Fix grammar errors and typos in gc.rb

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Stan Lo 2024-11-15 14:27:48 -06:00 committed by Peter Zhu
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gc.rb
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# for gc.c
# The \GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark and
# sweep garbage collection mechanism.
# The \GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark-and-sweep garbage collection mechanism.
#
# Some of the underlying methods are also available via the ObjectSpace
# module.
# Some of the underlying methods are also available via the ObjectSpace module.
#
# You may obtain information about the operation of the \GC through
# GC::Profiler.
# You may obtain information about the operation of the \GC through GC::Profiler.
module GC
# Initiates garbage collection, even if manually disabled.
#
# The +full_mark+ keyword argument determines whether or not to perform a
# major garbage collection cycle. When set to +true+, a major garbage
# collection cycle is ran, meaning all objects are marked. When set to
# +false+, a minor garbage collection cycle is ran, meaning only young
# collection cycle is run, meaning all objects are marked. When set to
# +false+, a minor garbage collection cycle is run, meaning only young
# objects are marked.
#
# The +immediate_mark+ keyword argument determines whether or not to perform
# incremental marking. When set to +true+, marking is completed during the
# call to this method. When set to +false+, marking is performed in steps
# that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so marking might not
# be completed during this method call. Note that if +full_mark+ is +false+
# that are interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so marking might not
# be completed during this method call. Note that if +full_mark+ is +false+,
# then marking will always be immediate, regardless of the value of
# +immediate_mark+.
#
# The +immediate_sweep+ keyword argument determines whether or not to defer
# sweeping (using lazy sweep). When set to +false+, sweeping is performed in
# steps that is interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so sweeping might
# steps that are interleaved with future Ruby code execution, so sweeping might
# not be completed during this method call. When set to +true+, sweeping is
# completed during the call to this method.
#
# Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version dependent. They
# are not guaranteed to be future-compatible, and may be ignored if the
# Note: These keyword arguments are implementation and version-dependent. They
# are not guaranteed to be future-compatible and may be ignored if the
# underlying implementation does not support them.
def self.start full_mark: true, immediate_mark: true, immediate_sweep: true
Primitive.gc_start_internal full_mark, immediate_mark, immediate_sweep, false
@ -71,9 +68,9 @@ module GC
end
# call-seq:
# GC.stress -> integer, true or false
# GC.stress -> integer, true, or false
#
# Returns current status of \GC stress mode.
# Returns the current status of \GC stress mode.
def self.stress
Primitive.gc_stress_get
end
@ -86,9 +83,9 @@ module GC
# When stress mode is enabled, the \GC is invoked at every \GC opportunity:
# all memory and object allocations.
#
# Enabling stress mode will degrade performance, it is only for debugging.
# Enabling stress mode will degrade performance; it is only for debugging.
#
# flag can be true, false, or an integer bit-ORed following flags.
# The flag can be true, false, or an integer bitwise-ORed with the following flags:
# 0x01:: no major GC
# 0x02:: no immediate sweep
# 0x04:: full mark after malloc/calloc/realloc
@ -99,9 +96,7 @@ module GC
# call-seq:
# GC.count -> Integer
#
# The number of times \GC occurred.
#
# It returns the number of times \GC occurred since the process started.
# Returns the number of times \GC has occurred since the process started.
def self.count
Primitive.gc_count
end
@ -113,13 +108,13 @@ module GC
#
# Returns a Hash containing information about the \GC.
#
# The contents of the hash are implementation specific and may change in
# The contents of the hash are implementation-specific and may change in
# the future without notice.
#
# The hash includes information about internal statistics about \GC such as:
# The hash includes internal statistics about \GC such as:
#
# [count]
# The total number of garbage collections ran since application start
# The total number of garbage collections run since application start
# (count includes both minor and major garbage collections)
# [time]
# The total time spent in garbage collections (in milliseconds)
@ -179,11 +174,11 @@ module GC
# [oldmalloc_increase_bytes]
# Amount of memory allocated on the heap for objects. Decreased by major \GC
# [oldmalloc_increase_bytes_limit]
# When +:old_malloc_increase_bytes+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered
# When +:oldmalloc_increase_bytes+ crosses this limit, major \GC is triggered
#
# If the optional argument, hash, is given,
# it is overwritten and returned.
# This is intended to avoid probe effect.
# This is intended to avoid the probe effect.
#
# This method is only expected to work on CRuby.
def self.stat hash_or_key = nil
@ -204,16 +199,16 @@ module GC
