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data/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/heap_recorder.c

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+#include "heap_recorder.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "ruby/st.h"
+#include "ruby_helpers.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "collectors_stack.h"
+#include "libdatadog_helpers.h"
+
+#if (defined(HAVE_WORKING_RB_GC_FORCE_RECYCLE) && ! defined(NO_SEEN_OBJ_ID_FLAG))
+  #define CAN_APPLY_GC_FORCE_RECYCLE_BUG_WORKAROUND
+#endif
+
+// A compact representation of a stacktrace frame for a heap allocation.
+typedef struct {
+  char *name;
+  char *filename;
+  int32_t line;
+} heap_frame;
+static st_index_t heap_frame_hash(heap_frame*, st_index_t seed);
+
+// A compact representation of a stacktrace for a heap allocation.
+//
+// We could use a ddog_prof_Slice_Location instead but it has a lot of
+// unused fields. Because we have to keep these stacks around for at
+// least the lifetime of the objects allocated therein, we would be
+// incurring a non-negligible memory overhead for little purpose.
+typedef struct {
+  uint16_t frames_len;
+  heap_frame frames[];
+} heap_stack;
+static heap_stack* heap_stack_new(ddog_prof_Slice_Location);
+static void heap_stack_free(heap_stack*);
+static st_index_t heap_stack_hash(heap_stack*, st_index_t);
+
+#if MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT > UINT16_MAX
+  #error Frames len type not compatible with MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT
+#endif
+
+enum heap_record_key_type {
+  HEAP_STACK,
+  LOCATION_SLICE
+};
+// This struct allows us to use two different types of stacks when
+// interacting with a heap_record hash.
+//
+// The idea is that we'll always want to use heap_stack-keys when
+// adding new entries to the hash since that's the compact stack
+// representation we rely on internally.
+//
+// However, when querying for an existing heap record, we'd save a
+// lot of allocations if we could query with the
+// ddog_prof_Slice_Location we receive in our external API.
+//
+// To allow this interchange, we need a union and need to ensure
+// that whatever shape of the union, the heap_record_key_cmp_st
+// and heap_record_hash_st functions return the same results for
+// equivalent stacktraces.
+typedef struct {
+  enum heap_record_key_type type;
+  union {
+    // key never owns this if set
+    heap_stack *heap_stack;
+    // key never owns this if set
+    ddog_prof_Slice_Location *location_slice;
+  };
+} heap_record_key;
+static heap_record_key* heap_record_key_new(heap_stack*);
+static void heap_record_key_free(heap_record_key*);
+static int heap_record_key_cmp_st(st_data_t, st_data_t);
+static st_index_t heap_record_key_hash_st(st_data_t);
+static const struct st_hash_type st_hash_type_heap_record_key = {
+    heap_record_key_cmp_st,
+    heap_record_key_hash_st,
+};
+
+// Need to implement these functions to support the location-slice based keys
+static st_index_t ddog_location_hash(ddog_prof_Location, st_index_t seed);
+static st_index_t ddog_location_slice_hash(ddog_prof_Slice_Location, st_index_t seed);
+
+// A heap record is used for deduping heap allocation stacktraces across multiple
+// objects sharing the same allocation location.
+typedef struct {
+  // How many objects are currently tracked by the heap recorder for this heap record.
+  uint32_t num_tracked_objects;
+  // stack is owned by the associated record and gets cleaned up alongside it
+  heap_stack *stack;
+} heap_record;
+static heap_record* heap_record_new(heap_stack*);
+static void heap_record_free(heap_record*);
+
+// An object record is used for storing data about currently tracked live objects
+typedef struct {
+  long obj_id;
+  heap_record *heap_record;
+  live_object_data object_data;
+} object_record;
+static object_record* object_record_new(long, heap_record*, live_object_data);
+static void object_record_free(object_record*);
+static VALUE object_record_inspect(object_record*);
+static object_record SKIPPED_RECORD = {0};
+
+// A wrapper around an object record that is in the process of being recorded and was not
+// yet committed.
+typedef struct {
+  // Pointer to the (potentially partial) object_record containing metadata about an ongoing recording.
+  // When NULL, this symbolizes an unstarted/invalid recording.
+  object_record *object_record;
+  // A flag to track whether we had to force set the RUBY_FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID flag on this object
+  // as part of our workaround around rb_gc_force_recycle issues.
+  bool did_recycle_workaround;
+} recording;
+
+struct heap_recorder {
+  // Config
+  // Whether the recorder should try to determine approximate sizes for tracked objects.
