# 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 manually disabled. # # The +full_mark+ keyword argument determines whether or not to perform a # major garbage collection cycle. When set to +true+, a major garbage # collection cycle is ran, meaning all objects are marked. When set to # +false+, a minor garbage collection cycle is ran, meaning only young # objects are marked. # # The +immediate_mark+ keyword argument determines whether or not to perform # incremental marking. When set to +true+, marking is completed during the # call to this method. When set to +false+, marking is performed in steps # that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so marking might not # be completed during this method call. Note that if +full_mark+ is +false+ # then marking will always be immediate, regardless of the value of # +immediate_mark+. # # The +immediate_sweep+ keyword argument determines whether or not to defer # sweeping (using lazy sweep). When set to +false+, sweeping is performed in # steps that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so sweeping might # not be completed during this method call. When set to +true+, sweeping is # completed during the call to this method. # # Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They # are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the # underlying implementation does not support them. 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, returning +true+ if garbage # collection was previously disabled. # # GC.disable #=> false # GC.enable #=> true # GC.enable #=> false # def self.enable Primitive.gc_enable end # call-seq: # GC.disable -> true or false # # Disables garbage collection, returning +true+ if garbage # collection was already disabled. # # GC.disable #=> false # GC.disable #=> true def self.disable Primitive.gc_disable end # call-seq: # GC.stress -> integer, true or false # # Returns current status of \GC stress mode. def self.stress Primitive.gc_stress_get end # call-seq: # GC.stress = flag -> flag # # Updates the \GC stress mode. # # When stress mode is enabled, the \GC is invoked at every \GC opportunity: # all memory and object allocations. # # Enabling stress mode will degrade performance, it is only for debugging. # # flag can be true, false, or an integer bit-ORed following flags. # 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: # GC.count -> Integer # # The number of times \GC occurred. # # It returns the number of times \GC occurred since the process started. def self.count Primitive.gc_count end # call-seq: # GC.stat -> Hash # GC.stat(hash) -> Hash # GC.stat(:key) -> Numeric # # Returns a Hash containing information about the \GC. # # The contents of the hash are implementation specific and may change in # the future without notice. # # The hash includes information about internal statistics about \GC such as: # # [count] # The total number of garbage collections ran 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 +:old_malloc_increase_bytes+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered # # If the optional argument, hash, is given, # it is overwritten and returned. # This is intended to avoid probe effect. # # This method is only expected to work on CRuby. 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 +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+ of the 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 major garbage collection cycles this heap has forced # 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) -> hash # # Sets or gets information about the current GC config. # # Configuration parameters are GC implementation specific and may change # without notice. # # This method can be called without parameters to retrieve the current config. # # This method can also be called with a +Hash+ argument to assign values to # valid config keys. Config keys missing from the passed +Hash+ will be left # unmodified. # # If a key/value pair is passed to this function that does not correspond to # a valid config key for the GC implementation being used, no config will be # updated, the key will be present in the returned Hash, and it's value will # be +nil+. This is to facilitate easy migration between GC implementations. # # In both call-seqs the return value of GC.config will be a +Hash+ # containing the most recent full configuration. ie. All keys and values # defined by the specific GC implementation being used. In the case of a # config update, the return value will include the new values being updated. # # This method is only expected to work on CRuby. # # Valid config keys for Ruby's default GC implementation are: # # [rgengc_allow_full_mark] # Control whether the GC is allowed to run a full mark (young & old objects). # # When +true+ GC interleaves major and minor collections. This is default. GC # will function as intended. # # When +false+, the GC will never trigger a full marking cycle unless # explicitly requested by user code. Instead only a minor mark will run - # only young objects will be marked. When the heap space is exhausted, new # pages will be allocated immediately instead of running a full mark. # # A flag will be set to notify that a full mark has been # requested. This flag is accessible using # GC.latest_gc_info(:needs_major_by) # # The user can trigger a major collection at any time using # GC.start(full_mark: true) # # When +false+. Young to Old object promotion is disabled. For performance # reasons it is recommended to warmup an application using +Process.warmup+ # before setting this parameter to +false+. def self.config hash = nil return Primitive.gc_config_get unless hash Primitive.gc_config_set hash end # call-seq: # GC.latest_gc_info -> hash # GC.latest_gc_info(hash) -> hash # GC.latest_gc_info(:major_by) -> :malloc # # Returns information about the most recent garbage collection. # # If the optional argument, hash, is given, # it is overwritten and returned. # This is intended to avoid probe effect. def self.latest_gc_info hash_or_key = nil Primitive.gc_latest_gc_info hash_or_key end # call-seq: # GC.measure_total_time = true/false # # Enable to measure \GC time. # You can get the result with GC.stat(:time). # Note that \GC time measurement can cause some performance overhead. def self.measure_total_time=(flag) Primitive.cstmt! %{ return rb_gc_impl_set_measure_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace(), flag); } end # call-seq: # GC.measure_total_time -> true/false # # Return measure_total_time flag (default: +true+). # Note that measurement can affect the application performance. def self.measure_total_time Primitive.cexpr! %{ rb_gc_impl_get_measure_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace()) } end # call-seq: # GC.total_time -> int # # Return measured \GC total time in nano seconds. def self.total_time Primitive.cexpr! %{ rb_gc_impl_get_profile_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