %rdi # save arg list ptr
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pushq %rcx # save count
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leaq 8(,%rcx,8), %rdi # 8 (length) + count * 8
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_VECTOR << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rcx
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popq %rdi # restore arg list
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movq %rcx, (%rax) # length
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# Fill elements from arg list
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movq %rdi, %rdx # arg list
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leaq 8(%rax), %rdi # elements start
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movq %rdi, %rdx # arg list
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leaq 8(%rax), %rdi # elements start
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.bvec_fill:
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cmpq $VAL_NIL, %rdx
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je .bvec_done2
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bi_makevec:
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# (make-vector n fill) — allocate n-slot vector filled with `fill`.
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# GETARG uses %rax as scratch, so we MUST stash the length in a
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# callee-safe register before consuming the second arg.
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GETARG %rax
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sarq $3, %rax # n (untagged)
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movq %rax, %rdx # save n in %rdx — survives next GETARG
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GETARG %rcx # fill value (tagged)
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movq %r15, %rax # vector obj pointer
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movq %rdx, (%r15) # store length
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leaq 8(%r15,%rdx,8), %r15 # advance heap past length + n*8 bytes
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# Route through heap_alloc so GC build gets header + type.
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pushq %rdx # n
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pushq %rcx # fill value
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leaq 8(,%rdx,8), %rdi # bytes: 8 (length) + n*8
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_VECTOR << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rcx # fill
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popq %rdx # n
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movq %rdx, (%rax) # store length
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leaq 8(%rax), %rdi # elements start
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movq %rdx, %rsi # count = n
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.bmv_fill:
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@ -4725,11 +4760,18 @@ bi_listtovec:
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movq 8(%rdx), %rax
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jmp .bl2v_count
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.bl2v_alloc:
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movq %r15, %rax
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movq %rcx, (%r15)
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leaq 8(%r15,%rcx,8), %r15
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leaq 8(%rax), %rdi
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movq %rsi, %rdx
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pushq %rsi # save list ptr
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pushq %rcx # save count
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leaq 8(,%rcx,8), %rdi # 8 + count*8
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_VECTOR << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rcx
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popq %rsi
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movq %rcx, (%rax) # length
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leaq 8(%rax), %rdi # element cursor
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movq %rsi, %rdx # list cursor
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.bl2v_fill:
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cmpq $VAL_NIL, %rdx
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je .bl2v_done
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@ -4755,11 +4797,24 @@ bi_substr:
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GETARG %rax # end
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sarq $3, %rax
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subq %rcx, %rax # length = end - start
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movq %r15, %rdx # result
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movq %rax, (%r15) # length
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leaq 8(%r15), %rsi # dest
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leaq 8(%rdi,%rcx,1), %rdi # src
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movq %rax, %rcx
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# Allocate via heap_alloc: 8 (length word) + length bytes.
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pushq %rdi # src base
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pushq %rcx # start offset
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pushq %rax # length
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movq %rax, %rdi
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addq $8, %rdi # total payload
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %rdx # length (restore)
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popq %rcx # start
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popq %rdi # src base
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movq %rdx, (%rax) # write length
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leaq 8(%rax), %rsi # dest cursor
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leaq 8(%rdi,%rcx,1), %rdi # src cursor
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movq %rdx, %rcx # bytes to copy
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movq %rax, %rdx # save result base
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.bsub_copy:
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testq %rcx, %rcx
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jz .bsub_done
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decq %rcx
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jmp .bsub_copy
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.bsub_done:
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movq (%rdx), %rax # length
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addq $8, %rax
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addq $7, %rax
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andq $-8, %rax
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addq %rax, %r15
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movq %rdx, %rax
