/* Reference Cycle Garbage Collection ================================== Neil Schemenauer Based on a post on the python-dev list. Ideas from Guido van Rossum, Eric Tiedemann, and various others. http://www.arctrix.com/nas/python/gc/ The following mailing list threads provide a historical perspective on the design of this module. Note that a fair amount of refinement has occurred since those discussions. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/002385.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/002434.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2000-March/002497.html For a highlevel view of the collection process, read the collect function. */ #include "Python.h" #include "pycore_context.h" #include "pycore_initconfig.h" #include "pycore_interp.h" // PyInterpreterState.gc #include "pycore_object.h" #include "pycore_pyerrors.h" #include "pycore_pystate.h" // _PyThreadState_GET() #include "pydtrace.h" typedef struct _gc_runtime_state GCState; /*[clinic input] module gc [clinic start generated code]*/ /*[clinic end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=b5c9690ecc842d79]*/ #ifdef Py_DEBUG # define GC_DEBUG #endif #define GC_NEXT _PyGCHead_NEXT #define GC_PREV _PyGCHead_PREV // update_refs() set this bit for all objects in current generation. // subtract_refs() and move_unreachable() uses this to distinguish // visited object is in GCing or not. // // move_unreachable() removes this flag from reachable objects. // Only unreachable objects have this flag. // // No objects in interpreter have this flag after GC ends. #define PREV_MASK_COLLECTING _PyGC_PREV_MASK_COLLECTING // Lowest bit of _gc_next is used for UNREACHABLE flag. // // This flag represents the object is in unreachable list in move_unreachable() // // Although this flag is used only in move_unreachable(), move_unreachable() // doesn't clear this flag to skip unnecessary iteration. // move_legacy_finalizers() removes this flag instead. // Between them, unreachable list is not normal list and we can not use // most gc_list_* functions for it. #define NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE (1) /* Get an object's GC head */ #define AS_GC(o) ((PyGC_Head *)(((char *)(o))-sizeof(PyGC_Head))) /* Get the object given the GC head */ #define FROM_GC(g) ((PyObject *)(((char *)(g))+sizeof(PyGC_Head))) static inline int gc_is_collecting(PyGC_Head *g) { return (g->_gc_prev & PREV_MASK_COLLECTING) != 0; } static inline void gc_clear_collecting(PyGC_Head *g) { g->_gc_prev &= ~PREV_MASK_COLLECTING; } static inline Py_ssize_t gc_get_refs(PyGC_Head *g) { return (Py_ssize_t)(g->_gc_prev >> _PyGC_PREV_SHIFT); } static inline void gc_set_refs(PyGC_Head *g, Py_ssize_t refs) { g->_gc_prev = (g->_gc_prev & ~_PyGC_PREV_MASK) | ((uintptr_t)(refs) << _PyGC_PREV_SHIFT); } static inline void gc_reset_refs(PyGC_Head *g, Py_ssize_t refs) { g->_gc_prev = (g->_gc_prev & _PyGC_PREV_MASK_FINALIZED) | PREV_MASK_COLLECTING | ((uintptr_t)(refs) << _PyGC_PREV_SHIFT); } static inline void gc_decref(PyGC_Head *g) { _PyObject_ASSERT_WITH_MSG(FROM_GC(g), gc_get_refs(g) > 0, "refcount is too small"); g->_gc_prev -= 1 << _PyGC_PREV_SHIFT; } /* set for debugging information */ #define DEBUG_STATS (1<<0) /* print collection statistics */ #define DEBUG_COLLECTABLE (1<<1) /* print collectable objects */ #define DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE (1<<2) /* print uncollectable objects */ #define DEBUG_SAVEALL (1<<5) /* save all garbage in gc.garbage */ #define DEBUG_LEAK DEBUG_COLLECTABLE | \ DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE | \ DEBUG_SAVEALL #define GEN_HEAD(gcstate, n) (&(gcstate)->generations[n].head) static GCState * get_gc_state(void) { PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_GET(); return &interp->gc; } void _PyGC_InitState(GCState *gcstate) { #define INIT_HEAD(GEN) \ do { \ GEN.head._gc_next = (uintptr_t)&GEN.head; \ GEN.head._gc_prev = (uintptr_t)&GEN.head; \ } while (0) for (int i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { assert(gcstate->generations[i].count == 0); INIT_HEAD(gcstate->generations[i]); }; gcstate->generation0 = GEN_HEAD(gcstate, 0); INIT_HEAD(gcstate->permanent_generation); #undef INIT_HEAD } PyStatus _PyGC_Init(PyInterpreterState *interp) { GCState *gcstate = &interp->gc; gcstate->garbage = PyList_New(0); if (gcstate->garbage == NULL) { return _PyStatus_NO_MEMORY(); } gcstate->callbacks = PyList_New(0); if (gcstate->callbacks == NULL) { return _PyStatus_NO_MEMORY(); } return _PyStatus_OK(); } /* _gc_prev values --------------- Between collections, _gc_prev is used for doubly linked list. Lowest two bits of _gc_prev are used for flags. PREV_MASK_COLLECTING is used only while collecting and cleared before GC ends or _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK() is called. During a collection, _gc_prev is temporary used for gc_refs, and the gc list is singly linked until _gc_prev is restored. gc_refs At the start of a collection, update_refs() copies the true refcount to gc_refs, for each object in the generation being collected. subtract_refs() then adjusts gc_refs so that it equals the number of times an object is referenced directly from outside the generation being collected. PREV_MASK_COLLECTING Objects in generation being collected are marked PREV_MASK_COLLECTING in update_refs(). _gc_next values --------------- _gc_next takes these values: 0 The object is not tracked != 0 Pointer to the next object in the GC list. Additionally, lowest bit is used temporary for NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flag described below. NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE move_unreachable() then moves objects not reachable (whether directly or indirectly) from outside the generation into an "unreachable" set and set this flag. Objects that are found to be reachable have gc_refs set to 1. When this flag is set for the reachable object, the object must be in "unreachable" set. The flag is unset and the object is moved back to "reachable" set. move_legacy_finalizers() will remove this flag from "unreachable" set. */ /*** list functions ***/ static inline void gc_list_init(PyGC_Head *list) { // List header must not have flags. // We can assign pointer by simple cast. list->_gc_prev = (uintptr_t)list; list->_gc_next = (uintptr_t)list; } static inline int gc_list_is_empty(PyGC_Head *list) { return (list->_gc_next == (uintptr_t)list); } /* Append `node` to `list`. */ static inline void gc_list_append(PyGC_Head *node, PyGC_Head *list) { PyGC_Head *last = (PyGC_Head *)list->_gc_prev; // last <-> node _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(node, last); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(last, node); // node <-> list _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(node, list); list->_gc_prev = (uintptr_t)node; } /* Remove `node` from the gc list it's currently in. */ static inline void gc_list_remove(PyGC_Head *node) { PyGC_Head *prev = GC_PREV(node); PyGC_Head *next = GC_NEXT(node); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(prev, next); _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(next, prev); node->_gc_next = 0; /* object is not currently tracked */ } /* Move `node` from the gc list it's currently in (which is not explicitly * named here) to the end of `list`. This is semantically the same as * gc_list_remove(node) followed by gc_list_append(node, list). */ static void gc_list_move(PyGC_Head *node, PyGC_Head *list) { /* Unlink from current list. */ PyGC_Head *from_prev = GC_PREV(node); PyGC_Head *from_next = GC_NEXT(node); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(from_prev, from_next); _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(from_next, from_prev); /* Relink at end of new list. */ // list must not have flags. So we can skip macros. PyGC_Head *to_prev = (PyGC_Head*)list->_gc_prev; _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(node, to_prev); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(to_prev, node); list->_gc_prev = (uintptr_t)node; _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(node, list); } /* append list `from` onto list `to`; `from` becomes an empty list */ static void gc_list_merge(PyGC_Head *from, PyGC_Head *to) { assert(from != to); if (!gc_list_is_empty(from)) { PyGC_Head *to_tail = GC_PREV(to); PyGC_Head *from_head = GC_NEXT(from); PyGC_Head *from_tail = GC_PREV(from); assert(from_head != from); assert(from_tail != from); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(to_tail, from_head); _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(from_head, to_tail); _PyGCHead_SET_NEXT(from_tail, to); _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(to, from_tail); } gc_list_init(from); } static Py_ssize_t gc_list_size(PyGC_Head *list) { PyGC_Head *gc; Py_ssize_t n = 0; for (gc = GC_NEXT(list); gc != list; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { n++; } return n; } /* Walk the list and mark all objects as non-collecting */ static inline void gc_list_clear_collecting(PyGC_Head *collectable) { PyGC_Head *gc; for (gc = GC_NEXT(collectable); gc != collectable; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { gc_clear_collecting(gc); } } /* Append objects in a GC list to a Python list. * Return 0 if all OK, < 0 if error (out of memory for list) */ static int append_objects(PyObject *py_list, PyGC_Head *gc_list) { PyGC_Head *gc; for (gc = GC_NEXT(gc_list); gc != gc_list; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); if (op != py_list) { if (PyList_Append(py_list, op)) { return -1; /* exception */ } } } return 0; } // Constants for validate_list's flags argument. enum flagstates {collecting_clear_unreachable_clear, collecting_clear_unreachable_set, collecting_set_unreachable_clear, collecting_set_unreachable_set}; #ifdef GC_DEBUG // validate_list checks list consistency. And it works as document // describing when flags are expected to be set / unset. // `head` must be a doubly-linked gc list, although it's fine (expected!) if // the prev and next pointers are "polluted" with flags. // What's checked: // - The `head` pointers are not polluted. // - The objects' PREV_MASK_COLLECTING and NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flags are all // `set or clear, as specified by the 'flags' argument. // - The prev and next pointers are mutually consistent. static void validate_list(PyGC_Head *head, enum flagstates flags) { assert((head->_gc_prev & PREV_MASK_COLLECTING) == 0); assert((head->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) == 0); uintptr_t prev_value = 0, next_value = 0; switch (flags) { case collecting_clear_unreachable_clear: break; case collecting_set_unreachable_clear: prev_value = PREV_MASK_COLLECTING; break; case collecting_clear_unreachable_set: next_value = NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE; break; case collecting_set_unreachable_set: prev_value = PREV_MASK_COLLECTING; next_value = NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE; break; default: assert(! "bad internal flags argument"); } PyGC_Head *prev = head; PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(head); while (gc != head) { PyGC_Head *trueprev = GC_PREV(gc); PyGC_Head *truenext = (PyGC_Head *)(gc->_gc_next & ~NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); assert(truenext != NULL); assert(trueprev == prev); assert((gc->_gc_prev & PREV_MASK_COLLECTING) == prev_value); assert((gc->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) == next_value); prev = gc; gc = truenext; } assert(prev == GC_PREV(head)); } #else #define validate_list(x, y) do{}while(0) #endif /*** end of list stuff ***/ /* Set all gc_refs = ob_refcnt. After this, gc_refs is > 0 and * PREV_MASK_COLLECTING bit is set for all objects in containers. */ static void update_refs(PyGC_Head *containers) { PyGC_Head *next; PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(containers); while (gc != containers) { next = GC_NEXT(gc); /* Move any object that might have become immortal to the * permanent generation as the reference count is not accurately * reflecting the actual number of live references to this object */ if (_Py_IsImmortal(FROM_GC(gc))) { gc_list_move(gc, &get_gc_state()->permanent_generation.head); gc = next; continue; } gc_reset_refs(gc, Py_REFCNT(FROM_GC(gc))); /* Python's cyclic gc should never see an incoming refcount * of 0: if something decref'ed to 0, it should have been * deallocated immediately at that time. * Possible cause (if the assert triggers): a tp_dealloc * routine left a gc-aware object tracked during its teardown * phase, and did something-- or allowed something to happen -- * that called back into Python. gc can trigger then, and may * see the still-tracked dying object. Before this assert * was added, such mistakes went on to allow gc to try to * delete the object again. In a debug build, that caused * a mysterious segfault, when _Py_ForgetReference tried * to remove the object from the doubly-linked list of all * objects a second time. In a release build, an actual * double deallocation occurred, which leads to corruption * of the allocator's internal bookkeeping pointers. That's * so serious that maybe this should be a release-build * check instead of an assert? */ _PyObject_ASSERT(FROM_GC(gc), gc_get_refs(gc) != 0); gc = next; } } /* A traversal callback for subtract_refs. */ static int visit_decref(PyObject *op, void *parent) { _PyObject_ASSERT(_PyObject_CAST(parent), !_PyObject_IsFreed(op)); if (_PyObject_IS_GC(op)) { PyGC_Head *gc = AS_GC(op); /* We're only interested in gc_refs for objects in the * generation being collected, which can be recognized * because only they have positive gc_refs. */ if (gc_is_collecting(gc)) { gc_decref(gc); } } return 0; } /* Subtract internal references from gc_refs. After this, gc_refs is >= 0 * for all objects in containers, and is GC_REACHABLE for all tracked gc * objects not in containers. The ones with gc_refs > 0 are directly * reachable from outside containers, and so can't be collected. */ static void subtract_refs(PyGC_Head *containers) { traverseproc traverse; PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(containers); for (; gc != containers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse; (void) traverse(op, (visitproc)visit_decref, op); } } /* A traversal callback for move_unreachable. */ static int visit_reachable(PyObject *op, PyGC_Head *reachable) { if (!_PyObject_IS_GC(op)) { return 0; } PyGC_Head *gc = AS_GC(op); const Py_ssize_t gc_refs = gc_get_refs(gc); // Ignore objects in other generation. // This also skips objects "to the left" of the current position in // move_unreachable's scan of the 'young' list - they've already been // traversed, and no longer have the PREV_MASK_COLLECTING flag. if (! gc_is_collecting(gc)) { return 0; } // It would be a logic error elsewhere if the collecting flag were set on // an untracked object. assert(gc->_gc_next != 0); if (gc->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) { /* This had gc_refs = 0 when move_unreachable got * to it, but turns out it's reachable after all. * Move it back to move_unreachable's 'young' list, * and move_unreachable will eventually get to it * again. */ // Manually unlink gc from unreachable list because the list functions // don't work right in the presence of NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flags. PyGC_Head *prev = GC_PREV(gc); PyGC_Head *next = (PyGC_Head*)(gc->_gc_next & ~NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); _PyObject_ASSERT(FROM_GC(prev), prev->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); _PyObject_ASSERT(FROM_GC(next), next->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); prev->_gc_next = gc->_gc_next; // copy NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(next, prev); gc_list_append(gc, reachable); gc_set_refs(gc, 1); } else if (gc_refs == 0) { /* This is in move_unreachable's 'young' list, but * the traversal hasn't yet gotten to it. All * we need to do is tell move_unreachable that it's * reachable. */ gc_set_refs(gc, 1); } /* Else there's nothing to do. * If gc_refs > 0, it must be in move_unreachable's 'young' * list, and move_unreachable will eventually get to it. */ else { _PyObject_ASSERT_WITH_MSG(op, gc_refs > 0, "refcount is too small"); } return 0; } /* Move the unreachable objects from young to unreachable. After this, * all objects in young don't have PREV_MASK_COLLECTING flag and * unreachable have the flag. * All objects in young after this are directly or indirectly reachable * from outside the original young; and all objects in unreachable are * not. * * This function restores _gc_prev pointer. young and unreachable are * doubly linked list after this function. * But _gc_next in unreachable list has NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flag. * So we can not gc_list_* functions for unreachable until we remove the flag. */ static void move_unreachable(PyGC_Head *young, PyGC_Head *unreachable) { // previous elem in the young list, used for restore gc_prev. PyGC_Head *prev = young; PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(young); /* Invariants: all objects "to the left" of us in young are reachable * (directly or indirectly) from outside the young list as it was at entry. * * All other objects from the original young "to the left" of us are in * unreachable now, and have NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE. All objects to the * left of us in 'young' now have been scanned, and no objects here * or to the right have been scanned yet. */ while (gc != young) { if (gc_get_refs(gc)) { /* gc is definitely reachable from outside the * original 'young'. Mark it as such, and traverse * its pointers to find any other objects that may * be directly reachable from it. Note that the * call to tp_traverse may append objects to young, * so we have to wait until it returns to determine * the next object to visit. */ PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); traverseproc traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse; _PyObject_ASSERT_WITH_MSG(op, gc_get_refs(gc) > 0, "refcount is too small"); // NOTE: visit_reachable may change gc->_gc_next when // young->_gc_prev == gc. Don't do gc = GC_NEXT(gc) before! (void) traverse(op, (visitproc)visit_reachable, (void *)young); // relink gc_prev to prev element. _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(gc, prev); // gc is not COLLECTING state after here. gc_clear_collecting(gc); prev = gc; } else { /* This *may* be unreachable. To make progress, * assume it is. gc isn't directly reachable from * any object we've already traversed, but may be * reachable from an object we haven't gotten to yet. * visit_reachable will eventually move gc back into * young if that's so, and we'll see it again. */ // Move gc to unreachable. // No need to gc->next->prev = prev because it is single linked. prev->_gc_next = gc->_gc_next; // We can't use gc_list_append() here because we use // NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE here. PyGC_Head *last = GC_PREV(unreachable); // NOTE: Since all objects in unreachable set has // NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flag, we set it unconditionally. // But this may pollute the unreachable list head's 'next' pointer // too. That's semantically senseless but expedient here - the // damage is repaired when this function ends. last->_gc_next = (NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE | (uintptr_t)gc); _PyGCHead_SET_PREV(gc, last); gc->_gc_next = (NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE | (uintptr_t)unreachable); unreachable->_gc_prev = (uintptr_t)gc; } gc = (PyGC_Head*)prev->_gc_next; } // young->_gc_prev must be last element remained in the list. young->_gc_prev = (uintptr_t)prev; // don't let the pollution of the list head's next pointer leak unreachable->_gc_next &= ~NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE; } static void untrack_tuples(PyGC_Head *head) { PyGC_Head *next, *gc = GC_NEXT(head); while (gc != head) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); next = GC_NEXT(gc); if (PyTuple_CheckExact(op)) { _PyTuple_MaybeUntrack(op); } gc = next; } } /* Try to untrack all currently tracked dictionaries */ static void untrack_dicts(PyGC_Head *head) { PyGC_Head *next, *gc = GC_NEXT(head); while (gc != head) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); next = GC_NEXT(gc); if (PyDict_CheckExact(op)) { _PyDict_MaybeUntrack(op); } gc = next; } } /* Return true if object has a pre-PEP 442 finalization method. */ static int has_legacy_finalizer(PyObject *op) { return Py_TYPE(op)->tp_del != NULL; } /* Move the objects in unreachable with tp_del slots into `finalizers`. * * This function also removes NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flag * from _gc_next in unreachable. */ static void move_legacy_finalizers(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *finalizers) { PyGC_Head *gc, *next; assert((unreachable->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) == 0); /* March over unreachable. Move objects with finalizers into * `finalizers`. */ for (gc = GC_NEXT(unreachable); gc != unreachable; gc = next) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); _PyObject_ASSERT(op, gc->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); gc->_gc_next &= ~NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE; next = (PyGC_Head*)gc->_gc_next; if (has_legacy_finalizer(op)) { gc_clear_collecting(gc); gc_list_move(gc, finalizers); } } } static inline void clear_unreachable_mask(PyGC_Head *unreachable) { /* Check that the list head does not have the unreachable bit set */ assert(((uintptr_t)unreachable & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) == 0); PyGC_Head *gc, *next; assert((unreachable->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE) == 0); for (gc = GC_NEXT(unreachable); gc != unreachable; gc = next) { _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject*)FROM_GC(gc), gc->_gc_next & NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE); gc->_gc_next &= ~NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE; next = (PyGC_Head*)gc->_gc_next; } validate_list(unreachable, collecting_set_unreachable_clear); } /* A traversal callback for move_legacy_finalizer_reachable. */ static int visit_move(PyObject *op, PyGC_Head *tolist) { if (_PyObject_IS_GC(op)) { PyGC_Head *gc = AS_GC(op); if (gc_is_collecting(gc)) { gc_list_move(gc, tolist); gc_clear_collecting(gc); } } return 0; } /* Move objects that are reachable from finalizers, from the unreachable set * into finalizers set. */ static void move_legacy_finalizer_reachable(PyGC_Head *finalizers) { traverseproc traverse; PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(finalizers); for (; gc != finalizers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { /* Note that the finalizers list may grow during this. */ traverse = Py_TYPE(FROM_GC(gc))->tp_traverse; (void) traverse(FROM_GC(gc), (visitproc)visit_move, (void *)finalizers); } } /* Clear all weakrefs to unreachable objects, and if such a weakref has a * callback, invoke it if necessary. Note that it's possible for such * weakrefs to be outside the unreachable set -- indeed, those are precisely * the weakrefs whose callbacks must be invoked. See gc_weakref.txt for * overview & some details. Some weakrefs with callbacks may be reclaimed * directly by this routine; the number reclaimed is the return value. Other * weakrefs with callbacks may be moved into the `old` generation. Objects * moved into `old` have gc_refs set to GC_REACHABLE; the objects remaining in * unreachable are left at GC_TENTATIVELY_UNREACHABLE. When this returns, * no object in `unreachable` is weakly referenced anymore. */ static int handle_weakrefs(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head *old) { PyGC_Head *gc; PyObject *op; /* generally FROM_GC(gc) */ PyWeakReference *wr; /* generally a cast of op */ PyGC_Head wrcb_to_call; /* weakrefs with callbacks to call */ PyGC_Head *next; int num_freed = 0; gc_list_init(&wrcb_to_call); /* Clear all weakrefs to the objects in unreachable. If such a weakref * also has a callback, move it into `wrcb_to_call` if the callback * needs to be invoked. Note that we cannot invoke any callbacks until * all weakrefs to unreachable objects are cleared, lest the callback * resurrect an unreachable object via a still-active weakref. We * make another pass over wrcb_to_call, invoking callbacks, after this * pass completes. */ for (gc = GC_NEXT(unreachable); gc != unreachable; gc = next) { PyWeakReference **wrlist; op = FROM_GC(gc); next = GC_NEXT(gc); if (PyWeakref_Check(op)) { /* A weakref inside the unreachable set must be cleared. If we * allow its callback to execute inside delete_garbage(), it * could expose objects that have tp_clear already called on * them. Or, it could resurrect unreachable objects. One way * this can happen is if some container objects do not implement * tp_traverse. Then, wr_object can be outside the unreachable * set but can be deallocated as a result of breaking the * reference cycle. If we don't clear the weakref, the callback * will run and potentially cause a crash. See bpo-38006 for * one example. */ _PyWeakref_ClearRef((PyWeakReference *)op); } if (! _PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(Py_TYPE(op))) continue; /* It supports weakrefs. Does it have any? * * This is never triggered for static types so we can avoid the * (slightly) more costly _PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR(). */ wrlist = _PyObject_GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR_FROM_OFFSET(op); /* `op` may have some weakrefs. March over the list, clear * all the weakrefs, and move the weakrefs with callbacks * that must be called into wrcb_to_call. */ for (wr = *wrlist; wr != NULL; wr = *wrlist) { PyGC_Head *wrasgc; /* AS_GC(wr) */ /* _PyWeakref_ClearRef clears the weakref but leaves * the callback pointer intact. Obscure: it also * changes *wrlist. */ _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)wr, wr->wr_object == op); _PyWeakref_ClearRef(wr); _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)wr, wr->wr_object == Py_None); if (wr->wr_callback == NULL) { /* no callback */ continue; } /* Headache time. `op` is going away, and is weakly referenced by * `wr`, which has a callback. Should the callback be invoked? If wr * is also trash, no: * * 1. There's no need to call it. The object and the weakref are * both going away, so it's legitimate to pretend the weakref is * going away first. The user has to ensure a weakref outlives its * referent if they want a guarantee that the wr callback will get * invoked. * * 2. It may be catastrophic to call it. If the callback is also in * cyclic trash (CT), then although the CT is unreachable from * outside the current generation, CT may be reachable from the * callback. Then the callback could resurrect insane objects. * * Since the callback is never needed and may be unsafe in this case, * wr is simply left in the unreachable set. Note that because we * already called _PyWeakref_ClearRef(wr), its callback will never * trigger. * * OTOH, if wr isn't part of CT, we should invoke the callback: the * weakref outlived the trash. Note that since wr isn't CT in this * case, its callback can't be CT either -- wr acted as an external * root to this generation, and