annotate src/ralloc.c @ 9596:134f7085c56b

(heap_base): Move static var to top level. (struct heap): New slot `free'. (obtain): Set `free' for new heap. (get_bloc): Update `free'. (find_heap): New function. (update_heap_free_pointers): New function. (resize_bloc, r_alloc_sbrk): Call update_heap_free_pointers.

/* Block-relocating memory allocator. 
   Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Emacs.

GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */

/* NOTES:

   Only relocate the blocs necessary for SIZE in r_alloc_sbrk,
   rather than all of them.  This means allowing for a possible
   hole between the first bloc and the end of malloc storage.  */

#ifdef emacs

#include <config.h>
#include "lisp.h"		/* Needed for VALBITS.  */

#undef NULL

/* The important properties of this type are that 1) it's a pointer, and
   2) arithmetic on it should work as if the size of the object pointed
   to has a size of 1.  */
#if 0 /* Arithmetic on void* is a GCC extension.  */
#ifdef __STDC__
typedef void *POINTER;
#else

#ifdef	HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

typedef char *POINTER;

#endif
#endif /* 0 */

/* Unconditionally use char * for this.  */
typedef char *POINTER;

typedef unsigned long SIZE;

/* Declared in dispnew.c, this version doesn't screw up if regions
   overlap.  */
extern void safe_bcopy ();

#include "getpagesize.h"

#else	/* Not emacs.  */

#include <stddef.h>

typedef size_t SIZE;
typedef void *POINTER;

#include <unistd.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <string.h>

#define safe_bcopy(x, y, z) memmove (y, x, z)

#endif	/* emacs.  */

#define NIL ((POINTER) 0)

/* A flag to indicate whether we have initialized ralloc yet.  For
   Emacs's sake, please do not make this local to malloc_init; on some
   machines, the dumping procedure makes all static variables
   read-only.  On these machines, the word static is #defined to be
   the empty string, meaning that r_alloc_initialized becomes an
   automatic variable, and loses its value each time Emacs is started up.  */
static int r_alloc_initialized = 0;

static void r_alloc_init ();

/* Declarations for working with the malloc, ralloc, and system breaks.  */

/* Function to set the real break value.  */
static POINTER (*real_morecore) ();

/* The break value, as seen by malloc.  */
static POINTER virtual_break_value;

/* The address of the end of the last data in use by ralloc,
   including relocatable blocs as well as malloc data.  */
static POINTER break_value;

/* This is the size of a page.  We round memory requests to this boundary.  */
static int page_size;

/* Whenever we get memory from the system, get this many extra bytes.  This 
   must be a multiple of page_size.  */
static int extra_bytes;

/* Macros for rounding.  Note that rounding to any value is possible
   by changing the definition of PAGE.  */
#define PAGE (getpagesize ())
#define ALIGNED(addr) (((unsigned long int) (addr) & (page_size - 1)) == 0)
#define ROUNDUP(size) (((unsigned long int) (size) + page_size - 1) \
		       & ~(page_size - 1))
#define ROUND_TO_PAGE(addr) (addr & (~(page_size - 1)))

#define MEM_ALIGN sizeof(double)
#define MEM_ROUNDUP(addr) (((unsigned long int)(addr) + MEM_ALIGN - 1) \
				   & ~(MEM_ALIGN - 1))

/* Data structures of heaps and blocs.  */

/* The relocatable objects, or blocs, and the malloc data
   both reside within one or more heaps.
   Each heap contains malloc data, running from `start' to `bloc_start',
   and relocatable objects, running from `bloc_start' to `free'.

   Relocatable objects may relocate within the same heap
   or may move into another heap; the heaps themselves may grow
   but they never move.