+  bool size_enabled;
+  uint sample_rate;
+
+  // Map[key: heap_record_key*, record: heap_record*]
+  // NOTE: We always use heap_record_key.type == HEAP_STACK for storage but support lookups
+  // via heap_record_key.type == LOCATION_SLICE to allow for allocation-free fast-paths.
+  // NOTE: This table is currently only protected by the GVL since we never interact with it
+  // outside the GVL.
+  // NOTE: This table has ownership of both its heap_record_keys and heap_records.
+  st_table *heap_records;
+
+  // Map[obj_id: long, record: object_record*]
+  // NOTE: This table is currently only protected by the GVL since we never interact with it
+  // outside the GVL.
+  // NOTE: This table has ownership of its object_records. The keys are longs and so are
+  // passed as values.
+  st_table *object_records;
+
+  // Map[obj_id: long, record: object_record*]
+  // NOTE: This is a snapshot of object_records built ahead of a iteration. Outside of an
+  // iteration context, this table will be NULL. During an iteration, there will be no
+  // mutation of the data so iteration can occur without acquiring a lock.
+  // NOTE: Contrary to object_records, this table has no ownership of its data.
+  st_table *object_records_snapshot;
+
+  // Data for a heap recording that was started but not yet ended
+  recording active_recording;
+
+  // Reusable location array, implementing a flyweight pattern for things like iteration.
+  ddog_prof_Location *reusable_locations;
+
+  // Sampling state
+  uint num_recordings_skipped;
+};
+static heap_record* get_or_create_heap_record(heap_recorder*, ddog_prof_Slice_Location);
+static void cleanup_heap_record_if_unused(heap_recorder*, heap_record*);
+static void on_committed_object_record_cleanup(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, object_record *record);
+static int st_heap_record_entry_free(st_data_t, st_data_t, st_data_t);
+static int st_object_record_entry_free(st_data_t, st_data_t, st_data_t);
+static int st_object_record_update(st_data_t, st_data_t, st_data_t);
+static int st_object_records_iterate(st_data_t, st_data_t, st_data_t);
+static int st_object_records_debug(st_data_t key, st_data_t value, st_data_t extra);
+static int update_object_record_entry(st_data_t*, st_data_t*, st_data_t, int);
+static void commit_recording(heap_recorder*, heap_record*, recording);
+
+// ==========================
+// Heap Recorder External API
+//
+// WARN: All these APIs should support receiving a NULL heap_recorder, resulting in a noop.
+//
+// WARN: Except for ::heap_recorder_for_each_live_object, we always assume interaction with these APIs
+// happens under the GVL.
+//
+// ==========================
+heap_recorder* heap_recorder_new(void) {
+  heap_recorder *recorder = ruby_xcalloc(1, sizeof(heap_recorder));
+
+  recorder->heap_records = st_init_table(&st_hash_type_heap_record_key);
+  recorder->object_records = st_init_numtable();
+  recorder->object_records_snapshot = NULL;
+  recorder->reusable_locations = ruby_xcalloc(MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT, sizeof(ddog_prof_Location));
+  recorder->active_recording = (recording) {0};
+  recorder->size_enabled = true;
+  recorder->sample_rate = 1; // By default do no sampling on top of what allocation profiling already does
+
+  return recorder;
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_free(heap_recorder *heap_recorder) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot != NULL) {
+    // if there's an unfinished iteration, clean it up now
+    // before we clean up any other state it might depend on
+    heap_recorder_finish_iteration(heap_recorder);
+  }
+
+  // Clean-up all object records
+  st_foreach(heap_recorder->object_records, st_object_record_entry_free, 0);
+  st_free_table(heap_recorder->object_records);
+
+  // Clean-up all heap records (this includes those only referred to by queued_samples)
+  st_foreach(heap_recorder->heap_records, st_heap_record_entry_free, 0);
+  st_free_table(heap_recorder->heap_records);
+
+  if (heap_recorder->active_recording.object_record != NULL) {
+    // If there's a partial object record, clean it up as well
+    object_record_free(heap_recorder->active_recording.object_record);
+  }
+
+  ruby_xfree(heap_recorder->reusable_locations);
+
+  ruby_xfree(heap_recorder);
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_set_size_enabled(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, bool size_enabled) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  heap_recorder->size_enabled = size_enabled;
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_set_sample_rate(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, int sample_rate) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (sample_rate <= 0) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "Heap sample rate must be a positive integer value but was %d", sample_rate);
+  }
+
+  heap_recorder->sample_rate = sample_rate;
+  heap_recorder->num_recordings_skipped = 0;
+}
+
+// WARN: Assumes this gets called before profiler is reinitialized on the fork
+void heap_recorder_after_fork(heap_recorder *heap_recorder) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // When forking, the child process gets a copy of the entire state of the parent process, minus
+  // threads.
