/* Number of bytes of consing since GC before another GC should be done. */
EMACS_INT gc_cons_threshold;
+EMACS_INT gc_cons_combined_threshold;
+static Lisp_Object Vgc_cons_percentage;
/* Nonzero during GC. */
if (gc_cons_threshold < 10000)
gc_cons_threshold = 10000;
+ gc_cons_combined_threshold = gc_cons_threshold;
+
+ if (FLOATP (Vgc_cons_percentage))
+ { /* Set gc_cons_combined_threshold. */
+ EMACS_INT total = 0;
+ EMACS_INT threshold;
+ total += total_conses * sizeof (struct Lisp_Cons);
+ total += total_symbols * sizeof (struct Lisp_Symbol);
+ total += total_markers * sizeof (union Lisp_Misc);
+ total += total_string_size;
+ total += total_vector_size * sizeof (Lisp_Object);
+ total += total_floats * sizeof (struct Lisp_Float);
+ total += total_intervals * sizeof (struct interval);
+ total += total_strings * sizeof (struct Lisp_String);
+
+ threshold = total * XFLOAT_DATA (Vgc_cons_percentage);
+ if (threshold > gc_cons_combined_threshold)
+ gc_cons_combined_threshold = threshold;
+ }
+
if (garbage_collection_messages)
{
if (message_p || minibuf_level > 0)
staticidx = 0;
consing_since_gc = 0;
gc_cons_threshold = 100000 * sizeof (Lisp_Object);
+ gc_cons_combined_threshold = gc_cons_threshold;
#ifdef VIRT_ADDR_VARIES
malloc_sbrk_unused = 1<<22; /* A large number */
malloc_sbrk_used = 100000; /* as reasonable as any number */
Garbage collection happens automatically only when `eval' is called.
By binding this temporarily to a large number, you can effectively
-prevent garbage collection during a part of the program. */);
+prevent garbage collection during a part of the program.
+See also `gc-cons-percentage'. */);
+
+ DEFVAR_LISP ("gc-cons-percentage", &Vgc_cons_percentage,
+ doc: /* *Portion of the heap used for allocation.
+Garbage collection can happen automatically once this portion of the heap
+has been allocated since the last garbage collection.
+If this portion is smaller than `gc-cons-threshold', this is ignored. */);
+ Vgc_cons_percentage = make_float (0.1);
DEFVAR_INT ("pure-bytes-used", &pure_bytes_used,
doc: /* Number of bytes of sharable Lisp data allocated so far. */);