src/share/vm/runtime/os.hpp

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    25 // os defines the interface to operating system; this includes traditional
    26 // OS services (time, I/O) as well as other functionality with system-
    27 // dependent code.
    29 typedef void (*dll_func)(...);
    31 class Thread;
    32 class JavaThread;
    33 class Event;
    34 class DLL;
    35 class FileHandle;
    36 template<class E> class GrowableArray;
    38 // %%%%% Moved ThreadState, START_FN, OSThread to new osThread.hpp. -- Rose
    40 // Platform-independent error return values from OS functions
    41 enum OSReturn {
    42   OS_OK         =  0,        // Operation was successful
    43   OS_ERR        = -1,        // Operation failed
    44   OS_INTRPT     = -2,        // Operation was interrupted
    45   OS_TIMEOUT    = -3,        // Operation timed out
    46   OS_NOMEM      = -5,        // Operation failed for lack of memory
    47   OS_NORESOURCE = -6         // Operation failed for lack of nonmemory resource
    48 };
    50 enum ThreadPriority {        // JLS 20.20.1-3
    51   NoPriority       = -1,     // Initial non-priority value
    52   MinPriority      =  1,     // Minimum priority
    53   NormPriority     =  5,     // Normal (non-daemon) priority
    54   NearMaxPriority  =  9,     // High priority, used for VMThread
    55   MaxPriority      = 10      // Highest priority, used for WatcherThread
    56                              // ensures that VMThread doesn't starve profiler
    57 };
    59 // Typedef for structured exception handling support
    60 typedef void (*java_call_t)(JavaValue* value, methodHandle* method, JavaCallArguments* args, Thread* thread);
    62 class os: AllStatic {
    63  private:
    64   enum { page_sizes_max = 9 }; // Size of _page_sizes array (8 plus a sentinel)
    66   static OSThread*          _starting_thread;
    67   static address            _polling_page;
    68   static volatile int32_t * _mem_serialize_page;
    69   static uintptr_t          _serialize_page_mask;
    70   static size_t             _page_sizes[page_sizes_max];
    72   static void init_page_sizes(size_t default_page_size) {
    73     _page_sizes[0] = default_page_size;
    74     _page_sizes[1] = 0; // sentinel
    75   }
    77  public:
    79   static void init(void);                       // Called before command line parsing
    80   static jint init_2(void);                    // Called after command line parsing
    82   // File names are case-insensitive on windows only
    83   // Override me as needed
    84   static int    file_name_strcmp(const char* s1, const char* s2);
    86   static bool getenv(const char* name, char* buffer, int len);
    87   static bool have_special_privileges();
    89   static jlong  javaTimeMillis();
    90   static jlong  javaTimeNanos();
    91   static void   javaTimeNanos_info(jvmtiTimerInfo *info_ptr);
    92   static void   run_periodic_checks();
    95   // Returns the elapsed time in seconds since the vm started.
    96   static double elapsedTime();
    98   // Returns real time in seconds since an arbitrary point
    99   // in the past.
   100   static bool getTimesSecs(double* process_real_time,
   101                            double* process_user_time,
   102                            double* process_system_time);
   104   // Interface to the performance counter
   105   static jlong elapsed_counter();
   106   static jlong elapsed_frequency();
   108   // The "virtual time" of a thread is the amount of time a thread has
   109   // actually run.  The first function indicates whether the OS supports
   110   // this functionality for the current thread, and if so:
   111   //   * the second enables vtime tracking (if that is required).
   112   //   * the third tells whether vtime is enabled.
   113   //   * the fourth returns the elapsed virtual time for the current
   114   //     thread.
   115   static bool supports_vtime();
   116   static bool enable_vtime();
   117   static bool vtime_enabled();
   118   static double elapsedVTime();
   120   // Return current local time in a string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
   121   // It is MT safe, but not async-safe, as reading time zone
   122   // information may require a lock on some platforms.
   123   static char*      local_time_string(char *buf, size_t buflen);
   124   static struct tm* localtime_pd     (const time_t* clock, struct tm*  res);
   125   // Fill in buffer with current local time as an ISO-8601 string.
   126   // E.g., YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.mmm+zzzz.
   127   // Returns buffer, or NULL if it failed.