+  //
+  // This means anything the heap recorder is tracking will still be alive after the fork and
+  // should thus be kept. Because this heap recorder implementation does not rely on free
+  // tracepoints to track liveness, any frees that happen until we fully reinitialize, will
+  // simply be noticed on next heap_recorder_prepare_iteration.
+  //
+  // There is one small caveat though: fork only preserves one thread and in a Ruby app, that
+  // will be the thread holding on to the GVL. Since we support iteration on the heap recorder
+  // outside of the GVL, any state specific to that interaction may be incosistent after fork
+  // (e.g. an acquired lock for thread safety). Iteration operates on object_records_snapshot
+  // though and that one will be updated on next heap_recorder_prepare_iteration so we really
+  // only need to finish any iteration that might have been left unfinished.
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot != NULL) {
+    heap_recorder_finish_iteration(heap_recorder);
+  }
+}
+
+void start_heap_allocation_recording(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, VALUE new_obj, unsigned int weight, ddog_CharSlice *alloc_class) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->active_recording.object_record != NULL) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Detected consecutive heap allocation recording starts without end.");
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->num_recordings_skipped + 1 < heap_recorder->sample_rate) {
+    heap_recorder->active_recording.object_record = &SKIPPED_RECORD;
+    heap_recorder->num_recordings_skipped++;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  heap_recorder->num_recordings_skipped = 0;
+
+  VALUE ruby_obj_id = rb_obj_id(new_obj);
+  if (!FIXNUM_P(ruby_obj_id)) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Detected a bignum object id. These are not supported by heap profiling.");
+  }
+
+  bool did_recycle_workaround = false;
+
+  #ifdef CAN_APPLY_GC_FORCE_RECYCLE_BUG_WORKAROUND
+    // If we are in a ruby version that has a working rb_gc_force_recycle implementation,
+    // its usage may lead to an object being re-used outside of the typical GC cycle.
+    //
+    // This re-use is in theory invisible to us unless we're lucky enough to sample both
+    // the original object and the replacement that uses the recycled slot.
+    //
+    // In practice, we've observed (https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-rb/pull/3366)
+    // that non-noop implementations of rb_gc_force_recycle have an implementation bug
+    // which results in the object that re-used the recycled slot inheriting the same
+    // object id without setting the FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID flag. We rely on this knowledge to
+    // "observe" implicit frees when an object we are tracking is force-recycled.
+    //
+    // However, it may happen that we start tracking a new object and that object was
+    // allocated on a recycled slot. Due to the bug, this object would be missing the
+    // FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID flag even though it was not recycled itself. If we left it be,
+    // when we're doing our liveness check, the absence of the flag would trigger our
+    // implicit free workaround and the object would be inferred as recycled even though
+    // it might still be alive.
+    //
+    // Thus, if we detect that this new allocation is already missing the flag at the start
+    // of the heap allocation recording, we force-set it. This should be safe since we
+    // just called rb_obj_id on it above and the expectation is that any flaggable object
+    // that goes through it ends up with the flag set (as evidenced by the GC_ASSERT
+    // lines in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/4a8d7246d15b2054eacb20f8ab3d29d39a3e7856/gc.c#L4050C14-L4050C14).
+    if (RB_FL_ABLE(new_obj) && !RB_FL_TEST(new_obj, RUBY_FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID)) {
+      RB_FL_SET(new_obj, RUBY_FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID);
+      did_recycle_workaround = true;
+    }
+  #endif
+
+  heap_recorder->active_recording = (recording) {
+    .object_record = object_record_new(FIX2LONG(ruby_obj_id), NULL, (live_object_data) {
+        .weight =  weight * heap_recorder->sample_rate,
+        .class = alloc_class != NULL ? string_from_char_slice(*alloc_class) : NULL,
+        .alloc_gen = rb_gc_count(),
+        }),
+    .did_recycle_workaround = did_recycle_workaround,
+  };
+}
+
+void end_heap_allocation_recording(struct heap_recorder *heap_recorder, ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  recording active_recording = heap_recorder->active_recording;
+
+  if (active_recording.object_record == NULL) {
+    // Recording ended without having been started?
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Ended a heap recording that was not started");
+  }
+  // From now on, mark the global active recording as invalid so we can short-circuit at any point
+  // and not end up with a still active recording. the local active_recording still holds the
+  // data required for committing though.
+  heap_recorder->active_recording = (recording) {0};
+
+  if (active_recording.object_record == &SKIPPED_RECORD) {
+    // special marker when we decided to skip due to sampling
+    return;
+  }
+
+  heap_record *heap_record = get_or_create_heap_record(heap_recorder, locations);
+
+  // And then commit the new allocation.
