circuitpython/py/gc.h
Ayke van Laethem bcc827d695 py/gc: Allow the GC heap to be split over multiple memory areas.
This commit adds a new option MICROPY_GC_SPLIT_HEAP (disabled by default)
which, when enabled, allows the GC heap to be split over multiple memory
areas/regions.  The first area is added with gc_init() and subsequent areas
can be added with gc_add().  New areas can be added at runtime.  Areas are
stored internally as a linked list, and calls to gc_alloc() can be
satisfied from any area.

This feature has the following use-cases (among others):
- The ESP32 has a fragmented OS heap, so to use all (or more) of it the
  GC heap must be split.
- Other MCUs may have disjoint RAM regions and are now able to use them
  all for the GC heap.
- The user could explicitly increase the size of the GC heap.
- Support a dynamic heap while running on an OS, adding more heap when
  necessary.
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#ifndef MICROPY_INCLUDED_PY_GC_H
#define MICROPY_INCLUDED_PY_GC_H
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include "py/mpconfig.h"
void gc_init(void *start, void *end);
#if MICROPY_GC_SPLIT_HEAP
// Used to add additional memory areas to the heap.
void gc_add(void *start, void *end);
#endif
// These lock/unlock functions can be nested.
// They can be used to prevent the GC from allocating/freeing.
void gc_lock(void);
void gc_unlock(void);
bool gc_is_locked(void);
// A given port must implement gc_collect by using the other collect functions.
void gc_collect(void);
void gc_collect_start(void);
void gc_collect_root(void **ptrs, size_t len);
void gc_collect_end(void);
// Use this function to sweep the whole heap and run all finalisers
void gc_sweep_all(void);
enum {
GC_ALLOC_FLAG_HAS_FINALISER = 1,
};
void *gc_alloc(size_t n_bytes, unsigned int alloc_flags);
void gc_free(void *ptr); // does not call finaliser
size_t gc_nbytes(const void *ptr);
void *gc_realloc(void *ptr, size_t n_bytes, bool allow_move);
typedef struct _gc_info_t {
size_t total;
size_t used;
size_t free;
size_t max_free;
size_t num_1block;
size_t num_2block;
size_t max_block;
} gc_info_t;
void gc_info(gc_info_t *info);
void gc_dump_info(void);
void gc_dump_alloc_table(void);
#endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_PY_GC_H