diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md index 4aafa6d27..c346a0a4b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ `pkgconfig` and the Boehm garbage collector, and pass the flag `--enable-gc` to `configure`. - For `bdw-gc` <= 8.2.4 Nix needs a [small patch](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/ac4d2e7b857acdfeac35ac8a592bdecee2d29838/boehmgc-traceable_allocator-public.diff) to be applied. - - The `boost` library of version 1.66.0 or higher. It can be obtained from the official web site . diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval-gc.cc b/src/libexpr/eval-gc.cc index 2f0e8c0c9..07ce05a2c 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/eval-gc.cc +++ b/src/libexpr/eval-gc.cc @@ -32,122 +32,6 @@ static void * oomHandler(size_t requested) throw std::bad_alloc(); } -class BoehmGCStackAllocator : public StackAllocator -{ - boost::coroutines2::protected_fixedsize_stack stack{ - // We allocate 8 MB, the default max stack size on NixOS. - // A smaller stack might be quicker to allocate but reduces the stack - // depth available for source filter expressions etc. - std::max(boost::context::stack_traits::default_size(), static_cast(8 * 1024 * 1024))}; - - // This is specific to boost::coroutines2::protected_fixedsize_stack. - // The stack protection page is included in sctx.size, so we have to - // subtract one page size from the stack size. - std::size_t pfss_usable_stack_size(boost::context::stack_context & sctx) - { - return sctx.size - boost::context::stack_traits::page_size(); - } - -public: - boost::context::stack_context allocate() override - { - auto sctx = stack.allocate(); - - // Stacks generally start at a high address and grow to lower addresses. - // Architectures that do the opposite are rare; in fact so rare that - // boost_routine does not implement it. - // So we subtract the stack size. - GC_add_roots(static_cast(sctx.sp) - pfss_usable_stack_size(sctx), sctx.sp); - return sctx; - } - - void deallocate(boost::context::stack_context sctx) override - { - GC_remove_roots(static_cast(sctx.sp) - pfss_usable_stack_size(sctx), sctx.sp); - stack.deallocate(sctx); - } -}; - -static BoehmGCStackAllocator boehmGCStackAllocator; - -/** - * When a thread goes into a coroutine, we lose its original sp until - * control flow returns to the thread. - * While in the coroutine, the sp points outside the thread stack, - * so we can detect this and push the entire thread stack instead, - * as an approximation. - * The coroutine's stack is covered by `BoehmGCStackAllocator`. - * This is not an optimal solution, because the garbage is scanned when a - * coroutine is active, for both the coroutine and the original thread stack. - * However, the implementation is quite lean, and usually we don't have active - * coroutines during evaluation, so this is acceptable. - */ -void fixupBoehmStackPointer(void ** sp_ptr, void * _pthread_id) -{ - void *& sp = *sp_ptr; - auto pthread_id = reinterpret_cast(_pthread_id); -# ifndef __APPLE__ - pthread_attr_t pattr; -# endif - size_t osStackSize; - // The low address of the stack, which grows down. - void * osStackLimit; - void * osStackBase; - -# ifdef __APPLE__ - osStackSize = pthread_get_stacksize_np(pthread_id); - osStackLimit = pthread_get_stackaddr_np(pthread_id); -# else - if (pthread_attr_init(&pattr)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_attr_init failed"); - } -# ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP - if (pthread_getattr_np(pthread_id, &pattr)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_getattr_np failed"); - } -# elif HAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_GET_NP - if (!pthread_attr_init(&pattr)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_attr_init failed"); - } - if (!pthread_attr_get_np(pthread_id, &pattr)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_attr_get_np failed"); - } -# else -# error "Need one of `pthread_attr_get_np` or `pthread_getattr_np`" -# endif - if (pthread_attr_getstack(&pattr, &osStackLimit, &osStackSize)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_attr_getstack failed"); - } - if (pthread_attr_destroy(&pattr)) { - throw Error("fixupBoehmStackPointer: pthread_attr_destroy failed"); - } -# endif - osStackBase = (char *) osStackLimit + osStackSize; - // NOTE: We assume the stack grows down, as it does on all architectures we support. - // Architectures that grow the stack up are rare. - if (sp >= osStackBase || sp < osStackLimit) { // sp is outside the os stack - sp = osStackLimit; - } -} - -/* Disable GC while this object lives. Used by CoroutineContext. - * - * Boehm keeps a count of GC_disable() and GC_enable() calls, - * and only enables GC when the count matches. - */ -class BoehmDisableGC -{ -public: - BoehmDisableGC() - { - GC_disable(); - }; - ~BoehmDisableGC() - { - GC_enable(); - }; -}; - static inline void initGCReal() { /* Initialise the Boehm garbage collector. */ @@ -168,24 +52,6 @@ static inline void initGCReal() GC_set_oom_fn(oomHandler); - StackAllocator::defaultAllocator = &boehmGCStackAllocator; - -// TODO: Remove __APPLE__ condition. -// Comment suggests an implementation that works on darwin and windows -// https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/362#issuecomment-1936672196 -# if GC_VERSION_MAJOR >= 8 && GC_VERSION_MINOR >= 2 && GC_VERSION_MICRO >= 4 && !defined(__APPLE__) - GC_set_sp_corrector(&fixupBoehmStackPointer); - - if (!GC_get_sp_corrector()) { - printTalkative("BoehmGC on this platform does not support sp_corrector; will disable GC inside coroutines"); - /* Used to disable GC when entering coroutines on macOS */ - create_coro_gc_hook = []() -> std::shared_ptr { return std::make_shared(); }; - } -# else -# warning \ - "BoehmGC version does not support GC while coroutine exists. GC will be disabled inside coroutines. Consider updating bdw-gc to 8.2.4 or later." -# endif - /* Set the initial heap size to something fairly big (25% of physical RAM, up to a maximum of 384 MiB) so that in most cases we don't need to garbage collect at all. (Collection has a diff --git a/src/libstore/store-api.cc b/src/libstore/store-api.cc index b3e5ad014..8eef340cc 100644 --- a/src/libstore/store-api.cc +++ b/src/libstore/store-api.cc @@ -210,14 +210,16 @@ StorePath Store::addToStore( fsm = FileSerialisationMethod::NixArchive; break; } - auto source = sinkToSource([&](Sink & sink) { - dumpPath(path, sink, fsm, filter); + std::optional storePath; + auto sink = sourceToSink([&](Source & source) { + LengthSource lengthSource(source); + storePath = addToStoreFromDump(lengthSource, name, fsm, method, hashAlgo, references, repair); + if (lengthSource.total >= settings.warnLargePathThreshold) + warn("copied large path '%s' to the store (%s)", path, renderSize(lengthSource.total)); }); - LengthSource lengthSource(*source); - auto storePath = addToStoreFromDump(lengthSource, name, fsm, method, hashAlgo, references, repair); - if (lengthSource.total >= settings.warnLargePathThreshold) - warn("copied large path '%s' to the store (%s)", path, renderSize(lengthSource.total)); - return storePath; + dumpPath(path, *sink, fsm, filter); + sink->finish(); + return storePath.value(); } void Store::addMultipleToStore( diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.cc b/src/libutil/serialise.cc index 4899134d7..5352a436b 100644 --- a/src/libutil/serialise.cc +++ b/src/libutil/serialise.cc @@ -171,55 +171,6 @@ size_t StringSource::read(char * data, size_t len) #error Coroutines are broken in this version of Boost! #endif -/* A concrete datatype allow virtual dispatch of stack allocation