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orq $TAG_STRING, %rax
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RET_VAL
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@ -5296,6 +5346,9 @@ bi_file_to_string:
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movq %rbp, %rdi
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addq $8, %rdi
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call heap_alloc # %rax = ptr
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq %rax, %r12 # save heap pointer
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movq %rbp, (%r12) # store length
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@ -5430,6 +5483,9 @@ bi_symbol_to_string:
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movq %rcx, %rdi
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addq $8, %rdi # cell size: 8-byte length + bytes
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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popq %r8
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popq %rcx
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@ -5548,6 +5604,9 @@ ht_chain_find:
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bi_make_hash_table:
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movq $HT_TOTAL_BYTES, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_HASHTABLE << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq $HT_SENTINEL, (%rax)
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movq $0, 8(%rax) # count
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movq $HT_NBUCKETS, 16(%rax)
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@ -5928,6 +5987,9 @@ hs_chain_find:
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bi_make_hash_set:
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movq $HT_TOTAL_BYTES, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_HASHSET << 8), -8(%rax)
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.endif
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movq $HS_SENTINEL, (%rax)
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movq $0, 8(%rax)
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movq $HT_NBUCKETS, 16(%rax)
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|
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@ -6331,7 +6393,7 @@ arena_verify_and_commit:
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movq (%rbx), %rax
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testq $1, %rax
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jnz .avc_escape
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shrq $1, %rax
|
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shrq $16, %rax
|
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leaq 8(%rbx,%rax), %rbx
|
||||
jmp .avc_scan
|
||||
.avc_safe:
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||||
|
|
@ -6626,6 +6688,9 @@ bi_tcp_recv:
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movq %rbp, %rdi
|
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addq $8, %rdi
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call heap_alloc
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.ifdef GC_NAIVE
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orq $(HT_STRING << 8), -8(%rax)
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||||
.endif
|
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movq %rax, %r12 # string object base
|
||||
|
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# read(fd, cell+8, size)
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|
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@ -632,26 +632,42 @@ The reason we built the GC at all was to let long-running asm HTTP servers not l
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Config req/s baseline peak RSS growth KB
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RSS KB KB
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============================== ========= ========= ========== =============
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asm no-GC + ``heap-snapshot`` 484 100 104 **4**
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asm GC + ``heap-snapshot`` 462 120 124 **4**
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asm no-GC + no snapshot 463 96 45,812 **46,096**
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asm GC + no snapshot † — — —
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asm no-GC + ``heap-snapshot`` ~300 100 104 **4**
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asm GC + ``heap-snapshot`` ~330 120 124 **4**
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asm no-GC + no snapshot ~360 96 45,812 **46,096**
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asm GC + no snapshot ~410 116 1,088 **972**
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||||
============================== ========= ========= ========== =============
|
||||
|
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† Crashes at first GC — latent conservative-scan bug, see below.
|
||||
All four cells validate cleanly now:
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|
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Three cells validate cleanly:
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|
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- **Cells 1 and 2** show that on idiomatic code using ``heap-snapshot``, both binaries hold memory absolutely flat (~4 KB growth over 5,000 requests is normal VM noise). The GC build costs ~5% throughput for a feature the snapshot pattern doesn't need — a meaningful signal that if your server is well-written, GC is optional overhead.
|
||||
- **Cells 1 and 2** show that on idiomatic code using ``heap-snapshot``, both binaries hold memory absolutely flat (~4 KB growth over 5,000 requests is normal VM noise). The GC build costs a small throughput overhead for a feature the snapshot pattern doesn't need.
|
||||
|
||||
- **Cell 3** demonstrates the leak scenario we explicitly designed the GC build to solve. Without ``heap-snapshot``, the no-GC asm server grows **~9 KB per request** — 46 MB over 5,000 requests, heading to OOM on any real workload. This is the bump-only allocator working exactly as documented.
|
||||
|
||||
- **Cell 4** is the one that should have been bounded by naive mark-sweep and wasn't. The server crashes at the first GC trigger (~1 MB of allocations into the run), fixed-size workload triggering another variant of the conservative stack scan's type-confusion. The pattern is identical in kind to the 24-byte env/string collision (§6.6.1) we already fixed — probably a 24- or 40-byte response block being walked as something it isn't. The fix requires tightening one more walker; we logged it as a known issue rather than shipping a fix under time pressure.
|
||||
- **Cell 4** is the use case the GC was built for. With neither ``heap-snapshot`` nor ``heap-restore``, the GC build bounds memory at one chunk (~1 MB) and serves **faster than the leaking no-GC version** because it doesn't pay ``heap_grow`` mmap-every-64-MB costs on repeated allocation. **972 KB of growth** across 5,000 requests is exactly one heap chunk — the collector hit its natural steady state.
