/pypy/rpython/memory/gc/minimark.py

""" MiniMark GC.

Environment variables can be used to fine-tune the following parameters:

 PYPY_GC_NURSERY        The nursery size.  Defaults to '4MB'.  Small values
                        (like 1 or 1KB) are useful for debugging.

 PYPY_GC_MAJOR_COLLECT  Major collection memory factor.  Default is '1.82',
                        which means trigger a major collection when the
                        memory consumed equals 1.82 times the memory
                        really used at the end of the previous major
                        collection.

 PYPY_GC_GROWTH         Major collection threshold's max growth rate.
                        Default is '1.4'.  Useful to collect more often
                        than normally on sudden memory growth, e.g. when
                        there is a temporary peak in memory usage.

 PYPY_GC_MAX            The max heap size.  If coming near this limit, it
                        will first collect more often, then raise an
                        RPython MemoryError, and if that is not enough,
                        crash the program with a fatal error.  Try values
                        like '1.6GB'.

 PYPY_GC_MAX_DELTA      The major collection threshold will never be set
                        to more than PYPY_GC_MAX_DELTA the amount really
                        used after a collection.  Defaults to 1/8th of the
                        total RAM size (which is constrained to be at most
                        2/3/4GB on 32-bit systems).  Try values like '200MB'.

 PYPY_GC_MIN            Don't collect while the memory size is below this
                        limit.  Useful to avoid spending all the time in
                        the GC in very small programs.  Defaults to 8
                        times the nursery.

 PYPY_GC_DEBUG          Enable extra checks around collections that are
                        too slow for normal use.  Values are 0 (off),
                        1 (on major collections) or 2 (also on minor
                        collections).
"""
# XXX Should find a way to bound the major collection threshold by the
# XXX total addressable size.  Maybe by keeping some minimarkpage arenas
# XXX pre-reserved, enough for a few nursery collections?  What about
# XXX raw-malloced memory?
import sys
from pypy.rpython.lltypesystem import lltype, llmemory, llarena, llgroup
from pypy.rpython.lltypesystem.lloperation import llop
from pypy.rpython.lltypesystem.llmemory import raw_malloc_usage
from pypy.rpython.memory.gc.base import GCBase, MovingGCBase
from pypy.rpython.memory.gc import minimarkpage, env
from pypy.rpython.memory.support import mangle_hash
from pypy.rlib.rarithmetic import ovfcheck, LONG_BIT, intmask, r_uint
from pypy.rlib.rarithmetic import LONG_BIT_SHIFT
from pypy.rlib.debug import ll_assert, debug_print, debug_start, debug_stop
from pypy.rlib.objectmodel import we_are_translated
from pypy.tool.sourcetools import func_with_new_name

#
# Handles the objects in 2 generations:
#
#  * young objects: allocated in the nursery if they are not too large, or
#    raw-malloced otherwise.  The nursery is a fixed-size memory buffer of
#    4MB by default.  When full, we do a minor collection;
#    the surviving objects from the nursery are moved outside, and the
#    non-surviving raw-malloced objects are freed.  All surviving objects
#    become old.
#
#  * old objects: never move again.  These objects are either allocated by
#    minimarkpage.py (if they are small), or raw-malloced (if they are not
#    small).  Collected by regular mark-n-sweep during major collections.
#

WORD = LONG_BIT // 8
NULL = llmemory.NULL

first_gcflag = 1 << (LONG_BIT//2)

# The following flag is set on objects if we need to do something to
# track the young pointers that it might contain.  The flag is not set
# on young objects (unless they are large arrays, see below), and we
# simply assume that any young object can point to any other young object.
# For old and prebuilt objects, the flag is usually set, and is cleared
# when we write a young pointer to it.  For large arrays with
# GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS, we rely on card marking to track where the
# young pointers are; the flag GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS is set in this
# case too, to speed up the write barrier.
GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS = first_gcflag << 0

# The following flag is set on some prebuilt objects.  The flag is set
# unless the object is already listed in 'prebuilt_root_objects'.
# When a pointer is written inside an object with GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
# set, the write_barrier clears the flag and adds the object to
# 'prebuilt_root_objects'.
GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS = first_gcflag << 1

# The following flag is set on surviving objects during a major collection,
# and on surviving raw-malloced young objects during a minor collection.
GCFLAG_VISITED      = first_gcflag << 2

# The following flag is set on nursery objects of which we asked the id
# or the identityhash.  It means that a space of the size of the object
# has already been allocated in the nonmovable part.  The same flag is
# abused to mark prebuilt objects whose hash has been taken during
# translation and is statically recorded.
GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW   = first_gcflag << 3

# The following flag is set temporarily on some objects during a major
# collection.  See pypy/doc/discussion/finalizer-order.txt
GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING = first_gcflag << 4

# The following flag is set on externally raw_malloc'ed arrays of pointers.
# They are allocated with some extra space in front of them for a bitfield,
# one bit per 'card_page_indices' indices.
GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS    = first_gcflag << 5
GCFLAG_CARDS_SET    = first_gcflag << 6     # <- at least one card bit is set

TID_MASK            = (first_gcflag << 7) - 1


FORWARDSTUB = lltype.GcStruct('forwarding_stub',
                              ('forw', llmemory.Address))
FORWARDSTUBPTR = lltype.Ptr(FORWARDSTUB)

# ____________________________________________________________

class MiniMarkGC(MovingGCBase):
    _alloc_flavor_ = "raw"
    inline_simple_malloc = True
    inline_simple_malloc_varsize = True
    needs_write_barrier = True
    prebuilt_gc_objects_are_static_roots = False
    malloc_zero_filled = True    # xxx experiment with False
    gcflag_extra = GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING

    # All objects start with a HDR, i.e. with a field 'tid' which contains
    # a word.  This word is divided in two halves: the lower half contains
    # the typeid, and the upper half contains various flags, as defined
    # by GCFLAG_xxx above.
    HDR = lltype.Struct('header', ('tid', lltype.Signed))
    typeid_is_in_field = 'tid'
    withhash_flag_is_in_field = 'tid', GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW
    # ^^^ prebuilt objects may have the flag GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW;
    #     then they are one word longer, the extra word storing the hash.