   128   static char* iso8601_time(char* buffer, size_t buffer_length);
   130   // Interface for detecting multiprocessor system
   131   static inline bool is_MP() {
   132     assert(_processor_count > 0, "invalid processor count");
   133     return _processor_count > 1;
   134   }
   135   static julong available_memory();
   136   static julong physical_memory();
   137   static julong allocatable_physical_memory(julong size);
   138   static bool is_server_class_machine();
   140   // number of CPUs
   141   static int processor_count() {
   142     return _processor_count;
   143   }
   145   // Returns the number of CPUs this process is currently allowed to run on.
   146   // Note that on some OSes this can change dynamically.
   147   static int active_processor_count();
   149   // Bind processes to processors.
   150   //     This is a two step procedure:
   151   //     first you generate a distribution of processes to processors,
   152   //     then you bind processes according to that distribution.
   153   // Compute a distribution for number of processes to processors.
   154   //    Stores the processor id's into the distribution array argument.
   155   //    Returns true if it worked, false if it didn't.
   156   static bool distribute_processes(uint length, uint* distribution);
   157   // Binds the current process to a processor.
   158   //    Returns true if it worked, false if it didn't.
   159   static bool bind_to_processor(uint processor_id);
   161   // Interface for stack banging (predetect possible stack overflow for
   162   // exception processing)  There are guard pages, and above that shadow
   163   // pages for stack overflow checking.
   164   static bool uses_stack_guard_pages();
   165   static bool allocate_stack_guard_pages();
   166   static void bang_stack_shadow_pages();
   167   static bool stack_shadow_pages_available(Thread *thread, methodHandle method);
   169   // OS interface to Virtual Memory
   171   // Return the default page size.
   172   static int    vm_page_size();
   174   // Return the page size to use for a region of memory.  The min_pages argument
   175   // is a hint intended to limit fragmentation; it says the returned page size
   176   // should be <= region_max_size / min_pages.  Because min_pages is a hint,
   177   // this routine may return a size larger than region_max_size / min_pages.
   178   //
   179   // The current implementation ignores min_pages if a larger page size is an
   180   // exact multiple of both region_min_size and region_max_size.  This allows
   181   // larger pages to be used when doing so would not cause fragmentation; in
   182   // particular, a single page can be used when region_min_size ==
   183   // region_max_size == a supported page size.
   184   static size_t page_size_for_region(size_t region_min_size,
   185                                      size_t region_max_size,
   186                                      uint min_pages);
   188   // Method for tracing page sizes returned by the above method; enabled by
   189   // TracePageSizes.  The region_{min,max}_size parameters should be the values
   190   // passed to page_size_for_region() and page_size should be the result of that
   191   // call.  The (optional) base and size parameters should come from the
   192   // ReservedSpace base() and size() methods.
   193   static void trace_page_sizes(const char* str, const size_t region_min_size,
   194                                const size_t region_max_size,
   195                                const size_t page_size,
   196                                const char* base = NULL,
   197                                const size_t size = 0) PRODUCT_RETURN;
   199   static int    vm_allocation_granularity();
   200   static char*  reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr = 0,
   201                                size_t alignment_hint = 0);
   202   static char*  attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr);
   203   static void   split_reserved_memory(char *base, size_t size,
   204                                       size_t split, bool realloc);
   205   static bool   commit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   206   static bool   commit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, size_t alignment_hint);
   207   static bool   uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   208   static bool   release_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   210   enum ProtType { MEM_PROT_NONE, MEM_PROT_READ, MEM_PROT_RW, MEM_PROT_RWX };
   211   static bool   protect_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, ProtType prot,
   212                                bool is_committed = true);
   214   static bool   guard_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   215   static bool   unguard_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   216   static char*  map_memory(int fd, const char* file_name, size_t file_offset,
   217                            char *addr, size_t bytes, bool read_only = false,
   218                            bool allow_exec = false);
   219   static char*  remap_memory(int fd, const char* file_name, size_t file_offset,
   220                              char *addr, size_t bytes, bool read_only,
