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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
.syntax unified
.thumb
#include <AsmOffsets.inc> // generated by the build from AsmOffsets.cpp
#include <unixasmmacros.inc>
#ifdef WRITE_BARRIER_CHECK
.macro UPDATE_GC_SHADOW BASENAME, REFREG, DESTREG
// If g_GCShadow is 0, don't perform the check.
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_GCShadow)
ldr r12, [r12]
cbz r12, LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_Done_\REFREG)
// Save DESTREG since we're about to modify it (and we need the original value both within the macro and
// once we exit the macro). Note that this is naughty since we're altering the stack pointer outside of
// the prolog inside a method without a frame. But given that this is only debug code and generally we
// shouldn't be walking the stack at this point it seems preferable to recoding the all the barrier
// variants to set up frames. The compiler knows exactly which registers are trashed in the simple write
// barrier case, so we don't have any more scratch registers to play with (and doing so would only make
// things harder if at a later stage we want to allow multiple barrier versions based on the input
// registers).
push \DESTREG
// Transform DESTREG into the equivalent address in the shadow heap.
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_lowest_address)
ldr r12, [r12]
sub \DESTREG, r12
cmp \DESTREG, #0
blo LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_PopThenDone_\REFREG)
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_GCShadow)
ldr r12, [r12]
add \DESTREG, r12
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_GCShadowEnd)
ldr r12, [r12]
cmp \DESTREG, r12
jhi LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_PopThenDone_\REFREG)
// Update the shadow heap.
str \REFREG, [\DESTREG]
// The following read must be strongly ordered wrt to the write we've just performed in order to
// prevent race conditions.
dmb
// Now check that the real heap location still contains the value we just wrote into the shadow heap.
mov r12, \DESTREG
ldr \DESTREG, [sp]
str r12, [sp]
ldr r12, [\DESTREG]
cmp r12, \REFREG
bne LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_Invalidate_\REFREG)
// The original DESTREG value is now restored but the stack has a value (the shadow version of the
// location) pushed. Need to discard this push before we are done.
add sp, #4
b LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_Done_\REFREG)
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_Invalidate_\REFREG):
// Someone went and updated the real heap. We need to invalidate the shadow location since we can't
// guarantee whose shadow update won.
// Retrieve shadow location from the stack and restore original DESTREG to the stack. This is an
// additional memory barrier we don't require but it's on the rare path and x86 doesn't have an xchg
// variant that doesn't implicitly specify the lock prefix. Note that INVALIDGCVALUE is a 32-bit
// immediate and therefore must be moved into a register before it can be written to the shadow
// location.
mov r12, \DESTREG
ldr \DESTREG, [sp]
str r12, [sp]
push \REFREG
movw \REFREG, #(INVALIDGCVALUE & 0xFFFF)
movt \REFREG, #(INVALIDGCVALUE >> 16)
str \REFREG, [\DESTREG]
pop \REFREG
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_PopThenDone_\REFREG):
// Restore original DESTREG value from the stack.
pop \DESTREG
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateShadowHeap_Done_\REFREG):
.endm
#else // WRITE_BARRIER_CHECK
.macro UPDATE_GC_SHADOW BASENAME, REFREG, DESTREG
.endm
#endif // WRITE_BARRIER_CHECK
// There are several different helpers used depending on which register holds the object reference. Since all
// the helpers have identical structure we use a macro to define this structure. Two arguments are taken, the
// name of the register that points to the location to be updated and the name of the register that holds the
// object reference (this should be in upper case as it's used in the definition of the name of the helper).
.macro DEFINE_UNCHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE BASENAME, REFREG
// Update the shadow copy of the heap with the same value just written to the same heap. (A no-op unless
// we're in a debug build and write barrier checking has been enabled).
UPDATE_GC_SHADOW \BASENAME, \REFREG, r0
// If the reference is to an object that's not in an ephemeral generation we have no need to track it
// (since the object won't be collected or moved by an ephemeral collection).
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_ephemeral_low)
ldr r12, [r12]
cmp \REFREG, r12
blo LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_EXIT_\REFREG)
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_ephemeral_high)
ldr r12, [r12]
cmp \REFREG, r12
bhi LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_EXIT_\REFREG)
// We have a location on the GC heap being updated with a reference to an ephemeral object so we must
// track this write. The location address is translated into an offset in the card table bitmap. We set
// an entire byte in the card table since it's quicker than messing around with bitmasks and we only write
// the byte if it hasn't already been done since writes are expensive and impact scaling.
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_card_table)
ldr r12, [r12]
add r0, r12, r0, lsr #LOG2_CLUMP_SIZE
ldrb r12, [r0]
cmp r12, #0FFh
bne LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateCardTable_\REFREG)
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_NoBarrierRequired_\REFREG):
b LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_EXIT_\REFREG)
// We get here if it's necessary to update the card table.
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_UpdateCardTable_\REFREG):
mov r12, #0FFh
strb r12, [r0]
LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_EXIT_\REFREG):
.endm
// There are several different helpers used depending on which register holds the object reference. Since all
// the helpers have identical structure we use a macro to define this structure. One argument is taken, the
// name of the register that will hold the object reference (this should be in upper case as it's used in the
// definition of the name of the helper).