   We try to make just one heap and make it larger as necessary.
   But sometimes we can't do that, because we can't get continguous
   space to add onto the heap.  When that happens, we start a new heap.  */
   
typedef struct heap
{
  struct heap *next;
  struct heap *prev;
  /* Start of memory range of this heap.  */
  POINTER start;
  /* End of memory range of this heap.  */
  POINTER end;
  /* Start of relocatable data in this heap.  */
  POINTER bloc_start;
  /* Start of unused space in this heap.  */
  POINTER free;
} *heap_ptr;

#define NIL_HEAP ((heap_ptr) 0)
#define HEAP_PTR_SIZE (sizeof (struct heap))

/* This is the first heap object.
   If we need additional heap objects, each one resides at the beginning of
   the space it covers.   */
static struct heap heap_base;

/* Head and tail of the list of heaps.  */
static heap_ptr first_heap, last_heap;

/* These structures are allocated in the malloc arena.
   The linked list is kept in order of increasing '.data' members.
   The data blocks abut each other; if b->next is non-nil, then
   b->data + b->size == b->next->data.  */
typedef struct bp
{
  struct bp *next;
  struct bp *prev;
  POINTER *variable;
  POINTER data;
  SIZE size;
  POINTER new_data;		/* tmporarily used for relocation */
} *bloc_ptr;

#define NIL_BLOC ((bloc_ptr) 0)
#define BLOC_PTR_SIZE (sizeof (struct bp))

/* Head and tail of the list of relocatable blocs.  */
static bloc_ptr first_bloc, last_bloc;


/* Functions to get and return memory from the system.  */

/* Find the heap that ADDRESS falls within.  */

static heap_ptr
find_heap (address)
    POINTER address;
{
  heap_ptr heap;

  for (heap = last_heap; heap; heap = heap->prev)
    {
      if (heap->start <= address && address <= heap->end)
	return heap;
    }

  return NIL_HEAP;
}

/* Find SIZE bytes of space in a heap.
   Try to get them at ADDRESS (which must fall within some heap's range)
   if we can get that many within one heap.

   If enough space is not presently available in our reserve, this means
   getting more page-aligned space from the system. If the retuned space
   is not contiguos to the last heap, allocate a new heap, and append it

   obtain does not try to keep track of whether space is in use
   or not in use.  It just returns the address of SIZE bytes that
   fall within a single heap.  If you call obtain twice in a row
   with the same arguments, you typically get the same value.
   to the heap list.  It's the caller's responsibility to keep
   track of what space is in use.

   Return the address of the space if all went well, or zero if we couldn't
   allocate the memory.  */

static POINTER
obtain (address, size)
    POINTER address;
    SIZE size;
{
  heap_ptr heap;
  SIZE already_available;

  /* Find the heap that ADDRESS falls within.  */
  for (heap = last_heap; heap; heap = heap->prev)
    {
      if (heap->start <= address && address <= heap->end)
	break;
    }

  if (! heap)
    abort ();

  /* If we can't fit SIZE bytes in that heap,
     try successive later heaps.  */
  while (heap && address + size > heap->end)
    {
      heap = heap->next;
      if (heap == NIL_HEAP)
	break;
      address = heap->bloc_start;
    }

  /* If we can't fit them within any existing heap,
     get more space.  */
  if (heap == NIL_HEAP)
    {
      POINTER new = (*real_morecore)(0);
      SIZE get;

      already_available = (char *)last_heap->end - (char *)address;

      if (new != last_heap->end)
	{
	  /* Someone else called sbrk.  Make a new heap.  */

	  heap_ptr new_heap = (heap_ptr) MEM_ROUNDUP (new);
	  POINTER bloc_start = (POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP ((POINTER)(new_heap + 1));

	  if ((*real_morecore) (bloc_start - new) != new)
	    return 0;

	  new_heap->start = new;
	  new_heap->end = bloc_start;
	  new_heap->bloc_start = bloc_start;
	  new_heap->free = bloc_start;
	  new_heap->next = NIL_HEAP;
	  new_heap->prev = last_heap;
	  last_heap->next = new_heap;
	  last_heap = new_heap;