   221                              bool allow_exec);
   222   static bool   unmap_memory(char *addr, size_t bytes);
   223   static void   free_memory(char *addr, size_t bytes);
   224   static void   realign_memory(char *addr, size_t bytes, size_t alignment_hint);
   226   // NUMA-specific interface
   227   static bool   numa_has_static_binding();
   228   static bool   numa_has_group_homing();
   229   static void   numa_make_local(char *addr, size_t bytes, int lgrp_hint);
   230   static void   numa_make_global(char *addr, size_t bytes);
   231   static size_t numa_get_groups_num();
   232   static size_t numa_get_leaf_groups(int *ids, size_t size);
   233   static bool   numa_topology_changed();
   234   static int    numa_get_group_id();
   236   // Page manipulation
   237   struct page_info {
   238     size_t size;
   239     int lgrp_id;
   240   };
   241   static bool   get_page_info(char *start, page_info* info);
   242   static char*  scan_pages(char *start, char* end, page_info* page_expected, page_info* page_found);
   244   static char*  non_memory_address_word();
   245   // reserve, commit and pin the entire memory region
   246   static char*  reserve_memory_special(size_t size, char* addr = NULL);
   247   static bool   release_memory_special(char* addr, size_t bytes);
   248   static bool   large_page_init();
   249   static size_t large_page_size();
   250   static bool   can_commit_large_page_memory();
   251   static bool   can_execute_large_page_memory();
   253   // OS interface to polling page
   254   static address get_polling_page()             { return _polling_page; }
   255   static void    set_polling_page(address page) { _polling_page = page; }
   256   static bool    is_poll_address(address addr)  { return addr >= _polling_page && addr < (_polling_page + os::vm_page_size()); }
   257   static void    make_polling_page_unreadable();
   258   static void    make_polling_page_readable();
   260   // Routines used to serialize the thread state without using membars
   261   static void    serialize_thread_states();
   263   // Since we write to the serialize page from every thread, we
   264   // want stores to be on unique cache lines whenever possible
   265   // in order to minimize CPU cross talk.  We pre-compute the
   266   // amount to shift the thread* to make this offset unique to
   267   // each thread.
   268   static int     get_serialize_page_shift_count() {
   269     return SerializePageShiftCount;
   270   }
   272   static void     set_serialize_page_mask(uintptr_t mask) {
   273     _serialize_page_mask = mask;
   274   }
   276   static unsigned int  get_serialize_page_mask() {
   277     return _serialize_page_mask;
   278   }
   280   static void    set_memory_serialize_page(address page);
   282   static address get_memory_serialize_page() {
   283     return (address)_mem_serialize_page;
   284   }
   286   static inline void write_memory_serialize_page(JavaThread *thread) {
   287     uintptr_t page_offset = ((uintptr_t)thread >>
   288                             get_serialize_page_shift_count()) &
   289                             get_serialize_page_mask();
   290     *(volatile int32_t *)((uintptr_t)_mem_serialize_page+page_offset) = 1;
   291   }
   293   static bool    is_memory_serialize_page(JavaThread *thread, address addr) {
   294     address thr_addr;
   295     if (UseMembar) return false;
   296     // Calculate thread specific address
   297     if (thread == NULL) return false;
   298     // TODO-FIXME: some platforms mask off faulting addresses to the base pagesize.
   299     // Instead of using a test for equality we should probably use something
   300     // of the form:
   301     // return ((_mem_serialize_page ^ addr) & -pagesize) == 0
   302     //
   303     thr_addr  = (address)(((uintptr_t)thread >>
   304                 get_serialize_page_shift_count()) &
   305                 get_serialize_page_mask()) + (uintptr_t)_mem_serialize_page;
   306     return  (thr_addr == addr);
   307   }
   309   static void block_on_serialize_page_trap();
   311   // threads
   313   enum ThreadType {
   314     vm_thread,
   315     cgc_thread,        // Concurrent GC thread
   316     pgc_thread,        // Parallel GC thread
   317     java_thread,
   318     compiler_thread,
   319     watcher_thread
   320   };
   322   static bool create_thread(Thread* thread,
   323                             ThreadType thr_type,
   324                             size_t stack_size = 0);
   325   static bool create_main_thread(JavaThread* thread);
   326   static bool create_attached_thread(JavaThread* thread);
   327   static void pd_start_thread(Thread* thread);
   328   static void start_thread(Thread* thread);
   330   static void initialize_thread();
   331   static void free_thread(OSThread* osthread);
   333   // thread id on Linux/64bit is 64bit, on Windows and Solaris, it's 32bit
   334   static intx current_thread_id();
   335   static int current_process_id();
   336   // hpi::read for calls from non native state
   337   // For performance, hpi::read is only callable from _thread_in_native
   338   static size_t read(int fd, void *buf, unsigned int nBytes);
   339   static int sleep(Thread* thread, jlong ms, bool interruptable);
   340   static int naked_sleep();
