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Added by tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson) about 5 years ago

Use a lock level for a less granular lock.

We are seeing an error where code that is generated with MJIT contains
references to objects that have been moved. I believe this is due to a
race condition in the compaction function.

gc_compact has two steps:

  1. Run a full GC to pin objects
  2. Compact / update references

Step one is executed with garbage_collect. garbage_collect calls
gc_enter / gc_exit, these functions acquire a JIT lock and release a
JIT lock. So a lock is held for the duration of step 1.

Step two is executed by gc_compact_after_gc. It also holds a JIT
lock.

I believe the problem is that the JIT is free to execute between step 1
and step 2. It copies call cache values, but doesn't pin them when it
copies them. So the compactor thinks it's OK to move the call cache
even though it is not safe.

We need to hold a lock for the duration of garbage_collect and
gc_compact_after_gc. This patch introduces a lock level which
increments and decrements. The compaction function can increment and
decrement the lock level and prevent MJIT from executing during both
steps.