+  commit_recording(heap_recorder, heap_record, active_recording);
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_prepare_iteration(heap_recorder *heap_recorder) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot != NULL) {
+    // we could trivially handle this but we raise to highlight and catch unexpected usages.
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "New heap recorder iteration prepared without the previous one having been finished.");
+  }
+
+  st_foreach(heap_recorder->object_records, st_object_record_update, (st_data_t) heap_recorder);
+
+  heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot = st_copy(heap_recorder->object_records);
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot == NULL) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Failed to create heap snapshot.");
+  }
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_finish_iteration(heap_recorder *heap_recorder) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot == NULL) {
+    // we could trivially handle this but we raise to highlight and catch unexpected usages.
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Heap recorder iteration finished without having been prepared.");
+  }
+
+  st_free_table(heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot);
+  heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot = NULL;
+}
+
+// Internal data we need while performing iteration over live objects.
+typedef struct {
+  // The callback we need to call for each object.
+  bool (*for_each_callback)(heap_recorder_iteration_data stack_data, void *extra_arg);
+  // The extra arg to pass as the second parameter to the callback.
+  void *for_each_callback_extra_arg;
+  // A reference to the heap recorder so we can access extra stuff like reusable_locations.
+  heap_recorder *heap_recorder;
+} iteration_context;
+
+// WARN: Assume iterations can run without the GVL for performance reasons. Do not raise, allocate or
+// do NoGVL-unsafe interactions with the Ruby runtime. Any such interactions should be done during
+// heap_recorder_prepare_iteration or heap_recorder_finish_iteration.
+bool heap_recorder_for_each_live_object(
+    heap_recorder *heap_recorder,
+    bool (*for_each_callback)(heap_recorder_iteration_data stack_data, void *extra_arg),
+    void *for_each_callback_extra_arg) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot == NULL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  iteration_context context;
+  context.for_each_callback = for_each_callback;
+  context.for_each_callback_extra_arg = for_each_callback_extra_arg;
+  context.heap_recorder = heap_recorder;
+  st_foreach(heap_recorder->object_records_snapshot, st_object_records_iterate, (st_data_t) &context);
+  return true;
+}
+
+void heap_recorder_testonly_assert_hash_matches(ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations) {
+  heap_stack *stack = heap_stack_new(locations);
+  heap_record_key stack_based_key = (heap_record_key) {
+    .type = HEAP_STACK,
+    .heap_stack = stack,
+  };
+  heap_record_key location_based_key = (heap_record_key) {
+    .type = LOCATION_SLICE,
+    .location_slice = &locations,
+  };
+
+  st_index_t stack_hash = heap_record_key_hash_st((st_data_t) &stack_based_key);
+  st_index_t location_hash = heap_record_key_hash_st((st_data_t) &location_based_key);
+
+  heap_stack_free(stack);
+
+  if (stack_hash != location_hash) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Heap record key hashes built from the same locations differ. stack_based_hash=%"PRI_VALUE_PREFIX"u location_based_hash=%"PRI_VALUE_PREFIX"u", stack_hash, location_hash);
+  }
+}
+
+VALUE heap_recorder_testonly_debug(heap_recorder *heap_recorder) {
+  if (heap_recorder == NULL) {
+    return rb_str_new2("NULL heap_recorder");
+  }
+
+  VALUE debug_str = rb_str_new2("object records:\n");
+  st_foreach(heap_recorder->object_records, st_object_records_debug, (st_data_t) debug_str);
+  return debug_str;
+}
+
+// ==========================
+// Heap Recorder Internal API
+// ==========================
+static int st_heap_record_entry_free(st_data_t key, st_data_t value, DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t extra_arg) {
+  heap_record_key *record_key = (heap_record_key*) key;
+  heap_record_key_free(record_key);
+  heap_record_free((heap_record *) value);
+  return ST_DELETE;
+}
+
+static int st_object_record_entry_free(DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t key, st_data_t value, DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t extra_arg) {
+  object_record_free((object_record *) value);
+  return ST_DELETE;
+}
+
+static int st_object_record_update(st_data_t key, st_data_t value, st_data_t extra_arg) {
+  long obj_id = (long) key;
+  object_record *record = (object_record*) value;
+  heap_recorder *recorder = (heap_recorder*) extra_arg;
+
+  VALUE ref;
+
+  if (!ruby_ref_from_id(LONG2NUM(obj_id), &ref)) {
+    // Id no longer associated with a valid ref. Need to delete this object record!
+    on_committed_object_record_cleanup(recorder, record);
+    return ST_DELETE;
+  }
+
+  // If we got this far, then we found a valid live object for the tracked id.
