1 /*===-- GCInterface.h - Public interface exposed by garbage collectors ----===*\
3 |* The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 |* This file was developed by the LLVM research group and is distributed under
6 |* the University of Illinois Open Source License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
8 |*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*|
10 |* This file defines the common public interface that must be exposed by all
11 |* LLVM garbage collectors.
13 \*===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*/
18 /* llvm_gc_initialize - This function is called to initalize the garbage
21 void llvm_gc_initialize();
23 /* llvm_gc_allocate - This function allocates Size bytes from the heap and
24 * returns a pointer to it.
26 void *llvm_gc_allocate(unsigned Size);
28 /* llvm_gc_collect - This function forces a garbage collection cycle.
30 void llvm_gc_collect();
32 /* llvm_gc_read - This function should be implemented to include any read
33 * barrier code that is needed by the garbage collector.
35 void *llvm_gc_read(void **P);
37 /* llvm_gc_write - This function should be implemented to include any write
38 * barrier code that is needed by the garbage collector.
40 void llvm_gc_write(void *V, void **P);