gc: use raw stack access whenever possible

The only architecture that actually needs special support for scanning
the stack is WebAssembly. All others allow raw access to the stack with
a small bit of assembly. Therefore, don't manually keep track of all
these objects on the stack manually and instead just use conservative
stack scanning.

This results in a massive code size decrease in the affected targets
(only tested linux/amd64 for code size) - sometimes around 33%. It also
allows for future improvements such as using proper stackful goroutines.
This commit is contained in:
Ayke van Laethem
2020-09-25 16:09:37 +02:00
committed by Ron Evans
parent bfa29f17da
commit 67de8b490d
13 changed files with 125 additions and 11 deletions
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@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ type timespec struct {
const CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW = 4
var stackTop uintptr
func postinit() {}
// Entry point for Go. Initialize all packages and call main.main().
@@ -44,12 +46,22 @@ func postinit() {}
func main() int {
preinit()
run()
// Obtain the initial stack pointer right before calling the run() function.
// The run function has been moved to a separate (non-inlined) function so
// that the correct stack pointer is read.
stackTop = getCurrentStackPointer()
runMain()
// For libc compatibility.
return 0
}
// Must be a separate function to get the correct stack pointer.
//go:noinline
func runMain() {
run()
}
func putchar(c byte) {
_putchar(int(c))
}