https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/master/036abandon.cc
  1 //: Reclaiming memory when it's no longer used.
  2 
  3 :(scenario new_reclaim)
  4 def main [
  5   10:&:num <- new number:type
  6   20:num <- deaddress 10:&:num
  7   abandon 10:&:num
  8   30:&:num <- new number:type  # must be same size as abandoned memory to reuse
  9   40:num <- deaddress 30:&:num
 10   50:bool <- equal 20:num, 40:num
 11 ]
 12 # both allocations should have returned the same address
 13 +mem: storing 1 in location 50
 14 
 15 //: When abandoning addresses we'll save them to a 'free list', segregated by size.
 16 
 17 //: Before, suppose variable V contains address A which points to payload P:
 18 //:   location V contains an alloc-id N
 19 //:   location V+1 contains A
 20 //:   location A contains alloc-id N
 21 //:   location A+1 onwards contains P
 22 //: Additionally, suppose the head of the free list is initially F.
 23 //: After abandoning:
 24 //:   location V contains invalid alloc-id -1
 25 //:   location V+1 contains 0
 26 //:   location A contains invalid alloc-id N
 27 //:   location A+1 contains the previous head of free-list F
 28 
 29 :(before "End routine Fields")
 30 map<int, int> free_list;
 31 
 32 :(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations")
 33 ABANDON,
 34 :(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers")
 35 put(Recipe_ordinal, "abandon", ABANDON);
 36 :(before "End Primitive Recipe Checks")
 37 case ABANDON: {
 38   if (!inst.products.empty()) {
 39     raise << maybe(get(Recipe, r).name) << "'abandon' shouldn't write to any products in '" << to_original_string(inst) << "'\n" << end();
 40     break;
 41   }
 42   for (int i = 0;  i < SIZE(inst.ingredients);  ++i) {
 43     if (!is_mu_address(inst.ingredients.at(i)))
 44       raise << maybe(get(Recipe, r).name) << "ingredients of 'abandon' should be addresses, but ingredient " << i << " is '" << to_string(inst.ingredients.at(i)) << '\n' << end();
 45     break;
 46   }
 47   break;
 48 }
 49 :(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations")
 50 case ABANDON: {
 51   for (int i = 0;  i < SIZE(current_instruction().ingredients);  ++i) {
 52     reagent/*copy*/ ingredient = current_instruction().ingredients.at(i);
 53     canonize(ingredient);
 54     abandon(get_or_insert(Memory, ingredient.value+/*skip alloc id*/1), payload_size(ingredient));
 55 //?     cerr << "clear after abandon: " << ingredient.value << '\n';
 56     put(Memory, /*alloc id*/ingredient.value, /*invalid*/-1);
 57     put(Memory, /*address*/ingredient.value+1, 0);
 58   }
 59   break;
 60 }
 61 
 62 :(code)
 63 void abandon(int address, int payload_size) {
 64   put(Memory, address, /*invalid alloc-id*/-1);
 65 //?   cerr << "abandon: " << address << '\n';
 66   // clear rest of payload
 67   for (int curr = address+1;  curr < address+payload_size;  ++curr)
 68     put(Memory, curr, 0);
 69   // append existing free list to address
 70   trace("abandon") << "saving " << address << " in free-list of size " << payload_size << end();
 71   put(Memory, address+/*skip invalid alloc-id*/1, get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, payload_size));
 72   put(Current_routine->free_list, payload_size, address);
 73 }
 74 
 75 int payload_size(reagent/*copy*/ x) {
 76   x.properties.push_back(pair<string, string_tree*>("lookup", NULL));
 77   lookup_memory_core(x, /*check_for_null*/false);
 78   return size_of(x)+/*alloc id*/1;
 79 }
 80 
 81 :(after "Allocate Special-cases")
 82 if (get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, size)) {
 83   trace("abandon") << "picking up space from free-list of size " << size << end();
 84   int result = get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, size);
 85   trace("mem") << "new alloc from free list: " << result << end();
 86   put(Current_routine->free_list, size, get_or_insert(Memory, result+/*skip alloc id*/1));
 87   // clear 'deleted' tag
 88   put(Memory, result, 0);
 89   // clear next pointer
 90   put(Memory, result+/*skip alloc id*/1, 0);
 91   for (int curr = result;  curr < result+size;  ++curr) {
 92     if (get_or_insert(Memory, curr) != 0) {
 93       raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "memory in free list was not zeroed out: " << curr << '/' << result << "; somebody wrote to us after free!!!\n" << end();
 94       break;  // always fatal
 95     }
 96   }
 97   return result;
 98 }
 99 
100 :(scenario new_differing_size_no_reclaim)
101 def main [
102   1:&:num <- new number:type
103   2:num <- deaddress 1:&:num
104   abandon 1:&:num
105   3:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2  # different size
106   4:num <- deaddress 3:&:@:num
107   5:bool <- equal 2:num, 4:num
108 ]
109 # no reuse
110 +mem: storing 0 in location 5
111 
112 :(scenario new_reclaim_array)
113 def main [
114   10:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2
115   20:num <- deaddress 10:&:@:num
116   abandon 10:&:@:num
117   30:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2  # same size
118   40:num <- deaddress 30:&:@:num
119   50:bool <- equal 20:num, 40:num
120 ]
121 # both calls to new returned identical addresses
122 +mem: storing 1 in location 50
123 
124 :(scenario lookup_of_abandoned_address_raises_error)
125 % Hide_errors = true;
126 def main [
127   1:&:num <- new num:type
128   3:&:num <- copy 1:&:num
129   abandon 1:&:num
130   5:num/raw <- copy *3:&:num
131 ]
132 +error: main: address is already abandoned in '5:num/raw <- copy *3:&:num'