    # During a minor collection, the objects in the nursery that are
    # moved outside are changed in-place: their header is replaced with
    # the value -42, and the following word is set to the address of
    # where the object was moved.  This means that all objects in the
    # nursery need to be at least 2 words long, but objects outside the
    # nursery don't need to.
    minimal_size_in_nursery = (
        llmemory.sizeof(HDR) + llmemory.sizeof(llmemory.Address))


    TRANSLATION_PARAMS = {
        # Automatically adjust the size of the nursery and the
        # 'major_collection_threshold' from the environment.
        # See docstring at the start of the file.
        "read_from_env": True,

        # The size of the nursery.  Note that this is only used as a
        # fall-back number.
        "nursery_size": 896*1024,

        # The system page size.  Like obmalloc.c, we assume that it is 4K
        # for 32-bit systems; unlike obmalloc.c, we assume that it is 8K
        # for 64-bit systems, for consistent results.
        "page_size": 1024*WORD,

        # The size of an arena.  Arenas are groups of pages allocated
        # together.
        "arena_size": 65536*WORD,

        # The maximum size of an object allocated compactly.  All objects
        # that are larger are just allocated with raw_malloc().  Note that
        # the size limit for being first allocated in the nursery is much
        # larger; see below.
        "small_request_threshold": 35*WORD,

        # Full collection threshold: after a major collection, we record
        # the total size consumed; and after every minor collection, if the
        # total size is now more than 'major_collection_threshold' times,
        # we trigger the next major collection.
        "major_collection_threshold": 1.82,

        # Threshold to avoid that the total heap size grows by a factor of
        # major_collection_threshold at every collection: it can only
        # grow at most by the following factor from one collection to the
        # next.  Used e.g. when there is a sudden, temporary peak in memory
        # usage; this avoids that the upper bound grows too fast.
        "growth_rate_max": 1.4,

        # The number of array indices that are mapped to a single bit in
        # write_barrier_from_array().  Must be a power of two.  The default
        # value of 128 means that card pages are 512 bytes (1024 on 64-bits)
        # in regular arrays of pointers; more in arrays whose items are
        # larger.  A value of 0 disables card marking.
        "card_page_indices": 128,

        # Objects whose total size is at least 'large_object' bytes are
        # allocated out of the nursery immediately, as old objects.  The
        # minimal allocated size of the nursery is 2x the following
        # number (by default, at least 132KB on 32-bit and 264KB on 64-bit).
        "large_object": (16384+512)*WORD,
        }

    def __init__(self, config,
                 read_from_env=False,
                 nursery_size=32*WORD,
                 page_size=16*WORD,
                 arena_size=64*WORD,
                 small_request_threshold=5*WORD,
                 major_collection_threshold=2.5,
                 growth_rate_max=2.5,   # for tests
                 card_page_indices=0,
                 large_object=8*WORD,
                 ArenaCollectionClass=None,
                 **kwds):
        MovingGCBase.__init__(self, config, **kwds)
        assert small_request_threshold % WORD == 0
        self.read_from_env = read_from_env
        self.nursery_size = nursery_size
        self.small_request_threshold = small_request_threshold
        self.major_collection_threshold = major_collection_threshold
        self.growth_rate_max = growth_rate_max
        self.num_major_collects = 0
        self.min_heap_size = 0.0
        self.max_heap_size = 0.0
        self.max_heap_size_already_raised = False
        self.max_delta = float(r_uint(-1))
        #
        self.card_page_indices = card_page_indices
        if self.card_page_indices > 0:
            self.card_page_shift = 0
            while (1 << self.card_page_shift) < self.card_page_indices:
                self.card_page_shift += 1
        #
        # 'large_object' limit how big objects can be in the nursery, so
        # it gives a lower bound on the allowed size of the nursery.
        self.nonlarge_max = large_object - 1
        #
        self.nursery      = NULL
        self.nursery_free = NULL
        self.nursery_top  = NULL
        self.debug_tiny_nursery = -1
        self.debug_rotating_nurseries = None
        #
        # The ArenaCollection() handles the nonmovable objects allocation.
        if ArenaCollectionClass is None:
            ArenaCollectionClass = minimarkpage.ArenaCollection
        self.ac = ArenaCollectionClass(arena_size, page_size,
                                       small_request_threshold)
        #
        # Used by minor collection: a list of (mostly non-young) objects that
        # (may) contain a pointer to a young object.  Populated by
        # the write barrier: when we clear GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS, we
        # add it to this list.
        # Note that young array objects may (by temporary "mistake") be added
        # to this list, but will be removed again at the start of the next
        # minor collection.
        self.old_objects_pointing_to_young = self.AddressStack()
        #
        # Similar to 'old_objects_pointing_to_young', but lists objects
        # that have the GCFLAG_CARDS_SET bit.  For large arrays.  Note
        # that it is possible for an object to be listed both in here
        # and in 'old_objects_pointing_to_young', in which case we
        # should just clear the cards and trace it fully, as usual.
        # Note also that young array objects are never listed here.
        self.old_objects_with_cards_set = self.AddressStack()
        #
        # A list of all prebuilt GC objects that contain pointers to the heap
        self.prebuilt_root_objects = self.AddressStack()
        #
        self._init_writebarrier_logic()


    def setup(self):
        """Called at run-time to initialize the GC."""
        #
        # Hack: MovingGCBase.setup() sets up stuff related to id(), which
        # we implement differently anyway.  So directly call GCBase.setup().
        GCBase.setup(self)
        #
        # Two lists of all raw_malloced objects (the objects too large)
        self.young_rawmalloced_objects = self.null_address_dict()
        self.old_rawmalloced_objects = self.AddressStack()
        self.rawmalloced_total_size = r_uint(0)
        #
        # A list of all objects with finalizers (these are never young).
        self.objects_with_finalizers = self.AddressDeque()
        self.young_objects_with_light_finalizers = self.AddressStack()
        self.old_objects_with_light_finalizers = self.AddressStack()
        #
        # Two lists of the objects with weakrefs.  No weakref can be an
        # old object weakly pointing to a young object: indeed, weakrefs
        # are immutable so they cannot point to an object that was
        # created after it.
        self.young_objects_with_weakrefs = self.AddressStack()
        self.old_objects_with_weakrefs = self.AddressStack()
        #
        # Support for id and identityhash: map nursery objects with
        # GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW to their future location at the next
        # minor collection.
        self.nursery_objects_shadows = self.AddressDict()
        #
        # Allocate a nursery.  In case of auto_nursery_size, start by
        # allocating a very small nursery, enough to do things like look
        # up the env var, which requires the GC; and then really
        # allocate the nursery of the final size.
        if not self.read_from_env:
            self.allocate_nursery()
        else:
            #
            defaultsize = self.nursery_size
            minsize = 2 * (self.nonlarge_max + 1)
            self.nursery_size = minsize
            self.allocate_nursery()
            #
            # From there on, the GC is fully initialized and the code
            # below can use it
            newsize = env.read_from_env('PYPY_GC_NURSERY')
            # PYPY_GC_NURSERY=smallvalue means that minor collects occur
            # very frequently; the extreme case is PYPY_GC_NURSERY=1, which
            # forces a minor collect for every malloc.  Useful to debug
            # external factors, like trackgcroot or the handling of the write
            # barrier.  Implemented by still using 'minsize' for the nursery
            # size (needed to handle mallocs just below 'large_objects') but
            # hacking at the current nursery position in collect_and_reserve().
            if newsize <= 0:
                newsize = 4*1024*1024   # fixed to 4MB by default
                #        (it was env.estimate_best_nursery_size())
                if newsize <= 0:
                    newsize = defaultsize
            if newsize < minsize:
                self.debug_tiny_nursery = newsize & ~(WORD-1)
                newsize = minsize
            #
            major_coll = env.read_float_from_env('PYPY_GC_MAJOR_COLLECT')
            if major_coll > 1.0:
                self.major_collection_threshold = major_coll
            #
            growth = env.read_float_from_env('PYPY_GC_GROWTH')
            if growth > 1.0:
                self.growth_rate_max = growth
            #
            min_heap_size = env.read_uint_from_env('PYPY_GC_MIN')
            if min_heap_size > 0:
                self.min_heap_size = float(min_heap_size)
            else:
                # defaults to 8 times the nursery
                self.min_heap_size = newsize * 8
            #
            max_heap_size = env.read_uint_from_env('PYPY_GC_MAX')
            if max_heap_size > 0:
                self.max_heap_size = float(max_heap_size)
            #
            max_delta = env.read_uint_from_env('PYPY_GC_MAX_DELTA')
            if max_delta > 0:
                self.max_delta = float(max_delta)
            else:
                self.max_delta = 0.125 * env.get_total_memory()
            #
            self.minor_collection()    # to empty the nursery
            llarena.arena_free(self.nursery)
            self.nursery_size = newsize
            self.allocate_nursery()


