Index to source code¶
External MPS interface¶
The external MPS interface consists of header files that the client program is expected to include, plus the single-file source code (mps.c). See design.mps.interface-c.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
mps.h |
Public MPS interface. |
mps.c |
Single-file source code. See Building the Memory Pool System. |
mpsacl.h |
Client arenas external interface. |
mpsavm.h |
Virtual memory arenas external interface. |
mpscamc.h |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) pool class external interface. |
mpscams.h |
AMS (Automatic Mark and Sweep) pool class external interface. |
mpscawl.h |
AWL (Automatic Weak Linked) pool class external interface. |
mpsclo.h |
LO (Leaf Object) pool class external interface. |
mpscmfs.h |
MFS (Manual Fixed Small) pool class external interface. |
mpscmv.h |
MV (Manual Variable) pool class external interface. |
mpscmv2.h |
Former (deprecated) MVT (Manual Variable Temporal) pool class interface. |
mpscmvff.h |
MVFF (Manual Variable First Fit) pool class external interface. |
mpscmvt.h |
MVT (Manual Variable Temporal) pool class external interface. |
mpscsnc.h |
SNC (Stack No Checking) pool class external interface. |
mpsio.h |
I/O module interface. |
mpslib.h |
Library module interface. |
Plinth¶
The plinth provides an interface between the MPS and the execution environment, to help support freestanding implementations. See Plinth.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
mpsioan.c |
I/O module for “ANSI” (hosted) environments. |
mpsliban.c |
Library module for “ANSI” (hosted) environments. |
Configuration¶
These header files provide platform-specific constants, type declarations, and macros. See Porting the MPS and design.mps.config.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
clock.h |
Fast high-resolution clocks. |
config.h |
MPS configuration header. |
mpstd.h |
Target detection header. |
Core MPS¶
File |
Description |
|---|---|
abq.c |
Fixed-length queue implementation. See design.mps.abq. |
abq.h |
Fixed-length queue interface. See design.mps.abq. |
arena.c |
Arena implementation. See design.mps.arena. |
arenacl.c |
Client arenas implementation. |
arenavm.c |
Virtual memory arenas implementation. |
arg.c |
Keyword arguments implementation. |
arg.h |
Keyword arguments interface. |
boot.c |
Bootstrap allocator implementation. See design.mps.bootstrap. |
boot.h |
Bootstrap allocator interface. See design.mps.bootstrap. |
bt.c |
Bit table implementation. See design.mps.bt. |
bt.h |
Bit table interface. See design.mps.bt. |
buffer.c |
Buffer implementation. See design.mps.buffer. |
cbs.c |
Coalescing block implementation. See design.mps.cbs. |
cbs.h |
Coalescing block interface. See design.mps.cbs. |
check.h |
Assertion interface. See design.mps.check. |
dbgpool.c |
Debugging pools implementation. |
dbgpool.h |
Debugging pools interface. |
dbgpooli.c |
Debugging pools external interface. |
event.c |
Telemetry implementation. |
event.h |
Telemetry interface (internal). |
eventcom.h |
Telemetry interface (auxiliary programs). |
eventdef.h |
Telemetry event definitions. |
failover.c |
Fail-over allocator implementation. See design.mps.failover. |
failover.h |
Fail-over allocator interface. See design.mps.failover. |
format.c |
Object formats implementation. |
freelist.c |
Freelist allocator implementation. See design.mps.freelist. |
freelist.h |
Freelist allocator interface. See design.mps.freelist. |
global.c |
Global arena implementation. |
land.c |
Land implementation. See design.mps.land. |
ld.c |
Location dependency implementation. |
locus.c |
Locus manager implementation. See design.mps.locus. |
locus.h |
Locus manager interface. See design.mps.locus. |
message.c |
Messages implementation. |
meter.c |
Debugging accumulator implementation. |
meter.h |
Debugging accumulator interface. |
misc.h |
Miscellaneous constant and macro definitions. |
mpm.c |
Miscellaneous support functions. See design.mps.writef. |
mpm.h |
Core MPS interface. (“MPM” = “Memory Pool Manager”) |