.macro DEFINE_UNCHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER REFREG, EXPORT_REG_NAME
// Define a helper with a name of the form RhpAssignRefEAX etc. (along with suitable calling standard
// decoration). The location to be updated is in DESTREG. The object reference that will be assigned into that
// location is in one of the other general registers determined by the value of REFREG.
// WARNING: Code in EHHelpers.cpp makes assumptions about write barrier code, in particular:
// - Function "InWriteBarrierHelper" assumes an AV due to passed in null pointer will happen at WriteBarrierFunctionAvLOC
// - Function "UnwindWriteBarrierToCaller" assumes the stack contains just the pushed return address
LEAF_ENTRY RhpAssignRef\EXPORT_REG_NAME, _TEXT
// Export the canonical write barrier under unqualified name as well
.ifc \REFREG, r1
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpAssignRef
.endif
// Use the GC write barrier as a convenient place to implement the managed memory model for ARM. The
// intent is that writes to the target object ($REFREG) will be visible across all CPUs before the
// write to the destination ($DESTREG). This covers most of the common scenarios where the programmer
// might assume strongly ordered accessess, namely where the preceding writes are used to initialize
// the object and the final write, made by this barrier in the instruction following the DMB,
// publishes that object for other threads/cpus to see.
//
// Note that none of this is relevant for single cpu machines. We may choose to implement a
// uniprocessor specific version of this barrier if uni-proc becomes a significant scenario again.
dmb
// Write the reference into the location. Note that we rely on the fact that no GC can occur between here
// and the card table update we may perform below.
ALTERNATE_ENTRY "RhpAssignRefAvLocation"\EXPORT_REG_NAME // WriteBarrierFunctionAvLocation
.ifc \REFREG, r1
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpAssignRefAVLocation
.endif
str \REFREG, [r0]
DEFINE_UNCHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE RhpAssignRef, \REFREG
bx lr
LEAF_END RhpAssignRef\EXPORT_REG_NAME, _TEXT
.endm
// One day we might have write barriers for all the possible argument registers but for now we have
// just one write barrier that assumes the input register is RSI.
DEFINE_UNCHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER r1, r1
//
// Define the helpers used to implement the write barrier required when writing an object reference into a
// location residing on the GC heap. Such write barriers allow the GC to optimize which objects in
// non-ephemeral generations need to be scanned for references to ephemeral objects during an ephemeral
// collection.
//
.macro DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE BASENAME, REFREG
// The location being updated might not even lie in the GC heap (a handle or stack location for instance),
// in which case no write barrier is required.
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_lowest_address)
ldr r12, [r12]
cmp r0, r12
blo LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_NoBarrierRequired_\REFREG)
ldr r12, =C_FUNC(g_highest_address)
ldr r12, [r12]
cmp r0, r12
bhi LOCAL_LABEL(\BASENAME\()_NoBarrierRequired_\REFREG)
DEFINE_UNCHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE \BASENAME, \REFREG
.endm
// There are several different helpers used depending on which register holds the object reference. Since all
// the helpers have identical structure we use a macro to define this structure. One argument is taken, the
// name of the register that will hold the object reference (this should be in upper case as it's used in the
// definition of the name of the helper).
.macro DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER REFREG, EXPORT_REG_NAME
// Define a helper with a name of the form RhpCheckedAssignRefEAX etc. (along with suitable calling standard
// decoration). The location to be updated is always in R0. The object reference that will be assigned into
// that location is in one of the other general registers determined by the value of REFREG.
// WARNING: Code in EHHelpers.cpp makes assumptions about write barrier code, in particular:
// - Function "InWriteBarrierHelper" assumes an AV due to passed in null pointer will happen on the first instruction
// - Function "UnwindWriteBarrierToCaller" assumes the stack contains just the pushed return address
LEAF_ENTRY RhpCheckedAssignRef\EXPORT_REG_NAME, _TEXT
// Export the canonical write barrier under unqualified name as well
.ifc \REFREG, r1
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpCheckedAssignRef
.endif
// Use the GC write barrier as a convenient place to implement the managed memory model for ARM. The
// intent is that writes to the target object ($REFREG) will be visible across all CPUs before the
// write to the destination ($DESTREG). This covers most of the common scenarios where the programmer
// might assume strongly ordered accessess, namely where the preceding writes are used to initialize
// the object and the final write, made by this barrier in the instruction following the DMB,
// publishes that object for other threads/cpus to see.
//
// Note that none of this is relevant for single cpu machines. We may choose to implement a
// uniprocessor specific version of this barrier if uni-proc becomes a significant scenario again.
dmb
// Write the reference into the location. Note that we rely on the fact that no GC can occur between here
// and the card table update we may perform below.