   341   static void infinite_sleep(); // never returns, use with CAUTION
   342   static void yield();        // Yields to all threads with same priority
   343   enum YieldResult {
   344     YIELD_SWITCHED = 1,         // caller descheduled, other ready threads exist & ran
   345     YIELD_NONEREADY = 0,        // No other runnable/ready threads.
   346                                 // platform-specific yield return immediately
   347     YIELD_UNKNOWN = -1          // Unknown: platform doesn't support _SWITCHED or _NONEREADY
   348     // YIELD_SWITCHED and YIELD_NONREADY imply the platform supports a "strong"
   349     // yield that can be used in lieu of blocking.
   350   } ;
   351   static YieldResult NakedYield () ;
   352   static void yield_all(int attempts = 0); // Yields to all other threads including lower priority
   353   static void loop_breaker(int attempts);  // called from within tight loops to possibly influence time-sharing
   354   static OSReturn set_priority(Thread* thread, ThreadPriority priority);
   355   static OSReturn get_priority(const Thread* const thread, ThreadPriority& priority);
   357   static void interrupt(Thread* thread);
   358   static bool is_interrupted(Thread* thread, bool clear_interrupted);
   360   static int pd_self_suspend_thread(Thread* thread);
   362   static ExtendedPC fetch_frame_from_context(void* ucVoid, intptr_t** sp, intptr_t** fp);
   363   static frame      fetch_frame_from_context(void* ucVoid);
   365   static ExtendedPC get_thread_pc(Thread *thread);
   366   static void breakpoint();
   368   static address current_stack_pointer();
   369   static address current_stack_base();
   370   static size_t current_stack_size();
   372   static int message_box(const char* title, const char* message);
   373   static char* do_you_want_to_debug(const char* message);
   375   // run cmd in a separate process and return its exit code; or -1 on failures
   376   static int fork_and_exec(char *cmd);
   378   // Set file to send error reports.
   379   static void set_error_file(const char *logfile);
   381   // os::exit() is merged with vm_exit()
   382   // static void exit(int num);
   384   // Terminate the VM, but don't exit the process
   385   static void shutdown();
   387   // Terminate with an error.  Default is to generate a core file on platforms
   388   // that support such things.  This calls shutdown() and then aborts.
   389   static void abort(bool dump_core = true);
   391   // Die immediately, no exit hook, no abort hook, no cleanup.
   392   static void die();
   394   // Reading directories.
   395   static DIR*           opendir(const char* dirname);
   396   static int            readdir_buf_size(const char *path);
   397   static struct dirent* readdir(DIR* dirp, dirent* dbuf);
   398   static int            closedir(DIR* dirp);
   400   // Dynamic library extension
   401   static const char*    dll_file_extension();
   403   static const char*    get_temp_directory();
   404   static const char*    get_current_directory(char *buf, int buflen);
   406   // Builds a platform-specific full library path given a ld path and lib name
   407   static void           dll_build_name(char* buffer, size_t size,
   408                                        const char* pathname, const char* fname);
   410   // Symbol lookup, find nearest function name; basically it implements
   411   // dladdr() for all platforms. Name of the nearest function is copied
   412   // to buf. Distance from its base address is returned as offset.
   413   // If function name is not found, buf[0] is set to '\0' and offset is
   414   // set to -1.
   415   static bool dll_address_to_function_name(address addr, char* buf,
   416                                            int buflen, int* offset);
   418   // Locate DLL/DSO. On success, full path of the library is copied to
   419   // buf, and offset is set to be the distance between addr and the
   420   // library's base address. On failure, buf[0] is set to '\0' and
   421   // offset is set to -1.
   422   static bool dll_address_to_library_name(address addr, char* buf,
   423                                           int buflen, int* offset);
   425   // Find out whether the pc is in the static code for jvm.dll/libjvm.so.