therefore its callback did too. So * nothing in CT is reachable from the callback either, so it's hard * to imagine how calling it later could create a problem for us. wr * is moved to wrcb_to_call in this case. */ if (gc_is_collecting(AS_GC(wr))) { /* it should already have been cleared above */ assert(wr->wr_object == Py_None); continue; } /* Create a new reference so that wr can't go away * before we can process it again. */ Py_INCREF(wr); /* Move wr to wrcb_to_call, for the next pass. */ wrasgc = AS_GC(wr); assert(wrasgc != next); /* wrasgc is reachable, but next isn't, so they can't be the same */ gc_list_move(wrasgc, &wrcb_to_call); } } /* Invoke the callbacks we decided to honor. It's safe to invoke them * because they can't reference unreachable objects. */ while (! gc_list_is_empty(&wrcb_to_call)) { PyObject *temp; PyObject *callback; gc = (PyGC_Head*)wrcb_to_call._gc_next; op = FROM_GC(gc); _PyObject_ASSERT(op, PyWeakref_Check(op)); wr = (PyWeakReference *)op; callback = wr->wr_callback; _PyObject_ASSERT(op, callback != NULL); /* copy-paste of weakrefobject.c's handle_callback() */ temp = PyObject_CallOneArg(callback, (PyObject *)wr); if (temp == NULL) PyErr_WriteUnraisable(callback); else Py_DECREF(temp); /* Give up the reference we created in the first pass. When * op's refcount hits 0 (which it may or may not do right now), * op's tp_dealloc will decref op->wr_callback too. Note * that the refcount probably will hit 0 now, and because this * weakref was reachable to begin with, gc didn't already * add it to its count of freed objects. Example: a reachable * weak value dict maps some key to this reachable weakref. * The callback removes this key->weakref mapping from the * dict, leaving no other references to the weakref (excepting * ours). */ Py_DECREF(op); if (wrcb_to_call._gc_next == (uintptr_t)gc) { /* object is still alive -- move it */ gc_list_move(gc, old); } else { ++num_freed; } } return num_freed; } static void debug_cycle(const char *msg, PyObject *op) { PySys_FormatStderr("gc: %s <%s %p>\n", msg, Py_TYPE(op)->tp_name, op); } /* Handle uncollectable garbage (cycles with tp_del slots, and stuff reachable * only from such cycles). * If DEBUG_SAVEALL, all objects in finalizers are appended to the module * garbage list (a Python list), else only the objects in finalizers with * __del__ methods are appended to garbage. All objects in finalizers are * merged into the old list regardless. */ static void handle_legacy_finalizers(PyThreadState *tstate, GCState *gcstate, PyGC_Head *finalizers, PyGC_Head *old) { assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); assert(gcstate->garbage != NULL); PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(finalizers); for (; gc != finalizers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); if ((gcstate->debug & DEBUG_SAVEALL) || has_legacy_finalizer(op)) { if (PyList_Append(gcstate->garbage, op) < 0) { _PyErr_Clear(tstate); break; } } } gc_list_merge(finalizers, old); } /* Run first-time finalizers (if any) on all the objects in collectable. * Note that this may remove some (or even all) of the objects from the * list, due to refcounts falling to 0. */ static void finalize_garbage(PyThreadState *tstate, PyGC_Head *collectable) { destructor finalize; PyGC_Head seen; /* While we're going through the loop, `finalize(op)` may cause op, or * other objects, to be reclaimed via refcounts falling to zero. So * there's little we can rely on about the structure of the input * `collectable` list across iterations. For safety, we always take the * first object in that list and move it to a temporary `seen` list. * If objects vanish from the `collectable` and `seen` lists we don't * care. */ gc_list_init(&seen); while (!gc_list_is_empty(collectable)) { PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(collectable); PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); gc_list_move(gc, &seen); if (!_PyGCHead_FINALIZED(gc) && (finalize = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_finalize) != NULL) { _PyGCHead_SET_FINALIZED(gc); Py_INCREF(op); finalize(op); assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); Py_DECREF(op); } } gc_list_merge(&seen, collectable); } /* Break reference cycles by clearing the containers involved. This is * tricky business as the lists can be changing and we don't know which * objects may be freed. It is possible I screwed something up here. */ static void delete_garbage(PyThreadState *tstate, GCState *gcstate, PyGC_Head *collectable, PyGC_Head *old) { assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); while (!gc_list_is_empty(collectable)) { PyGC_Head *gc = GC_NEXT(collectable); PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); _PyObject_ASSERT_WITH_MSG(op, Py_REFCNT(op) > 0, "refcount is too small"); if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_SAVEALL) { assert(gcstate->garbage != NULL); if (PyList_Append(gcstate->garbage, op) < 0) { _PyErr_Clear(tstate); } } else { inquiry clear; if ((clear = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_clear) != NULL) { Py_INCREF(op); (void) clear(op); if (_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) { _PyErr_WriteUnraisableMsg("in tp_clear of", (PyObject*)Py_TYPE(op)); } Py_DECREF(op); } } if (GC_NEXT(collectable) == gc) { /* object is still alive, move it, it may die later */ gc_clear_collecting(gc); gc_list_move(gc, old); } } } /* Clear all free lists * All free lists are cleared during the collection of the highest generation. * Allocated items in the free list may keep a pymalloc arena occupied. * Clearing the free lists may give back memory to the OS earlier. */ static void clear_freelists(PyInterpreterState *interp) { _PyTuple_ClearFreeList(interp); _PyFloat_ClearFreeList(interp); _PyList_ClearFreeList(interp); _PyDict_ClearFreeList(interp); _PyAsyncGen_ClearFreeLists(interp); _PyContext_ClearFreeList(interp); } // Show stats for objects in each generations static void show_stats_each_generations(GCState *gcstate) { char buf[100]; size_t pos = 0; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS && pos < sizeof(buf); i++) { pos += PyOS_snprintf(buf+pos, sizeof(buf)-pos, " %zd", gc_list_size(GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i))); } PySys_FormatStderr( "gc: objects in each generation:%s\n" "gc: objects in permanent generation: %zd\n", buf, gc_list_size(&gcstate->permanent_generation.head)); } /* Deduce which objects among "base" are unreachable from outside the list and move them to 'unreachable'. The process consist in the following steps: 1. Copy all reference counts to a different field (gc_prev is used to hold this copy to save memory). 2. Traverse all objects in "base" and visit all referred objects using "tp_traverse" and for every visited object, subtract 1 to the reference count (the one that we copied in the previous step). After this step, all objects that can be reached directly from outside must have strictly positive reference count, while all unreachable objects must have a count of exactly 0. 3. Identify all unreachable objects (the ones with 0 reference count) and move them to the "unreachable" list. This step also needs to move back to "base" all objects that were initially marked as unreachable but are referred transitively by the reachable objects (the ones with strictly positive reference count). Contracts: * The "base" has to be a valid list with no mask set. * The "unreachable" list must be uninitialized (this function calls gc_list_init over 'unreachable'). IMPORTANT: This function leaves 'unreachable' with the NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE flag set but it does not clear it to skip unnecessary iteration. Before the flag is cleared (for example, by using 'clear_unreachable_mask' function or by a call to 'move_legacy_finalizers'), the 'unreachable' list is not a normal list and we can not use most gc_list_* functions for it. */ static inline void deduce_unreachable(PyGC_Head *base, PyGC_Head *unreachable) { validate_list(base, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); /* Using ob_refcnt and gc_refs, calculate which objects in the * container set are reachable from outside the set (i.e., have a * refcount greater than 0 when all the references within the * set are taken into account). */ update_refs(base); // gc_prev is used for gc_refs subtract_refs(base); /* Leave everything reachable from outside base in base, and move * everything else (in base) to unreachable. * * NOTE: This used to move the reachable objects into a reachable * set instead. But most things usually turn out to be reachable, * so it's more efficient to move the unreachable things. It "sounds slick" * to move the unreachable objects, until you think about it - the reason it * pays isn't actually obvious. * * Suppose we create objects A, B, C in that order. They appear in the young * generation in the same order. If B points to A, and C to B, and C is * reachable from outside, then the adjusted refcounts will be 0, 0, and 1 * respectively. * * When move_unreachable finds A, A is moved to the unreachable list. The * same for B when it's first