py/gc: Add CLEAR_ON_SWEEP option to debug mis-traced objects.
Accessing them will crash immediately instead still working for some time,
until overwritten by some other data, leading to much less deterministic
crashes.
// make this 1 to dump the heap each time it changes
#define EXTENSIVE_HEAP_PROFILING (0)
+// make this 1 to zero out swept memory to more eagerly
+// detect untraced object still in use
+#define CLEAR_ON_SWEEP (0)
+
#define WORDS_PER_BLOCK ((MICROPY_BYTES_PER_GC_BLOCK) / BYTES_PER_WORD)
#define BYTES_PER_BLOCK (MICROPY_BYTES_PER_GC_BLOCK)
@@ -286,6 +290,9 @@ STATIC void gc_sweep(void) {
case AT_TAIL:
if (free_tail) {
ATB_ANY_TO_FREE(block);
+ #if CLEAR_ON_SWEEP
+ memset((void*)PTR_FROM_BLOCK(block), 0, BYTES_PER_BLOCK);
+ #endif
}
break;
