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authorRickard Green <[email protected]>2017-02-06 17:06:00 +0100
committerRickard Green <[email protected]>2017-02-06 17:06:00 +0100
commitc95e126ab3d4fbf38ef6cb9694da079d895ffa68 (patch)
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Merge branch 'rickard/hole-marker' into maint
* rickard/hole-marker: Use a hole-marker that cannot be mistaken for a valid term on the heap
Diffstat (limited to 'erts')
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c5
-rw-r--r--erts/emulator/beam/erl_vm.h17
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
index 070cc3f2d0..f65a06c85f 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ const int etp_big_endian = 1;
const int etp_big_endian = 0;
#endif
const Eterm etp_the_non_value = THE_NON_VALUE;
+#ifdef ERTS_HOLE_MARKER
+const Eterm etp_hole_marker = ERTS_HOLE_MARKER;
+#else
+const Eterm etp_hole_marker = 0;
+#endif
/*
* Note about VxWorks: All variables must be initialized by executable code,
diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_vm.h b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_vm.h
index f97716d030..899e2a275a 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_vm.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_vm.h
@@ -110,8 +110,21 @@
#define HeapWordsLeft(p) (HEAP_LIMIT(p) - HEAP_TOP(p))
#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(CHECK_FOR_HOLES)
-# define ERTS_HOLE_MARKER (((0xdeadbeef << 24) << 8) | 0xdeadbeef)
-#endif /* egil: 32-bit ? */
+
+/*
+ * ERTS_HOLE_MARKER must *not* be mistaken for a valid term
+ * on the heap...
+ */
+# ifdef ARCH_64
+# define ERTS_HOLE_MARKER \
+ make_catch(UWORD_CONSTANT(0xdeadbeaf00000000) >> _TAG_IMMED2_SIZE)
+/* Will (at the time of writing) appear as 0xdeadbeaf0000001b */
+# else
+# define ERTS_HOLE_MARKER \
+ make_catch(UWORD_CONSTANT(0xdead0000) >> _TAG_IMMED2_SIZE)
+/* Will (at the time of writing) appear as 0xdead001b */
+# endif
+#endif
/*
* Allocate heap memory on the ordinary heap, NEVER in a heap