guile/test-suite/standalone/test-scm-with-guile.c

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/* Test whether `scm_with_guile ()' can be called several times from a given
   thread, but from a different stack depth.  Up to 1.8.5, `scm_with_guile
   ()' would not update the thread's `base' field, which would then confuse
   the GC.

   See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2008-11/msg00037.html
   for a detailed report.  */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

#include <libguile.h>

static void *
entry_point (void *arg)
{
  /* Invoke the GC.  If `THREAD->base' is incorrect, then Guile will just
     segfault somewhere in `scm_mark_locations ()'.  */
  scm_gc ();

  return NULL;
}

static void
go_deeper_into_the_stack (unsigned level)
{
  /* The assumption is that the compiler is not smart enough to optimize this
     out.  */
  if (level > 0)
    go_deeper_into_the_stack (level - 1);
  else
    scm_with_guile (entry_point, NULL);
}


int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  /* Invoke `scm_with_guile ()' from someplace deep into the stack.  */
  go_deeper_into_the_stack (100);

  /* Invoke it from much higher into the stack.  This time, Guile is expected
     to update the `base' field of the current thread.  */
  scm_with_guile (entry_point, NULL);

  return 0;
}