encountered. Then C is traversed, B is moved * _back_ to the reachable list. B is eventually traversed, and then A is * moved back to the reachable list. * * So instead of not moving at all, the reachable objects B and A are moved * twice each. Why is this a win? A straightforward algorithm to move the * reachable objects instead would move A, B, and C once each. * * The key is that this dance leaves the objects in order C, B, A - it's * reversed from the original order. On all _subsequent_ scans, none of * them will move. Since most objects aren't in cycles, this can save an * unbounded number of moves across an unbounded number of later collections. * It can cost more only the first time the chain is scanned. * * Drawback: move_unreachable is also used to find out what's still trash * after finalizers may resurrect objects. In _that_ case most unreachable * objects will remain unreachable, so it would be more efficient to move * the reachable objects instead. But this is a one-time cost, probably not * worth complicating the code to speed just a little. */ gc_list_init(unreachable); move_unreachable(base, unreachable); // gc_prev is pointer again validate_list(base, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); validate_list(unreachable, collecting_set_unreachable_set); } /* Handle objects that may have resurrected after a call to 'finalize_garbage', moving them to 'old_generation' and placing the rest on 'still_unreachable'. Contracts: * After this function 'unreachable' must not be used anymore and 'still_unreachable' will contain the objects that did not resurrect. * The "still_unreachable" list must be uninitialized (this function calls gc_list_init over 'still_unreachable'). IMPORTANT: After a call to this function, the 'still_unreachable' set will have the PREV_MARK_COLLECTING set, but the objects in this set are going to be removed so we can skip the expense of clearing the flag to avoid extra iteration. */ static inline void handle_resurrected_objects(PyGC_Head *unreachable, PyGC_Head* still_unreachable, PyGC_Head *old_generation) { // Remove the PREV_MASK_COLLECTING from unreachable // to prepare it for a new call to 'deduce_unreachable' gc_list_clear_collecting(unreachable); // After the call to deduce_unreachable, the 'still_unreachable' set will // have the PREV_MARK_COLLECTING set, but the objects are going to be // removed so we can skip the expense of clearing the flag. PyGC_Head* resurrected = unreachable; deduce_unreachable(resurrected, still_unreachable); clear_unreachable_mask(still_unreachable); // Move the resurrected objects to the old generation for future collection. gc_list_merge(resurrected, old_generation); } /* This is the main function. Read this to understand how the * collection process works. */ static Py_ssize_t gc_collect_main(PyThreadState *tstate, int generation, Py_ssize_t *n_collected, Py_ssize_t *n_uncollectable, int nofail) { int i; Py_ssize_t m = 0; /* # objects collected */ Py_ssize_t n = 0; /* # unreachable objects that couldn't be collected */ PyGC_Head *young; /* the generation we are examining */ PyGC_Head *old; /* next older generation */ PyGC_Head unreachable; /* non-problematic unreachable trash */ PyGC_Head finalizers; /* objects with, & reachable from, __del__ */ PyGC_Head *gc; _PyTime_t t1 = 0; /* initialize to prevent a compiler warning */ GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; // gc_collect_main() must not be called before _PyGC_Init // or after _PyGC_Fini() assert(gcstate->garbage != NULL); assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_STATS) { PySys_WriteStderr("gc: collecting generation %d...\n", generation); show_stats_each_generations(gcstate); t1 = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter(); } if (PyDTrace_GC_START_ENABLED()) PyDTrace_GC_START(generation); /* update collection and allocation counters */ if (generation+1 < NUM_GENERATIONS) gcstate->generations[generation+1].count += 1; for (i = 0; i <= generation; i++) gcstate->generations[i].count = 0; /* merge younger generations with one we are currently collecting */ for (i = 0; i < generation; i++) { gc_list_merge(GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i), GEN_HEAD(gcstate, generation)); } /* handy references */ young = GEN_HEAD(gcstate, generation); if (generation < NUM_GENERATIONS-1) old = GEN_HEAD(gcstate, generation+1); else old = young; validate_list(old, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); deduce_unreachable(young, &unreachable); untrack_tuples(young); /* Move reachable objects to next generation. */ if (young != old) { if (generation == NUM_GENERATIONS - 2) { gcstate->long_lived_pending += gc_list_size(young); } gc_list_merge(young, old); } else { /* We only un-track dicts in full collections, to avoid quadratic dict build-up. See issue #14775. */ untrack_dicts(young); gcstate->long_lived_pending = 0; gcstate->long_lived_total = gc_list_size(young); } /* All objects in unreachable are trash, but objects reachable from * legacy finalizers (e.g. tp_del) can't safely be deleted. */ gc_list_init(&finalizers); // NEXT_MASK_UNREACHABLE is cleared here. // After move_legacy_finalizers(), unreachable is normal list. move_legacy_finalizers(&unreachable, &finalizers); /* finalizers contains the unreachable objects with a legacy finalizer; * unreachable objects reachable *from* those are also uncollectable, * and we move those into the finalizers list too. */ move_legacy_finalizer_reachable(&finalizers); validate_list(&finalizers, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); validate_list(&unreachable, collecting_set_unreachable_clear); /* Print debugging information. */ if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_COLLECTABLE) { for (gc = GC_NEXT(&unreachable); gc != &unreachable; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { debug_cycle("collectable", FROM_GC(gc)); } } /* Clear weakrefs and invoke callbacks as necessary. */ m += handle_weakrefs(&unreachable, old); validate_list(old, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); validate_list(&unreachable, collecting_set_unreachable_clear); /* Call tp_finalize on objects which have one. */ finalize_garbage(tstate, &unreachable); /* Handle any objects that may have resurrected after the call * to 'finalize_garbage' and continue the collection with the * objects that are still unreachable */ PyGC_Head final_unreachable; handle_resurrected_objects(&unreachable, &final_unreachable, old); /* Call tp_clear on objects in the final_unreachable set. This will cause * the reference cycles to be broken. It may also cause some objects * in finalizers to be freed. */ m += gc_list_size(&final_unreachable); delete_garbage(tstate, gcstate, &final_unreachable, old); /* Collect statistics on uncollectable objects found and print * debugging information. */ for (gc = GC_NEXT(&finalizers); gc != &finalizers; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { n++; if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE) debug_cycle("uncollectable", FROM_GC(gc)); } if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_STATS) { double d = _PyTime_AsSecondsDouble(_PyTime_GetPerfCounter() - t1); PySys_WriteStderr( "gc: done, %zd unreachable, %zd uncollectable, %.4fs elapsed\n", n+m, n, d); } /* Append instances in the uncollectable set to a Python * reachable list of garbage. The programmer has to deal with * this if they insist on creating this type of structure. */ handle_legacy_finalizers(tstate, gcstate, &finalizers, old); validate_list(old, collecting_clear_unreachable_clear); /* Clear free list only during the collection of the highest * generation */ if (generation == NUM_GENERATIONS-1) { clear_freelists(tstate->interp); } if (_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) { if (nofail) { _PyErr_Clear(tstate); } else { _PyErr_WriteUnraisableMsg("in garbage collection", NULL); } } /* Update stats */ if (n_collected) { *n_collected = m; } if (n_uncollectable) { *n_uncollectable = n; } struct gc_generation_stats *stats = &gcstate->generation_stats[generation]; stats->collections++; stats->collected += m; stats->uncollectable += n; if (PyDTrace_GC_DONE_ENABLED()) { PyDTrace_GC_DONE(n + m); } assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); return n + m; } /* Invoke progress callbacks to notify clients that garbage collection * is starting or stopping */ static void invoke_gc_callback(PyThreadState *tstate, const char *phase, int generation, Py_ssize_t collected, Py_ssize_t uncollectable) { assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); /* we may get called very early */ GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; if (gcstate->callbacks == NULL) { return; } /* The local variable cannot be rebound, check it for sanity */ assert(PyList_CheckExact(gcstate->callbacks)); PyObject *info = NULL; if (PyList_GET_SIZE(gcstate->callbacks) != 0) { info = Py_BuildValue("{sisnsn}", "generation", generation, "collected", collected, "uncollectable", uncollectable); if (info == NULL) { PyErr_WriteUnraisable(NULL); return; } } PyObject *phase_obj = PyUnicode_FromString(phase); if (phase_obj == NULL) { Py_XDECREF(info); PyErr_WriteUnraisable(NULL); return; } PyObject *stack[] = {phase_obj, info}; for (Py_ssize_t i=0; icallbacks); i++) { PyObject *r, *cb = PyList_GET_ITEM(gcstate->callbacks, i); Py_INCREF(cb); /* make sure cb doesn't go away */ r = PyObject_Vectorcall(cb, stack, 2, NULL); if (r == NULL) { PyErr_WriteUnraisable(cb); } else { Py_DECREF(r); } Py_DECREF(cb); } Py_DECREF(phase_obj); Py_XDECREF(info); assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); } /* Perform garbage collection of a generation and invoke * progress callbacks. */ static Py_ssize_t gc_collect_with_callback(PyThreadState *tstate, int generation) { assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); Py_ssize_t result, collected, uncollectable; invoke_gc_callback(tstate, "start", generation, 0, 0); result = gc_collect_main(tstate, generation, &collected, &uncollectable, 0); invoke_gc_callback(tstate, "stop", generation, collected, uncollectable); assert(!