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-rw-r--r--py/mpconfig.h9
-rw-r--r--py/mpstate.h2
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index 10a373ce8..e028ab989 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@
#define MICROPY_ALLOC_GC_STACK_SIZE (64)
#endif
+// The C-type to use for entries in the GC stack. By default it allows the
+// heap to be as large as the address space, but the bit-width of this type can
+// be reduced to save memory when the heap is small enough. The type must be
+// big enough to index all blocks in the heap, which is set by
+// heap-size-in-bytes / MICROPY_BYTES_PER_GC_BLOCK.
+#ifndef MICROPY_GC_STACK_ENTRY_TYPE
+#define MICROPY_GC_STACK_ENTRY_TYPE size_t
+#endif
+
// Be conservative and always clear to zero newly (re)allocated memory in the GC.
// This helps eliminate stray pointers that hold on to memory that's no longer
// used. It decreases performance due to unnecessary memory clearing.
diff --git a/py/mpstate.h b/py/mpstate.h
index 8c3b710cb..98371ca64 100644
--- a/py/mpstate.h
+++ b/py/mpstate.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ typedef struct _mp_state_mem_t {
byte *gc_pool_end;
int gc_stack_overflow;
- size_t gc_stack[MICROPY_ALLOC_GC_STACK_SIZE];
+ MICROPY_GC_STACK_ENTRY_TYPE gc_stack[MICROPY_ALLOC_GC_STACK_SIZE];
uint16_t gc_lock_depth;
// This variable controls auto garbage collection. If set to 0 then the