	  address = bloc_start;
	  already_available = 0;
	}

      /* Add space to the last heap (which we may have just created).
	 Get some extra, so we can come here less often.  */

      get = size + extra_bytes - already_available;
      get = (char *) ROUNDUP ((char *)last_heap->end + get)
	- (char *) last_heap->end;

      if ((*real_morecore) (get) != last_heap->end)
	return 0;

      last_heap->end += get;
    }

  return address;
}

/* Return unused heap space to the system
   if there is a lot of unused space now.
   This can make the last heap smaller;
   it can also eliminate the last heap entirely.  */

static void
relinquish ()
{
  register heap_ptr h;
  int excess = 0;

  /* Add the amount of space beyond break_value
     in all heaps which have extend beyond break_value at all.  */

  for (h = last_heap; h && break_value < h->end; h = h->prev)
    {
      excess += (char *) h->end - (char *) ((break_value < h->bloc_start)
					    ? h->bloc_start : break_value);
    }

  if (excess > extra_bytes * 2 && (*real_morecore) (0) == last_heap->end)
    {
      /* Keep extra_bytes worth of empty space.
	 And don't free anything unless we can free at least extra_bytes.  */
      excess -= extra_bytes;

      if ((char *)last_heap->end - (char *)last_heap->bloc_start <= excess)
	{
	  /* Return the last heap, with its header, to the system.  */
	  excess = (char *)last_heap->end - (char *)last_heap->start;
	  last_heap = last_heap->prev;
	  last_heap->next = NIL_HEAP;
	}
      else
	{
	  excess = (char *) last_heap->end
			- (char *) ROUNDUP ((char *)last_heap->end - excess);
	  last_heap->end -= excess;
	}

      if ((*real_morecore) (- excess) == 0)
	abort ();
    }
}

/* The meat - allocating, freeing, and relocating blocs.  */

/* Find the bloc referenced by the address in PTR.  Returns a pointer
   to that block.  */

static bloc_ptr
find_bloc (ptr)
     POINTER *ptr;
{
  register bloc_ptr p = first_bloc;

  while (p != NIL_BLOC)
    {
      if (p->variable == ptr && p->data == *ptr)
	return p;

      p = p->next;
    }

  return p;
}

/* Allocate a bloc of SIZE bytes and append it to the chain of blocs.
   Returns a pointer to the new bloc, or zero if we couldn't allocate
   memory for the new block.  */

static bloc_ptr
get_bloc (size)
     SIZE size;
{
  register bloc_ptr new_bloc;
  register heap_ptr heap;

  if (! (new_bloc = (bloc_ptr) malloc (BLOC_PTR_SIZE))
      || ! (new_bloc->data = obtain (break_value, size)))
    {
      if (new_bloc)
	free (new_bloc);

      return 0;
    }

  break_value = new_bloc->data + size;

  new_bloc->size = size;
  new_bloc->next = NIL_BLOC;
  new_bloc->variable = (POINTER *) NIL;
  new_bloc->new_data = 0;

  /* Record in the heap that this space is in use.  */
  heap = find_heap (new_bloc->data);
  heap->free = break_value;

  /* Put this bloc on the doubly-linked list of blocs.  */
  if (first_bloc)
    {
      new_bloc->prev = last_bloc;
      last_bloc->next = new_bloc;
      last_bloc = new_bloc;
    }
  else
    {
      first_bloc = last_bloc = new_bloc;
      new_bloc->prev = NIL_BLOC;
    }

  return new_bloc;
}

/* Calculate new locations of blocs in the list beginning with BLOC,
   relocating it to start at ADDRESS, in heap HEAP.  If enough space is
   not presently available in our reserve, call obtain for
   more space. 
   