_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)); return result; } static Py_ssize_t gc_collect_generations(PyThreadState *tstate) { GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; /* Find the oldest generation (highest numbered) where the count * exceeds the threshold. Objects in the that generation and * generations younger than it will be collected. */ Py_ssize_t n = 0; for (int i = NUM_GENERATIONS-1; i >= 0; i--) { if (gcstate->generations[i].count > gcstate->generations[i].threshold) { /* Avoid quadratic performance degradation in number of tracked objects (see also issue #4074): To limit the cost of garbage collection, there are two strategies; - make each collection faster, e.g. by scanning fewer objects - do less collections This heuristic is about the latter strategy. In addition to the various configurable thresholds, we only trigger a full collection if the ratio long_lived_pending / long_lived_total is above a given value (hardwired to 25%). The reason is that, while "non-full" collections (i.e., collections of the young and middle generations) will always examine roughly the same number of objects -- determined by the aforementioned thresholds --, the cost of a full collection is proportional to the total number of long-lived objects, which is virtually unbounded. Indeed, it has been remarked that doing a full collection every of object creations entails a dramatic performance degradation in workloads which consist in creating and storing lots of long-lived objects (e.g. building a large list of GC-tracked objects would show quadratic performance, instead of linear as expected: see issue #4074). Using the above ratio, instead, yields amortized linear performance in the total number of objects (the effect of which can be summarized thusly: "each full garbage collection is more and more costly as the number of objects grows, but we do fewer and fewer of them"). This heuristic was suggested by Martin von Löwis on python-dev in June 2008. His original analysis and proposal can be found at: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-June/080579.html */ if (i == NUM_GENERATIONS - 1 && gcstate->long_lived_pending < gcstate->long_lived_total / 4) continue; n = gc_collect_with_callback(tstate, i); break; } } return n; } #include "clinic/gcmodule.c.h" /*[clinic input] gc.enable Enable automatic garbage collection. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_enable_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=45a427e9dce9155c input=81ac4940ca579707]*/ { PyGC_Enable(); Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.disable Disable automatic garbage collection. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_disable_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=97d1030f7aa9d279 input=8c2e5a14e800d83b]*/ { PyGC_Disable(); Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.isenabled -> bool Returns true if automatic garbage collection is enabled. [clinic start generated code]*/ static int gc_isenabled_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=1874298331c49130 input=30005e0422373b31]*/ { return PyGC_IsEnabled(); } /*[clinic input] gc.collect -> Py_ssize_t generation: int(c_default="NUM_GENERATIONS - 1") = 2 Run the garbage collector. With no arguments, run a full collection. The optional argument may be an integer specifying which generation to collect. A ValueError is raised if the generation number is invalid. The number of unreachable objects is returned. [clinic start generated code]*/ static Py_ssize_t gc_collect_impl(PyObject *module, int generation) /*[clinic end generated code: output=b697e633043233c7 input=40720128b682d879]*/ { PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET(); if (generation < 0 || generation >= NUM_GENERATIONS) { _PyErr_SetString(tstate, PyExc_ValueError, "invalid generation"); return -1; } GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; Py_ssize_t n; if (gcstate->collecting) { /* already collecting, don't do anything */ n = 0; } else { gcstate->collecting = 1; n = gc_collect_with_callback(tstate, generation); gcstate->collecting = 0; } return n; } /*[clinic input] gc.set_debug flags: int An integer that can have the following bits turned on: DEBUG_STATS - Print statistics during collection. DEBUG_COLLECTABLE - Print collectable objects found. DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE - Print unreachable but uncollectable objects found. DEBUG_SAVEALL - Save objects to gc.garbage rather than freeing them. DEBUG_LEAK - Debug leaking programs (everything but STATS). / Set the garbage collection debugging flags. Debugging information is written to sys.stderr. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_set_debug_impl(PyObject *module, int flags) /*[clinic end generated code: output=7c8366575486b228 input=5e5ce15e84fbed15]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); gcstate->debug = flags; Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.get_debug -> int Get the garbage collection debugging flags. [clinic start generated code]*/ static int gc_get_debug_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=91242f3506cd1e50 input=91a101e1c3b98366]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); return gcstate->debug; } PyDoc_STRVAR(gc_set_thresh__doc__, "set_threshold(threshold0, [threshold1, threshold2]) -> None\n" "\n" "Sets the collection thresholds. Setting threshold0 to zero disables\n" "collection.\n"); static PyObject * gc_set_threshold(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i|ii:set_threshold", &gcstate->generations[0].threshold, &gcstate->generations[1].threshold, &gcstate->generations[2].threshold)) return NULL; for (int i = 3; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { /* generations higher than 2 get the same threshold */ gcstate->generations[i].threshold = gcstate->generations[2].threshold; } Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.get_threshold Return the current collection thresholds. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_get_threshold_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=7902bc9f41ecbbd8 input=286d79918034d6e6]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); return Py_BuildValue("(iii)", gcstate->generations[0].threshold, gcstate->generations[1].threshold, gcstate->generations[2].threshold); } /*[clinic input] gc.get_count Return a three-tuple of the current collection counts. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_get_count_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=354012e67b16398f input=a392794a08251751]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); return Py_BuildValue("(iii)", gcstate->generations[0].count, gcstate->generations[1].count, gcstate->generations[2].count); } static int referrersvisit(PyObject* obj, PyObject *objs) { Py_ssize_t i; for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(objs); i++) if (PyTuple_GET_ITEM(objs, i) == obj) return 1; return 0; } static int gc_referrers_for(PyObject *objs, PyGC_Head *list, PyObject *resultlist) { PyGC_Head *gc; PyObject *obj; traverseproc traverse; for (gc = GC_NEXT(list); gc != list; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { obj = FROM_GC(gc); traverse = Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_traverse; if (obj == objs || obj == resultlist) continue; if (traverse(obj, (visitproc)referrersvisit, objs)) { if (PyList_Append(resultlist, obj) < 0) return 0; /* error */ } } return 1; /* no error */ } PyDoc_STRVAR(gc_get_referrers__doc__, "get_referrers(*objs) -> list\n\ Return the list of objects that directly refer to any of objs."); static PyObject * gc_get_referrers(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { if (PySys_Audit("gc.get_referrers", "(O)", args) < 0) { return NULL; } PyObject *result = PyList_New(0); if (!result) { return NULL; } GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { if (!