+
+  #ifdef CAN_APPLY_GC_FORCE_RECYCLE_BUG_WORKAROUND
+    // If we are in a ruby version that has a working rb_gc_force_recycle implementation,
+    // its usage may lead to an object being re-used outside of the typical GC cycle.
+    //
+    // This re-use is in theory invisible to us and would mean that the ref from which we
+    // collected the object_record metadata may not be the same as the current ref and
+    // thus any further reporting would be innacurately attributed to stale metadata.
+    //
+    // In practice, there is a way for us to notice that this happened because of a bug
+    // in the implementation of rb_gc_force_recycle. Our heap profiler relies on object
+    // ids and id2ref to detect whether objects are still alive. Turns out that when an
+    // object with an id is re-used via rb_gc_force_recycle, it will "inherit" the ID
+    // of the old object but it will NOT have the FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID as per the experiment
+    // in https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-rb/pull/3360#discussion_r1442823517
+    //
+    // Thus, if we detect that the ref we just resolved above is missing this flag, we can
+    // safely say re-use happened and thus treat it as an implicit free of the object
+    // we were tracking (the original one which got recycled).
+    if (RB_FL_ABLE(ref) && !RB_FL_TEST(ref, RUBY_FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID)) {
+
+      // NOTE: We don't really need to set this flag for heap recorder to work correctly
+      // but doing so partially mitigates a bug in runtimes with working rb_gc_force_recycle
+      // which leads to broken invariants and leaking of entries in obj_to_id and id_to_obj
+      // tables in objspace. We already do the same thing when we sample a recycled object,
+      // here we apply it as well to objects that replace recycled objects that were being
+      // tracked. More details in https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-rb/pull/3366
+      RB_FL_SET(ref, RUBY_FL_SEEN_OBJ_ID);
+
+      on_committed_object_record_cleanup(recorder, record);
+      return ST_DELETE;
+    }
+
+  #endif
+
+  if (recorder->size_enabled && !record->object_data.is_frozen) {
+    // if we were asked to update sizes and this object was not already seen as being frozen,
+    // update size again.
+    record->object_data.size = ruby_obj_memsize_of(ref);
+    // Check if it's now frozen so we skip a size update next time
+    record->object_data.is_frozen = RB_OBJ_FROZEN(ref);
+  }
+
+  return ST_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+// WARN: This can get called outside the GVL. NO HEAP ALLOCATIONS OR EXCEPTIONS ARE ALLOWED.
+static int st_object_records_iterate(DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t key, st_data_t value, st_data_t extra) {
+  object_record *record = (object_record*) value;
+  const heap_stack *stack = record->heap_record->stack;
+  iteration_context *context = (iteration_context*) extra;
+
+  ddog_prof_Location *locations = context->heap_recorder->reusable_locations;
+
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < stack->frames_len; i++) {
+    const heap_frame *frame = &stack->frames[i];
+    ddog_prof_Location *location = &locations[i];
+    location->function.name.ptr = frame->name;
+    location->function.name.len = strlen(frame->name);
+    location->function.filename.ptr = frame->filename;
+    location->function.filename.len = strlen(frame->filename);
+    location->line = frame->line;
+  }
+
+  heap_recorder_iteration_data iteration_data;
+  iteration_data.object_data = record->object_data;
+  iteration_data.locations = (ddog_prof_Slice_Location) {.ptr = locations, .len = stack->frames_len};
+
+  if (!context->for_each_callback(iteration_data, context->for_each_callback_extra_arg)) {
+    return ST_STOP;
+  }
+
+  return ST_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+static int st_object_records_debug(DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t key, st_data_t value, st_data_t extra) {
+  VALUE debug_str = (VALUE) extra;
+
+  object_record *record = (object_record*) value;
+
+  rb_str_catf(debug_str, "%"PRIsVALUE"\n", object_record_inspect(record));
+
+  return ST_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+// Struct holding data required for an update operation on heap_records
+typedef struct {
+  // [in] The recording containing the new object record we want to add.
+  // NOTE: Transfer of ownership of the contained object record is assumed, do not re-use it after call to ::update_object_record_entry
+  recording recording;
+
+  // [in] The heap recorder where the update is happening.
+  heap_recorder *heap_recorder;
+} object_record_update_data;
+
+static int update_object_record_entry(DDTRACE_UNUSED st_data_t *key, st_data_t *value, st_data_t data, int existing) {
+  object_record_update_data *update_data = (object_record_update_data*) data;
+  recording recording = update_data->recording;
+  object_record *new_object_record = recording.object_record;
+  if (existing) {
+    object_record *existing_record = (object_record*) (*value);
+    if (recording.did_recycle_workaround) {
+      // In this case, it's possible for an object id to be re-used and we were lucky enough to have
+      // sampled both the original object and the replacement so cleanup the old one and replace it with
+      // the new object_record (i.e. treat this as a combined free+allocation).