   Store the new location of each bloc in its new_data field.
   Do not touch the contents of blocs or break_value.  */

static int
relocate_blocs (bloc, heap, address)
    bloc_ptr bloc;
    heap_ptr heap;
    POINTER address;
{
  register bloc_ptr b = bloc;

  while (b)
    {
      /* If bloc B won't fit within HEAP,
	 move to the next heap and try again.  */
      while (heap && address + b->size > heap->end)
	{
	  heap = heap->next;
	  if (heap == NIL_HEAP)
	    break;
	  address = heap->bloc_start;
	}

      /* If BLOC won't fit in any heap,
	 get enough new space to hold BLOC and all following blocs.  */
      if (heap == NIL_HEAP)
	{
	  register bloc_ptr tb = b;
	  register SIZE s = 0;

	  /* Add up the size of all the following blocs.  */
	  while (tb != NIL_BLOC)
	    {
	      s += tb->size;
	      tb = tb->next;
	    }

	  /* Get that space.  */
	  address = obtain (address, s);
	  if (address == 0)
	    return 0;

	  heap = last_heap;
	}

      /* Record the new address of this bloc
	 and update where the next bloc can start.  */
      b->new_data = address;
      address += b->size;
      b = b->next;
    }

  return 1;
}

/* Update the free pointers of all heaps starting with HEAP
   based on the blocs starting with BLOC.  BLOC should be in
   heap HEAP.  */

static
update_heap_free_pointers (bloc, heap)
     bloc_ptr bloc;
     heap_ptr heap;
{
  register bloc_ptr b;

  /* Advance through blocs one by one.  */
  for (b = bloc; b != NIL_BLOC; b = b->next)
    {
      /* Advance through heaps in sync with the blocs that are in them.  */
      while (heap)
	{
	  if (heap->bloc_start <= b->data && b->data <= heap->end)
	    break;
	  heap = heap->next;
	  heap->free = heap->bloc_start;
	}
      /* In each heap, record the end of the last bloc in it.  */
      heap->free = b->data + b->size;
    }

  /* If there are any remaining heaps and no blocs left,
     update the `free' slot assuming they contain no blocs.  */
  heap = heap->next;
  while (heap)
    {
      heap->free = heap->bloc_start;
      heap = heap->next;
    }
}

/* Resize BLOC to SIZE bytes.  This relocates the blocs
   that come after BLOC in memory.  */

static int
resize_bloc (bloc, size)
    bloc_ptr bloc;
    SIZE size;
{
  register bloc_ptr b;
  heap_ptr heap;
  POINTER address;
  SIZE old_size;

  if (bloc == NIL_BLOC || size == bloc->size)
    return 1;

  for (heap = first_heap; heap != NIL_HEAP; heap = heap->next)
    {
      if (heap->bloc_start <= bloc->data && bloc->data <= heap->end)
	break;
    }

  if (heap == NIL_HEAP)
    abort ();

  old_size = bloc->size;
  bloc->size = size;

  /* Note that bloc could be moved into the previous heap.  */
  address = (bloc->prev ? bloc->prev->data + bloc->prev->size
	     : first_heap->bloc_start);
  while (heap)
    {
      if (heap->bloc_start <= address && address <= heap->end)
	break;
      heap = heap->prev;
    }

  if (! relocate_blocs (bloc, heap, address))
    {
      bloc->size = old_size;
      return 0;
    }

  if (size > old_size)
    {
      for (b = last_bloc; b != bloc; b = b->prev)
	{
	  safe_bcopy (b->data, b->new_data, b->size);
	  *b->variable = b->data = b->new_data;
	}
      safe_bcopy (bloc->data, bloc->new_data, old_size);
      bzero (bloc->new_data + old_size, size - old_size);
      *bloc->variable = bloc->data = bloc->new_data;
    }
  else
    {
      for (b = bloc; b != NIL_BLOC; b = b->next)
	{
	  safe_bcopy (b->data, b->new_data, b->size);
	  *b->variable = b->data = b->new_data;
	}
    }

  update_heap_free_pointers (bloc, heap);

  break_value = (last_bloc ? last_bloc->data + last_bloc->size
		 : first_heap->bloc_start);
  return 1;
}