mpmst.h |
Core data structure declarations. |
mpmtypes.h |
Core type declarations. |
mpsi.c |
External interface implementation. See design.mps.interface-c. |
mpsiw3.c |
Additional external interface implementation for Windows. |
mpswin.h |
Wrapper for windows.h. |
nailboard.c |
Nailboard implementation. See design.mps.nailboard. |
nailboard.h |
Nailboard interface. See design.mps.nailboard. |
policy.c |
Collection policy decisions. See design.mps.strategy. |
pool.c |
Pool implementation. See design.mps.pool. |
poolabs.c |
Abstract pool classes. |
poolmrg.c |
Manual Rank Guardian pool implementation. See design.mps.poolmrg. |
poolmrg.h |
Manual Rank Guardian pool interface. See design.mps.poolmrg. |
protocol.c |
Inheritance protocol implementation. See design.mps.protocol. |
protocol.h |
Inheritance protocol interface. See design.mps.protocol. |
range.c |
Address ranges implementation. See design.mps.range. |
range.h |
Address ranges interface. See design.mps.range. |
ref.c |
Ranks and zones implementation. |
ring.c |
Ring implementation. See design.mps.ring. |
ring.h |
Ring interface. See design.mps.ring. |
root.c |
Roots implementation. |
sa.c |
Sparse array implementation. |
sa.h |
Sparse array interface. |
sac.c |
Segregated allocation caches implementation. |
sac.h |
Segregated allocation caches interface. |
sc.h |
Stack context interface. |
scan.c |
Scanning functions. |
seg.c |
Segment implementation. See design.mps.seg. |
shield.c |
Shield implementation. See design.mps.shield. |
splay.c |
Splay tree implementation. See design.mps.splay. |
splay.h |
Splay tree interface. See design.mps.splay. |
trace.c |
Trace implementation. See design.mps.trace. |
traceanc.c |
More trace implementation. See design.mps.trace. |
tract.c |
Chunk and tract implementation. See design.mps.arena. |
tract.h |
Chunk and tract interface. See design.mps.arena. |
tree.c |
Binary tree implementation. |
tree.h |
Binary tree interface. |
version.c |
MPS version implementation. See design.mps.version. |
walk.c |
Formatted object walker. |
Platform interfaces¶
These modules provide interfaces to features that are not available in standard C, and so may need to be ported to new platforms. See Porting the MPS.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
lock.h |
Lock interface. See design.mps.lock. |
lockan.c |
Lock implementation for standard C. |
lockix.c |
Lock implementation for POSIX. |
lockw3.c |
Lock implementation for Windows. |
prmcan.c |
Mutator context implementation for standard C. |
prmci3.h |
Mutator context interface for IA-32. |
prmci3fr.c |
Mutator context implementation for FreeBSD, IA-32. |
prmci3li.c |
Mutator context implementation for Linux, IA-32. |
prmci3w3.c |
Mutator context implementation for Windows, IA-32. |
prmci3xc.c |
Mutator context implementation for OS X, IA-32. |
prmci6.h |
Mutator context interface for x86-64. |
prmci6fr.c |
Mutator context implementation for FreeBSD, x86-64. |
prmci6li.c |
Mutator context implementation for Linux, x86-64. |
prmci6w3.c |
Mutator context implementation for Windows, x86-64. |
prmci6xc.c |
Mutator context implementation for OS X, x86-64. |
prmcix.h |
Mutator context interface for POSIX. |
prmcw3.h |
Mutator context interface for Windows. |
prmcxc.h |
Mutator context interface for OS X. |
prot.h |
Protection interface. See design.mps.prot. |
protan.c |
Protection implementation for standard C. |
proti3.c |
Protection implementation for IA-32. |
proti6.c |
Protection implementation for x86-64. |
protix.c |
Protection implementation for POSIX. |
protli.c |
Protection implementation for Linux. |
protsgix.c |
Protection implementation for POSIX (signals part). |
protw3.c |
Protection implementation for Windows. |
protxc.c |
Protection implementation for OS X. |
protxc.h |
Protection interface for OS X. |
pthrdext.c |
Protection implementation for POSIX (threads part). |
pthrdext.h |
Protection interface for POSIX (threads part). |
sp.h |
Stack probe interface. See design.mps.sp. |
span.c |
Stack probe implementation for standard C. |
