1 chapter 7: runtime environments. int * larger (int a, int b) { if (a > b) return &a;...
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int * larger (int a, int b){ if (a > b) return &a; //wrong else return &b; //wrong}
int * larger (int *a, int *b){ if (*a > *b) return a; //OK else return b; //OK}
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General Organization of Runtime Storage
code area
stack
SP
global/static data area
free space
heap
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Code Area
code for procedure1
code for procedure2
code for procedure3
.
. code for procedureN
SP
entrypointentrypoint
entrypoint
entrypoint
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Fully Static Runtime Environments
code for main procedure
code for procedure 1
……….
code for procedure N
global data area
activation record for main
procedure
activation record for proc 1
SP
Code Area
Data Area
…………….activation record for proc N
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Activation Record
- a contiguous block of storage recording the state of an activation of a function, not all the compilers set the same fields.
Each execution of a procedure is referred to as an activation of the procedure. If the procedure is recursive, several of its activation may be alive at the same time.
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What is the contents of the activation record?
temporary values local data saved machine status optional access link to refer to non-local data
held in other activation records optional control link to refer to the activation actual parameters returned value
General Organization of a Activation Record
Local & temp. data
Old SP
Return value
Return address
Argument count
Parameter tn
.................
Parameter t2
Parameter t1
0
2n-1
..
..
..
SP
Directionof Growthcaller’s
responsibility
callee’s duty
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So, local data are accessed by negative offsets from SP
(stack pointer, a register holding a particular position of
currently activated procedure). A local name X can be
referenced by X[SP] ([SP] means the address of SP), where
X is the (negative) offset for the name from the location
pointed to by SP. Parameter can be referred to by an
positive offset from SP. That is, the ith parameter can be
referenced by (4+n-i)[SP] (assume each entry takes one
unit of space)
Suppose the Memory structure for C program is organized as below, where function P calls Q and Q calls R
0 .. Static area for programs and global (static) data
..2n-1
Top
Extra storage for R
Activation record for R
Direction
Extra storage for Q
Activation record for Q
SP
of growthExtra storage for P
Activation record for P
(fp)
(sp)
TOP is a register holding the top address of the stack. SP is also a permanently allocated register (stack pointer) holding a specific address in the activation record of the currently active procedure. We use SP to indirectly refer to the local variables, parameters, etc.
Extra storage is used for storing pointers on the display, variable-length data such as dynamically allocated arrays, etc.
At run-timee.g. p (T1, T2, ..., Tn) ==> param T1 => push (T1) param T2 => push (T2) ... .. ... .. param Tn => push (Tn) call p, n => push (n)
=> push (l1)
=> push () => push (SP)
=> goto l2
l1 denotes the return address; l2 denotes the address of the
first statement of the called procedure.
At run-time
* Assume TOP points to the lowest-numbered used location on the stack and the memory locations are counted by words.
'param T' is translated into 'push(T)' which stands for TOP = TOP - 1; /* now TOP points to an available entry */ *TOP = T; /* save T into the memory 'call p, n' is translated into the following instructions: push (n) /*store the argument count */
push (l1) /* l1 is the return address */push () /* leave one space for the return value */push (SP) /* store the old stack pointer */
goto l2 /* l2 is the first statement of the called procedure p */
General Organization of a Activation Record
Local & temp. data
Old SP
Return value
Return address
Argument count
Parameter tn
.................
Parameter t2
Parameter t1
0
2n-1
..
..
..
TOP
Directionof Growthcaller’s
responsibility
SP
The first statement of the called procedure must be a special three-address code 'procbegin', which (1) sets the stack pointer to the place holding the old SP and (2) sets TOP to the top of the activation record (or the stack), so 'procbegin' stands for:
SP = TOP; // now SP points to old SP value TOP = SP + size_of_p; /* size_of_p is the size of p, i.e., the number of words taken by the local data for p */
The first statement of the called procedure
General Organization of a Activation Record
Local & temp. data
Old SP
Return value
Return address
Argument count
Parameter tn
.................
Parameter t2
Parameter t1
0
2n-1
..
..
..