/* Free BLOC from the chain of blocs, relocating any blocs above it.
   This may return space to the system.  */

static void
free_bloc (bloc)
     bloc_ptr bloc;
{
  resize_bloc (bloc, 0);

  if (bloc == first_bloc && bloc == last_bloc)
    {
      first_bloc = last_bloc = NIL_BLOC;
    }
  else if (bloc == last_bloc)
    {
      last_bloc = bloc->prev;
      last_bloc->next = NIL_BLOC;
    }
  else if (bloc == first_bloc)
    {
      first_bloc = bloc->next;
      first_bloc->prev = NIL_BLOC;
    }
  else
    {
      bloc->next->prev = bloc->prev;
      bloc->prev->next = bloc->next;
    }

  relinquish ();
  free (bloc);
}

/* Interface routines.  */

static int use_relocatable_buffers;
static int r_alloc_freeze_level;

/* Obtain SIZE bytes of storage from the free pool, or the system, as
   necessary.  If relocatable blocs are in use, this means relocating
   them.  This function gets plugged into the GNU malloc's __morecore
   hook.

   We provide hysteresis, never relocating by less than extra_bytes.

   If we're out of memory, we should return zero, to imitate the other
   __morecore hook values - in particular, __default_morecore in the
   GNU malloc package.  */

POINTER 
r_alloc_sbrk (size)
     long size;
{
  register bloc_ptr b;
  POINTER address;

  if (! use_relocatable_buffers)
    return (*real_morecore) (size);

  if (size == 0)
    return virtual_break_value;

  if (size > 0)
    {
      /* Allocate a page-aligned space.  GNU malloc would reclaim an
	 extra space if we passed an unaligned one.  But we could
	 not always find a space which is contiguos to the previous.  */
      POINTER new_bloc_start;
      heap_ptr h = first_heap;
      SIZE get = ROUNDUP (size);

      address = (POINTER) ROUNDUP (virtual_break_value);

      /* Search the list upward for a heap which is large enough.  */
      while ((char *) h->end < (char *) MEM_ROUNDUP ((char *)address + get))
	{
	  h = h->next;
	  if (h == NIL_HEAP)
	    break;
	  address = (POINTER) ROUNDUP (h->start);
	}

      /* If not found, obtain more space.  */
      if (h == NIL_HEAP)
	{
	  get += extra_bytes + page_size;

	  if (r_alloc_freeze_level > 0 || ! obtain (address, get))
	    return 0;

	  if (first_heap == last_heap)
	    address = (POINTER) ROUNDUP (virtual_break_value);
	  else
	    address = (POINTER) ROUNDUP (last_heap->start);
	  h = last_heap;
	}

      new_bloc_start = (POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP ((char *)address + get);

      if (first_heap->bloc_start < new_bloc_start)
	{
	  /* Move all blocs upward.  */
	  if (r_alloc_freeze_level > 0
	      || ! relocate_blocs (first_bloc, h, new_bloc_start))
	    return 0;

	  /* Note that (POINTER)(h+1) <= new_bloc_start since
	     get >= page_size, so the following does not destroy the heap
	     header.  */
	  for (b = last_bloc; b != NIL_BLOC; b = b->prev)
	    {
	      safe_bcopy (b->data, b->new_data, b->size);
	      *b->variable = b->data = b->new_data;
	    }

	  h->bloc_start = new_bloc_start;

	  update_heap_free_pointers (first_bloc, h);
	}

      if (h != first_heap)
	{
	  /* Give up managing heaps below the one the new
	     virtual_break_value points to.  */
	  first_heap->prev = NIL_HEAP;
	  first_heap->next = h->next;
	  first_heap->start = h->start;
	  first_heap->end = h->end;
	  first_heap->free = h->free;
	  first_heap->bloc_start = h->bloc_start;

	  if (first_heap->next)
	    first_heap->next->prev = first_heap;
	  else
	    last_heap = first_heap;
	}