    def _nursery_memory_size(self):
        extra = self.nonlarge_max + 1
        return self.nursery_size + extra

    def _alloc_nursery(self):
        # the start of the nursery: we actually allocate a bit more for
        # the nursery than really needed, to simplify pointer arithmetic
        # in malloc_fixedsize_clear().  The few extra pages are never used
        # anyway so it doesn't even count.
        nursery = llarena.arena_malloc(self._nursery_memory_size(), 2)
        if not nursery:
            raise MemoryError("cannot allocate nursery")
        return nursery

    def allocate_nursery(self):
        debug_start("gc-set-nursery-size")
        debug_print("nursery size:", self.nursery_size)
        self.nursery = self._alloc_nursery()
        # the current position in the nursery:
        self.nursery_free = self.nursery
        # the end of the nursery:
        self.nursery_top = self.nursery + self.nursery_size
        # initialize the threshold
        self.min_heap_size = max(self.min_heap_size, self.nursery_size *
                                              self.major_collection_threshold)
        # the following two values are usually equal, but during raw mallocs
        # of arrays, next_major_collection_threshold is decremented to make
        # the next major collection arrive earlier.
        # See translator/c/test/test_newgc, test_nongc_attached_to_gc
        self.next_major_collection_initial = self.min_heap_size
        self.next_major_collection_threshold = self.min_heap_size
        self.set_major_threshold_from(0.0)
        debug_stop("gc-set-nursery-size")


    def set_major_threshold_from(self, threshold, reserving_size=0):
        # Set the next_major_collection_threshold.
        threshold_max = (self.next_major_collection_initial *
                         self.growth_rate_max)
        if threshold > threshold_max:
            threshold = threshold_max
        #
        threshold += reserving_size
        if threshold < self.min_heap_size:
            threshold = self.min_heap_size
        #
        if self.max_heap_size > 0.0 and threshold > self.max_heap_size:
            threshold = self.max_heap_size
            bounded = True
        else:
            bounded = False
        #
        self.next_major_collection_initial = threshold
        self.next_major_collection_threshold = threshold
        return bounded


    def post_setup(self):
        # set up extra stuff for PYPY_GC_DEBUG.
        MovingGCBase.post_setup(self)
        if self.DEBUG and llarena.has_protect:
            # gc debug mode: allocate 23 nurseries instead of just 1,
            # and use them alternatively, while mprotect()ing the unused
            # ones to detect invalid access.
            debug_start("gc-debug")
            self.debug_rotating_nurseries = []
            for i in range(22):
                nurs = self._alloc_nursery()
                llarena.arena_protect(nurs, self._nursery_memory_size(), True)
                self.debug_rotating_nurseries.append(nurs)
            debug_print("allocated", len(self.debug_rotating_nurseries),
                        "extra nurseries")
            debug_stop("gc-debug")

    def debug_rotate_nursery(self):
        if self.debug_rotating_nurseries is not None:
            debug_start("gc-debug")
            oldnurs = self.nursery
            llarena.arena_protect(oldnurs, self._nursery_memory_size(), True)
            self.debug_rotating_nurseries.append(oldnurs)
            #
            newnurs = self.debug_rotating_nurseries.pop(0)
            llarena.arena_protect(newnurs, self._nursery_memory_size(), False)
            self.nursery = newnurs
            self.nursery_top = self.nursery + self.nursery_size
            debug_print("switching from nursery", oldnurs,
                        "to nursery", self.nursery,
                        "size", self.nursery_size)
            debug_stop("gc-debug")


    def malloc_fixedsize_clear(self, typeid, size,
                               needs_finalizer=False,
                               is_finalizer_light=False,
                               contains_weakptr=False):
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        totalsize = size_gc_header + size
        rawtotalsize = raw_malloc_usage(totalsize)
        #
        # If the object needs a finalizer, ask for a rawmalloc.
        # The following check should be constant-folded.
        if needs_finalizer and not is_finalizer_light:
            ll_assert(not contains_weakptr,
                     "'needs_finalizer' and 'contains_weakptr' both specified")
            obj = self.external_malloc(typeid, 0, can_make_young=False)
            self.objects_with_finalizers.append(obj)
        #
        # If totalsize is greater than nonlarge_max (which should never be
        # the case in practice), ask for a rawmalloc.  The following check
        # should be constant-folded.
        elif rawtotalsize > self.nonlarge_max:
            ll_assert(not contains_weakptr,
                      "'contains_weakptr' specified for a large object")
            obj = self.external_malloc(typeid, 0)
            #
        else:
            # If totalsize is smaller than minimal_size_in_nursery, round it
            # up.  The following check should also be constant-folded.
            min_size = raw_malloc_usage(self.minimal_size_in_nursery)
            if rawtotalsize < min_size:
                totalsize = rawtotalsize = min_size
            #
            # Get the memory from the nursery.  If there is not enough space
            # there, do a collect first.
            result = self.nursery_free
            self.nursery_free = result + totalsize
            if self.nursery_free > self.nursery_top:
                result = self.collect_and_reserve(totalsize)
            #
            # Build the object.
            llarena.arena_reserve(result, totalsize)
            obj = result + size_gc_header
            if is_finalizer_light:
                self.young_objects_with_light_finalizers.append(obj)
            self.init_gc_object(result, typeid, flags=0)
            #
            # If it is a weakref, record it (check constant-folded).
            if contains_weakptr:
                self.young_objects_with_weakrefs.append(obj)
        #
        return llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(obj, llmemory.GCREF)


