chore(3p/nix/libexpr): Cleanups and notes in eval.cc r/1525

Add two more garbage-collection flags. Annotate how terrible tExternal is. Prepare to fix the smuggle casting in ExprWith. Add a static_cast.

Change-Id: I20f980abc8cb192e094f539185900a6df5457c29
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/1503
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
Reviewed-by: glittershark <grfn@gws.fyi>
Reviewed-by: tazjin <mail@tazj.in>

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 693b618c66..6b62b44f71 100644
--- a/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ target_link_libraries(nixexpr
   nixutil
 
   absl::btree
+  absl::flat_hash_set
   absl::node_hash_set
   absl::strings
   gc
diff --git a/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index a762571fca..3d134be19e 100644
--- a/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/third_party/nix/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #define GC_INCLUDE_NEW
 
+#include <absl/container/flat_hash_set.h>
 #include <absl/strings/match.h>
 #include <gc/gc.h>
 #include <gc/gc_cpp.h>
@@ -482,8 +483,9 @@ Value* EvalState::addPrimOp(const std::string& name, size_t arity,
   std::string name2 =
       std::string(name, 0, 2) == "__" ? std::string(name, 2) : name;
   Symbol sym = symbols.Create(name2);
+  // Even though PrimOp doesn't need tracing, it needs to be collected.
   v->type = tPrimOp;
-  v->primOp = new PrimOp(primOp, arity, sym);
+  v->primOp = new (GC) PrimOp(primOp, arity, sym);
   staticBaseEnv.vars[symbols.Create(name)] = baseEnvDispl;
   baseEnv.values[baseEnvDispl++] = v;
   baseEnv.values[0]->attrs->push_back(Attr(sym, v));
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ inline Value* EvalState::lookupVar(Env* env, const ExprVar& var, bool noEval) {
         return nullptr;
       }
       Value* v = allocValue();
+      // TODO(kanepyork): Here's the other end of the cast smuggle.
       evalAttrs(*env->up, reinterpret_cast<Expr*>(env->values[0]), *v);
       env->values[0] = v;
       env->type = Env::HasWithAttrs;
@@ -1333,8 +1336,14 @@ void ExprPos::eval(EvalState& state, Env& env, Value& v) {
   state.mkPos(v, &pos);
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+using traceable_flat_hash_set =
+    absl::flat_hash_set<T, absl::container_internal::hash_default_hash<T>,
+                        absl::container_internal::hash_default_eq<T>,
+                        traceable_allocator<T>>;
+
 void EvalState::forceValueDeep(Value& v) {
-  std::set<const Value*> seen;
+  traceable_flat_hash_set<const Value*> seen;
 
   std::function<void(Value & v)> recurse;
 
@@ -1378,7 +1387,7 @@ NixInt EvalState::forceInt(Value& v, const Pos& pos) {
 NixFloat EvalState::forceFloat(Value& v, const Pos& pos) {
   forceValue(v, pos);
   if (v.type == tInt) {
-    return v.integer;
+    return static_cast<NixFloat>(v.integer);
   }
   if (v.type != tFloat) {
     throwTypeError("value is %1% while a float was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
@@ -1814,6 +1823,9 @@ void EvalState::printStats() {
 }
 
 size_t valueSize(Value& v) {
+  // Can't convert to flat_hash_set because of tExternal
+  // Can't set the allocator because of tExternal
+  // The GC is likely crying over this
   std::set<const void*> seen;
 
   auto doString = [&](const char* s) -> size_t {
@@ -1884,6 +1896,7 @@ size_t valueSize(Value& v) {
           break;
         }
         seen.insert(v.external);
+        // note: this is a plugin call
         sz += v.external->valueSize(seen);
         break;
       default:;