      bzero (address, size);
    }
  else /* size < 0 */
    {
      SIZE excess = (char *)first_heap->bloc_start
		      - ((char *)virtual_break_value + size);

      address = virtual_break_value;

      if (r_alloc_freeze_level == 0 && excess > 2 * extra_bytes)
	{
	  excess -= extra_bytes;
	  first_heap->bloc_start
	      = (POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP ((char *)first_heap->bloc_start - excess);

	  relocate_blocs (first_bloc, first_heap, first_heap->bloc_start);

	  for (b = first_bloc; b != NIL_BLOC; b = b->next)
	    {
	      safe_bcopy (b->data, b->new_data, b->size);
	      *b->variable = b->data = b->new_data;
	    }
	}

      if ((char *)virtual_break_value + size < (char *)first_heap->start)
	{
	  /* We found an additional space below the first heap */
	  first_heap->start = (POINTER) ((char *)virtual_break_value + size);
	}
    }

  virtual_break_value = (POINTER) ((char *)address + size);
  break_value = last_bloc ? last_bloc->data + last_bloc->size
		    : first_heap->bloc_start;
  if (size < 0)
    relinquish ();

  return address;
}

/* Allocate a relocatable bloc of storage of size SIZE.  A pointer to
   the data is returned in *PTR.  PTR is thus the address of some variable
   which will use the data area.

   If we can't allocate the necessary memory, set *PTR to zero, and
   return zero.  */

POINTER
r_alloc (ptr, size)
     POINTER *ptr;
     SIZE size;
{
  register bloc_ptr new_bloc;

  if (! r_alloc_initialized)
    r_alloc_init ();

  new_bloc = get_bloc (MEM_ROUNDUP (size));
  if (new_bloc)
    {
      new_bloc->variable = ptr;
      *ptr = new_bloc->data;
    }
  else
    *ptr = 0;

  return *ptr;
}

/* Free a bloc of relocatable storage whose data is pointed to by PTR.
   Store 0 in *PTR to show there's no block allocated.  */

void
r_alloc_free (ptr)
     register POINTER *ptr;
{
  register bloc_ptr dead_bloc;

  dead_bloc = find_bloc (ptr);
  if (dead_bloc == NIL_BLOC)
    abort ();

  free_bloc (dead_bloc);
  *ptr = 0;
}

/* Given a pointer at address PTR to relocatable data, resize it to SIZE.
   Do this by shifting all blocks above this one up in memory, unless
   SIZE is less than or equal to the current bloc size, in which case
   do nothing.

   Change *PTR to reflect the new bloc, and return this value.

   If more memory cannot be allocated, then leave *PTR unchanged, and
   return zero.  */

POINTER
r_re_alloc (ptr, size)
     POINTER *ptr;
     SIZE size;
{
  register bloc_ptr bloc;

  bloc = find_bloc (ptr);
  if (bloc == NIL_BLOC)
    abort ();

  if (size <= bloc->size)
    /* Wouldn't it be useful to actually resize the bloc here?  */
    return *ptr;

  if (! resize_bloc (bloc, MEM_ROUNDUP (size)))
    return 0;

  return *ptr;
}

/* Disable relocations, after making room for at least SIZE bytes
   of non-relocatable heap if possible.  The relocatable blocs are
   guaranteed to hold still until thawed, even if this means that
   malloc must return a null pointer.  */

void
r_alloc_freeze (size)
     long size;
{
  /* If already frozen, we can't make any more room, so don't try.  */
  if (r_alloc_freeze_level > 0)
    size = 0;
  /* If we can't get the amount requested, half is better than nothing.  */
  while (size > 0 && r_alloc_sbrk (size) == 0)
    size /= 2;
  ++r_alloc_freeze_level;
  if (size > 0)
    r_alloc_sbrk (-size);
}

void
r_alloc_thaw ()
{
  if (--r_alloc_freeze_level < 0)
    abort ();
}

/* The hook `malloc' uses for the function which gets more space
   from the system.  */
extern POINTER (*__morecore) ();