    def malloc_varsize_clear(self, typeid, length, size, itemsize,
                             offset_to_length):
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        nonvarsize = size_gc_header + size
        #
        # Compute the maximal length that makes the object still
        # below 'nonlarge_max'.  All the following logic is usually
        # constant-folded because self.nonlarge_max, size and itemsize
        # are all constants (the arguments are constant due to
        # inlining).
        maxsize = self.nonlarge_max - raw_malloc_usage(nonvarsize)
        if maxsize < 0:
            toobig = r_uint(0)    # the nonvarsize alone is too big
        elif raw_malloc_usage(itemsize):
            toobig = r_uint(maxsize // raw_malloc_usage(itemsize)) + 1
        else:
            toobig = r_uint(sys.maxint) + 1

        if r_uint(length) >= r_uint(toobig):
            #
            # If the total size of the object would be larger than
            # 'nonlarge_max', then allocate it externally.  We also
            # go there if 'length' is actually negative.
            obj = self.external_malloc(typeid, length)
            #
        else:
            # With the above checks we know now that totalsize cannot be more
            # than 'nonlarge_max'; in particular, the + and * cannot overflow.
            totalsize = nonvarsize + itemsize * length
            totalsize = llarena.round_up_for_allocation(totalsize)
            #
            # 'totalsize' should contain at least the GC header and
            # the length word, so it should never be smaller than
            # 'minimal_size_in_nursery'
            ll_assert(raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) >=
                      raw_malloc_usage(self.minimal_size_in_nursery),
                      "malloc_varsize_clear(): totalsize < minimalsize")
            #
            # Get the memory from the nursery.  If there is not enough space
            # there, do a collect first.
            result = self.nursery_free
            self.nursery_free = result + totalsize
            if self.nursery_free > self.nursery_top:
                result = self.collect_and_reserve(totalsize)
            #
            # Build the object.
            llarena.arena_reserve(result, totalsize)
            self.init_gc_object(result, typeid, flags=0)
            #
            # Set the length and return the object.
            obj = result + size_gc_header
            (obj + offset_to_length).signed[0] = length
        #
        return llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(obj, llmemory.GCREF)


    def collect(self, gen=1):
        """Do a minor (gen=0) or major (gen>0) collection."""
        self.minor_collection()
        if gen > 0:
            self.major_collection()

    def collect_and_reserve(self, totalsize):
        """To call when nursery_free overflows nursery_top.
        Do a minor collection, and possibly also a major collection,
        and finally reserve 'totalsize' bytes at the start of the
        now-empty nursery.
        """
        self.minor_collection()
        #
        if self.get_total_memory_used() > self.next_major_collection_threshold:
            self.major_collection()
            #
            # The nursery might not be empty now, because of
            # execute_finalizers().  If it is almost full again,
            # we need to fix it with another call to minor_collection().
            if self.nursery_free + totalsize > self.nursery_top:
                self.minor_collection()
        #
        result = self.nursery_free
        self.nursery_free = result + totalsize
        ll_assert(self.nursery_free <= self.nursery_top, "nursery overflow")
        #
        if self.debug_tiny_nursery >= 0:   # for debugging
            if self.nursery_top - self.nursery_free > self.debug_tiny_nursery:
                self.nursery_free = self.nursery_top - self.debug_tiny_nursery
        #
        return result
    collect_and_reserve._dont_inline_ = True


    def external_malloc(self, typeid, length, can_make_young=True):
        """Allocate a large object using the ArenaCollection or
        raw_malloc(), possibly as an object with card marking enabled,
        if it has gc pointers in its var-sized part.  'length' should be
        specified as 0 if the object is not varsized.  The returned
        object is fully initialized and zero-filled."""
        #
        # Compute the total size, carefully checking for overflows.
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        nonvarsize = size_gc_header + self.fixed_size(typeid)
        if length == 0:
            # this includes the case of fixed-size objects, for which we
            # should not even ask for the varsize_item_sizes().
            totalsize = nonvarsize
        elif length > 0:
            # var-sized allocation with at least one item
            itemsize = self.varsize_item_sizes(typeid)
            try:
                varsize = ovfcheck(itemsize * length)
                totalsize = ovfcheck(nonvarsize + varsize)
            except OverflowError:
                raise MemoryError
        else:
            # negative length!  This likely comes from an overflow
            # earlier.  We will just raise MemoryError here.
            raise MemoryError
        #
        # If somebody calls this function a lot, we must eventually
        # force a full collection.
        if (float(self.get_total_memory_used()) + raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) >
                self.next_major_collection_threshold):
            self.minor_collection()
            self.major_collection(raw_malloc_usage(totalsize))
        #
        # Check if the object would fit in the ArenaCollection.
        if raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) <= self.small_request_threshold:
            #
            # Yes.  Round up 'totalsize' (it cannot overflow and it
            # must remain <= self.small_request_threshold.)
            totalsize = llarena.round_up_for_allocation(totalsize)
            ll_assert(raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) <=
                      self.small_request_threshold,
                      "rounding up made totalsize > small_request_threshold")
            #
            # Allocate from the ArenaCollection and clear the memory returned.
            result = self.ac.malloc(totalsize)
            llmemory.raw_memclear(result, totalsize)
            #
            # An object allocated from ArenaCollection is always old, even
            # if 'can_make_young'.  The interesting case of 'can_make_young'
            # is for large objects, bigger than the 'large_objects' threshold,
            # which are raw-malloced but still young.
            extra_flags = GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
            #
        else:
            # No, so proceed to allocate it externally with raw_malloc().
            # Check if we need to introduce the card marker bits area.
            if (self.card_page_indices <= 0  # <- this check is constant-folded
                or not self.has_gcptr_in_varsize(typeid) or
                raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) <= self.nonlarge_max):
                #
                # In these cases, we don't want a card marker bits area.
                # This case also includes all fixed-size objects.
                cardheadersize = 0
                extra_flags = 0
                #
            else:
                # Reserve N extra words containing card bits before the object.
                extra_words = self.card_marking_words_for_length(length)
                cardheadersize = WORD * extra_words
                extra_flags = GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS | GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
                # if 'can_make_young', then we also immediately set
                # GCFLAG_CARDS_SET, but without adding the object to
                # 'old_objects_with_cards_set'.  In this way it should
                # never be added to that list as long as it is young.
                if can_make_young:
                    extra_flags |= GCFLAG_CARDS_SET
            #
            # Detect very rare cases of overflows
            if raw_malloc_usage(totalsize) > (sys.maxint - (WORD-1)
                                              - cardheadersize):
                raise MemoryError("rare case of overflow")
            #
            # Now we know that the following computations cannot overflow.
            # Note that round_up_for_allocation() is also needed to get the
            # correct number added to 'rawmalloced_total_size'.
            allocsize = (cardheadersize + raw_malloc_usage(
                            llarena.round_up_for_allocation(totalsize)))
            #
            # Allocate the object using arena_malloc(), which we assume here
            # is just the same as raw_malloc(), but allows the extra
            # flexibility of saying that we have extra words in the header.
            # The memory returned is cleared by a raw_memclear().
            arena = llarena.arena_malloc(allocsize, 2)
            if not arena:
                raise MemoryError("cannot allocate large object")
            #
            # Reserve the card mark bits as a list of single bytes
            # (the loop is empty in C).
            i = 0
            while i < cardheadersize:
                llarena.arena_reserve(arena + i, llmemory.sizeof(lltype.Char))
                i += 1
            #
            # Reserve the actual object.  (This is also a no-op in C).
            result = arena + cardheadersize
            llarena.arena_reserve(result, totalsize)
            #
            # Record the newly allocated object and its full malloced size.
            # The object is young or old depending on the argument.
            self.rawmalloced_total_size += r_uint(allocsize)
            if can_make_young:
                if not self.young_rawmalloced_objects:
                    self.young_rawmalloced_objects = self.AddressDict()
                self.young_rawmalloced_objects.add(result + size_gc_header)
            else:
                self.old_rawmalloced_objects.append(result + size_gc_header)
                extra_flags |= GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
        #
        # Common code to fill the header and length of the object.
        self.init_gc_object(result, typeid, extra_flags)
        if self.is_varsize(typeid):
            offset_to_length = self.varsize_offset_to_length(typeid)
            (result + size_gc_header + offset_to_length).signed[0] = length
        return result + size_gc_header


