# for gc.c
# The \GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark-and-sweep garbage collection mechanism.
#
# Some of the underlying methods are also available via the ObjectSpace module.
#
# You may obtain information about the operation of the \GC through GC::Profiler.
module GC
# Initiates garbage collection, even if explicitly disabled by GC.disable.
#
# Keyword arguments:
#
# - +full_mark+:
# its boolean value determines whether to perform a major garbage collection cycle:
#
# - +true+: initiates a major garbage collection cycle,
# meaning all objects (old and new) are marked.
# - +false+: initiates a minor garbage collection cycle,
# meaning only young objects are marked.
#
# - +immediate_mark+:
# its boolean value determines whether to perform incremental marking:
#
# - +true+: marking is completed before the method returns.
# - +false+: marking is performed by parts,
# interleaved with program execution both before the method returns and afterward;
# therefore marking may not be completed before the return.
# Note that if +full_mark+ is +false+, marking will always be immediate,
# regardless of the value of +immediate_mark+.
#
# - +immediate_sweep+:
# its boolean value determines whether to defer sweeping (using lazy sweep):
#
# - +true+: sweeping is completed before the method returns.
# - +false+: sweeping is performed by parts,
# interleaved with program execution both before the method returns and afterward;
# therefore sweeping may not be completed before the return.
#
# Note that these keword arguments are implementation- and version-dependent,
# are not guaranteed to be future-compatible,
# and may be ignored in some implementations.
def self.start full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true
Primitive.gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep, false
end
# Alias of GC.start
def garbage_collect full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true
Primitive.gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep, false
end
# call-seq:
# GC.enable -> true or false
#
# Enables garbage collection;
# returns whether garbage collection was disabled:
#
# GC.disable
# GC.enable # => true
# GC.enable # => false
#
def self.enable
Primitive.gc_enable
end
# call-seq:
# GC.disable -> true or false
#
# Disables garbage collection (but GC.start remains potent):
# returns whether garbage collection was already disabled.
#
# GC.enable
# GC.disable # => false
# GC.disable # => true
#
def self.disable
Primitive.gc_disable
end
# call-seq:
# GC.stress -> setting
#
# Returns the current \GC stress-mode setting,
# which initially is +false+.
#
# The stress mode may be set by method GC.stress=.
def self.stress
Primitive.gc_stress_get
end
# call-seq:
# GC.stress = value -> value
#
# Enables or disables stress mode;
# enabling stress mode will degrade performance; it is only for debugging.
#
# Sets the current \GC stress mode to the given value:
#
# - If the value is +nil+ or +false+, disables stress mode.
# - If the value is an integer,
# enables stress mode with certain flags; see below.
# - Otherwise, enables stress mode;
# \GC is invoked at every \GC opportunity: all memory and object allocations.
#
# The flags are bits in the given integer:
#
# - +0x01+: No major \GC.
# - +0x02+: No immediate sweep.
# - +0x04+: Full mark after malloc/calloc/realloc.
#
def self.stress=(flag)
