wasm: improve malloc/free heap tracking

Using a slice requires a lot less in code size than a map. This is
visible when compiling a very small "hello world" style program.

Before tracking memory in malloc/free:  2873 bytes
With tracking using a map:              6551 bytes
With a slice instead of a map:          3532 bytes

Of course, most of this code size increase won't be visible with
https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/pull/3142, but it's still a saving
of around 3kB in this minimal example.
This commit is contained in:
Ayke van Laethem
2022-09-15 12:08:02 +02:00
parent a73e7ff67a
commit df6614340b
+40 -30
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@@ -62,53 +62,63 @@ func growHeap() bool {
}
// The below functions override the default allocator of wasi-libc. This ensures
// code linked from other languages can allocate memory without colliding with
// our GC allocations.
// code linked from other languages can allocate memory on the same heap as the
// TinyGo heap.
var allocs = make(map[uintptr][]byte)
// Keep track of all the heap allocations while they're in use.
// This is not the most efficient solution but it costs a lot less in code size
// compared to a map.
var allocs []unsafe.Pointer
func trackAlloc(ptr unsafe.Pointer) {
// Try to find some empty space in the allocs slice.
for i, slot := range allocs {
if slot == nil {
allocs[i] = slot
return
}
}
// Couldn't find this space. Fall back to appending to the end.
allocs = append(allocs, ptr)
}
func removeAlloc(ptr unsafe.Pointer) {
// Remove the pointer so it can be garbage collected.
for i, slot := range allocs {
if ptr == slot {
allocs[i] = nil
return
}
}
}
//export malloc
func libc_malloc(size uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
buf := make([]byte, size)
ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])
allocs[uintptr(ptr)] = buf
ptr := alloc(size, nil)
trackAlloc(ptr)
return ptr
}
//export free
func libc_free(ptr unsafe.Pointer) {
if ptr == nil {
return
}
if _, ok := allocs[uintptr(ptr)]; ok {
delete(allocs, uintptr(ptr))
} else {
panic("free: invalid pointer")
}
removeAlloc(ptr)
free(ptr)
}
//export calloc
func libc_calloc(nmemb, size uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
// No difference between calloc and malloc.
// Note: we could be even more correct here and check that nmemb * size
// doesn't overflow. However the current implementation should normally work
// fine.
return libc_malloc(nmemb * size)
}
//export realloc
func libc_realloc(oldPtr unsafe.Pointer, size uintptr) unsafe.Pointer {
// It's hard to optimize this to expand the current buffer with our GC, but
// it is theoretically possible. For now, just always allocate fresh.
buf := make([]byte, size)
if oldPtr != nil {
if oldBuf, ok := allocs[uintptr(oldPtr)]; ok {
copy(buf, oldBuf)
delete(allocs, uintptr(oldPtr))
} else {
panic("realloc: invalid pointer")
}
newPtr := realloc(oldPtr, size)
if newPtr != oldPtr {
removeAlloc(oldPtr)
trackAlloc(newPtr)
}
ptr := unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])
allocs[uintptr(ptr)] = buf
return ptr
return newPtr
}