| // Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. |
| // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style |
| // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. |
| |
| // Garbage collector: stack objects and stack tracing |
| // See the design doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1un-Jn47yByHL7I0aVIP_uVCMxjdM5mpelJhiKlIqxkE/edit?usp=sharing |
| // Also see issue 22350. |
| |
| // Stack tracing solves the problem of determining which parts of the |
| // stack are live and should be scanned. It runs as part of scanning |
| // a single goroutine stack. |
| // |
| // Normally determining which parts of the stack are live is easy to |
| // do statically, as user code has explicit references (reads and |
| // writes) to stack variables. The compiler can do a simple dataflow |
| // analysis to determine liveness of stack variables at every point in |
| // the code. See cmd/compile/internal/gc/plive.go for that analysis. |
| // |
| // However, when we take the address of a stack variable, determining |
| // whether that variable is still live is less clear. We can still |
| // look for static accesses, but accesses through a pointer to the |
| // variable are difficult in general to track statically. That pointer |
| // can be passed among functions on the stack, conditionally retained, |
| // etc. |
| // |
| // Instead, we will track pointers to stack variables dynamically. |
| // All pointers to stack-allocated variables will themselves be on the |
| // stack somewhere (or in associated locations, like defer records), so |
| // we can find them all efficiently. |
| // |
| // Stack tracing is organized as a mini garbage collection tracing |
| // pass. The objects in this garbage collection are all the variables |
| // on the stack whose address is taken, and which themselves contain a |
| // pointer. We call these variables "stack objects". |
| // |
| // We begin by determining all the stack objects on the stack and all |
| // the statically live pointers that may point into the stack. We then |
| // process each pointer to see if it points to a stack object. If it |
| // does, we scan that stack object. It may contain pointers into the |
| // heap, in which case those pointers are passed to the main garbage |
| // collection. It may also contain pointers into the stack, in which |
| // case we add them to our set of stack pointers. |
| // |
| // Once we're done processing all the pointers (including the ones we |
| // added during processing), we've found all the stack objects that |
| // are live. Any dead stack objects are not scanned and their contents |
| // will not keep heap objects live. Unlike the main garbage |
| // collection, we can't sweep the dead stack objects; they live on in |
| // a moribund state until the stack frame that contains them is |
| // popped. |
| // |
| // A stack can look like this: |
| // |
| // +----------+ |
| // | foo() | |
| // | +------+ | |
| // | | A | | <---\ |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | | |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | B | | | |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | | |
| // +----------+ | |
| // | bar() | | |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | C | | <-\ | |
| // | +----|-+ | | | |
| // | | | | | |
| // | +----v-+ | | | |
| // | | D ---------/ |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | | |
| // +----------+ | |
| // | baz() | | |
| // | +------+ | | |
| // | | E -------/ |
| // | +------+ | |
| // | ^ | |
| // | F: --/ | |
| // | | |
| // +----------+ |
| // |
| // foo() calls bar() calls baz(). Each has a frame on the stack. |
| // foo() has stack objects A and B. |
| // bar() has stack objects C and D, with C pointing to D and D pointing to A. |
| // baz() has a stack object E pointing to C, and a local variable F pointing to E. |
| // |
| // Starting from the pointer in local variable F, we will eventually |
| // scan all of E, C, D, and A (in that order). B is never scanned |