Primitive.gc_stress_set_m flag
end
# call-seq:
# self.count -> integer
#
# Returns the total number of times garbage collection has occurred:
#
# GC.count # => 385
# GC.start
# GC.count # => 386
#
def self.count
Primitive.gc_count
end
# call-seq:
# GC.stat -> new_hash
# GC.stat(key) -> value
# GC.stat(hash) -> hash
#
# This method is implementation-specific to CRuby.
#
# Returns \GC statistics.
# The particular statistics are implementation-specific
# and may change in the future without notice.
#
# With no argument given,
# returns information about the most recent garbage collection:
#
# GC.stat
# # =>
# {count: 28,
# time: 1,
# marking_time: 1,
# sweeping_time: 0,
# heap_allocated_pages: 521,
# heap_empty_pages: 0,
# heap_allocatable_slots: 0,
# heap_available_slots: 539590,
# heap_live_slots: 422243,
# heap_free_slots: 117347,
# heap_final_slots: 0,
# heap_marked_slots: 264877,
# heap_eden_pages: 521,
# total_allocated_pages: 521,
# total_freed_pages: 0,
# total_allocated_objects: 2246376,
# total_freed_objects: 1824133,
# malloc_increase_bytes: 50982,
# malloc_increase_bytes_limit: 18535172,
# minor_gc_count: 18,
# major_gc_count: 10,
# compact_count: 0,
# read_barrier_faults: 0,
# total_moved_objects: 0,
# remembered_wb_unprotected_objects: 0,
# remembered_wb_unprotected_objects_limit: 2162,
# old_objects: 216365,
# old_objects_limit: 432540,
# oldmalloc_increase_bytes: 1654232,
# oldmalloc_increase_bytes_limit: 16846103}
#
# With symbol argument +key+ given,
# returns the value for that key:
#
# GC.stat(:count) # => 30
#
# With hash argument +hash+ given,
# returns that hash with GC statistics merged into its content;
# this form may be useful in minimizing {probe effects}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_effect]:
#
# h = {foo: 0, bar: 1}
# GC.stat(h)
# h.keys.take(5) # => [:foo, :bar, :count, :time, :marking_time]
#
# The hash includes entries such as:
#
# - +:count+:
# The total number of garbage collections run since application start
# (count includes both minor and major garbage collections).
# - +:time+:
# The total time spent in garbage collections (in milliseconds).
# - +:heap_allocated_pages+:
# The total number of +:heap_eden_pages+ + +:heap_tomb_pages+.
# - +:heap_sorted_length+:
# The number of pages that can fit into the buffer that holds references to all pages.
# - +:heap_allocatable_pages+:
# The total number of pages the application could allocate without additional \GC.
# - +:heap_available_slots+:
# The total number of slots in all +:heap_allocated_pages+.
# - +:heap_live_slots+:
# The total number of slots which contain live objects.
# - +:heap_free_slots+:
# The total number of slots which do not contain live objects.
# - +:heap_final_slots+:
# The total number of slots with pending finalizers to be run.
# - +:heap_marked_slots+:
# The total number of objects marked in the last \GC.
# - +:heap_eden_pages+:
# The total number of pages which contain at least one live slot.
# - +:heap_tomb_pages+:
# The total number of pages which do not contain any live slots.
# - +:total_allocated_pages+:
# The cumulative number of pages allocated since application start.
# - +:total_freed_pages+:
# The cumulative number of pages freed since application start.
# - +:total_allocated_objects+:
# The cumulative number of objects allocated since application start.
# - +:total_freed_objects+:
# The cumulative number of objects freed since application start.
# - +:malloc_increase_bytes+:
# Amount of memory allocated on the heap for objects. Decreased by any \GC.
# - +:malloc_increase_bytes_limit+:
# When +:malloc_increase_bytes+ crosses this limit, \GC is triggered.
# - +:minor_gc_count+:
# The total number of minor garbage collections run since process start.
# - +:major_gc_count+:
# The total number of major garbage collections run since process start.
# - +:compact_count+:
# The total number of compactions run since process start.
# - +:read_barrier_faults+:
# The total number of times the read barrier was triggered during compaction.
# - +:total_moved_objects+:
# The total number of objects compaction has moved.
# - +:remembered_wb_unprotected_objects+:
# The total number of objects without write barriers.
# - +:remembered_wb_unprotected_objects_limit+:
# When +:remembered_wb_unprotected_objects+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered.
# - +:old_objects+:
# Number of live, old objects which have survived at least 3 garbage collections.
# - +:old_objects_limit+:
# When +:old_objects+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered.
# - +:oldmalloc_increase_bytes+:
# Amount of memory allocated on the heap for objects. Decreased by major \GC.
# - +:oldmalloc_increase_bytes_limit+:
# When +:oldmalloc_increase_bytes+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered.
#
def self.stat hash_or_key = nil