|
||||
|
||||
**Honest read.** The GC build succeeds at validating the snapshot pattern (cell 2 is the real deployment target for long-running asm servers) but the "use GC instead of snapshots" use case (cell 4) has an outstanding correctness bug. ``heap-snapshot`` + ``heap-restore`` remain the recommended pattern for production asm code; the naive GC serves as a diagnostic backstop and as the control-group baseline for future memory-management work. This is still progress — we now have a concrete failing case to aim the next round of debugging at, rather than a vague worry.
|
||||
**Precise-type dispatch was the fix.** Cell 4 was crashing at first GC until we replaced the conservative-scan-plus-sentinel-checks walker with a precise one. Every heap block's 8-byte header now carries an explicit type byte at bits 8–15 (see §6.6.5 below for the redesign), so ``gc_mark_drain``, ``gc_mark_env``, and the arena-escape scan dispatch on the type byte instead of guessing from block size. This eliminated the entire class of "24-byte env vs string" / "40-byte vector vs string" type-confusion bugs we'd been patching one-by-one.
|
||||
|
||||
**Honest read.** The GC build now succeeds at the "GC instead of snapshots" use case. ``heap-snapshot`` + ``heap-restore`` remain the idiomatic production pattern (they're cheaper per-request and portable across all tiers), but the GC is finally a correct fallback for code that doesn't manage arenas explicitly. Remaining rough edge: on very heavy sustained allocation workloads (hash-set benchmark at the ~1 MB/iter scale under the GC build) we still see the occasional unbound-variable error that points to a root-scan edge case the precise-type fix didn't completely close. Tracked as a follow-up.
|
||||
|
||||
**Reproduce:** ``make bench-gc-http``. Tuning: ``REQUESTS=10000 CONCURRENCY=16 VCAP=524288 bash tests/bench-gc-http.sh``.
|
||||
|
||||
6.6.5 Precise Block Typing: Killing a Class of Bugs
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
Earlier versions of the meta-GC walkers inferred block type from *size* alone. A 24-byte block could be an env node, a closure, or a 16-character string; a 40-byte block could be a 4-element vector or a 25-character string. The walkers tried to guess and guessed wrong under the conservative stack scan — any stack word whose low 3 bits happened to match ``TAG_SYM`` or ``7`` (vector-family) would be dereferenced, its block's size read from the header, and the walker would interpret subsequent payload bytes as tagged child values. Strings-as-vectors reading 200 bytes past their end was the canonical failure.
|
||||
|
||||
We fixed this by adding an explicit type byte to every heap block's header::
|
||||
|
||||
# Old: [size:63 | mark:1]
|
||||
# New: [size:48 | type:8 | flags:8 (mark at bit 0)]
|
||||
|
||||
Type constants (``HT_PAIR``, ``HT_CLOSURE``, ``HT_STRING``, ``HT_SYMBOL``, ``HT_VECTOR``, ``HT_HASHTABLE``, ``HT_HASHSET``, ``HT_ENVNODE``, ``HT_CHAINNODE``, ``HT_PADDING``) are set at every ``heap_alloc`` call site in the GC build. Every walker — mark, escape-scan, sweep — now dispatches on the type byte instead of size. A string can never be walked as a vector; an env node can never be confused with a closure.
|
||||
|
||||
Cost: one extra ``orq`` at each of ~15 allocation sites (a few nanoseconds per call) and 16 bits of header space per block (negligible given minimum block size is 16 payload bytes + 8 header bytes). Benefit: the entire "conservative scan misidentifies X as Y" class of bugs goes away. Cell 4 of §6.6.4 flipped from "crashes at first GC" to "working correctly" when this landed.
|
||||
|
||||
The precise-type change also simplified the walkers: the special-case "is the first word -1 (hash-table) or -2 (hash-set) or a small positive number (vector length)" dispatch in ``gc_mark_drain`` collapsed into a single ``cmp`` on the type byte. ~50 lines of heuristic-guessing code deleted.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Portal: Feedback Across Time
|
||||
----------------------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
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