   426   static bool address_is_in_vm(address addr);
   428   // Loads .dll/.so and
   429   // in case of error it checks if .dll/.so was built for the
   430   // same architecture as Hotspot is running on
   431   static void* dll_load(const char *name, char *ebuf, int ebuflen);
   433   // lookup symbol in a shared library
   434   static void* dll_lookup(void* handle, const char* name);
   436   // Print out system information; they are called by fatal error handler.
   437   // Output format may be different on different platforms.
   438   static void print_os_info(outputStream* st);
   439   static void print_cpu_info(outputStream* st);
   440   static void print_memory_info(outputStream* st);
   441   static void print_dll_info(outputStream* st);
   442   static void print_environment_variables(outputStream* st, const char** env_list, char* buffer, int len);
   443   static void print_context(outputStream* st, void* context);
   444   static void print_siginfo(outputStream* st, void* siginfo);
   445   static void print_signal_handlers(outputStream* st, char* buf, size_t buflen);
   446   static void print_date_and_time(outputStream* st);
   448   // The following two functions are used by fatal error handler to trace
   449   // native (C) frames. They are not part of frame.hpp/frame.cpp because
   450   // frame.hpp/cpp assume thread is JavaThread, and also because different
   451   // OS/compiler may have different convention or provide different API to
   452   // walk C frames.
   453   //
   454   // We don't attempt to become a debugger, so we only follow frames if that
   455   // does not require a lookup in the unwind table, which is part of the binary
   456   // file but may be unsafe to read after a fatal error. So on x86, we can
   457   // only walk stack if %ebp is used as frame pointer; on ia64, it's not
   458   // possible to walk C stack without having the unwind table.
   459   static bool is_first_C_frame(frame *fr);
   460   static frame get_sender_for_C_frame(frame *fr);
   462   // return current frame. pc() and sp() are set to NULL on failure.
   463   static frame      current_frame();
   465   static void print_hex_dump(outputStream* st, address start, address end, int unitsize);
   467   // returns a string to describe the exception/signal;
   468   // returns NULL if exception_code is not an OS exception/signal.
   469   static const char* exception_name(int exception_code, char* buf, size_t buflen);
   471   // Returns native Java library, loads if necessary
   472   static void*    native_java_library();
   474   // Fills in path to jvm.dll/libjvm.so (this info used to find hpi).
   475   static void     jvm_path(char *buf, jint buflen);
   477   // JNI names
   478   static void     print_jni_name_prefix_on(outputStream* st, int args_size);
   479   static void     print_jni_name_suffix_on(outputStream* st, int args_size);
   481   // File conventions
   482   static const char* file_separator();
   483   static const char* line_separator();
   484   static const char* path_separator();
   486   // Init os specific system properties values
   487   static void init_system_properties_values();
   489   // IO operations, non-JVM_ version.
   490   static int stat(const char* path, struct stat* sbuf);
   491   static bool dir_is_empty(const char* path);
   493   // IO operations on binary files
   494   static int create_binary_file(const char* path, bool rewrite_existing);
   495   static jlong current_file_offset(int fd);
   496   static jlong seek_to_file_offset(int fd, jlong offset);
   498   // Thread Local Storage
   499   static int   allocate_thread_local_storage();
   500   static void  thread_local_storage_at_put(int index, void* value);
   501   static void* thread_local_storage_at(int index);
   502   static void  free_thread_local_storage(int index);
   504   // General allocation (must be MT-safe)
   505   static void* malloc  (size_t size);
   506   static void* realloc (void *memblock, size_t size);
   507   static void  free    (void *memblock);
   508   static bool  check_heap(bool force = false);      // verify C heap integrity
   509   static char* strdup(const char *);  // Like strdup
   511 #ifndef PRODUCT
   512   static int  num_mallocs;            // # of calls to malloc/realloc
   513   static size_t  alloc_bytes;         // # of bytes allocated
   514   static int  num_frees;              // # of calls to free
   515 #endif
   517   // Printing 64 bit integers
   518   static const char* jlong_format_specifier();
   519   static const char* julong_format_specifier();
   521   // Support for signals (see JVM_RaiseSignal, JVM_RegisterSignal)
   522   static void  signal_init();
   523   static void  signal_init_pd();
   524   static void  signal_notify(int signal_number);
   525   static void* signal(int signal_number, void* handler);
   526   static void  signal_raise(int signal_number);
   527   static int   signal_wait();
   528   static int   signal_lookup();
   529   static void* user_handler();
   530   static void  terminate_signal_thread();
   531   static int   sigexitnum_pd();
   533   // random number generation
   534   static long random();                    // return 32bit pseudorandom number
   535   static void init_random(long initval);   // initialize random sequence
   537   // Structured OS Exception support
   538   static void os_exception_wrapper(java_call_t f, JavaValue* value, methodHandle* method, JavaCallArguments* args, Thread* thread);
   540   // JVMTI & JVM monitoring and management support
   541   // The thread_cpu_time() and current_thread_cpu_time() are only
   542   // supported if is_thread_cpu_time_supported() returns true.
