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lua_vm/
trace_impls.rs

1//! Phase-D `Trace` implementations for GC-rooted types defined in this
2//! crate. Types in `lua-types` (LuaValue, LuaString, UpVal) have their
3//! Trace impls in `lua-types/src/trace_impls.rs` because of Rust's orphan
4//! rule.
5//!
6//! Each impl below is a `todo!("phase-d: trace X")` stub. The
7//! panic-driven mega-loop surfaces each one when a runtime path triggers
8//! `Heap::full_collect`. Each agent works on ONE type — no family
9//! expansion (Trace impls have subtle invariants).
10//!
11//! Implementation guidance for agents:
12//!   1. Read the type definition; enumerate every field
13//!   2. For every `Gc<T>`, `GcRef<T>`, or container (Vec/Option/HashMap)
14//!      thereof, call `m.mark(field)` or `field.trace(m)` appropriately
15//!   3. Skip non-GC fields (primitives, `String`, `Vec<u8>`)
16//!   4. Skip "intentionally not traced" fields (weak refs)
17//!   5. Reference `reference/lua-5.4.7/src/lgc.c`'s `reallymarkobject`
18
19use crate::state::{FinalizerObject, GlobalState, LuaState};
20use crate::string::{LuaStringImpl, LuaUserDataImpl};
21use lua_gc::{Marker, Trace};
22
23/// Phase-B internal richer LuaString. The byte buffer is a Rust `Rc<[u8]>`
24/// (not GC-managed); no fields to mark.
25impl Trace for LuaStringImpl {
26
27    fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str {
28        std::any::type_name::<Self>()
29    }
30
31    fn trace(&self, _m: &mut Marker) {}
32}
33
34/// Phase-B internal userdata. Both `metatable` and `uv` are currently
35/// `Option<()>` / `Vec<()>` stubs — no GC edges to walk yet. Becomes
36/// real when userdata machinery lands post-D-1.
37impl Trace for LuaUserDataImpl {
38
39    fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str {
40        std::any::type_name::<Self>()
41    }
42
43    fn trace(&self, _m: &mut Marker) {}
44}
45
46impl Trace for FinalizerObject {
47
48    fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str {
49        std::any::type_name::<Self>()
50    }
51
52    fn trace(&self, m: &mut Marker) {
53        match self {
54            FinalizerObject::Table(t) => t.trace(m),
55            FinalizerObject::UserData(u) => u.trace(m),
56        }
57    }
58}
59
60impl Trace for LuaState {
61
62    fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str {
63        std::any::type_name::<Self>()
64    }
65
66    fn trace(&self, m: &mut Marker) {
67        // C's traversethread (lgc.c) walks [stack .. top) and relies on two
68        // companion invariants this port mirrors via `gc_trace_bound` (the
69        // savestate half — widen to ci.top only for a Lua current frame)
70        // and `clear_dead_stack_tail` (the atomic-clear half, run before
71        // every collect). Every slot below the bound is therefore
72        // valid-or-nil; the old frame-bounded range walk and the saved_pc
73        // debug-local heuristic (#140 bug B's two faces) are gone.
74        let bound = self.gc_trace_bound();
75        for slot in &self.stack[..bound] {
76            slot.val.trace(m);
77        }
78
79        for uv in self.openupval.iter() {
80            uv.trace(m);
81        }
82
83        // PORT NOTE: `global` (Rc<RefCell<GlobalState>>) is reached from the
84        // heap's root via GlobalState::trace; tracing it from each thread
85        // would re-enter the root and is explicitly excluded.
86        // PORT NOTE: `call_info` entries carry pc offsets and stack indices
87        // but no direct GcRef fields. The active closure is reached through
88        // the stack slot at `ci.func`, already covered by the stack walk.
89        // PORT NOTE: `tbclist` holds StackIdx values only; the to-be-closed
90        // objects themselves live on the stack and are traced there.
91    }
92}
93
94impl Trace for GlobalState {
95
96    fn type_name(&self) -> &'static str {
97        std::any::type_name::<Self>()
98    }
99
100    fn trace(&self, m: &mut Marker) {
101        // per-type metatables, and pending finalizers. We expand the set to
102        // include preallocated short strings (memerrmsg, tmname[]) and the
103        // open-upvalue thread list, both of which the panic-driven Phase-D
104        // mega-loop expects to see at the root.
105
106        self.l_registry.trace(m);
107
108        // Values held by Rust-side embedding handles are rooted outside the
109        // Lua registry table so handle Drop can unroot without touching the
110        // Lua stack/API. They are still ordinary GC roots during marking.
