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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+#ifndef _GCHEAPUTILITIES_H_
+#define _GCHEAPUTILITIES_H_
+
+#include "gcinterface.h"
+
+// The singular heap instance.
+GPTR_DECL(IGCHeap, g_pGCHeap);
+
+// GCHeapUtilities provides a number of static methods
+// that operate on the global heap instance. It can't be
+// instantiated.
+class GCHeapUtilities {
+public:
+ // Retrieves the GC heap.
+ inline static IGCHeap* GetGCHeap()
+ {
+ LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
+
+ assert(g_pGCHeap != nullptr);
+ return g_pGCHeap;
+ }
+
+ // Returns true if the heap has been initialized, false otherwise.
+ inline static bool IsGCHeapInitialized()
+ {
+ LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
+
+ return g_pGCHeap != nullptr;
+ }
+
+ // Returns true if a the heap is initialized and a garbage collection
+ // is in progress, false otherwise.
+ inline static BOOL IsGCInProgress(BOOL bConsiderGCStart = FALSE)
+ {
+ WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;
+
+ return (IsGCHeapInitialized() ? GetGCHeap()->IsGCInProgressHelper(bConsiderGCStart) : false);
+ }
+
+ // Returns true if we should be competing marking for statics. This
+ // influences the behavior of `GCToEEInterface::GcScanRoots`.
+ inline static BOOL MarkShouldCompeteForStatics()
+ {
+ WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;
+
+ return IsServerHeap() && g_SystemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors >= 2;
+ }
+
+ // Waits until a GC is complete, if the heap has been initialized.
+ inline static void WaitForGCCompletion(BOOL bConsiderGCStart = FALSE)
+ {
+ WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;
+
+ if (IsGCHeapInitialized())
+ GetGCHeap()->WaitUntilGCComplete(bConsiderGCStart);
+ }
+
+ // Returns true if we should be using allocation contexts, false otherwise.
+ inline static bool UseAllocationContexts()
+ {
+ WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;
+#ifdef FEATURE_REDHAWK
+ // SIMPLIFY: only use allocation contexts
+ return true;
+#else
+#if defined(_TARGET_ARM_) || defined(FEATURE_PAL)
+ return true;
+#else
+ return ((IsServerHeap() ? true : (g_SystemInfo.dwNumberOfProcessors >= 2)));
+#endif
+#endif
+ }
+
+ // Returns true if the held GC heap is a Server GC heap, false otherwise.
+ inline static bool IsServerHeap()
+ {
+ LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
+#ifdef FEATURE_SVR_GC
+ _ASSERTE(IGCHeap::gcHeapType != IGCHeap::GC_HEAP_INVALID);
+ return (IGCHeap::gcHeapType == IGCHeap::GC_HEAP_SVR);
+#else // FEATURE_SVR_GC
+ return false;
+#endif // FEATURE_SVR_GC
+ }
+
+ // Gets the maximum generation number by reading the static field
+ // on IGCHeap. This should only be done by the DAC code paths - all other code
+ // should go through IGCHeap::GetMaxGeneration.
+ //
+ // The reason for this is that, while we are in the early stages of
+ // decoupling the GC, the GC and the DAC still remain tightly coupled
+ // and, in particular, the DAC needs to know how many generations the GC
+ // has. However, it is not permitted to invoke virtual methods on g_pGCHeap
+ // while on a DAC code path. Therefore, we need to determine the max generation
+ // non-virtually, while still in a manner consistent with the interface -
+ // therefore, a static field is used.
+ //
+ // This is not without precedent - IGCHeap::gcHeapType is a static field used
+ // for a similar reason (the DAC needs to know what kind of heap it's looking at).
+ inline static unsigned GetMaxGeneration()
+ {
+ WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT;
+
+ return IGCHeap::maxGeneration;
+ }
+
+private:
+ // This class should never be instantiated.
+ GCHeapUtilities() = delete;
+};
+
+#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
+extern "C" {
+#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE
+GPTR_DECL(uint8_t,g_lowest_address);
+GPTR_DECL(uint8_t,g_highest_address);
+GPTR_DECL(uint32_t,g_card_table);
+#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
+}
+#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE
+
+extern "C" uint8_t* g_ephemeral_low;
+extern "C" uint8_t* g_ephemeral_high;
+
+#endif // _GCHEAPUTILITIES_H_ \ No newline at end of file