    # ----------
    # Other functions in the GC API

    def set_max_heap_size(self, size):
        self.max_heap_size = float(size)
        if self.max_heap_size > 0.0:
            if self.max_heap_size < self.next_major_collection_initial:
                self.next_major_collection_initial = self.max_heap_size
            if self.max_heap_size < self.next_major_collection_threshold:
                self.next_major_collection_threshold = self.max_heap_size

    def raw_malloc_memory_pressure(self, sizehint):
        self.next_major_collection_threshold -= sizehint
        if self.next_major_collection_threshold < 0:
            # cannot trigger a full collection now, but we can ensure
            # that one will occur very soon
            self.nursery_free = self.nursery_top

    def can_malloc_nonmovable(self):
        return True

    def can_optimize_clean_setarrayitems(self):
        if self.card_page_indices > 0:
            return False
        return MovingGCBase.can_optimize_clean_setarrayitems(self)

    def can_move(self, obj):
        """Overrides the parent can_move()."""
        return self.is_in_nursery(obj)


    def shrink_array(self, obj, smallerlength):
        #
        # Only objects in the nursery can be "resized".  Resizing them
        # means recording that they have a smaller size, so that when
        # moved out of the nursery, they will consume less memory.
        # In particular, an array with GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS is never resized.
        # Also, a nursery object with GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW is not resized
        # either, as this would potentially loose part of the memory in
        # the already-allocated shadow.
        if not self.is_in_nursery(obj):
            return False
        if self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_HAS_SHADOW:
            return False
        #
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        typeid = self.get_type_id(obj)
        totalsmallersize = (
            size_gc_header + self.fixed_size(typeid) +
            self.varsize_item_sizes(typeid) * smallerlength)
        llarena.arena_shrink_obj(obj - size_gc_header, totalsmallersize)
        #
        offset_to_length = self.varsize_offset_to_length(typeid)
        (obj + offset_to_length).signed[0] = smallerlength
        return True


    def malloc_fixedsize_nonmovable(self, typeid):
        obj = self.external_malloc(typeid, 0)
        return llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(obj, llmemory.GCREF)

    def malloc_varsize_nonmovable(self, typeid, length):
        obj = self.external_malloc(typeid, length)
        return llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(obj, llmemory.GCREF)

    def malloc_nonmovable(self, typeid, length, zero):
        # helper for testing, same as GCBase.malloc
        return self.external_malloc(typeid, length or 0)    # None -> 0


    # ----------
    # Simple helpers

    def get_type_id(self, obj):
        tid = self.header(obj).tid
        return llop.extract_ushort(llgroup.HALFWORD, tid)

    def combine(self, typeid16, flags):
        return llop.combine_ushort(lltype.Signed, typeid16, flags)

    def init_gc_object(self, addr, typeid16, flags=0):
        # The default 'flags' is zero.  The flags GCFLAG_NO_xxx_PTRS
        # have been chosen to allow 'flags' to be zero in the common
        # case (hence the 'NO' in their name).
        hdr = llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(addr, lltype.Ptr(self.HDR))
        hdr.tid = self.combine(typeid16, flags)

    def init_gc_object_immortal(self, addr, typeid16, flags=0):
        # For prebuilt GC objects, the flags must contain
        # GCFLAG_NO_xxx_PTRS, at least initially.
        flags |= GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS | GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
        self.init_gc_object(addr, typeid16, flags)

    def is_in_nursery(self, addr):
        ll_assert(llmemory.cast_adr_to_int(addr) & 1 == 0,
                  "odd-valued (i.e. tagged) pointer unexpected here")
        return self.nursery <= addr < self.nursery_top

    def appears_to_be_young(self, addr):
        # "is a valid addr to a young object?"
        # but it's ok to occasionally return True accidentally.
        # Maybe the best implementation would be a bloom filter
        # of some kind instead of the dictionary lookup that is
        # sometimes done below.  But the expected common answer
        # is "Yes" because addr points to the nursery, so it may
        # not be useful to optimize the other case too much.
        #
        # First, if 'addr' appears to be a pointer to some place within
        # the nursery, return True
        if not self.translated_to_c:
            # When non-translated, filter out tagged pointers explicitly.
            # When translated, it may occasionally give a wrong answer
            # of True if 'addr' is a tagged pointer with just the wrong value.
            if not self.is_valid_gc_object(addr):
                return False

        if self.nursery <= addr < self.nursery_top:
            return True      # addr is in the nursery
        #
        # Else, it may be in the set 'young_rawmalloced_objects'
        return (bool(self.young_rawmalloced_objects) and
                self.young_rawmalloced_objects.contains(addr))
    appears_to_be_young._always_inline_ = True

    def debug_is_old_object(self, addr):
        return (self.is_valid_gc_object(addr)
                and not self.appears_to_be_young(addr))

    def is_forwarded(self, obj):
        """Returns True if the nursery obj is marked as forwarded.
        Implemented a bit obscurely by checking an unrelated flag
        that can never be set on a young object -- except if tid == -42.
        """
        assert self.is_in_nursery(obj)
        tid = self.header(obj).tid
        result = (tid & GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING != 0)
        if result:
            ll_assert(tid == -42, "bogus header for young obj")
        else:
            ll_assert(bool(tid), "bogus header (1)")
            ll_assert(tid & ~TID_MASK == 0, "bogus header (2)")
        return result