+      on_committed_object_record_cleanup(update_data->heap_recorder, existing_record);
+    } else {
+      // This is not supposed to happen, raising...
+      VALUE existing_inspect = object_record_inspect(existing_record);
+      VALUE new_inspect = object_record_inspect(new_object_record);
+      rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Object ids are supposed to be unique. We got 2 allocation recordings with "
+        "the same id. previous=%"PRIsVALUE" new=%"PRIsVALUE, existing_inspect, new_inspect);
+    }
+  }
+  // Always carry on with the update, we want the new record to be there at the end
+  (*value) = (st_data_t) new_object_record;
+  return ST_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+static void commit_recording(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, heap_record *heap_record, recording recording) {
+  // Link the object record with the corresponding heap record. This was the last remaining thing we
+  // needed to fully build the object_record.
+  recording.object_record->heap_record = heap_record;
+  if (heap_record->num_tracked_objects == UINT32_MAX) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Reached maximum number of tracked objects for heap record");
+  }
+  heap_record->num_tracked_objects++;
+
+  // Update object_records with the data for this new recording
+  object_record_update_data update_data = (object_record_update_data) {
+    .heap_recorder = heap_recorder,
+    .recording = recording,
+  };
+  st_update(heap_recorder->object_records, recording.object_record->obj_id, update_object_record_entry, (st_data_t) &update_data);
+}
+
+// Struct holding data required for an update operation on heap_records
+typedef struct {
+  // [in] The locations we did this update with
+  ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations;
+  // [out] Pointer that will be updated to the updated heap record to prevent having to do
+  // another lookup to access the updated heap record.
+  heap_record **record;
+} heap_record_update_data;
+
+// This function assumes ownership of stack_data is passed on to it so it'll either transfer ownership or clean-up.
+static int update_heap_record_entry_with_new_allocation(st_data_t *key, st_data_t *value, st_data_t data, int existing) {
+  heap_record_update_data *update_data = (heap_record_update_data*) data;
+
+  if (!existing) {
+    // there was no matching heap record so lets create a new one...
+    // we need to initialize a heap_record_key with a new stack and use that for the key storage. We can't use the
+    // locations-based key we used for the update call because we don't own its lifecycle. So we create a new
+    // heap stack and will pass ownership of it to the heap_record.
+    heap_stack *stack = heap_stack_new(update_data->locations);
+    (*key) = (st_data_t) heap_record_key_new(stack);
+    (*value) = (st_data_t) heap_record_new(stack);
+  }
+
+  heap_record *record = (heap_record*) (*value);
+  (*update_data->record) = record;
+
+  return ST_CONTINUE;
+}
+
+static heap_record* get_or_create_heap_record(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations) {
+  // For performance reasons we use a stack-allocated location-slice based key. This allows us
+  // to do allocation-free lookups and reuse of a matching existing heap record.
+  // NOTE: If we end up creating a new record, we'll create a heap-allocated key we own and use that for storage
+  //       instead of this one.
+  heap_record_key lookup_key = (heap_record_key) {
+    .type = LOCATION_SLICE,
+    .location_slice = &locations,
+  };
+
+  heap_record *heap_record = NULL;
+  heap_record_update_data update_data = (heap_record_update_data) {
+    .locations = locations,
+    .record = &heap_record,
+  };
+  st_update(heap_recorder->heap_records, (st_data_t) &lookup_key, update_heap_record_entry_with_new_allocation, (st_data_t) &update_data);
+
+  return heap_record;
+}
+
+static void cleanup_heap_record_if_unused(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, heap_record *heap_record) {
+  if (heap_record->num_tracked_objects > 0) {
+    // still being used! do nothing...
+    return;
+  }
+
+  heap_record_key heap_key = (heap_record_key) {
+    .type = HEAP_STACK,
+    .heap_stack = heap_record->stack,
+  };
+  // We need to access the deleted key to free it since we gave ownership of the keys to the hash.
+  // st_delete will change this pointer to point to the removed key if one is found.
+  heap_record_key *deleted_key = &heap_key;
+  if (!st_delete(heap_recorder->heap_records, (st_data_t*) &deleted_key, NULL)) {
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Attempted to cleanup an untracked heap_record");
+  };
+  heap_record_key_free(deleted_key);
+  heap_record_free(heap_record);
+}
+
+static void on_committed_object_record_cleanup(heap_recorder *heap_recorder, object_record *record) {
+  // Starting with the associated heap record. There will now be one less tracked object pointing to it
+  heap_record *heap_record = record->heap_record;
+  heap_record->num_tracked_objects--;
+
+  // One less object using this heap record, it may have become unused...
