/* policy.c: POLICY DECISIONS
*
* $Id: //info.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/custom/cet/main/code/policy.c#5 $
* Copyright (c) 2001-2018 Ravenbrook Limited. See end of file for license.
*
* This module collects the decision-making code for the MPS, so that
* policy can be maintained and adjusted.
*
* .sources: <design/strategy/>.
*/
#include "locus.h"
#include "mpm.h"
SRCID(policy, "$Id: //info.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/custom/cet/main/code/policy.c#5 $");
/* PolicyAlloc -- allocation policy
*
* This is the code responsible for making decisions about where to allocate
* memory.
*
* pref describes the address space preferences for the allocation.
* size is the amount of memory requested to be allocated, in bytes.
* pool is the pool that is requresting the memory.
*
* If successful, update *tractReturn to point to the initial tract of
* the allocated memory and return ResOK. Otherwise return a result
* code describing the problem.
*/
Res PolicyAlloc(Tract *tractReturn, Arena arena, LocusPref pref,
Size size, Pool pool)
{
Res res;
Tract tract;
ZoneSet zones, moreZones, evenMoreZones;
AVER(tractReturn != NULL);
AVERT(Arena, arena);
AVERT(LocusPref, pref);
AVER(size > (Size)0);
AVER(SizeIsArenaGrains(size, arena));
AVERT(Pool, pool);
AVER(arena == PoolArena(pool));
/* Don't attempt to allocate if doing so would definitely exceed the
* commit limit. */
if (arena->spareCommitted < size) {
Size necessaryCommitIncrease = size - arena->spareCommitted;
if (arena->committed + necessaryCommitIncrease > arena->commitLimit
|| arena->committed + necessaryCommitIncrease < arena->committed) {
return ResCOMMIT_LIMIT;
}
}
/* Plan A: allocate from the free land in the requested zones */
zones = ZoneSetDiff(pref->zones, pref->avoid);
if (zones != ZoneSetEMPTY) {
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, zones, pref->high, size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
}
/* Plan B: add free zones that aren't blacklisted */
/* TODO: Pools without ambiguous roots might not care about the blacklist. */
/* TODO: zones are precious and (currently) never deallocated, so we
* should consider extending the arena first if address space is plentiful.
* See also job003384. */
moreZones = ZoneSetUnion(pref->zones, ZoneSetDiff(arena->freeZones, pref->avoid));
if (moreZones != zones) {
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, moreZones, pref->high, size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
}
/* Plan C: Extend the arena, then try A and B again. */
if (moreZones != ZoneSetEMPTY) {
res = Method(Arena, arena, grow)(arena, pref, size);
/* If we can't extend because we hit the commit limit, try purging
some spare committed memory and try again.*/
/* TODO: This would be a good time to *remap* VM instead of
returning it to the OS. */
if (res == ResCOMMIT_LIMIT) {
if (Method(Arena, arena, purgeSpare)(arena, size) >= size)
res = Method(Arena, arena, grow)(arena, pref, size);
}
if (res == ResOK) {
if (zones != ZoneSetEMPTY) {
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, zones, pref->high, size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
}
if (moreZones != zones) {
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, moreZones, pref->high,
size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
}
}
/* TODO: Log an event here, since something went wrong, before
trying the next plan anyway. */
}
/* Plan D: add every zone that isn't blacklisted. This might mix GC'd
* objects with those from other generations, causing the zone check
* to give false positives and slowing down the collector. */
/* TODO: log an event for this */
evenMoreZones = ZoneSetDiff(ZoneSetUNIV, pref->avoid);
if (evenMoreZones != moreZones) {
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, evenMoreZones, pref->high,
size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
}
/* Last resort: try anywhere. This might put GC'd objects in zones where
* common ambiguous bit patterns pin them down, causing the zone check
* to give even more false positives permanently, and possibly retaining
* garbage indefinitely. */
res = ArenaFreeLandAlloc(&tract, arena, ZoneSetUNIV, pref->high, size, pool);
if (res == ResOK)
goto found;
/* Uh oh. */
return res;
found:
*tractReturn = tract;
return ResOK;
}
/* policyCollectionTime -- estimate time to collect the world, in seconds */
static double policyCollectionTime(Arena arena)
{
Size collectableSize;
double collectionRate;
double collectionTime;
AVERT(Arena, arena);
collectableSize = ArenaCollectable(arena);
/* The condition arena->tracedTime >= 1.0 ensures that the division
* can't overflow. */
if (arena->tracedTime >= 1.0)
collectionRate = arena->tracedWork / arena->tracedTime;
else
collectionRate = ARENA_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_RATE;
collectionTime = collectableSize / collectionRate;
collectionTime += ARENA_DEFAULT_COLLECTION_OVERHEAD;
return collectionTime;
}
/* PolicyShouldCollectWorld -- should we collect the world now?