111        for value in self.external_roots.iter_values() {
112            value.trace(m);
113        }
114
115        // Cross-thread open-upvalue mirrors are live roots while a coroutine
116        // resume holds the home thread's stack behind an outer mutable borrow.
117        for value in self.cross_thread_upvals.values() {
118            value.trace(m);
119        }
120
121        // PORT NOTE (phase-b-reconcile): The lua-types LuaTable placeholder is
122        // storage-less, so `globals` and `loaded` cannot live inside the registry
123        // table (see `init_registry`). They are kept as direct GlobalState fields
124        // and must be traced explicitly as roots; once the placeholder reconciles
125        // with vm::LuaTable, these become reachable via `l_registry` and the two
126        // lines below disappear.
127        self.globals.trace(m);
128        self.loaded.trace(m);
129
130        if let Some(t) = &self.mainthread {
131            t.trace(m);
132        }
133
134        self.main_thread_value.trace(m);
135
136        if self.current_thread_id != self.main_thread_id {
137            if let Some(entry) = self.threads.get(&self.current_thread_id) {
138                entry.value.trace(m);
139            }
140        }
141
142        // Registered coroutines are not roots by registration alone. The
143        // post-mark hook traces stacks only for thread handles that were
144        // reached from a real root, matching Lua's collectable coroutine
145        // semantics.
146
147        for slot in self.mt.iter() {
148            if let Some(t) = slot {
149                t.trace(m);
150            }
151        }
152
153        for s in self.tmname.iter() {
154            s.trace(m);
155        }
156
157        self.memerrmsg.trace(m);
158
159        for th in self.twups.iter() {
160            th.trace(m);
161        }
162
163        // `interned_lt` is a weak short-string cache. The collector prunes
164        // unmarked entries from the post-mark hook instead of tracing them as
165        // roots here.
166        for row in self.strcache.iter() {
167            for s in row.iter() {
168                s.trace(m);
169            }
170        }
171
172        // Pending finalizers are NOT traced here — that's what lets the mark
173        // phase distinguish "still reachable from the user program" from
174        // "only kept alive by the finalizer registry". `collect_via_heap`'s
175        // post-mark hook checks each entry against the visited set; an
176        // unvisited entry is moved to `to_be_finalized` and explicitly
177        // marked there so it survives the sweep.
178        //
179        // `to_be_finalized` IS traced as a strong root: objects in this list
180        // are awaiting their `__gc` call but are otherwise dead, and the
181        // object (plus its descendants) must survive long enough for the
182        // finalizer to run.
183        for object in self.finalizers.to_be_finalized().iter() {
184            object.trace(m);
185        }
186
187        // Trace suspended parent stacks. When a coroutine is running, any
188        // parent threads are suspended and their stacks are not reachable from
189        // `threads` (which only holds coroutines, not the main thread). Before
190        // `aux_resume` resumes a coroutine it pushes a snapshot of the parent's
191        // live stack onto `suspended_parent_stacks` so those GC-managed values
192        // remain marked during collections triggered from inside the coroutine.
193        for stack_snapshot in self.suspended_parent_stacks.iter() {
194            for v in stack_snapshot.iter() {
195                v.trace(m);
196            }
197        }
198        for upval_snapshot in self.suspended_parent_open_upvals.iter() {
199            for uv in upval_snapshot.iter() {
200                uv.trace(m);
201            }
202        }
203
204        // PORT NOTE: `strt` (the internal LuaStringImpl intern table) is a
205        // weak table in C; entries are cleared during the atomic weak-table
206        // pass (`clearbykeys`), not marked as roots. The current port has no
207        // incremental weak-sweep, but `strt` is keyed by byte-content rather
208        // than by `Gc` identity, so a dangling entry there is silently
209        // recreated by the next `intern_str` — no UAF, unlike `interned_lt`.
210        // PORT NOTE: `fixedgc` holds objects pre-marked fixed/black at
211        // allocation (`luaC_fix`); the mark phase never re-visits them, and
212        // `dyn Collectable` does not implement `Trace` here.
213        // PORT NOTE: `allgc`, `finobj`, `gray`, `grayagain`, `tobefnz`,
214        // `weak`, `ephemeron`, `allweak` are GC bookkeeping lists owned by
215        // `heap` — they are the universe of allocated objects, not roots.
216    }
217}
218
219// ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
220// PORT STATUS
221//   source:        n/a (GC Trace impls bridging lua-vm and lua-gc)
222//   target_crate:  lua-vm
223//   confidence:    high
224//   todos:         0
225//   port_notes:    0
226//   unsafe_blocks: 0
227//   notes:         Implements lua_gc::Trace for LuaState + GlobalState. C does this via
228//                  hand-written mark routines in lgc.c; we use a trait dispatch.
229// ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────