(gc_referrers_for(args, GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i), result))) { Py_DECREF(result); return NULL; } } return result; } /* Append obj to list; return true if error (out of memory), false if OK. */ static int referentsvisit(PyObject *obj, PyObject *list) { return PyList_Append(list, obj) < 0; } PyDoc_STRVAR(gc_get_referents__doc__, "get_referents(*objs) -> list\n\ Return the list of objects that are directly referred to by objs."); static PyObject * gc_get_referents(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) { Py_ssize_t i; if (PySys_Audit("gc.get_referents", "(O)", args) < 0) { return NULL; } PyObject *result = PyList_New(0); if (result == NULL) return NULL; for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args); i++) { traverseproc traverse; PyObject *obj = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, i); if (!_PyObject_IS_GC(obj)) continue; traverse = Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_traverse; if (! traverse) continue; if (traverse(obj, (visitproc)referentsvisit, result)) { Py_DECREF(result); return NULL; } } return result; } /*[clinic input] gc.get_objects generation: Py_ssize_t(accept={int, NoneType}, c_default="-1") = None Generation to extract the objects from. Return a list of objects tracked by the collector (excluding the list returned). If generation is not None, return only the objects tracked by the collector that are in that generation. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_get_objects_impl(PyObject *module, Py_ssize_t generation) /*[clinic end generated code: output=48b35fea4ba6cb0e input=ef7da9df9806754c]*/ { PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET(); int i; PyObject* result; GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; if (PySys_Audit("gc.get_objects", "n", generation) < 0) { return NULL; } result = PyList_New(0); if (result == NULL) { return NULL; } /* If generation is passed, we extract only that generation */ if (generation != -1) { if (generation >= NUM_GENERATIONS) { _PyErr_Format(tstate, PyExc_ValueError, "generation parameter must be less than the number of " "available generations (%i)", NUM_GENERATIONS); goto error; } if (generation < 0) { _PyErr_SetString(tstate, PyExc_ValueError, "generation parameter cannot be negative"); goto error; } if (append_objects(result, GEN_HEAD(gcstate, generation))) { goto error; } return result; } /* If generation is not passed or None, get all objects from all generations */ for (i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { if (append_objects(result, GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i))) { goto error; } } return result; error: Py_DECREF(result); return NULL; } /*[clinic input] gc.get_stats Return a list of dictionaries containing per-generation statistics. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_get_stats_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=a8ab1d8a5d26f3ab input=1ef4ed9d17b1a470]*/ { int i; struct gc_generation_stats stats[NUM_GENERATIONS], *st; /* To get consistent values despite allocations while constructing the result list, we use a snapshot of the running stats. */ GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); for (i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { stats[i] = gcstate->generation_stats[i]; } PyObject *result = PyList_New(0); if (result == NULL) return NULL; for (i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { PyObject *dict; st = &stats[i]; dict = Py_BuildValue("{snsnsn}", "collections", st->collections, "collected", st->collected, "uncollectable", st->uncollectable ); if (dict == NULL) goto error; if (PyList_Append(result, dict)) { Py_DECREF(dict); goto error; } Py_DECREF(dict); } return result; error: Py_XDECREF(result); return NULL; } /*[clinic input] gc.is_tracked obj: object / Returns true if the object is tracked by the garbage collector. Simple atomic objects will return false. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_is_tracked(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj) /*[clinic end generated code: output=14f0103423b28e31 input=d83057f170ea2723]*/ { PyObject *result; if (_PyObject_IS_GC(obj) && _PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(obj)) result = Py_True; else result = Py_False; return Py_NewRef(result); } /*[clinic input] gc.is_finalized obj: object / Returns true if the object has been already finalized by the GC. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_is_finalized(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj) /*[clinic end generated code: output=e1516ac119a918ed input=201d0c58f69ae390]*/ { if (_PyObject_IS_GC(obj) && _PyGCHead_FINALIZED(AS_GC(obj))) { Py_RETURN_TRUE; } Py_RETURN_FALSE; } /*[clinic input] gc.freeze Freeze all current tracked objects and ignore them for future collections. This can be used before a POSIX fork() call to make the gc copy-on-write friendly. Note: collection before a POSIX fork() call may free pages for future allocation which can cause copy-on-write. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_freeze_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=502159d9cdc4c139 input=b602b16ac5febbe5]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; ++i) { gc_list_merge(GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i), &gcstate->permanent_generation.head); gcstate->generations[i].count = 0; } Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.unfreeze Unfreeze all objects in the permanent generation. Put all objects in the permanent generation back into oldest generation. [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * gc_unfreeze_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=1c15f2043b25e169 input=2dd52b170f4cef6c]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); gc_list_merge(&gcstate->permanent_generation.head, GEN_HEAD(gcstate, NUM_GENERATIONS-1)); Py_RETURN_NONE; } /*[clinic input] gc.get_freeze_count -> Py_ssize_t Return the number of objects in the permanent generation. [clinic start generated code]*/ static Py_ssize_t gc_get_freeze_count_impl(PyObject *module) /*[clinic end generated code: output=61cbd9f43aa032e1 input=45ffbc65cfe2a6ed]*/ { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); return gc_list_size(&gcstate->permanent_generation.head); } PyDoc_STRVAR(gc__doc__, "This module provides access to the garbage collector for reference cycles.\n" "\n" "enable() -- Enable automatic garbage collection.\n" "disable() -- Disable automatic garbage collection.\n" "isenabled() -- Returns true if automatic collection is enabled.\n" "collect() -- Do a full collection right now.\n" "get_count() -- Return the current collection counts.\n" "get_stats() -- Return list of dictionaries containing per-generation stats.\n" "set_debug() -- Set debugging flags.\n" "get_debug() -- Get debugging flags.\n" "set_threshold() -- Set the collection thresholds.\n" "get_threshold() -- Return the current the collection thresholds.\n" "get_objects() -- Return a list of all objects tracked by the collector.\n" "is_tracked() -- Returns true if a given object is tracked.\n" "is_finalized() -- Returns true if a given object has been already finalized.\n" "get_referrers() -- Return the list of objects that refer to an object.\n" "get_referents() -- Return the list of objects that an object refers to.\n" "freeze() -- Freeze all tracked objects and ignore them for future collections.\n" "unfreeze() -- Unfreeze all objects in the permanent generation.\n" "get_freeze_count() -- Return the number of objects in the permanent generation.\n"); static PyMethodDef GcMethods[] = { GC_ENABLE_METHODDEF GC_DISABLE_METHODDEF GC_ISENABLED_METHODDEF GC_SET_DEBUG_METHODDEF GC_GET_DEBUG_METHODDEF GC_GET_COUNT_METHODDEF {"set_threshold", gc_set_threshold, METH_VARARGS, gc_set_thresh__doc__}, GC_GET_THRESHOLD_METHODDEF GC_COLLECT_METHODDEF GC_GET_OBJECTS_METHODDEF GC_GET_STATS_METHODDEF GC_IS_TRACKED_METHODDEF GC_IS_FINALIZED_METHODDEF {"get_referrers", gc_get_referrers, METH_VARARGS, gc_get_referrers__doc__}, {"get_referents", gc_get_referents, METH_VARARGS, gc_get_referents__doc__}, GC_FREEZE_METHODDEF GC_UNFREEZE_METHODDEF GC_GET_FREEZE_COUNT_METHODDEF {NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */ }; static int gcmodule_exec(PyObject *module) { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); /* garbage and callbacks are initialized by _PyGC_Init() early in * interpreter lifecycle. */ assert(gcstate->garbage != NULL); if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(module, "garbage", gcstate->garbage) < 0) { return -1; } assert(gcstate->callbacks != NULL); if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(module, "callbacks", gcstate->callbacks) < 0) { return -1; } #define ADD_INT(NAME) if (PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, #NAME, NAME) < 0) { return -1; } ADD_INT(DEBUG_STATS); ADD_INT(DEBUG_COLLECTABLE); ADD_INT(DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE); ADD_INT(DEBUG_SAVEALL); ADD_INT(DEBUG_LEAK); #undef ADD_INT return 0; } static PyModuleDef_Slot gcmodule_slots[] = { {Py_mod_exec, gcmodule_exec}, {Py_mod_multiple_interpreters, Py_MOD_PER_INTERPRETER_GIL_SUPPORTED}, {0, NULL} }; static struct PyModuleDef gcmodule = { PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT, .m_name = "gc", .m_doc = gc__doc__, .m_size = 0, // per interpreter state, see: get_gc_state() .m_methods = GcMethods, .m_slots = gcmodule_slots }; PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_gc(void) { return PyModuleDef_Init(&gcmodule); } /* C API for controlling the state of the garbage collector */ int PyGC_Enable(void) { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); int old_state = gcstate->enabled; gcstate->enabled = 1; return old_state; } int PyGC_Disable(void) { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); int old_state = gcstate->enabled; gcstate->enabled = 0; return old_state; } int PyGC_IsEnabled(void) { GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); return gcstate->enabled; } /* Public API to invoke gc.collect() from C */ Py_ssize_t PyGC_Collect(void) { PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET(); GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; if (!gcstate->enabled) { return 0; } Py_ssize_t n; if (gcstate->collecting) { /* already collecting, don't do anything */ n = 0; } else { gcstate->collecting = 1; PyObject *exc = _PyErr_GetRaisedException(tstate); n = gc_collect_with_callback(tstate, NUM_GENERATIONS - 1); _PyErr_SetRaisedException(tstate, exc); gcstate->collecting = 0; } return n; } Py_ssize_t _PyGC_CollectNoFail(PyThreadState *tstate) { /* Ideally, this function is only called on interpreter shutdown, and therefore not recursively. Unfortunately, when there are daemon threads, a daemon thread can start a cyclic garbage collection during interpreter shutdown (and then never finish it). See http://bugs.python.org/issue8713#msg195178 for an example. */ GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; if (gcstate->collecting) { return 0; } Py_ssize_t n; gcstate->collecting = 1; n = gc_collect_main(tstate, NUM_GENERATIONS - 1, NULL, NULL, 1); gcstate->collecting = 0; return n; } void _PyGC_DumpShutdownStats(PyInterpreterState *interp) { GCState *gcstate = &interp->gc; if (!(gcstate->debug & DEBUG_SAVEALL) && gcstate->garbage != NULL && PyList_GET_SIZE(gcstate->garbage) > 0) { const char *message; if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE) message = "gc: %zd uncollectable objects at " \ "shutdown"; else message = "gc: %zd uncollectable objects at " \ "shutdown; use gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE) to list them"; /* PyErr_WarnFormat does too many things and we are at shutdown, the warnings module's dependencies (e.g. linecache) may be gone already. */ if (PyErr_WarnExplicitFormat(PyExc_ResourceWarning, "gc", 0, "gc", NULL, message, PyList_GET_SIZE(gcstate->garbage))) PyErr_WriteUnraisable(NULL); if (gcstate->debug & DEBUG_UNCOLLECTABLE) { PyObject *repr = NULL, *bytes = NULL; repr = PyObject_Repr(gcstate->garbage); if (!repr || !(bytes = PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(repr))) PyErr_WriteUnraisable(gcstate->garbage); else { PySys_WriteStderr( " %s\n", PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytes) ); } Py_XDECREF(repr); Py_XDECREF(bytes); } } } void _PyGC_Fini(PyInterpreterState *interp) { GCState *gcstate = &interp->gc; Py_CLEAR(gcstate->garbage); Py_CLEAR(gcstate->callbacks); /* We expect that none of this interpreters objects are shared with other interpreters. See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90228. */ } /* for debugging */ void _PyGC_Dump(PyGC_Head *g) { _PyObject_Dump(FROM_GC(g)); } #ifdef Py_DEBUG static int visit_validate(PyObject *op, void *parent_raw) { PyObject *parent = _PyObject_CAST(parent_raw); if (_PyObject_IsFreed(op)) { _PyObject_ASSERT_FAILED_MSG(parent, "PyObject_GC_Track() object is not valid"); } return 0; } #endif /* extension modules might be compiled with GC support so these functions must always be available */ void PyObject_GC_Track(void *op_raw) { PyObject *op = _PyObject_CAST(op_raw); if (_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op)) { _PyObject_ASSERT_FAILED_MSG(op, "object already tracked " "by the garbage collector"); } _PyObject_GC_TRACK(op); #ifdef Py_DEBUG /* Check that the object is valid: validate objects traversed by tp_traverse() */ traverseproc traverse = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_traverse; (void)traverse(op, visit_validate, op); #endif } void PyObject_GC_UnTrack(void *op_raw) { PyObject *op = _PyObject_CAST(op_raw); /* Obscure: the Py_TRASHCAN mechanism requires that we be able to * call PyObject_GC_UnTrack twice on an object. */ if (_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op)) { _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(op); } } int PyObject_IS_GC(PyObject *obj) { return _PyObject_IS_GC(obj); } void _Py_ScheduleGC(PyInterpreterState *interp) { GCState *gcstate = &interp->gc; if (gcstate->collecting == 1) { return; } struct _ceval_state *ceval = &interp->ceval; if (!_Py_atomic_load_relaxed(&ceval->gc_scheduled)) { _Py_atomic_store_relaxed(&ceval->gc_scheduled, 1); _Py_atomic_store_relaxed(&ceval->eval_breaker, 1); } } void _PyObject_GC_Link(PyObject *op) { PyGC_Head *g = AS_GC(op); assert(((uintptr_t)g & (sizeof(uintptr_t)-1)) == 0); // g must be correctly aligned PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET(); GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; g->_gc_next = 0; g->_gc_prev = 0; gcstate->generations[0].count++; /* number of allocated GC objects */ if (gcstate->generations[0].count > gcstate->generations[0].threshold && gcstate->enabled && gcstate->generations[0].threshold && !gcstate->collecting && !_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) { _Py_ScheduleGC(tstate->interp); } } void _Py_RunGC(PyThreadState *tstate) { GCState *gcstate = &tstate->interp->gc; gcstate->collecting = 1; gc_collect_generations(tstate); gcstate->collecting = 0; } static PyObject * gc_alloc(size_t basicsize, size_t presize) { PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET(); if (basicsize > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX - presize) { return _PyErr_NoMemory(tstate); } size_t size = presize + basicsize; char *mem = PyObject_Malloc(size); if (mem == NULL) { return _PyErr_NoMemory(tstate); } ((PyObject **)mem)[0] = NULL; ((PyObject **)mem)[1] = NULL; PyObject *op = (PyObject *)(mem + presize); _PyObject_GC_Link(op); return op; } PyObject * _PyObject_GC_New(PyTypeObject *tp) { size_t presize = _PyType_PreHeaderSize(tp); PyObject *op = gc_alloc(_PyObject_SIZE(tp), presize); if (op == NULL) { return NULL; } _PyObject_Init(op, tp); return op; } PyVarObject * _PyObject_GC_NewVar(PyTypeObject *tp, Py_ssize_t nitems) { PyVarObject *op; if (nitems < 0) { PyErr_BadInternalCall(); return NULL; } size_t presize = _PyType_PreHeaderSize(tp); size_t size = _PyObject_VAR_SIZE(tp, nitems); op = (PyVarObject *)gc_alloc(size, presize); if (op == NULL) { return NULL; } _PyObject_InitVar(op, tp, nitems); return op; } PyObject * PyUnstable_Object_GC_NewWithExtraData(PyTypeObject *tp, size_t extra_size) { size_t presize = _PyType_PreHeaderSize(tp); PyObject *op = gc_alloc(_PyObject_SIZE(tp) + extra_size, presize); if (op == NULL) { return NULL; } memset(op, 0, _PyObject_SIZE(tp) + extra_size); _PyObject_Init(op, tp); return op; } PyVarObject * _PyObject_GC_Resize(PyVarObject *op, Py_ssize_t nitems) { const size_t basicsize = _PyObject_VAR_SIZE(Py_TYPE(op), nitems); const size_t presize = _PyType_PreHeaderSize(((PyObject *)op)->ob_type); _PyObject_ASSERT((PyObject *)op, !_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op)); if (basicsize > (size_t)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX - presize) { return (PyVarObject *)PyErr_NoMemory(); } char *mem = (char *)op - presize; mem = (char *)PyObject_Realloc(mem, presize + basicsize); if (mem == NULL) { return (PyVarObject *)PyErr_NoMemory(); } op = (PyVarObject *) (mem + presize); Py_SET_SIZE(op, nitems); return op; } void PyObject_GC_Del(void *op) { size_t presize = _PyType_PreHeaderSize(((PyObject *)op)->ob_type); PyGC_Head *g = AS_GC(op); if (_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(op)) { gc_list_remove(g); #ifdef Py_DEBUG PyObject *exc = PyErr_GetRaisedException(); if (PyErr_WarnExplicitFormat(PyExc_ResourceWarning, "gc", 0, "gc", NULL, "Object of type %s is not untracked before destruction", ((PyObject*)op)->ob_type->tp_name)) { PyErr_WriteUnraisable(NULL); } PyErr_SetRaisedException(exc); #endif } GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); if (gcstate->generations[0].count > 0) { gcstate->generations[0].count--; } PyObject_Free(((char *)op)-presize); } int PyObject_GC_IsTracked(PyObject* obj) { if (_PyObject_IS_GC(obj) && _PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(obj)) { return 1; } return 0; } int PyObject_GC_IsFinalized(PyObject *obj) { if (_PyObject_IS_GC(obj) && _PyGCHead_FINALIZED(AS_GC(obj))) { return 1; } return 0; } void PyUnstable_GC_VisitObjects(gcvisitobjects_t callback, void *arg) { size_t i; GCState *gcstate = get_gc_state(); int origenstate = gcstate->enabled; gcstate->enabled = 0; for (i = 0; i < NUM_GENERATIONS; i++) { PyGC_Head *gc_list, *gc; gc_list = GEN_HEAD(gcstate, i); for (gc = GC_NEXT(gc_list); gc != gc_list; gc = GC_NEXT(gc)) { PyObject *op = FROM_GC(gc); Py_INCREF(op); int res = callback(op, arg); Py_DECREF(op); if (!res) { goto done; } } } done: gcstate->enabled = origenstate; }