methods. */ -struct VirtualStackAllocator { - StackAllocator *allocator = StackAllocator::defaultAllocator; - - boost::context::stack_context allocate() { - return allocator->allocate(); - } - - void deallocate(boost::context::stack_context sctx) { - allocator->deallocate(sctx); - } -}; - - -/* This class reifies the default boost coroutine stack allocation strategy with - a virtual interface. */ -class DefaultStackAllocator : public StackAllocator { - boost::coroutines2::default_stack stack; - - boost::context::stack_context allocate() override { - return stack.allocate(); - } - - void deallocate(boost::context::stack_context sctx) override { - stack.deallocate(sctx); - } -}; - -static DefaultStackAllocator defaultAllocatorSingleton; - -StackAllocator *StackAllocator::defaultAllocator = &defaultAllocatorSingleton; - - -std::shared_ptr (*create_coro_gc_hook)() = []() -> std::shared_ptr { - return {}; -}; - -/* This class is used for entry and exit hooks on coroutines */ -class CoroutineContext { - /* Disable GC when entering the coroutine without the boehm patch, - * since it doesn't find the main thread stack in this case. - * std::shared_ptr performs type-erasure, so it will call the right - * deleter. */ - const std::shared_ptr coro_gc_hook = create_coro_gc_hook(); -public: - CoroutineContext() {}; - ~CoroutineContext() {}; -}; - std::unique_ptr sourceToSink(std::function fun) { struct SourceToSink : FinishSink @@ -241,14 +192,12 @@ std::unique_ptr sourceToSink(std::function fun) cur = in; if (!coro) { - CoroutineContext ctx; - coro = coro_t::push_type(VirtualStackAllocator{}, [&](coro_t::pull_type & yield) { - LambdaSource source([&](char *out, size_t out_len) { + coro = coro_t::push_type([&](coro_t::pull_type & yield) { + LambdaSource source([&](char * out, size_t out_len) { if (cur.empty()) { yield(); - if (yield.get()) { - return (size_t)0; - } + if (yield.get()) + throw EndOfFile("coroutine has finished"); } size_t n = std::min(cur.size(), out_len); @@ -263,20 +212,14 @@ std::unique_ptr sourceToSink(std::function fun) if (!*coro) { unreachable(); } if (!cur.empty()) { - CoroutineContext ctx; (*coro)(false); } } void finish() override { - if (!coro) return; - if (!*coro) unreachable(); - { - CoroutineContext ctx; + if (coro && *coro) (*coro)(true); - } - if (*coro) unreachable(); } }; @@ -307,8 +250,7 @@ std::unique_ptr sinkToSource( size_t read(char * data, size_t len) override { if (!coro) { - CoroutineContext ctx; - coro = coro_t::pull_type(VirtualStackAllocator{}, [&](coro_t::push_type & yield) { + coro = coro_t::pull_type([&](coro_t::push_type & yield) { LambdaSink sink([&](std::string_view data) { if (!data.empty()) yield(std::string(data)); }); @@ -320,7 +262,6 @@ std::unique_ptr sinkToSource( if (pos == cur.size()) { if (!cur.empty()) { - CoroutineContext ctx; (*coro)(); } cur = coro->get(); diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.hh b/src/libutil/serialise.hh index c7290dcef..e9f3e3a4a 100644 --- a/src/libutil/serialise.hh +++ b/src/libutil/serialise.hh @@ -557,27 +557,4 @@ struct FramedSink : nix::BufferedSink }; }; -/** - * Stack allocation strategy for sinkToSource. - * Mutable to avoid a boehm gc dependency in libutil. - * - * boost::context doesn't provide a virtual class, so we define our own. - */ -struct StackAllocator { - virtual boost::context::stack_context allocate() = 0; - virtual void deallocate(boost::context::stack_context sctx) = 0; - - /** - * The stack allocator to use in sinkToSource and potentially elsewhere. - * It is reassigned by the initGC() method in libexpr. - */ - static StackAllocator *defaultAllocator; -}; - -/* Disabling GC when entering a coroutine (without the boehm patch). - mutable to avoid boehm gc dependency in libutil. - */ -extern std::shared_ptr (*create_coro_gc_hook)(); - - }