/* Initialize various things for memory allocation.  */

static void
r_alloc_init ()
{
  POINTER end;

  if (r_alloc_initialized)
    return;

  r_alloc_initialized = 1;
  real_morecore = __morecore;
  __morecore = r_alloc_sbrk;

  first_heap = last_heap = &heap_base;
  first_heap->next = first_heap->prev = NIL_HEAP;
  first_heap->start = first_heap->bloc_start
    = virtual_break_value = break_value = (*real_morecore) (0);
  if (break_value == NIL)
    abort ();

  page_size = PAGE;
  extra_bytes = ROUNDUP (50000);

  first_heap->end = (POINTER) ROUNDUP (first_heap->start);

  /* The extra call to real_morecore guarantees that the end of the
     address space is a multiple of page_size, even if page_size is
     not really the page size of the system running the binary in
     which page_size is stored.  This allows a binary to be built on a
     system with one page size and run on a system with a smaller page
     size.  */
  (*real_morecore) (first_heap->end - first_heap->start);

  /* Clear the rest of the last page; this memory is in our address space
     even though it is after the sbrk value.  */
  /* Doubly true, with the additional call that explicitly adds the
     rest of that page to the address space.  */
  bzero (first_heap->start, first_heap->end - first_heap->start);
  virtual_break_value = break_value = first_heap->bloc_start = first_heap->end;
  use_relocatable_buffers = 1;
}
#ifdef DEBUG
#include <assert.h>

int
r_alloc_check ()
{
    int found = 0;
    heap_ptr h, ph = 0;
    bloc_ptr b, pb = 0;

    if (!r_alloc_initialized)
      return;

    assert (first_heap);
    assert (last_heap->end <= (POINTER) sbrk (0));
    assert ((POINTER) first_heap < first_heap->start);
    assert (first_heap->start <= virtual_break_value);
    assert (virtual_break_value <= first_heap->end);

    for (h = first_heap; h; h = h->next)
      {
	assert (h->prev == ph);
	assert ((POINTER) ROUNDUP (h->end) == h->end);
	assert ((POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP (h->start) == h->start);
	assert ((POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP (h->bloc_start) == h->bloc_start);
	assert (h->start <= h->bloc_start && h->bloc_start <= h->end);

	if (ph)
	  {
	    assert (ph->end < h->start);
	    assert (h->start <= (POINTER)h && (POINTER)(h+1) <= h->bloc_start);
	  }

	if (h->bloc_start <= break_value && break_value <= h->end)
	    found = 1;

	ph = h;
      }

    assert (found);
    assert (last_heap == ph);

    for (b = first_bloc; b; b = b->next)
      {
	assert (b->prev == pb);
	assert ((POINTER) MEM_ROUNDUP (b->data) == b->data);
	assert ((SIZE) MEM_ROUNDUP (b->size) == b->size);

	ph = 0;
	for (h = first_heap; h; h = h->next)
	  {
	    if (h->bloc_start <= b->data && b->data + b->size <= h->end)
		break;
	    ph = h;
	  }

	assert (h);

	if (pb && pb->data + pb->size != b->data)
	  {
	    assert (ph && b->data == h->bloc_start);
	    while (ph)
	      {
		if (ph->bloc_start <= pb->data
		    && pb->data + pb->size <= ph->end)
		  {
		    assert (pb->data + pb->size + b->size > ph->end);
		    break;
		  }
		else
		  {
		    assert (ph->bloc_start + b->size > ph->end);
		  }
		ph = ph->prev;
	      }
	  }
	pb = b;
      }

    assert (last_bloc == pb);

    if (last_bloc)
	assert (last_bloc->data + last_bloc->size == break_value);
    else
	assert (first_heap->bloc_start == break_value);
}
#endif /* DEBUG */