spw3i3.c |
Stack probe implementation for Windows, IA-32. |
spw3i6.c |
Stack probe implementation for Windows, x86-64. |
ss.c |
Stack scanning implementation (common part). |
ss.h |
Stack scanning interface. See design.mps.ss. |
ssan.c |
Stack scanning implementation for standard C. |
ssixi3.c |
Stack scanning implementation for POSIX, IA-32. |
ssixi6.c |
Stack scanning implementation for POSIX, x86-64. |
ssw3i3mv.c |
Stack scanning implementation for Windows, IA-32, Visual C. |
ssw3i3pc.c |
Stack scanning implementation for Windows, IA-32, Pelles C. |
ssw3i6mv.c |
Stack scanning implementation for Windows, x86-64, Visual C. |
ssw3i6pc.c |
Stack scanning implementation for Windows, x86-64, Pelles C. |
th.h |
Threads interface. See design.mps.thread-manager. |
than.c |
Threads implementation for standard C. |
thix.c |
Threads implementation for POSIX. |
thw3.c |
Threads implementation for Windows. |
thw3.h |
Threads interface for Windows. |
thw3i3.c |
Threads implementation for Windows, IA-32. |
thw3i6.c |
Threads implementation for Windows, x86-64. |
thxc.c |
Threads implementation for OS X. |
vm.c |
Virtual memory implementation (common part). |
vm.h |
Virtual memory interface. See design.mps.vm. |
vman.c |
Virtual memory implementation for standard C. |
vmix.c |
Virtual memory implementation for POSIX. |
vmw3.c |
Virtual memory implementation for Windows. |
Pool classes¶
These files implement the supported pool classes. Some of these (MFS, MV) are used internally by the MPS; the others are available for client programs only. See Pool reference.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
poolamc.c |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) implementation. |
poolams.c |
AMS (Automatic Mark and Sweep) implementation. |
poolams.h |
AMS (Automatic Mark and Sweep) internal interface. |
poolawl.c |
AWL (Automatic Weak Linked) implementation. |
poollo.c |
LO (Leaf Object) implementation. |
poolmfs.c |
MFS (Manual Fixed Small) implementation. |
poolmfs.h |
MFS (Manual Fixed Small) internal interface. |
poolmv.c |
MV (Manual Variable) implementation. |
poolmv.h |
MV (Manual Variable) internal interface. |
poolmv2.c |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) implementation. |
poolmv2.h |
MVT (Manual Variable Temporal) internal interface. |
poolmvff.c |
MVFF (Manual Variable First Fit) implementation. |
poolsnc.c |
SNC (Stack No Checking) implementation. |
Auxiliary programs¶
These files implement auxiliary programs. See Telemetry utilities.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
eventcnv.c |
|
eventrep.c |
Event replaying implementation (broken). |
eventrep.h |
Event replaying interface (broken). |
eventsql.c |
|
eventtxt.c |
|
getopt.h |
Command-line option interface. Adapted from FreeBSD. |
getoptl.c |
Command-line option implementation. Adapted from FreeBSD. |
replay.c |
Event replaying program (broken). |
table.c |
Address-based hash table implementation. |
table.h |
Address-based hash table interface. |
Benchmarks¶
File |
Description |
|---|---|
djbench.c |
Benchmark for manually managed pool classes. |
gcbench.c |
Benchmark for automatically managed pool classes. |
Test support¶
This is code that’s shared between test cases.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
fmtdy.c |
Dylan object format implementation. |
fmtdy.h |
Dylan object format interface. |
fmtdytst.c |
Dylan object constructor implementation. |
fmtdytst.h |
Dylan object constructor interface. |
fmthe.c |
Dylan-like object format with headers (implementation). |
fmthe.h |
Dylan-like object format with headers (interface). |
fmtno.c |
Null object format implementation. |
fmtno.h |
Null object format interface. |
fmtscheme.c |
Scheme object format implementation. |
fmtscheme.h |
Scheme object format interface. |
pooln.c |
Null pool implementation. |
pooln.h |
Null pool interface. |
testlib.c |
Test utilities implementation. |
testlib.h |
Test utilities interface. |
testthr.h |
Test threads interface. See design.mps.testthr. |
testthrix.c |
Test threads implementation for POSIX. |
