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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+ * vim: set ts=8 sts=4 et sw=4 tw=99:
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef js_GCAnnotations_h
+#define js_GCAnnotations_h
+
+// Set of annotations for the rooting hazard analysis, used to categorize types
+// and functions.
+#ifdef XGILL_PLUGIN
+
+// Mark a type as being a GC thing (eg js::gc::Cell has this annotation).
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_THING __attribute__((tag("GC Thing")))
+
+// Mark a type as holding a pointer to a GC thing (eg JS::Value has this
+// annotation.)
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_POINTER __attribute__((tag("GC Pointer")))
+
+// Mark a type as a rooted pointer, suitable for use on the stack (eg all
+// Rooted<T> instantiations should have this.)
+# define JS_HAZ_ROOTED __attribute__((tag("Rooted Pointer")))
+
+// Mark a type as something that should not be held live across a GC, but which
+// is not itself a GC pointer.
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_INVALIDATED __attribute__((tag("Invalidated by GC")))
+
+// Mark a type that would otherwise be considered a GC Pointer (eg because it
+// contains a JS::Value field) as a non-GC pointer. It is handled almost the
+// same in the analysis as a rooted pointer, except it will not be reported as
+// an unnecessary root if used across a GC call. This should rarely be used,
+// but makes sense for something like ErrorResult, which only contains a GC
+// pointer when it holds an exception (and it does its own rooting,
+// conditionally.)
+# define JS_HAZ_NON_GC_POINTER __attribute__((tag("Suppressed GC Pointer")))
+
+// Mark a function as something that runs a garbage collection, potentially
+// invalidating GC pointers.
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_CALL __attribute__((tag("GC Call")))
+
+// Mark an RAII class as suppressing GC within its scope.
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_SUPPRESSED __attribute__((tag("Suppress GC")))
+
+#else
+
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_THING
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_POINTER
+# define JS_HAZ_ROOTED
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_INVALIDATED
+# define JS_HAZ_NON_GC_POINTER
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_CALL
+# define JS_HAZ_GC_SUPPRESSED
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* js_GCAnnotations_h */