SP
Directionof Growthcaller’s
responsibility
callee’s duty
TOP
The ‘return’ statement The return statement in c can have the form 'return (expression);' This statement can be implemented by three-address code to evaluate the expression into a temporary T followed by: 1[SP] = T /* 1 is the offset for the location of the return value */ TOP = SP + 2 /* TOP now point to the return address */ SP = *SP /* restore SP, SP now points to old location */ L = *TOP /* the value of L is now the return address */ TOP = TOP + 1 /* TOP points to the argument count */ TOP = TOP + 1 + *TOP /* *TOP is the number of parameter of P. We restore TOP to the top of extra storage for the activation record below */ go to *L
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Do not expect a procedure to do anything that requires it to know the size of the activation record of another procedure.
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Control Link & Access Link
Control (Dynamic) Link
- link the caller’s activation record and thus allows us to restore the state (activation record) of the caller upon procedure exit.
Access (Static) Link
- a link used to access non-local variables
B
P
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P
Q
B
P
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P
P
Q
Control Links Access and Control Links
growthdirection
P
Two procedures P and Q are defined in procedure B; P callsitself recursively several times before it calls Q.
Procedure B procedure P { P….. Q….. } procedure Q {…… …… }…P….
AccessLinks
Control Link
Nested Block Structures in Ce.g. Int test( )
{ int x,y,m;
…..
{ int m=1, n=2;
x = m + n;
….
}
…..
{ int w=2, k =4;
m = w * k;
…
}
…..
}
Access variables for activation record with access links For local variables e.g., fetch (-1)[SP] // assume (-1) is the offset of a local variable. For non-local variables with static distance 1 e.g., EP = (1)[SP] //EP is a register; assume access link is stored in (1)[SP]. EP = (-1)[EP] // EP now points to what the SP should point to. fetch (-3)[EP] // (-3) is the offset of the non-local variable. For non-local variables with static distance 2 e.g., EP = (1)[SP] EP = *EP // the content of EP is saved in EP EP = (-1)[EP] // EP now points to what the SP should point to. fetch (-5)[EP] // assume (-5) is the offset of the non-local
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Steps to access a non-local variable at run-time
1. Skip down the access links given by the static distance to get the activation record in which the variable resides. The static distance between the use and the declaration of the variable is a constant computed by the compiler at compile-time.
2. The address of the variable is obtained by adding the fixed offset of the variable to the address obtained in step 1. The offset is also a constant computed by the compiler at compile-time.
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Variable-Length Data
A common strategy for handling variable-length data is shown below, where procedure p has three local arrays. The storage for these arrays is not part of the activation record for p; only a pointer to the beginning of each array appears in the activation record. The relative addresses of these pointers are known at compile-time, so the target code can access array elements through pointers.
control linkPointer to APointer to B
array A
array B
activation record for P
arraysof P
control link
TOP
Activation recordof Q called by P
array of q
SP
Access to dynamically allocated arrays
int x[10];
int A[w];Int B[m];……
read w;m= w * 10;
w*2
Program HP
proc p (func h)
h
proc q
func f
p(g)
p(f)
func g
q
HP
q
p
f
Stack configurationafter the call to p(f)and (dashed) afterthe call to h.
call to h
After the callto p(f)
access links
Program HP
proc p (func h)
h
proc q
func f
p(g)
p(f)
func g
q
HP
q
p
f
Stack configurationafter the call to p(g)and (dashed) afterthe call to h.
call to h
p
g
after callto p(g)
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Display
An array data structure (array of pointers to entries of activation record, e.g., d[ ]) used to store the specific location of (1) currently activated function’s activation record and (2) the activation records of each level of declared nested functions. Therefore, storage for a non-local variable a at nesting depth i is in the activation record pointed to by display element d[i].
e.g. program s (input, output); var a: array[0..10] of integer; x: integer; procedure r; var i: integer; begin ... a ... end; /* r */ procedure e (i,j: integer); begin x := a[i]; a[i] = a[j]; a[j] := x end; /* e */ procedure q (m,n: integer); var k,v: integer; function p (y,z: integer):integer; var i,j: integer; begin ... a ... ... v ... e (i,j); end; /* p */ begin ...... end; /* q */ begin ... end. /* s */
d [1]
d [2]q (1,9)
saved d [2]
S
q (1,9)
saved d [2]
S
d [1]d [2]
q(1,3)
saved d [2]
growthdirection
(a)
(b)
q (1,9)
saved d [2]
S
d [1]d [2]
q(1,3)
saved d [3]
growthdirection
d [3]
p(1,3)
saved d [2]
( d )
e(1,3)
saved d[2]