# for gc.c # The GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark and # sweep garbage collection mechanism. # # Some of the underlying methods are also available via the ObjectSpace # module. # # You may obtain information about the operation of the GC through # GC::Profiler. module GC # call-seq: # GC.start -> nil # ObjectSpace.garbage_collect -> nil # include GC; garbage_collect -> nil # GC.start(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true) -> nil # ObjectSpace.garbage_collect(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true) -> nil # include GC; garbage_collect(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true) -> nil # # Initiates garbage collection, even if manually disabled. # # This method is defined with keyword arguments that default to true: # # def GC.start(full_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true); end # # Use full_mark: false to perform a minor GC. # Use immediate_sweep: false to defer sweeping (use lazy sweep). # # Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They # are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the # underlying implementation does not support them. def self.start full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true __builtin_gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep end def garbage_collect full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true __builtin_gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep end # call-seq: # GC.enable -> true or false # # Enables garbage collection, returning +true+ if garbage # collection was previously disabled. # # GC.disable #=> false # GC.enable #=> true # GC.enable #=> false # def self.enable __builtin_gc_enable end # call-seq: # GC.disable -> true or false # # Disables garbage collection, returning +true+ if garbage # collection was already disabled. # # GC.disable #=> false # GC.disable #=> true def self.disable __builtin_gc_disable end # call-seq: # GC.stress -> integer, true or false # # Returns current status of GC stress mode. def self.stress __builtin_gc_stress_get end # call-seq: # GC.stress = flag -> flag # # Updates the GC stress mode. # # When stress mode is enabled, the GC is invoked at every GC opportunity: # all memory and object allocations. # # Enabling stress mode will degrade performance, it is only for debugging. # # flag can be true, false, or an integer bit-ORed following flags. # 0x01:: no major GC # 0x02:: no immediate sweep # 0x04:: full mark after malloc/calloc/realloc def self.stress=(flag) __builtin_gc_stress_set_m flag end # call-seq: # GC.count -> Integer # # The number of times GC occurred. # # It returns the number of times GC occurred since the process started. def self.count __builtin_gc_count end # call-seq: # GC.stat -> Hash # GC.stat(hash) -> hash # GC.stat(:key) -> Numeric # # Returns a Hash containing information about the GC. # # The hash includes information about internal statistics about GC such as: # # { # :count=>0, # :heap_allocated_pages=>24, # :heap_sorted_length=>24, # :heap_allocatable_pages=>0, # :heap_available_slots=>9783, # :heap_live_slots=>7713, # :heap_free_slots=>2070, # :heap_final_slots=>0, # :heap_marked_slots=>0, # :heap_eden_pages=>24, # :heap_tomb_pages=>0, # :total_allocated_pages=>24, # :total_freed_pages=>0, # :total_allocated_objects=>7796, # :total_freed_objects=>83, # :malloc_increase_bytes=>2389312, # :malloc_increase_bytes_limit=>16777216, # :minor_gc_count=>0, # :major_gc_count=>0, # :remembered_wb_unprotected_objects=>0, # :remembered_wb_unprotected_objects_limit=>0, # :old_objects=>0, # :old_objects_limit=>0, # :oldmalloc_increase_bytes=>2389760, # :oldmalloc_increase_bytes_limit=>16777216 # } # # The contents of the hash are implementation specific and may be changed in # the future. # # If the optional argument, hash, is given, # it is overwritten and returned. # This is intended to avoid probe effect. # # This method is only expected to work on C Ruby. def self.stat hash_or_key = nil __builtin_gc_stat hash_or_key end # call-seq: # GC.latest_gc_info -> {:gc_by=>:newobj} # GC.latest_gc_info(hash) -> hash # GC.latest_gc_info(:major_by) -> :malloc # # Returns information about the most recent garbage collection. # # If the optional argument, hash, is given, # it is overwritten and returned. # This is intended to avoid probe effect. def self.latest_gc_info hash_or_key = nil __builtin_gc_latest_gc_info hash_or_key end def self.compact __builtin_rb_gc_compact end # call-seq: # GC.verify_compaction_references(toward: nil, double_heap: false) -> hash # # Verify compaction reference consistency. # # This method is implementation specific. During compaction, objects that # were moved are replaced with T_MOVED objects. No object should have a # reference to a T_MOVED object after compaction. # # This function doubles the heap to ensure room to move all objects, # compacts the heap to make sure everything moves, updates all references, # then performs a full GC. If any object contains a reference to a T_MOVED # object, that object should be pushed on the mark stack, and will # make a SEGV. def self.verify_compaction_references(toward: nil, double_heap: false) __builtin_gc_verify_compaction_references(toward, double_heap) end end module ObjectSpace def garbage_collect full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true __builtin_gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep end module_function :garbage_collect end