Primitive.gc_stat hash_or_key
end
# call-seq:
# GC.stat_heap -> Hash
# GC.stat_heap(nil, hash) -> Hash
# GC.stat_heap(heap_name) -> Hash
# GC.stat_heap(heap_name, hash) -> Hash
# GC.stat_heap(heap_name, :key) -> Numeric
#
# Returns information for heaps in the \GC.
#
# If the first optional argument, +heap_name+, is passed in and not +nil+, it
# returns a +Hash+ containing information about the particular heap.
# Otherwise, it will return a +Hash+ with heap names as keys and
# a +Hash+ containing information about the heap as values.
#
# If the second optional argument, +hash_or_key+, is given as a +Hash+, it will
# be overwritten and returned. This is intended to avoid the probe effect.
#
# If both optional arguments are passed in and the second optional argument is
# a symbol, it will return a +Numeric+ value for the particular heap.
#
# On CRuby, +heap_name+ is of the type +Integer+ but may be of type +String+
# on other implementations.
#
# The contents of the hash are implementation-specific and may change in
# the future without notice.
#
# If the optional argument, hash, is given, it is overwritten and returned.
#
# This method is only expected to work on CRuby.
#
# The hash includes the following keys about the internal information in
# the \GC:
#
# [slot_size]
# The slot size of the heap in bytes.
# [heap_allocatable_pages]
# The number of pages that can be allocated without triggering a new
# garbage collection cycle.
# [heap_eden_pages]
# The number of pages in the eden heap.
# [heap_eden_slots]
# The total number of slots in all of the pages in the eden heap.
# [heap_tomb_pages]
# The number of pages in the tomb heap. The tomb heap only contains pages
# that do not have any live objects.
# [heap_tomb_slots]
# The total number of slots in all of the pages in the tomb heap.
# [total_allocated_pages]
# The total number of pages that have been allocated in the heap.
# [total_freed_pages]
# The total number of pages that have been freed and released back to the
# system in the heap.
# [force_major_gc_count]
# The number of times this heap has forced major garbage collection cycles
# to start due to running out of free slots.
# [force_incremental_marking_finish_count]
# The number of times this heap has forced incremental marking to complete
# due to running out of pooled slots.
#
def self.stat_heap heap_name = nil, hash_or_key = nil
Primitive.gc_stat_heap heap_name, hash_or_key
end
# call-seq:
# GC.config -> hash
# GC.config(hash_to_merge) -> hash
#
# This method is implementation-specific to CRuby.
#
# Sets or gets information about the current \GC configuration.
#
# Configuration parameters are \GC implementation-specific and may change without notice.
#
# With no argument given, returns a hash containing the configuration:
#
# GC.config
# # => {rgengc_allow_full_mark: true, implementation: "default"}
#
# With argument +hash_to_merge+ given,
# merges that hash into the stored configuration hash;
# ignores unknown hash keys;
# returns the configuration hash:
#
# GC.config(rgengc_allow_full_mark: false)
# # => {rgengc_allow_full_mark: false, implementation: "default"}
# GC.config(foo: 'bar')
# # => {rgengc_allow_full_mark: false, implementation: "default"}
#
# All-Implementations Configuration
#
# The single read-only entry for all implementations is:
#
# - +:implementation+:
# the string name of the implementation;
# for the Ruby default implementation, 'default'.
#
# Implementation-Specific Configuration
#
# A \GC implementation maintains its own implementation-specific configuration.
#
# For Ruby's default implementation the single entry is:
#
# - +:rgengc_allow_full_mark+:
# Controls whether the \GC is allowed to run a full mark (young & old objects):
#
# - +true+ (default): \GC interleaves major and minor collections.
# A flag is set to notify GC that a full mark has been requested.
# This flag is accessible via GC.latest_gc_info(:need_major_by).
# - +false+: \GC does not initiate a full marking cycle unless explicitly directed by user code;
# see GC.start.
# Setting this parameter to +false+ disables young-to-old promotion.
# For performance reasons, we recommended warming up the application using Process.warmup
# before setting this parameter to +false+.
#
def self.config hash = nil