testthrw3.c |
Test threads implementation for Windows. |
Interactive test cases¶
These test cases provide harness for interacting with parts of the MPS, for exploring the interface and testing by hand. These predate the use of continuous integration: we wouldn’t write this kind of test case now.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
bttest.c |
Interactive bit tables test harness. |
teletest.c |
Interactive telemetry test harness. |
Automated test cases¶
These are test cases that run automatically and form the main test suite. See design.mps.tests.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
abqtest.c |
Fixed-length queue test. |
airtest.c |
Ambiguous interior reference test. |
amcss.c |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) stress test. |
amcsshe.c |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) stress test (using in-band headers). |
amcssth.c |
AMC (Automatic Mostly-Copying) stress test (using multiple threads). |
amsss.c |
AMS (Automatic Mark and Sweep) stress test. |
amssshe.c |
AMS (Automatic Mark and Sweep) stress test (using in-band headers). |
apss.c |
Allocation points stress test. |
arenacv.c |
Arena coverage test. |
awlut.c |
AWL (Automatic Weak Linked) unit test. |
awluthe.c |
AWL (Automatic Weak Linked) unit test (using in-band headers). |
awlutth.c |
AWL (Automatic Weak Linked) unit test (using multiple threads). |
btcv.c |
Bit table coverage test. |
exposet0.c |
|
expt825.c |
Regression test for job000825. |
fbmtest.c |
Free block manager (CBS and Freelist) test. |
finalcv.c |
Finalization coverage test. |
finaltest.c |
Finalization test. |
fotest.c |
Failover allocator test. |
landtest.c |
Land test. |
locbwcss.c |
Locus backwards compatibility stress test. |
lockcov.c |
Lock coverage test. |
lockut.c |
Lock unit test. |
locusss.c |
Locus stress test. |
locv.c |
LO (Leaf Object) coverage test. |
messtest.c |
Messages test. |
mpmss.c |
Manual allocation stress test. |
mpsicv.c |
External interface coverage test. |
mv2test.c |
|
nailboardtest.c |
Nailboard test. |
poolncv.c |
Null pool class test. |
qs.c |
Quicksort test. |
sacss.c |
Segregated allocation caches stress test. |
segsmss.c |
Segment splitting and merging stress test. |
steptest.c |
|
tagtest.c |
Tagged pointer scanning test. |
walkt0.c |
Formatted object walking test. |
zcoll.c |
Garbage collection progress test. |
zmess.c |
Garbage collection and finalization message test. |
Build infrastructure¶
These are makefiles (and makefile fragments) used to build the MPS. See Porting the MPS.
File |
Description |
|---|---|
anangc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform ANANGC. |
ananll.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform ANANLL. |
ananmv.nmk |
NMAKE file for platform ANANMV. |
comm.gmk |
Common GNU make fragment. |
commpost.nmk |
Common NMAKE fragment (included before the compiler fragment). |
commpre.nmk |
Common NMAKE fragment (included after the compiler fragment). |
fri3gc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform FRI3GC. |
fri3ll.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform FRI3LL. |
fri6gc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform FRI6GC. |
fri6ll.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform FRI6LL. |
gc.gmk |
GNU make fragment for GCC. |
gp.gmk |
GNU make fragment for GCC/GProf (broken). |
lii3gc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform LII3GC. |
lii6gc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform LII6GC. |
lii6ll.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform LII6LL. |
ll.gmk |
GNU make fragment for Clang/LLVM. |
mv.nmk |
NMAKE fragment for Microsoft Visual C. |
pc.nmk |
NMAKE fragment for Pelles C. |
w3i3mv.nmk |
NMAKE file for platform W3I3MV. |
w3i3pc.nmk |
NMAKE file for platform W3I3PC. |
w3i6mv.nmk |
NMAKE file for platform W3I6MV. |
w3i6pc.nmk |
NMAKE file for platform W3I6PC. |
xci3gc.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform XCI3GC. |
xci6ll.gmk |
GNU makefile for platform XCI6LL. |