+  cleanup_heap_record_if_unused(heap_recorder, heap_record);
+
+  object_record_free(record);
+}
+
+// ===============
+// Heap Record API
+// ===============
+heap_record* heap_record_new(heap_stack *stack) {
+  heap_record *record = ruby_xcalloc(1, sizeof(heap_record));
+  record->num_tracked_objects = 0;
+  record->stack = stack;
+  return record;
+}
+
+void heap_record_free(heap_record *record) {
+  heap_stack_free(record->stack);
+  ruby_xfree(record);
+}
+
+
+// =================
+// Object Record API
+// =================
+object_record* object_record_new(long obj_id, heap_record *heap_record, live_object_data object_data) {
+  object_record *record = ruby_xcalloc(1, sizeof(object_record));
+  record->obj_id = obj_id;
+  record->heap_record = heap_record;
+  record->object_data = object_data;
+  return record;
+}
+
+void object_record_free(object_record *record) {
+  if (record->object_data.class != NULL) {
+    ruby_xfree(record->object_data.class);
+  }
+  ruby_xfree(record);
+}
+
+VALUE object_record_inspect(object_record *record) {
+  heap_frame top_frame = record->heap_record->stack->frames[0];
+  VALUE inspect = rb_sprintf("obj_id=%ld weight=%d size=%zu location=%s:%d alloc_gen=%zu ",
+      record->obj_id, record->object_data.weight, record->object_data.size, top_frame.filename,
+      (int) top_frame.line, record->object_data.alloc_gen);
+
+  const char *class = record->object_data.class;
+  if (class != NULL) {
+    rb_str_catf(inspect, "class=%s ", class);
+  }
+  VALUE ref;
+
+  if (!ruby_ref_from_id(LONG2NUM(record->obj_id), &ref)) {
+    rb_str_catf(inspect, "object=<invalid>");
+  } else {
+    VALUE ruby_inspect = ruby_safe_inspect(ref);
+    if (ruby_inspect != Qnil) {
+      rb_str_catf(inspect, "object=%"PRIsVALUE, ruby_inspect);
+    } else {
+      rb_str_catf(inspect, "object=%s", ruby_value_type_to_string(rb_type(ref)));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return inspect;
+}
+
+// ==============
+// Heap Frame API
+// ==============
+int heap_frame_cmp(heap_frame *f1, heap_frame *f2) {
+  int line_diff = (int) (f1->line - f2->line);
+  if (line_diff != 0) {
+    return line_diff;
+  }
+  int cmp = strcmp(f1->name, f2->name);
+  if (cmp != 0) {
+    return cmp;
+  }
+  return strcmp(f1->filename, f2->filename);
+}
+
+// TODO: Research potential performance improvements around hashing stuff here
+//       once we have a benchmarking suite.
+//       Example: Each call to st_hash is calling murmur_finish and we may want
+//                to only finish once per structure, not per field?
+//       Example: There may be a more efficient hashing for line that is not the
+//                generic st_hash algorithm?
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::char_slice_hash
+st_index_t string_hash(char *str, st_index_t seed) {
+  return st_hash(str, strlen(str), seed);
+}
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::string_hash
+st_index_t char_slice_hash(ddog_CharSlice char_slice, st_index_t seed) {
+  return st_hash(char_slice.ptr, char_slice.len, seed);
+}
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::ddog_location_hash
+st_index_t heap_frame_hash(heap_frame *frame, st_index_t seed) {
+  st_index_t hash = string_hash(frame->name, seed);
+  hash = string_hash(frame->filename, hash);
+  hash = st_hash(&frame->line, sizeof(frame->line), hash);
+  return hash;
+}
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::heap_frame_hash
+st_index_t ddog_location_hash(ddog_prof_Location location, st_index_t seed) {
+  st_index_t hash = char_slice_hash(location.function.name, seed);
+  hash = char_slice_hash(location.function.filename, hash);
+  // Convert ddog_prof line type to the same type we use for our heap_frames to
+  // ensure we have compatible hashes
+  int32_t line_as_int32 = (int32_t) location.line;
+  hash = st_hash(&line_as_int32, sizeof(line_as_int32), hash);
+  return hash;
+}
+
+// ==============
+// Heap Stack API
+// ==============
+heap_stack* heap_stack_new(ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations) {
+  uint16_t frames_len = locations.len;
+  if (frames_len > MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT) {
+    // This should not be happening anyway since MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT should be shared with
+    // the stacktrace construction mechanism. If it happens, lets just raise. This should
+    // be safe since only allocate with the GVL anyway.