if Primitive.cexpr!("RBOOL(RB_TYPE_P(hash, T_HASH))")
if hash.include?(:implementation)
raise ArgumentError, 'Attempting to set read-only key "Implementation"'
end
Primitive.gc_config_set hash
elsif hash != nil
raise ArgumentError
end
Primitive.gc_config_get
end
# call-seq:
# GC.latest_gc_info -> new_hash
# GC.latest_gc_info(key) -> value
# GC.latest_gc_info(hash) -> hash
#
# With no argument given,
# returns information about the most recent garbage collection:
#
# GC.latest_gc_info
# # =>
# {major_by: :force,
# need_major_by: nil,
# gc_by: :method,
# have_finalizer: false,
# immediate_sweep: true,
# state: :none,
# weak_references_count: 0,
# retained_weak_references_count: 0}
#
# With symbol argument +key+ given,
# returns the value for that key:
#
# GC.latest_gc_info(:gc_by) # => :newobj
#
# With hash argument +hash+ given,
# returns that hash with GC information merged into its content;
# this form may be useful in minimizing {probe effects}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_effect]:
#
# h = {foo: 0, bar: 1}
# GC.latest_gc_info(h)
# # =>
# {foo: 0,
# bar: 1,
# major_by: nil,
# need_major_by: nil,
# gc_by: :newobj,
# have_finalizer: false,
# immediate_sweep: false,
# state: :sweeping,
# weak_references_count: 0,
# retained_weak_references_count: 0}
#
def self.latest_gc_info hash_or_key = nil
if hash_or_key == nil
hash_or_key = {}
elsif Primitive.cexpr!("RBOOL(!SYMBOL_P(hash_or_key) && !RB_TYPE_P(hash_or_key, T_HASH))")
raise TypeError, "non-hash or symbol given"
end
Primitive.cstmt! %{
return rb_gc_latest_gc_info(hash_or_key);
}
end
# call-seq:
# GC.measure_total_time = setting -> setting
#
# Enables or disables \GC total time measurement;
# returns +setting+.
# See GC.total_time.
#
# When argument +object+ is +nil+ or +false+, disables total time measurement;
# GC.measure_total_time then returns +false+:
#
# GC.measure_total_time = nil # => nil
# GC.measure_total_time # => false
# GC.measure_total_time = false # => false
# GC.measure_total_time # => false
#
# Otherwise, enables total time measurement;
# GC.measure_total_time then returns +true+:
#
# GC.measure_total_time = true # => true
# GC.measure_total_time # => true
# GC.measure_total_time = :foo # => :foo
# GC.measure_total_time # => true
#
# Note that when enabled, total time measurement affects performance.
def self.measure_total_time=(flag)
Primitive.cstmt! %{
rb_gc_impl_set_measure_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace(), flag);
return flag;
}
end
# call-seq:
# GC.measure_total_time -> true or false
#
# Returns the setting for \GC total time measurement;
# the initial setting is +true+.
# See GC.total_time.
def self.measure_total_time
Primitive.cexpr! %{
RBOOL(rb_gc_impl_get_measure_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace()))
}
end
# call-seq:
# GC.total_time -> integer
#
# Returns the \GC total time in nanoseconds:
#
# GC.total_time # => 156250
#
# Note that total time accumulates
# only when total time measurement is enabled
# (that is, when GC.measure_total_time is +true+):
#
# GC.measure_total_time # => true
# GC.total_time # => 625000
# GC.start
# GC.total_time # => 937500
# GC.start
# GC.total_time # => 1093750
#
# GC.measure_total_time = false
# GC.total_time # => 1250000
# GC.start
# GC.total_time # => 1250000
# GC.start
# GC.total_time # => 1250000
#
# GC.measure_total_time = true
# GC.total_time # => 1250000
# GC.start
# GC.total_time # => 1406250
#
def self.total_time
Primitive.cexpr! %{
ULL2NUM(rb_gc_impl_get_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace()))
}
end
end
module ObjectSpace
# Alias of GC.start
def garbage_collect full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true
Primitive.gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep, false
end
module_function :garbage_collect
end