*
* Return TRUE if we should try collecting the world now, FALSE if
* not.
*
* This is the policy behind mps_arena_step, and so the client
* must have provided us with enough time to collect the world, and
* enough time must have passed since the last time we did that
* opportunistically.
*/
Bool PolicyShouldCollectWorld(Arena arena, double availableTime,
Clock now, Clock clocks_per_sec)
{
Size collectableSize;
double collectionTime, sinceLastWorldCollect;
AVERT(Arena, arena);
/* Can't collect the world if we're already collecting. */
AVER(arena->busyTraces == TraceSetEMPTY);
if (availableTime <= 0.0)
/* Can't collect the world if we're not given any time. */
return FALSE;
/* Don't collect the world if it's very small. */
collectableSize = ArenaCollectable(arena);
if (collectableSize < ARENA_MINIMUM_COLLECTABLE_SIZE)
return FALSE;
/* How long would it take to collect the world? */
collectionTime = policyCollectionTime(arena);
/* How long since we last collected the world? */
sinceLastWorldCollect = ((now - arena->lastWorldCollect) /
(double) clocks_per_sec);
/* Offered enough time, and long enough since we last did it? */
return availableTime > collectionTime
&& sinceLastWorldCollect > collectionTime / ARENA_MAX_COLLECT_FRACTION;
}
/* policyCondemnChain -- condemn approriate parts of this chain
*
* If successful, set *mortalityReturn to an estimate of the mortality
* of the condemned parts of this chain and return ResOK.
*
* This is only called if ChainDeferral returned a value sufficiently
* low that we decided to start the collection. (Usually such values
* are less than zero; see <design/strategy/#policy.start.chain>.)
*/
static Res policyCondemnChain(double *mortalityReturn, Chain chain, Trace trace)
{
size_t topCondemnedGen, i;
GenDesc gen;
AVER(mortalityReturn != NULL);
AVERT(Chain, chain);
AVERT(Trace, trace);
/* Find the highest generation that's over capacity. We will condemn
* this and all lower generations in the chain. */
topCondemnedGen = chain->genCount;
for (;;) {
/* It's an error to call this function unless some generation is
* over capacity as reported by ChainDeferral. */
AVER(topCondemnedGen > 0);
if (topCondemnedGen == 0)
return ResFAIL;
-- topCondemnedGen;
gen = &chain->gens[topCondemnedGen];
AVERT(GenDesc, gen);
if (GenDescNewSize(gen) >= gen->capacity)
break;
}
/* At this point, we've decided to condemn topCondemnedGen and all
* lower generations. */
TraceCondemnStart(trace);
for (i = 0; i <= topCondemnedGen; ++i) {
gen = &chain->gens[i];
AVERT(GenDesc, gen);
GenDescStartTrace(gen, trace);
}
EVENT3(ChainCondemnAuto, chain, topCondemnedGen, chain->genCount);
return TraceCondemnEnd(mortalityReturn, trace);
}
/* PolicyStartTrace -- consider starting a trace
*
* If collectWorldAllowed is TRUE, consider starting a collection of
* the world. Otherwise, consider only starting collections of individual
* chains or generations.
*
* If a collection of the world was started, set *collectWorldReturn
* to TRUE. Otherwise leave it unchanged.
*
* If a trace was started, update *traceReturn and return TRUE.
* Otherwise, leave *traceReturn unchanged and return FALSE.
