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Garbage Collection Стефан Кънев http://skanev.com/ @skanev OpenFest 3 ноември 2013
София
Здравейте, аз съм Стефан
DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
twitter @skanev github skanev blog http://skanev.com/
Всеки път
03.11.2013
I ❤︎ LEGACY
@current_year = 2011 ‑︎ @current_year = 2012
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2.0 & 2.1
I ❤︎ LEGACY
?
Garbage Collection
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“The undecidability of liveness is a corollary to the halting
problem” — Garbage Collection, Jones et al
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Stop-and-Copy 1 hour coding 6 hours debugging
Garbage Collection
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BG PUBLIC ENEMY №1
-а/-ът
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Ще деплойнем в пръдъкшън след като билда мине на кънтиниъс
интегрейшъна. DISCLAIMER
събирачи на смет свободни списъци пържоли корени
<rant>
Пълният член смуче!
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ЦСКА vs. Левски
ЦСКА vs. Балкан Ботевград
Долу пълния член!
#ътставка
</rant>
i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
Автоматично освобождаване на неизползваната памет, без баене от страна на
програмиста
това включва и Reference counting
Не целя: kernel developer-и с Garbage Collector web developer-и с
malloc()
Целя: kernel developer-и с Garbage Collector web developer-и с malloc()
Целя: Да добиете някаква представа за collector-ите и особеностите им
Common misconceptions
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✔! алокацията е по-бърза от malloc()
✘ паузи по минута са възможни
heap памет, където обекти се алокират в произволен ред mutator
програмата (променя паметта) roots стека и регистрите live set паметта, достъпна от корените pointer “стрелка” от един обект към друг cells/objects парчета управлявана памет garbage недостижимата памет
i = 0 while i < N: i += 1
doSomething(i)
Динамично алокиране
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<=>
O(nlgn)
cnlgn
CPU cache virtual memory*
различни приложения, различни pattern-и на работа
сложен инженерен проблем
i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
REFERENCE COUNTING MARK & SWEEP MARK & COMPACT COPY
Reference Counting
1. Всеки обект има брояч 2. Всеки указател увеличава брояча
3. Триенето на указател намалява 4. free() когато брояча е нула Outline
roots 1 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 2 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 1 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 0 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 0 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
просто & лесно
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None
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roots 1 1 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 2 2 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 2 REFERENCE COUNTING
roots 1 1 Memory Leak REFERENCE COUNTING
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weak-refs разни алгоритми
чисто решение няма трябва tracing
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roots 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
детерминизъм vs. паузи при големи обекти
✔; Проста имплементация ✔; Детерминистичност ✘ Инкрементации/декрементации ✘ Допълнителна памет
✘ Паузи при големи обекти* ✘ Не освобождава цикли ✔; Повече по-късно
Reference Counting има много варианти
<aside>
x = [] y = [] id(x) == id(y) =>
False id([]) == id([]) => True
a = [] a = id(a) b = [] b
= id(b) a == b
#lolpython
Mark & Sweep
малко интро
header header header heaps
header off-heap storage ✘
Free list Heap Heap MARK/SWEEP
1. Започваме от root-овете 2. Рекурсивно маркираме всичко, до което
може да стигнем 3. Трием немаркираното Outline
roots MARK/SWEEP
roots roots Garbage MARK/SWEEP
Heap MARK/SWEEP
Heap Fragmentation MARK/SWEEP
✔; Събира цикли ✔; По-икономичен (памет и процесор) ✘ Пауза
за обхождане и събиране* ✘ Повече cache misses ✘ Недетерминистичен ✘ Нужда от свободна памет ✘ Линеен на спрямо heap-а
Mark & Compact
1. Маркираме всичко 2. Местим обекти в дупките 3. Обновяваме
указателите Outline
MARK/COMPACT
MARK/COMPACT
STALE POINTERS MARK/COMPACT Active Memory Forwarding Adresses
✔; Евтина алокация ✔; Дефрагментира паметта ✘ Линейно на heap-а
✘ Копирането е бавно ✘ Няма свободни pointer-и (мести)
Copy
1. Разделяме heap-а на две 2. Алокираме в едната половина
3. Копираме достижимото в другата Outline
From space To space COPY
From space To space COPY
From space To space COPY
✔; Евтина алокация ✔; Дефрагментира паметта ✔; Линейно на живите
обекти ✘ 50% място разхищение ✘ Трябва да мести обекти
i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
STOP-THE-WORLD vs. INCREMENTAL vs. PARALLEL vs. CONCURRENT
STOP-THE-WORLD collector mutator
INCREMENTAL sweep mutator mark ✔! Разпределени кратки паузи ✘ Overhead
при алокация
PARALLEL collector mutator
CONCURRENT collector mutator ✔! Не спира света ✘ Overhead за
синхронизация
MOSTLY CONCURRENT collector mutator ✘ Мутатора и колектора се гонят
CONSERVATIVE vs. PRECISE
Трябва помощ от компилатора
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Weak generational hypothesis: Most objects die young
1. Разделяме heap-а на млади и стари 2. Събираме основно
младите (minor) 3. От време на време събираме старата генерация (major cycle) Outline
Old Generation New Generation roots
Old Generation New Generation roots roots
Old Generation New Generation roots roots
Old Generation New Generation roots roots BUG ☢
WRITE BARRIER
old ˠ young
roots Old Generation New Generation remembered set
i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
Reference counting No cycle detection ;(
Reference counting Full cycle detection
Reference counting Almost full cycle detection
__del__ finalizers
gc.garbage
trololothon
Mark and sweep Incremental, conservative (...)
Java!
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4
1 SerialGC Stop-the-world copy for young generation Stop-the-world mark/compact for
old generation
2 ParallelGC Stop-the-world copy for young generation Stop-the-world mark/compact for
old generation
3 ConcMarkSweepGC Stop-the-world copy for young generation Mostly concurrent, non-compacting
mark- sweep for older generation Fallback to stop-the-world compacting full collection
4 G1GC Stop-the-world copy for young generation Mostly concurrent marking
old generation Stop-the-world, mostly incremental compacting for old generation Fallback to stop-the-world compaction
HotSpot JRockit IBM J9 Azul Zing
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C C++
Boehm-Demers Collector http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
malloc ! GC_MALLOC realloc ! GC_REALLOC
scan the stack find all pointers mark/sweep
detect memory leaks
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i.Garbage Collection ii.Algorithms iii.Classifications iv.Languages v.Ruby 2.0 & Ruby 2.1
2.0 & 2.1
CoW friendly ‐︎ copy-on-write
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RGenGC
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RARRAY_PTR(obj)
#define RARRAY_PTR(a) \ ((RBASIC(a)->flags & RARRAY_EMBED_FLAG) ? \ RARRAY(a)->as.ary :
\ RARRAY(a)->as.heap.ptr)
break lots of C extensions vs. non-generational GC
Shady Sunny
Shady objects, - go into the remembered set when shaded
- do not get promoted in the old generation
#define RARRAY_PTR(a) \ ((VALUE *) \ RARRAY_CONST_PTR(RGENGC_WB_PROTECTED_ARRAY ?\ OBJ_WB_UNPROTECT((VALUE)a) :
\ ((VALUE)a)))
incrementally update the C extensions
incrementally update the virtual machine
I ❤︎ LEGACY
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