github.com/varialus/godfly@v0.0.0-20130904042352-1934f9f095ab/src/pkg/runtime/debug/garbage.go (about)

     1  // Copyright 2013 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  package debug
     6  
     7  import (
     8  	"runtime"
     9  	"sort"
    10  	"time"
    11  )
    12  
    13  // GCStats collect information about recent garbage collections.
    14  type GCStats struct {
    15  	LastGC         time.Time       // time of last collection
    16  	NumGC          int64           // number of garbage collections
    17  	PauseTotal     time.Duration   // total pause for all collections
    18  	Pause          []time.Duration // pause history, most recent first
    19  	PauseQuantiles []time.Duration
    20  }
    21  
    22  // Implemented in package runtime.
    23  func readGCStats(*[]time.Duration)
    24  func enableGC(bool) bool
    25  func setGCPercent(int) int
    26  func freeOSMemory()
    27  func setMaxStack(int) int
    28  func setMaxThreads(int) int
    29  
    30  // ReadGCStats reads statistics about garbage collection into stats.
    31  // The number of entries in the pause history is system-dependent;
    32  // stats.Pause slice will be reused if large enough, reallocated otherwise.
    33  // ReadGCStats may use the full capacity of the stats.Pause slice.
    34  // If stats.PauseQuantiles is non-empty, ReadGCStats fills it with quantiles
    35  // summarizing the distribution of pause time. For example, if
    36  // len(stats.PauseQuantiles) is 5, it will be filled with the minimum,
    37  // 25%, 50%, 75%, and maximum pause times.
    38  func ReadGCStats(stats *GCStats) {
    39  	// Create a buffer with space for at least two copies of the
    40  	// pause history tracked by the runtime. One will be returned
    41  	// to the caller and the other will be used as a temporary buffer
    42  	// for computing quantiles.
    43  	const maxPause = len(((*runtime.MemStats)(nil)).PauseNs)
    44  	if cap(stats.Pause) < 2*maxPause {
    45  		stats.Pause = make([]time.Duration, 2*maxPause)
    46  	}
    47  
    48  	// readGCStats fills in the pause history (up to maxPause entries)
    49  	// and then three more: Unix ns time of last GC, number of GC,
    50  	// and total pause time in nanoseconds. Here we depend on the
    51  	// fact that time.Duration's native unit is nanoseconds, so the
    52  	// pauses and the total pause time do not need any conversion.
    53  	readGCStats(&stats.Pause)
    54  	n := len(stats.Pause) - 3
    55  	stats.LastGC = time.Unix(0, int64(stats.Pause[n]))
    56  	stats.NumGC = int64(stats.Pause[n+1])
    57  	stats.PauseTotal = stats.Pause[n+2]
    58  	stats.Pause = stats.Pause[:n]
    59  
    60  	if len(stats.PauseQuantiles) > 0 {
    61  		if n == 0 {
    62  			for i := range stats.PauseQuantiles {
    63  				stats.PauseQuantiles[i] = 0
    64  			}
    65  		} else {
    66  			// There's room for a second copy of the data in stats.Pause.
    67  			// See the allocation at the top of the function.
    68  			sorted := stats.Pause[n : n+n]
    69  			copy(sorted, stats.Pause)
    70  			sort.Sort(byDuration(sorted))
    71  			nq := len(stats.PauseQuantiles) - 1
    72  			for i := 0; i < nq; i++ {
    73  				stats.PauseQuantiles[i] = sorted[len(sorted)*i/nq]
    74  			}
    75  			stats.PauseQuantiles[nq] = sorted[len(sorted)-1]
    76  		}
    77  	}
    78  }
    79  
    80  type byDuration []time.Duration
    81  
    82  func (x byDuration) Len() int           { return len(x) }
    83  func (x byDuration) Swap(i, j int)      { x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i] }
    84  func (x byDuration) Less(i, j int) bool { return x[i] < x[j] }
    85  
    86  // SetGCPercent sets the garbage collection target percentage:
    87  // a collection is triggered when the ratio of freshly allocated data
    88  // to live data remaining after the previous collection reaches this percentage.
    89  // SetGCPercent returns the previous setting.
    90  // The initial setting is the value of the GOGC environment variable
    91  // at startup, or 100 if the variable is not set.
    92  // A negative percentage disables garbage collection.
    93  func SetGCPercent(percent int) int {
    94  	return setGCPercent(percent)
    95  }
    96  
    97  // FreeOSMemory forces a garbage collection followed by an
    98  // attempt to return as much memory to the operating system
    99  // as possible. (Even if this is not called, the runtime gradually
   100  // returns memory to the operating system in a background task.)
   101  func FreeOSMemory() {
   102  	freeOSMemory()
   103  }
   104  
   105  // SetMaxStack sets the maximum amount of memory that
   106  // can be used by a single goroutine stack.
   107  // If any goroutine exceeds this limit while growing its stack,
   108  // the program crashes.
   109  // SetMaxStack returns the previous setting.
   110  // The initial setting is 1 GB on 64-bit systems, 250 MB on 32-bit systems.
   111  //
   112  // SetMaxStack is useful mainly for limiting the damage done by
   113  // goroutines that enter an infinite recursion. It only limits future
   114  // stack growth.
   115  func SetMaxStack(bytes int) int {
   116  	return setMaxStack(bytes)
   117  }
   118  
   119  // SetMaxThreads sets the maximum number of operating system
   120  // threads that the Go program can use. If it attempts to use more than
   121  // this many, the program crashes.
   122  // SetMaxThreads returns the previous setting.
   123  // The initial setting is 10,000 threads.
   124  //
   125  // The limit controls the number of operating system threads, not the number
   126  // of goroutines. A Go program creates a new thread only when a goroutine
   127  // is ready to run but all the existing threads are blocked in system calls, cgo calls,
   128  // or are locked to other goroutines due to use of runtime.LockOSThread.
   129  //
   130  // SetMaxThreads is useful mainly for limiting the damage done by
   131  // programs that create an unbounded number of threads. The idea is
   132  // to take down the program before it takes down the operating system.
   133  func SetMaxThreads(threads int) int {
   134  	return setMaxThreads(threads)
   135  }