| // because there is no live pointer to it. If B is also statically |
| // dead (meaning that foo() never accesses B again after it calls |
| // bar()), then B's pointers into the heap are not considered live. |
| |
| package runtime |
| |
| import ( |
| "internal/goarch" |
| "runtime/internal/sys" |
| "unsafe" |
| ) |
| |
| const stackTraceDebug = false |
| |
| // Buffer for pointers found during stack tracing. |
| // Must be smaller than or equal to workbuf. |
| type stackWorkBuf struct { |
| _ sys.NotInHeap |
| stackWorkBufHdr |
| obj [(_WorkbufSize - unsafe.Sizeof(stackWorkBufHdr{})) / goarch.PtrSize]uintptr |
| } |
| |
| // Header declaration must come after the buf declaration above, because of issue #14620. |
| type stackWorkBufHdr struct { |
| _ sys.NotInHeap |
| workbufhdr |
| next *stackWorkBuf // linked list of workbufs |
| // Note: we could theoretically repurpose lfnode.next as this next pointer. |
| // It would save 1 word, but that probably isn't worth busting open |
| // the lfnode API. |
| } |
| |
| // Buffer for stack objects found on a goroutine stack. |
| // Must be smaller than or equal to workbuf. |
| type stackObjectBuf struct { |
| _ sys.NotInHeap |
| stackObjectBufHdr |
| obj [(_WorkbufSize - unsafe.Sizeof(stackObjectBufHdr{})) / unsafe.Sizeof(stackObject{})]stackObject |
| } |
| |
| type stackObjectBufHdr struct { |
| _ sys.NotInHeap |
| workbufhdr |
| next *stackObjectBuf |
| } |
| |
| func init() { |
| if unsafe.Sizeof(stackWorkBuf{}) > unsafe.Sizeof(workbuf{}) { |
| panic("stackWorkBuf too big") |
| } |
| if unsafe.Sizeof(stackObjectBuf{}) > unsafe.Sizeof(workbuf{}) { |
| panic("stackObjectBuf too big") |
| } |
| } |
| |
| // A stackObject represents a variable on the stack that has had |
| // its address taken. |
| type stackObject struct { |
| _ sys.NotInHeap |
| off uint32 // offset above stack.lo |
| size uint32 // size of object |
| r *stackObjectRecord // info of the object (for ptr/nonptr bits). nil if object has been scanned. |
| left *stackObject // objects with lower addresses |
| right *stackObject // objects with higher addresses |
| } |
| |
| // obj.r = r, but with no write barrier. |
| // |
| //go:nowritebarrier |
| func (obj *stackObject) setRecord(r *stackObjectRecord) { |
| // Types of stack objects are always in read-only memory, not the heap. |
| // So not using a write barrier is ok. |
| *(*uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&obj.r)) = uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(r)) |
| } |
| |
| // A stackScanState keeps track of the state used during the GC walk |
| // of a goroutine. |
| type stackScanState struct { |
| cache pcvalueCache |
| |
| // stack limits |
| stack stack |
| |
| // conservative indicates that the next frame must be scanned conservatively. |
| // This applies only to the innermost frame at an async safe-point. |
| conservative bool |
| |
| // buf contains the set of possible pointers to stack objects. |
| // Organized as a LIFO linked list of buffers. |
| // All buffers except possibly the head buffer are full. |
| buf *stackWorkBuf |
| freeBuf *stackWorkBuf // keep around one free buffer for allocation hysteresis |
| |
| // cbuf contains conservative pointers to stack objects. If |
| // all pointers to a stack object are obtained via |
| // conservative scanning, then the stack object may be dead |
| // and may contain dead pointers, so it must be scanned |
| // defensively. |
| cbuf *stackWorkBuf |
| |
| // list of stack objects |
| // Objects are in increasing address order. |
| head *stackObjectBuf |
| tail *stackObjectBuf |
| nobjs int |
| |
| // root of binary tree for fast object lookup by address |
| // Initialized by buildIndex. |
| root *stackObject |
| } |
| |
| // Add p as a potential pointer to a stack object. |
| // p must be a stack address. |
| func (s *stackScanState) putPtr(p uintptr, conservative bool) { |
| if p < s.stack.lo || p >= s.stack.hi { |
| throw("address not a stack address") |
