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-/*
- * This is a simple API to implement pointer back tracing, i.e.
- * to answer questions such as "who is pointing to this" or
- * "why is this object being retained by the collector"
- *
- * This API assumes that we have an ANSI C compiler.
- *
- * Most of these calls yield useful information on only after
- * a garbage collection. Usually the client will first force
- * a full collection and then gather information, preferably
- * before much intervening allocation.
- *
- * The implementation of the interface is only about 99.9999%
- * correct. It is intended to be good enough for profiling,
- * but is not intended to be used with production code.
- *
- * Results are likely to be much more useful if all allocation is
- * accomplished through the debugging allocators.
- *
- * The implementation idea is due to A. Demers.
- */
-
-#ifndef GC_BACKPTR_H
-#define GC_BACKPTR_H
-/* Store information about the object referencing dest in *base_p */
-/* and *offset_p. */
-/* If multiple objects or roots point to dest, the one reported */
-/* will be the last on used by the garbage collector to trace the */
-/* object. */
-/* source is root ==> *base_p = address, *offset_p = 0 */
-/* source is heap object ==> *base_p != 0, *offset_p = offset */
-/* Returns 1 on success, 0 if source couldn't be determined. */
-/* Dest can be any address within a heap object. */
-typedef enum { GC_UNREFERENCED, /* No reference info available. */
- GC_NO_SPACE, /* Dest not allocated with debug alloc */
- GC_REFD_FROM_ROOT, /* Referenced directly by root *base_p */
- GC_REFD_FROM_REG, /* Referenced from a register, i.e. */
- /* a root without an address. */
- GC_REFD_FROM_HEAP, /* Referenced from another heap obj. */
- GC_FINALIZER_REFD /* Finalizable and hence accessible. */
-} GC_ref_kind;
-
-GC_ref_kind GC_get_back_ptr_info(void *dest, void **base_p, size_t *offset_p);
-
-/* Generate a random heap address. */
-/* The resulting address is in the heap, but */
-/* not necessarily inside a valid object. */
-void * GC_generate_random_heap_address(void);
-
-/* Generate a random address inside a valid marked heap object. */
-void * GC_generate_random_valid_address(void);
-
-/* Force a garbage collection and generate a backtrace from a */
-/* random heap address. */
-/* This uses the GC logging mechanism (GC_printf) to produce */
-/* output. It can often be called from a debugger. The */
-/* source in dbg_mlc.c also serves as a sample client. */
-void GC_generate_random_backtrace(void);
-
-/* Print a backtrace from a specific address. Used by the */
-/* above. The client should call GC_gcollect() immediately */
-/* before invocation. */
-void GC_print_backtrace(void *);
-
-#endif /* GC_BACKPTR_H */