    def get_forwarding_address(self, obj):
        return llmemory.cast_adr_to_ptr(obj, FORWARDSTUBPTR).forw

    def get_total_memory_used(self):
        """Return the total memory used, not counting any object in the
        nursery: only objects in the ArenaCollection or raw-malloced.
        """
        return self.ac.total_memory_used + self.rawmalloced_total_size

    def card_marking_words_for_length(self, length):
        # --- Unoptimized version:
        #num_bits = ((length-1) >> self.card_page_shift) + 1
        #return (num_bits + (LONG_BIT - 1)) >> LONG_BIT_SHIFT
        # --- Optimized version:
        return intmask(
          ((r_uint(length) + r_uint((LONG_BIT << self.card_page_shift) - 1)) >>
           (self.card_page_shift + LONG_BIT_SHIFT)))

    def card_marking_bytes_for_length(self, length):
        # --- Unoptimized version:
        #num_bits = ((length-1) >> self.card_page_shift) + 1
        #return (num_bits + 7) >> 3
        # --- Optimized version:
        return intmask(
            ((r_uint(length) + r_uint((8 << self.card_page_shift) - 1)) >>
             (self.card_page_shift + 3)))

    def debug_check_consistency(self):
        if self.DEBUG:
            ll_assert(not self.young_rawmalloced_objects,
                      "young raw-malloced objects in a major collection")
            ll_assert(not self.young_objects_with_weakrefs.non_empty(),
                      "young objects with weakrefs in a major collection")
            MovingGCBase.debug_check_consistency(self)

    def debug_check_object(self, obj):
        # after a minor or major collection, no object should be in the nursery
        ll_assert(not self.is_in_nursery(obj),
                  "object in nursery after collection")
        # similarily, all objects should have this flag:
        ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS,
                  "missing GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS")
        # the GCFLAG_VISITED should not be set between collections
        ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_VISITED == 0,
                  "unexpected GCFLAG_VISITED")
        # the GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING should not be set between coll.
        ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING == 0,
                  "unexpected GCFLAG_FINALIZATION_ORDERING")
        # the GCFLAG_CARDS_SET should not be set between collections
        ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET == 0,
                  "unexpected GCFLAG_CARDS_SET")
        # if the GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS is set, check that all bits are zero now
        if self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS:
            if self.card_page_indices <= 0:
                ll_assert(False, "GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS but not using card marking")
                return
            typeid = self.get_type_id(obj)
            ll_assert(self.has_gcptr_in_varsize(typeid),
                      "GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS but not has_gcptr_in_varsize")
            ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS == 0,
                      "GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS && GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS")
            offset_to_length = self.varsize_offset_to_length(typeid)
            length = (obj + offset_to_length).signed[0]
            extra_words = self.card_marking_words_for_length(length)
            #
            size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
            p = llarena.getfakearenaaddress(obj - size_gc_header)
            i = extra_words * WORD
            while i > 0:
                p -= 1
                ll_assert(p.char[0] == '\x00',
                          "the card marker bits are not cleared")
                i -= 1

    # ----------
    # Write barrier

    # for the JIT: a minimal description of the write_barrier() method
    # (the JIT assumes it is of the shape
    #  "if addr_struct.int0 & JIT_WB_IF_FLAG: remember_young_pointer()")
    JIT_WB_IF_FLAG = GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS

    # for the JIT to generate custom code corresponding to the array
    # write barrier for the simplest case of cards.  If JIT_CARDS_SET
    # is already set on an object, it will execute code like this:
    #    MOV eax, index
    #    SHR eax, JIT_WB_CARD_PAGE_SHIFT
    #    XOR eax, -8
    #    BTS [object], eax
    if TRANSLATION_PARAMS['card_page_indices'] > 0:
        JIT_WB_CARDS_SET = GCFLAG_CARDS_SET
        JIT_WB_CARD_PAGE_SHIFT = 1
        while ((1 << JIT_WB_CARD_PAGE_SHIFT) !=
               TRANSLATION_PARAMS['card_page_indices']):
            JIT_WB_CARD_PAGE_SHIFT += 1

    @classmethod
    def JIT_max_size_of_young_obj(cls):
        return cls.TRANSLATION_PARAMS['large_object']

    @classmethod
    def JIT_minimal_size_in_nursery(cls):
        return cls.minimal_size_in_nursery

    def write_barrier(self, newvalue, addr_struct):
        if self.header(addr_struct).tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS:
            self.remember_young_pointer(addr_struct, newvalue)

    def write_barrier_from_array(self, newvalue, addr_array, index):
        if self.header(addr_array).tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS:
            if self.card_page_indices > 0:     # <- constant-folded
                self.remember_young_pointer_from_array2(addr_array, index)
            else:
                self.remember_young_pointer(addr_array, newvalue)

    def _init_writebarrier_logic(self):
        DEBUG = self.DEBUG
        # The purpose of attaching remember_young_pointer to the instance
        # instead of keeping it as a regular method is to help the JIT call it.
        # Additionally, it makes the code in write_barrier() marginally smaller
        # (which is important because it is inlined *everywhere*).
        # For x86, there is also an extra requirement: when the JIT calls
        # remember_young_pointer(), it assumes that it will not touch the SSE
        # registers, so it does not save and restore them (that's a *hack*!).
        def remember_young_pointer(addr_struct, newvalue):
            # 'addr_struct' is the address of the object in which we write.
            # 'newvalue' is the address that we are going to write in there.
            # We know that 'addr_struct' has GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS so far.
            #
            if DEBUG:   # note: PYPY_GC_DEBUG=1 does not enable this
                ll_assert(self.debug_is_old_object(addr_struct) or
                          self.header(addr_struct).tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS != 0,
                      "young object with GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS and no cards")
            #
            # If it seems that what we are writing is a pointer to a young obj
            # (as checked with appears_to_be_young()), then we need
            # to remove the flag GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS and add the object
            # to the list 'old_objects_pointing_to_young'.  We know that
            # 'addr_struct' cannot be in the nursery, because nursery objects
            # never have the flag GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS to start with.
            objhdr = self.header(addr_struct)
            if self.appears_to_be_young(newvalue):
                self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.append(addr_struct)
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
            #
            # Second part: if 'addr_struct' is actually a prebuilt GC
            # object and it's the first time we see a write to it, we
            # add it to the list 'prebuilt_root_objects'.  Note that we
            # do it even in the (rare?) case of 'addr' being NULL or another
            # prebuilt object, to simplify code.
            if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS:
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
                self.prebuilt_root_objects.append(addr_struct)

        remember_young_pointer._dont_inline_ = True
        self.remember_young_pointer = remember_young_pointer
        #
        if self.card_page_indices > 0:
            self._init_writebarrier_with_card_marker()