   543   // They are not supported on Solaris T1.
   545   // Thread CPU Time - return the fast estimate on a platform
   546   // On Solaris - call gethrvtime (fast) - user time only
   547   // On Linux   - fast clock_gettime where available - user+sys
   548   //            - otherwise: very slow /proc fs - user+sys
   549   // On Windows - GetThreadTimes - user+sys
   550   static jlong current_thread_cpu_time();
   551   static jlong thread_cpu_time(Thread* t);
   553   // Thread CPU Time with user_sys_cpu_time parameter.
   554   //
   555   // If user_sys_cpu_time is true, user+sys time is returned.
   556   // Otherwise, only user time is returned
   557   static jlong current_thread_cpu_time(bool user_sys_cpu_time);
   558   static jlong thread_cpu_time(Thread* t, bool user_sys_cpu_time);
   560   // Return a bunch of info about the timers.
   561   // Note that the returned info for these two functions may be different
   562   // on some platforms
   563   static void current_thread_cpu_time_info(jvmtiTimerInfo *info_ptr);
   564   static void thread_cpu_time_info(jvmtiTimerInfo *info_ptr);
   566   static bool is_thread_cpu_time_supported();
   568   // System loadavg support.  Returns -1 if load average cannot be obtained.
   569   static int loadavg(double loadavg[], int nelem);
   571   // Hook for os specific jvm options that we don't want to abort on seeing
   572   static bool obsolete_option(const JavaVMOption *option);
   574   // Platform dependent stuff
   575   #include "incls/_os_pd.hpp.incl"
   577   // debugging support (mostly used by debug.cpp)
   578   static bool find(address pc) PRODUCT_RETURN0; // OS specific function to make sense out of an address
   580   static bool dont_yield();                     // when true, JVM_Yield() is nop
   581   static void print_statistics();
   583   // Thread priority helpers (implemented in OS-specific part)
   584   static OSReturn set_native_priority(Thread* thread, int native_prio);
   585   static OSReturn get_native_priority(const Thread* const thread, int* priority_ptr);
   586   static int java_to_os_priority[MaxPriority + 1];
   587   // Hint to the underlying OS that a task switch would not be good.
   588   // Void return because it's a hint and can fail.
   589   static void hint_no_preempt();
   591   // Used at creation if requested by the diagnostic flag PauseAtStartup.
   592   // Causes the VM to wait until an external stimulus has been applied
   593   // (for Unix, that stimulus is a signal, for Windows, an external
   594   // ResumeThread call)
   595   static void pause();
   597  protected:
   598   static long _rand_seed;                   // seed for random number generator
   599   static int _processor_count;              // number of processors
   601   static char* format_boot_path(const char* format_string,
   602                                 const char* home,
   603                                 int home_len,
   604                                 char fileSep,
   605                                 char pathSep);
   606   static bool set_boot_path(char fileSep, char pathSep);
   607 };
   609 // Note that "PAUSE" is almost always used with synchronization
   610 // so arguably we should provide Atomic::SpinPause() instead
   611 // of the global SpinPause() with C linkage.
   612 // It'd also be eligible for inlining on many platforms.
   614 extern "C" int SpinPause () ;
   615 extern "C" int SafeFetch32 (int * adr, int errValue) ;
   616 extern "C" intptr_t SafeFetchN (intptr_t * adr, intptr_t errValue) ;

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