gold/gc.cc

// gc.cc -- garbage collection of unused sections

// Copyright 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
// Written by Sriraman Tallam <tmsriram@google.com>.

// This file is part of gold.

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#include "gold.h"
#include "object.h"
#include "gc.h"
#include "symtab.h"

namespace gold
{

// Garbage collection uses a worklist style algorithm to determine the 
// transitive closure of all referenced sections.
void 
Garbage_collection::do_transitive_closure()
{
  while (!this->worklist().empty())
    {
      // Add elements from the work list to the referenced list
      // one by one.
      Section_id entry = this->worklist().front();
      this->worklist().pop();
      if (this->referenced_list().find(entry)
          == this->referenced_list().end()) 
        {
          this->referenced_list().insert(entry);
        }
      else
        {
          continue;
        }
      Garbage_collection::Section_ref::iterator find_it = 
                this->section_reloc_map().find(entry);
      if (find_it == this->section_reloc_map().end()) 
          continue;
      Garbage_collection::Sections_reachable v = find_it->second;
      // Scan the vector of references for each work_list entry. 
      for (Garbage_collection::Sections_reachable::iterator it_v = v.begin();
           it_v != v.end();
           ++it_v)
        {
          // Do not add already processed sections to the work_list. 
          if (this->referenced_list().find(*it_v)
              == this->referenced_list().end())
            {
              this->worklist().push(*it_v);   
            }
        }
    }
  this->worklist_ready();
}

} // End namespace gold.