    def _init_writebarrier_with_card_marker(self):
        DEBUG = self.DEBUG
        def remember_young_pointer_from_array2(addr_array, index):
            # 'addr_array' is the address of the object in which we write,
            # which must have an array part;  'index' is the index of the
            # item that is (or contains) the pointer that we write.
            # We know that 'addr_array' has GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS so far.
            #
            objhdr = self.header(addr_array)
            if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS == 0:
                #
                if DEBUG:   # note: PYPY_GC_DEBUG=1 does not enable this
                    ll_assert(self.debug_is_old_object(addr_array),
                        "young array with no card but GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS")
                #
                # no cards, use default logic.  Mostly copied from above.
                self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.append(addr_array)
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
                if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS:
                    objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
                    self.prebuilt_root_objects.append(addr_array)
                return
            #
            # 'addr_array' is a raw_malloc'ed array with card markers
            # in front.  Compute the index of the bit to set:
            bitindex = index >> self.card_page_shift
            byteindex = bitindex >> 3
            bitmask = 1 << (bitindex & 7)
            #
            # If the bit is already set, leave now.
            addr_byte = self.get_card(addr_array, byteindex)
            byte = ord(addr_byte.char[0])
            if byte & bitmask:
                return
            #
            # We set the flag (even if the newly written address does not
            # actually point to the nursery, which seems to be ok -- actually
            # it seems more important that remember_young_pointer_from_array2()
            # does not take 3 arguments).
            addr_byte.char[0] = chr(byte | bitmask)
            #
            if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET == 0:
                self.old_objects_with_cards_set.append(addr_array)
                objhdr.tid |= GCFLAG_CARDS_SET

        remember_young_pointer_from_array2._dont_inline_ = True
        assert self.card_page_indices > 0
        self.remember_young_pointer_from_array2 = (
            remember_young_pointer_from_array2)

        # xxx trying it out for the JIT: a 3-arguments version of the above
        def remember_young_pointer_from_array3(addr_array, index, newvalue):
            objhdr = self.header(addr_array)
            #
            # a single check for the common case of neither GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS
            # nor GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
            if objhdr.tid & (GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS | GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS) == 0:
                # common case: fast path, jump to the end of the function
                pass
            elif objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS == 0:
                # no cards, but GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS is set.
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
                self.prebuilt_root_objects.append(addr_array)
                # jump to the end of the function
            else:
                # case with cards.
                #
                # If the newly written address does not actually point to a
                # young object, leave now.
                if not self.appears_to_be_young(newvalue):
                    return
                #
                # 'addr_array' is a raw_malloc'ed array with card markers
                # in front.  Compute the index of the bit to set:
                bitindex = index >> self.card_page_shift
                byteindex = bitindex >> 3
                bitmask = 1 << (bitindex & 7)
                #
                # If the bit is already set, leave now.
                addr_byte = self.get_card(addr_array, byteindex)
                byte = ord(addr_byte.char[0])
                if byte & bitmask:
                    return
                addr_byte.char[0] = chr(byte | bitmask)
                #
                if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET == 0:
                    self.old_objects_with_cards_set.append(addr_array)
                    objhdr.tid |= GCFLAG_CARDS_SET
                return
            #
            # Logic for the no-cards case, put here to minimize the number
            # of checks done at the start of the function
            if DEBUG:   # note: PYPY_GC_DEBUG=1 does not enable this
                ll_assert(self.debug_is_old_object(addr_array),
                        "young array with no card but GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS")
            #
            if self.appears_to_be_young(newvalue):
                self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.append(addr_array)
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS

        remember_young_pointer_from_array3._dont_inline_ = True
        assert self.card_page_indices > 0
        self.remember_young_pointer_from_array3 = (
            remember_young_pointer_from_array3)

    def get_card(self, obj, byteindex):
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        addr_byte = obj - size_gc_header
        return llarena.getfakearenaaddress(addr_byte) + (~byteindex)


    def assume_young_pointers(self, addr_struct):
        """Called occasionally by the JIT to mean ``assume that 'addr_struct'
        may now contain young pointers.''
        """
        objhdr = self.header(addr_struct)
        if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS:
            self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.append(addr_struct)
            objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
            #
            if objhdr.tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS:
                objhdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
                self.prebuilt_root_objects.append(addr_struct)

    def writebarrier_before_copy(self, source_addr, dest_addr,
                                 source_start, dest_start, length):
        """ This has the same effect as calling writebarrier over
        each element in dest copied from source, except it might reset
        one of the following flags a bit too eagerly, which means we'll have
        a bit more objects to track, but being on the safe side.
        """
        source_hdr = self.header(source_addr)
        dest_hdr = self.header(dest_addr)
        if dest_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS == 0:
            return True
        # ^^^ a fast path of write-barrier
        #
        if source_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS != 0:
            #
            if source_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS == 0:
                # The source object may have random young pointers.
                # Return False to mean "do it manually in ll_arraycopy".
                return False
            #
            if source_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET == 0:
                # The source object has no young pointers at all.  Done.
                return True
            #
            if dest_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_HAS_CARDS == 0:
                # The dest object doesn't have cards.  Do it manually.
                return False
            #
            if source_start != 0 or dest_start != 0:
                # Misaligned.  Do it manually.
                return False
            #
            self.manually_copy_card_bits(source_addr, dest_addr, length)
            return True
        #
        if source_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS == 0:
            # there might be in source a pointer to a young object
            self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.append(dest_addr)
            dest_hdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
        #
        if dest_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS:
            if source_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS == 0:
                dest_hdr.tid &= ~GCFLAG_NO_HEAP_PTRS
                self.prebuilt_root_objects.append(dest_addr)
        return True

    def manually_copy_card_bits(self, source_addr, dest_addr, length):
        # manually copy the individual card marks from source to dest
        bytes = self.card_marking_bytes_for_length(length)
        #
        anybyte = 0
        i = 0
        while i < bytes:
            addr_srcbyte = self.get_card(source_addr, i)
            addr_dstbyte = self.get_card(dest_addr, i)
            byte = ord(addr_srcbyte.char[0])
            anybyte |= byte
            addr_dstbyte.char[0] = chr(ord(addr_dstbyte.char[0]) | byte)
            i += 1
        #
        if anybyte:
            dest_hdr = self.header(dest_addr)
            if dest_hdr.tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET == 0:
                self.old_objects_with_cards_set.append(dest_addr)
                dest_hdr.tid |= GCFLAG_CARDS_SET