ALTERNATE_ENTRY "RhpCheckedAssignRefAvLocation"\EXPORT_REG_NAME // WriteBarrierFunctionAvLocation
.ifc \REFREG, r1
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpCheckedAssignRefAVLocation
.endif
str \REFREG, [r0]
DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE RhpCheckedAssignRef, \REFREG
bx lr
LEAF_END RhpCheckedAssignRef\EXPORT_REG_NAME, _TEXT
.endm
// One day we might have write barriers for all the possible argument registers but for now we have
// just one write barrier that assumes the input register is RSI.
DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER r1, r1
// WARNING: Code in EHHelpers.cpp makes assumptions about write barrier code, in particular:
// - Function "InWriteBarrierHelper" assumes an AV due to passed in null pointer will happen at RhpCheckedLockCmpXchgAVLocation
// - Function "UnwindWriteBarrierToCaller" assumes the stack contains just the pushed return address
// r0 = destination address
// r1 = value
// r2 = comparand
LEAF_ENTRY RhpCheckedLockCmpXchg, _TEXT
// To implement our chosen memory model for ARM we insert a memory barrier at GC write brriers. This
// barrier must occur before the object reference update, so we have to do it unconditionally even
// though the update may fail below.
dmb
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpCheckedLockCmpXchgAVLocation
LOCAL_LABEL(RhpCheckedLockCmpXchgRetry):
ldrex r3, [r0]
cmp r2, r3
bne LOCAL_LABEL(RhpCheckedLockCmpXchg_NoBarrierRequired_r1)
strex r3, r1, [r0]
cmp r3, #0
bne LOCAL_LABEL(RhpCheckedLockCmpXchgRetry)
mov r3, r2
DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE RhpCheckedLockCmpXchg, r1
mov r0, r3
bx lr
LEAF_END RhpCheckedLockCmpXchg, _TEXT
// WARNING: Code in EHHelpers.cpp makes assumptions about write barrier code, in particular:
// - Function "InWriteBarrierHelper" assumes an AV due to passed in null pointer will happen at RhpCheckedXchgAVLocation
// - Function "UnwindWriteBarrierToCaller" assumes the stack contains just the pushed return address
// r0 = destination address
// r1 = value
LEAF_ENTRY RhpCheckedXchg, _TEXT
// To implement our chosen memory model for ARM we insert a memory barrier at GC write barriers. This
// barrier must occur before the object reference update.
dmb
ALTERNATE_ENTRY RhpCheckedXchgAVLocation
LOCAL_LABEL(RhpCheckedXchgRetry):
ldrex r2, [r0]
strex r3, r1, [r0]
cmp r3, #0
bne LOCAL_LABEL(RhpCheckedXchgRetry)
mov r0, r2
DEFINE_CHECKED_WRITE_BARRIER_CORE RhpCheckedXchg, r1
bx lr
LEAF_END RhpCheckedXchg, _TEXT
//
// RhpByRefAssignRef simulates movs instruction for object references.
//
// On entry:
// r0: address of ref-field (assigned to)
// r1: address of the data (source)
// r2, r3: be trashed
//
// On exit:
// r0, r1 are incremented by 4,
// r2, r3: trashed
//
LEAF_ENTRY RhpByRefAssignRef, _TEXT
ldr r2, [r1]
str r2, [r0]
// Check whether the writes were even into the heap. If not there's no card update required.
ldr r3, =C_FUNC(g_lowest_address)
ldr r3, [r3]
cmp r0, r3
blo LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_NotInHeap)
ldr r3, =C_FUNC(g_highest_address)
ldr r3, [r3]
cmp r0, r3
bhi LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_NotInHeap)
// Update the shadow copy of the heap with the same value just written to the same heap. (A no-op unless
// we're in a debug build and write barrier checking has been enabled).
UPDATE_GC_SHADOW BASENAME, r2, r0
// If the reference is to an object that's not in an ephemeral generation we have no need to track it
// (since the object won't be collected or moved by an ephemeral collection).
ldr r3, =C_FUNC(g_ephemeral_low)
ldr r3, [r3]
cmp r2, r3
blo LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_NotInHeap)
ldr r3, =C_FUNC(g_ephemeral_high)
ldr r3, [r3]
cmp r2, r3
bhi LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_NotInHeap)
// move current r0 value into r2 and then increment the pointers
mov r2, r0
add r1, #4
add r0, #4
// We have a location on the GC heap being updated with a reference to an ephemeral object so we must
// track this write. The location address is translated into an offset in the card table bitmap. We set
// an entire byte in the card table since it's quicker than messing around with bitmasks and we only write
// the byte if it hasn't already been done since writes are expensive and impact scaling.
ldr r3, =C_FUNC(g_card_table)
ldr r3, [r3]
add r2, r3, r2, lsr #LOG2_CLUMP_SIZE
ldrb r3, [r2]
cmp r3, #0FFh
bne LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_UpdateCardTable)
bx lr
// We get here if it's necessary to update the card table.
LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_UpdateCardTable):
mov r3, #0FFh
strb r3, [r2]
bx lr
LOCAL_LABEL(RhpByRefAssignRef_NotInHeap):
// Increment the pointers before leaving
add r0, #4
add r1, #4
bx lr
LEAF_END RhpByRefAssignRef, _TEXT
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