| } |
| head := &s.buf |
| if conservative { |
| head = &s.cbuf |
| } |
| buf := *head |
| if buf == nil { |
| // Initial setup. |
| buf = (*stackWorkBuf)(unsafe.Pointer(getempty())) |
| buf.nobj = 0 |
| buf.next = nil |
| *head = buf |
| } else if buf.nobj == len(buf.obj) { |
| if s.freeBuf != nil { |
| buf = s.freeBuf |
| s.freeBuf = nil |
| } else { |
| buf = (*stackWorkBuf)(unsafe.Pointer(getempty())) |
| } |
| buf.nobj = 0 |
| buf.next = *head |
| *head = buf |
| } |
| buf.obj[buf.nobj] = p |
| buf.nobj++ |
| } |
| |
| // Remove and return a potential pointer to a stack object. |
| // Returns 0 if there are no more pointers available. |
| // |
| // This prefers non-conservative pointers so we scan stack objects |
| // precisely if there are any non-conservative pointers to them. |
| func (s *stackScanState) getPtr() (p uintptr, conservative bool) { |
| for _, head := range []**stackWorkBuf{&s.buf, &s.cbuf} { |
| buf := *head |
| if buf == nil { |
| // Never had any data. |
| continue |
| } |
| if buf.nobj == 0 { |
| if s.freeBuf != nil { |
| // Free old freeBuf. |
| putempty((*workbuf)(unsafe.Pointer(s.freeBuf))) |
| } |
| // Move buf to the freeBuf. |
| s.freeBuf = buf |
| buf = buf.next |
| *head = buf |
| if buf == nil { |
| // No more data in this list. |
| continue |
| } |
| } |
| buf.nobj-- |
| return buf.obj[buf.nobj], head == &s.cbuf |
| } |
| // No more data in either list. |
| if s.freeBuf != nil { |
| putempty((*workbuf)(unsafe.Pointer(s.freeBuf))) |
| s.freeBuf = nil |
| } |
| return 0, false |
| } |
| |
| // addObject adds a stack object at addr of type typ to the set of stack objects. |
| func (s *stackScanState) addObject(addr uintptr, r *stackObjectRecord) { |
| x := s.tail |
| if x == nil { |
| // initial setup |
| x = (*stackObjectBuf)(unsafe.Pointer(getempty())) |
| x.next = nil |
| s.head = x |
| s.tail = x |
| } |
| if x.nobj > 0 && uint32(addr-s.stack.lo) < x.obj[x.nobj-1].off+x.obj[x.nobj-1].size { |
| throw("objects added out of order or overlapping") |
| } |
| if x.nobj == len(x.obj) { |
| // full buffer - allocate a new buffer, add to end of linked list |
| y := (*stackObjectBuf)(unsafe.Pointer(getempty())) |
| y.next = nil |
| x.next = y |
| s.tail = y |
| x = y |
| } |
| obj := &x.obj[x.nobj] |
| x.nobj++ |
| obj.off = uint32(addr - s.stack.lo) |
| obj.size = uint32(r.size) |
| obj.setRecord(r) |
| // obj.left and obj.right will be initialized by buildIndex before use. |
| s.nobjs++ |
| } |
| |
| // buildIndex initializes s.root to a binary search tree. |
| // It should be called after all addObject calls but before |
| // any call of findObject. |
| func (s *stackScanState) buildIndex() { |
| s.root, _, _ = binarySearchTree(s.head, 0, s.nobjs) |
| } |
| |
| // Build a binary search tree with the n objects in the list |
| // x.obj[idx], x.obj[idx+1], ..., x.next.obj[0], ... |
| // Returns the root of that tree, and the buf+idx of the nth object after x.obj[idx]. |
| // (The first object that was not included in the binary search tree.) |
| // If n == 0, returns nil, x. |
| func binarySearchTree(x *stackObjectBuf, idx int, n int) (root *stackObject, restBuf *stackObjectBuf, restIdx int) { |
| if n == 0 { |
| return nil, x, idx |
| } |
| var left, right *stackObject |
| left, x, idx = binarySearchTree(x, idx, n/2) |
| root = &x.obj[idx] |
| idx++ |
| if idx == len(x.obj) { |
| x = x.next |
| idx = 0 |
| } |
| right, x, idx = binarySearchTree(x, idx, n-n/2-1) |
| root.left = left |
| root.right = right |
| return root, x, idx |
| } |
| |
| // findObject returns the stack object containing address a, if any. |
| // Must have called buildIndex previously. |
| func (s *stackScanState) findObject(a uintptr) *stackObject { |
| off := uint32(a - s.stack.lo) |
| obj := s.root |
| for { |
| if obj == nil { |
| return nil |
| } |
| if off < obj.off { |
| obj = obj.left |
| continue |
| } |
| if off >= obj.off+obj.size { |
| obj = obj.right |
| continue |
| } |
| return obj |
| } |
| } |