    # ----------
    # Nursery collection

    def minor_collection(self):
        """Perform a minor collection: find the objects from the nursery
        that remain alive and move them out."""
        #
        debug_start("gc-minor")
        #
        # Before everything else, remove from 'old_objects_pointing_to_young'
        # the young arrays.
        if self.young_rawmalloced_objects:
            self.remove_young_arrays_from_old_objects_pointing_to_young()
        #
        # First, find the roots that point to young objects.  All nursery
        # objects found are copied out of the nursery, and the occasional
        # young raw-malloced object is flagged with GCFLAG_VISITED.
        # Note that during this step, we ignore references to further
        # young objects; only objects directly referenced by roots
        # are copied out or flagged.  They are also added to the list
        # 'old_objects_pointing_to_young'.
        self.collect_roots_in_nursery()
        #
        while True:
            # If we are using card marking, do a partial trace of the arrays
            # that are flagged with GCFLAG_CARDS_SET.
            if self.card_page_indices > 0:
                self.collect_cardrefs_to_nursery()
            #
            # Now trace objects from 'old_objects_pointing_to_young'.
            # All nursery objects they reference are copied out of the
            # nursery, and again added to 'old_objects_pointing_to_young'.
            # All young raw-malloced object found are flagged GCFLAG_VISITED.
            # We proceed until 'old_objects_pointing_to_young' is empty.
            self.collect_oldrefs_to_nursery()
            #
            # We have to loop back if collect_oldrefs_to_nursery caused
            # new objects to show up in old_objects_with_cards_set
            if self.card_page_indices > 0:
                if self.old_objects_with_cards_set.non_empty():
                    continue
            break
        #
        # Now all live nursery objects should be out.  Update the young
        # weakrefs' targets.
        if self.young_objects_with_weakrefs.non_empty():
            self.invalidate_young_weakrefs()
        if self.young_objects_with_light_finalizers.non_empty():
            self.deal_with_young_objects_with_finalizers()
        #
        # Clear this mapping.
        if self.nursery_objects_shadows.length() > 0:
            self.nursery_objects_shadows.clear()
        #
        # Walk the list of young raw-malloced objects, and either free
        # them or make them old.
        if self.young_rawmalloced_objects:
            self.free_young_rawmalloced_objects()
        #
        # All live nursery objects are out, and the rest dies.  Fill
        # the whole nursery with zero and reset the current nursery pointer.
        llarena.arena_reset(self.nursery, self.nursery_size, 2)
        self.debug_rotate_nursery()
        self.nursery_free = self.nursery
        #
        debug_print("minor collect, total memory used:",
                    self.get_total_memory_used())
        if self.DEBUG >= 2:
            self.debug_check_consistency()     # expensive!
        debug_stop("gc-minor")


    def collect_roots_in_nursery(self):
        # we don't need to trace prebuilt GcStructs during a minor collect:
        # if a prebuilt GcStruct contains a pointer to a young object,
        # then the write_barrier must have ensured that the prebuilt
        # GcStruct is in the list self.old_objects_pointing_to_young.
        debug_start("gc-minor-walkroots")
        self.root_walker.walk_roots(
            MiniMarkGC._trace_drag_out1,  # stack roots
            MiniMarkGC._trace_drag_out1,  # static in prebuilt non-gc
            None)                         # static in prebuilt gc
        debug_stop("gc-minor-walkroots")

    def collect_cardrefs_to_nursery(self):
        size_gc_header = self.gcheaderbuilder.size_gc_header
        oldlist = self.old_objects_with_cards_set
        while oldlist.non_empty():
            obj = oldlist.pop()
            #
            # Remove the GCFLAG_CARDS_SET flag.
            ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_CARDS_SET != 0,
                "!GCFLAG_CARDS_SET but object in 'old_objects_with_cards_set'")
            self.header(obj).tid &= ~GCFLAG_CARDS_SET
            #
            # Get the number of card marker bytes in the header.
            typeid = self.get_type_id(obj)
            offset_to_length = self.varsize_offset_to_length(typeid)
            length = (obj + offset_to_length).signed[0]
            bytes = self.card_marking_bytes_for_length(length)
            p = llarena.getfakearenaaddress(obj - size_gc_header)
            #
            # If the object doesn't have GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS, then it
            # means that it is in 'old_objects_pointing_to_young' and
            # will be fully traced by collect_oldrefs_to_nursery() just
            # afterwards.
            if self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS == 0:
                #
                # In that case, we just have to reset all card bits.
                while bytes > 0:
                    p -= 1
                    p.char[0] = '\x00'
                    bytes -= 1
                #
            else:
                # Walk the bytes encoding the card marker bits, and for
                # each bit set, call trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery_partial().
                interval_start = 0
                while bytes > 0:
                    p -= 1
                    cardbyte = ord(p.char[0])
                    p.char[0] = '\x00'           # reset the bits
                    bytes -= 1
                    next_byte_start = interval_start + 8*self.card_page_indices
                    #
                    while cardbyte != 0:
                        interval_stop = interval_start + self.card_page_indices
                        #
                        if cardbyte & 1:
                            if interval_stop > length:
                                interval_stop = length
                                ll_assert(cardbyte <= 1 and bytes == 0,
                                          "premature end of object")
                            self.trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery_partial(
                                obj, interval_start, interval_stop)
                        #
                        interval_start = interval_stop
                        cardbyte >>= 1
                    interval_start = next_byte_start


    def collect_oldrefs_to_nursery(self):
        # Follow the old_objects_pointing_to_young list and move the
        # young objects they point to out of the nursery.
        oldlist = self.old_objects_pointing_to_young
        while oldlist.non_empty():
            obj = oldlist.pop()
            #
            # Check that the flags are correct: we must not have
            # GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS so far.
            ll_assert(self.header(obj).tid & GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS == 0,
                      "old_objects_pointing_to_young contains obj with "
                      "GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS")
            #
            # Add the flag GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS.  All live objects should
            # have this flag set after a nursery collection.
            self.header(obj).tid |= GCFLAG_TRACK_YOUNG_PTRS
            #
            # Trace the 'obj' to replace pointers to nursery with pointers
            # outside the nursery, possibly forcing nursery objects out
            # and adding them to 'old_objects_pointing_to_young' as well.
            self.trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery(obj)

    def trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery(self, obj):
        """obj must not be in the nursery.  This copies all the
        young objects it references out of the nursery.
        """
        self.trace(obj, self._trace_drag_out, None)

    def trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery_partial(self, obj, start, stop):
        """Like trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery(), but limited to the array
        indices in range(start, stop).
        """
        ll_assert(start < stop, "empty or negative range "
                                "in trace_and_drag_out_of_nursery_partial()")
        #print 'trace_partial:', start, stop, '\t', obj
        self.trace_partial(obj, start, stop, self._trace_drag_out, None)


    def _trace_drag_out1(self, root):
        self._trace_drag_out(root, None)

    def _trace_drag_out(self, root, ignored):
        obj = root.address[0]
        #print '_trace_drag_out(%x: %r)' % (hash(obj.ptr._obj), obj)
        #
        # If 'obj' is not in the nursery, nothing to change -- expect
        # that we must set GCFLAG_VISITED on young raw-malloced objects.
        if not self.is_in_nursery(obj):
            # cache usage trade-off: I think that it is a better idea to
            # check if 'obj' is in young_rawmalloced_objects with an access
            # to t