gccollect.c

/*
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 * Copyright (c) 2014 Damien P. George
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#include <stdio.h>

#include "py/gc.h"
#include "gccollect.h"

// As we do not have control over the application entry point, there is no way
// to figure out the real stack base on runtime, so it needs to be hardcoded
#define STACK_END   0x40000000

mp_uint_t gc_helper_get_regs_and_sp(mp_uint_t *regs);

void gc_collect(void) {
    // start the GC
    gc_collect_start();

    // get the registers and the sp
    mp_uint_t regs[8];
    mp_uint_t sp = gc_helper_get_regs_and_sp(regs);

    // trace the stack, including the registers (since they live on the stack in this function)
    gc_collect_root((void**)sp, (STACK_END - sp) / sizeof(uint32_t));

    // end the GC
    gc_collect_end();
}