*/
Bool PolicyStartTrace(Trace *traceReturn, Bool *collectWorldReturn,
Arena arena, Bool collectWorldAllowed)
{
Res res;
Trace trace;
double TraceWorkFactor = 0.25;
/* Fix the mortality of the world to avoid runaway feedback between the
dynamic criterion and the mortality of the arena's top generation,
leading to all traces collecting the world. This is a (hopefully)
temporary hack, pending an improved scheduling algorithm. */
double TraceWorldMortality = 0.5;
AVER(traceReturn != NULL);
AVERT(Arena, arena);
if (collectWorldAllowed) {
Size sFoundation, sCondemned, sSurvivors, sConsTrace;
double tTracePerScan; /* tTrace/cScan */
double dynamicDeferral;
/* Compute dynamic criterion. See strategy.lisp-machine. */
sFoundation = (Size)0; /* condemning everything, only roots @@@@ */
/* @@@@ sCondemned should be scannable only */
sCondemned = ArenaCommitted(arena) - ArenaSpareCommitted(arena);
sSurvivors = (Size)(sCondemned * (1 - TraceWorldMortality));
tTracePerScan = sFoundation + (sSurvivors * (1 + TraceCopyScanRATIO));
AVER(TraceWorkFactor >= 0);
AVER(sSurvivors + tTracePerScan * TraceWorkFactor <= (double)SizeMAX);
sConsTrace = (Size)(sSurvivors + tTracePerScan * TraceWorkFactor);
dynamicDeferral = (double)ArenaAvail(arena) - (double)sConsTrace;
if (dynamicDeferral < 0.0) {
/* Start full collection. */
res = TraceStartCollectAll(&trace, arena, TraceStartWhyDYNAMICCRITERION);
if (res != ResOK)
goto failStart;
*collectWorldReturn = TRUE;
*traceReturn = trace;
return TRUE;
}
}
{
/* Find the chain most over its capacity. */
Ring node, nextNode;
double firstTime = 0.0;
Chain firstChain = NULL;
RING_FOR(node, &arena->chainRing, nextNode) {
Chain chain = RING_ELT(Chain, chainRing, node);
double time;
AVERT(Chain, chain);
time = ChainDeferral(chain);
if (time < firstTime) {
firstTime = time; firstChain = chain;
}
}
/* If one was found, start collection on that chain. */
if(firstTime < 0) {
double mortality;
res = TraceCreate(&trace, arena, TraceStartWhyCHAIN_GEN0CAP);
AVER(res == ResOK);
res = policyCondemnChain(&mortality, firstChain, trace);
if (res != ResOK) /* should try some other trace, really @@@@ */
goto failCondemn;
if (TraceIsEmpty(trace))
goto nothingCondemned;
res = TraceStart(trace, mortality, trace->condemned * TraceWorkFactor);
/* We don't expect normal GC traces to fail to start. */
AVER(res == ResOK);
*traceReturn = trace;
return TRUE;
}
} /* (dynamicDeferral > 0.0) */
return FALSE;
nothingCondemned:
failCondemn:
TraceDestroyInit(trace);
failStart:
return FALSE;
}
/* PolicyPoll -- do some tracing work?
*
* Return TRUE if the MPS should do some tracing work; FALSE if it
* should return to the mutator.
*/
Bool PolicyPoll(Arena arena)
{
Globals globals;
AVERT(Arena, arena);
globals = ArenaGlobals(arena);
return globals->pollThreshold <= globals->fillMutatorSize;
}
/* PolicyPollAgain -- do another unit of work?
*
* Return TRUE if the MPS should do another unit of work; FALSE if it
* should return to the mutator.
*
* start is the clock time when the MPS was entered.
* moreWork and tracedWork are the results of the last call to TracePoll.
*/
Bool PolicyPollAgain(Arena arena, Clock start, Bool moreWork, Work tracedWork)
{
Bool moreTime;
Globals globals;
double nextPollThreshold;
AVERT(Arena, arena);
UNUSED(tracedWork);
if (ArenaEmergency(arena))
return TRUE;
/* Is there more work to do and more time to do it in? */
moreTime = (ClockNow() - start) < ArenaPauseTime(arena) * ClocksPerSec();
if (moreWork && moreTime)
return TRUE;
/* We're not going to do more work now, so calculate when to come back. */
globals = ArenaGlobals(arena);
if (moreWork) {
/* We did one quantum of work; consume one unit of 'time'. */
nextPollThreshold = globals->pollThreshold + ArenaPollALLOCTIME;
} else {
/* No more work to do. Sleep until NOW + a bit. */
nextPollThreshold = globals->fillMutatorSize + ArenaPollALLOCTIME;
}
/* Advance pollThreshold; check: enough precision? */
AVER(nextPollThreshold > globals->pollThreshold);
globals->pollThreshold = nextPollThreshold;
return FALSE;
}
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