# Otherwise, it will return a +Hash+ with heap names as keys and
# a +Hash+ containing information about the heap as values.
#
# If the second optional argument, +hash_or_key+, is given as +Hash+, it will
# If the second optional argument, +hash_or_key+, is given as a +Hash+, it will
# be overwritten and returned. This is intended to avoid the probe effect.
#
# If both optional arguments are passed in and the second optional argument is
# a symbol, it will return a +Numeric+ of the value for the particular heap.
# a symbol, it will return a +Numeric+ value for the particular heap.
#
# On CRuby, +heap_name+ is of the type +Integer+ but may be of type +String+
# on other implementations.
#
# The contents of the hash are implementation specific and may change in
# The contents of the hash are implementation-specific and may change in
# the future without notice.
#
# If the optional argument, hash, is given, it is overwritten and returned.
@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ module GC
# The total number of pages that have been freed and released back to the
# system in the heap.
# [force_major_gc_count]
# The number of times major garbage collection cycles this heap has forced
# The number of times this heap has forced major garbage collection cycles
# to start due to running out of free slots.
# [force_incremental_marking_finish_count]
# The number of times this heap has forced incremental marking to complete
@ -259,7 +254,7 @@ module GC
#
# Sets or gets information about the current \GC config.
#
# Configuration parameters are \GC implementation specific and may change
# Configuration parameters are \GC implementation-specific and may change
# without notice.
#
# This method can be called without parameters to retrieve the current config.
@ -270,11 +265,11 @@ module GC
#
# If a key/value pair is passed to this function that does not correspond to
# a valid config key for the \GC implementation being used, no config will be
# updated, the key will be present in the returned Hash, and it's value will
# updated, the key will be present in the returned Hash, and its value will
# be +nil+. This is to facilitate easy migration between \GC implementations.
#
# In both call-seqs the return value of <code>GC.config</code> will be a +Hash+
# containing the most recent full configuration. ie. All keys and values
# In both call-seqs, the return value of <code>GC.config</code> will be a +Hash+
# containing the most recent full configuration, i.e., all keys and values
# defined by the specific \GC implementation being used. In the case of a
# config update, the return value will include the new values being updated.
#
@ -283,13 +278,13 @@ module GC
# Valid config keys for Ruby's default \GC implementation are:
#
# [rgengc_allow_full_mark]
# Control whether the \GC is allowed to run a full mark (young & old objects).
# Controls whether the \GC is allowed to run a full mark (young & old objects).
#
# When +true+ \GC interleaves major and minor collections. This is default. \GC
# When +true+, \GC interleaves major and minor collections. This is the default. \GC
# will function as intended.
#
# When +false+, the \GC will never trigger a full marking cycle unless
# explicitly requested by user code. Instead only a minor mark will run -
# explicitly requested by user code. Instead, only a minor mark will run—
# only young objects will be marked. When the heap space is exhausted, new
# pages will be allocated immediately instead of running a full mark.
#
@ -300,8 +295,8 @@ module GC
# The user can trigger a major collection at any time using
# <code>GC.start(full_mark: true)</code>
#
# When +false+. Young to Old object promotion is disabled. For performance
# reasons it is recommended to warmup an application using +Process.warmup+
# When +false+, Young to Old object promotion is disabled. For performance
# reasons, it is recommended to warm up an application using +Process.warmup+
# before setting this parameter to +false+.
def self.config hash = nil
return Primitive.gc_config_get unless hash
@ -326,7 +321,7 @@ module GC
#
# If the argument +hash+ is given and is a Hash object,
# it is overwritten and returned.
# This is intended to avoid probe effect.
# This is intended to avoid the probe effect.
#
# If the argument +key+ is given and is a Symbol object,
# it returns the value associated with the key.
@ -346,7 +341,7 @@ module GC
# call-seq:
# GC.measure_total_time = true/false
#
# Enable to measure \GC time.
# Enables measuring \GC time.
# You can get the result with <tt>GC.stat(:time)</tt>.
# Note that \GC time measurement can cause some performance overhead.
def self.measure_total_time=(flag)
@ -359,8 +354,8 @@ module GC
# call-seq:
# GC.measure_total_time -> true/false
#
# Return measure_total_time flag (default: +true+).
# Note that measurement can affect the application performance.
# Returns the measure_total_time flag (default: +true+).
# Note that measurement can affect the application's performance.
def self.measure_total_time
Primitive.cexpr! %{
RBOOL(rb_gc_impl_get_measure_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace()))
@ -370,7 +365,7 @@ module GC
# call-seq:
# GC.total_time -> int
#
# Return measured \GC total time in nano seconds.
# Returns the measured \GC total time in nanoseconds.
def self.total_time
Primitive.cexpr! %{
ULL2NUM(rb_gc_impl_get_total_time(rb_gc_get_objspace()))