+    rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Found stack with more than %d frames (%d)", MAX_FRAMES_LIMIT, frames_len);
+  }
+  heap_stack *stack = ruby_xcalloc(1, sizeof(heap_stack) + frames_len * sizeof(heap_frame));
+  stack->frames_len = frames_len;
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < stack->frames_len; i++) {
+    const ddog_prof_Location *location = &locations.ptr[i];
+    stack->frames[i] = (heap_frame) {
+      .name = string_from_char_slice(location->function.name),
+      .filename = string_from_char_slice(location->function.filename),
+      // ddog_prof_Location is a int64_t. We don't expect to have to profile files with more than
+      // 2M lines so this cast should be fairly safe?
+      .line = (int32_t) location->line,
+    };
+  }
+  return stack;
+}
+
+void heap_stack_free(heap_stack *stack) {
+  for (uint64_t i = 0; i < stack->frames_len; i++) {
+    heap_frame *frame = &stack->frames[i];
+    ruby_xfree(frame->name);
+    ruby_xfree(frame->filename);
+  }
+  ruby_xfree(stack);
+}
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::ddog_location_slice_hash
+st_index_t heap_stack_hash(heap_stack *stack, st_index_t seed) {
+  st_index_t hash = seed;
+  for (uint64_t i = 0; i < stack->frames_len; i++) {
+    hash = heap_frame_hash(&stack->frames[i], hash);
+  }
+  return hash;
+}
+
+// WARN: Must be kept in-sync with ::heap_stack_hash
+st_index_t ddog_location_slice_hash(ddog_prof_Slice_Location locations, st_index_t seed) {
+  st_index_t hash = seed;
+  for (uint64_t i = 0; i < locations.len; i++) {
+    hash = ddog_location_hash(locations.ptr[i], hash);
+  }
+  return hash;
+}
+
+// ===================
+// Heap Record Key API
+// ===================
+heap_record_key* heap_record_key_new(heap_stack *stack) {
+  heap_record_key *key = ruby_xmalloc(sizeof(heap_record_key));
+  key->type = HEAP_STACK;
+  key->heap_stack = stack;
+  return key;
+}
+
+void heap_record_key_free(heap_record_key *key) {
+  ruby_xfree(key);
+}
+
+static inline size_t heap_record_key_len(heap_record_key *key) {
+  if (key->type == HEAP_STACK) {
+    return key->heap_stack->frames_len;
+  } else {
+    return key->location_slice->len;
+  }
+}
+
+static inline int64_t heap_record_key_entry_line(heap_record_key *key, size_t entry_i) {
+  if (key->type == HEAP_STACK) {
+    return key->heap_stack->frames[entry_i].line;
+  } else {
+    return key->location_slice->ptr[entry_i].line;
+  }
+}
+
+static inline size_t heap_record_key_entry_name(heap_record_key *key, size_t entry_i, const char **name_ptr) {
+  if (key->type == HEAP_STACK) {
+    char *name = key->heap_stack->frames[entry_i].name;
+    (*name_ptr) = name;
+    return strlen(name);
+  } else {
+    ddog_CharSlice name = key->location_slice->ptr[entry_i].function.name;
+    (*name_ptr) = name.ptr;
+    return name.len;
+  }
+}
+
+static inline size_t heap_record_key_entry_filename(heap_record_key *key, size_t entry_i, const char **filename_ptr) {
+  if (key->type == HEAP_STACK) {
+    char *filename = key->heap_stack->frames[entry_i].filename;
+    (*filename_ptr) = filename;
+    return strlen(filename);
+  } else {
+    ddog_CharSlice filename = key->location_slice->ptr[entry_i].function.filename;
+    (*filename_ptr) = filename.ptr;
+    return filename.len;
+  }
+}
+
+int heap_record_key_cmp_st(st_data_t key1, st_data_t key2) {
+  heap_record_key *key_record1 = (heap_record_key*) key1;
+  heap_record_key *key_record2 = (heap_record_key*) key2;
+
+  // Fast path, check if lengths differ
+  size_t key_record1_len = heap_record_key_len(key_record1);
+  size_t key_record2_len = heap_record_key_len(key_record2);
+
+  if (key_record1_len != key_record2_len) {
+    return ((int) key_record1_len) - ((int) key_record2_len);
+  }
+
+  // If we got this far, we have same lengths so need to check item-by-item
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < key_record1_len; i++) {
+    // Lines are faster to compare, lets do that first
+    size_t line1 = heap_record_key_entry_line(key_record1, i);
+    size_t line2 = heap_record_key_entry_line(key_record2, i);
+    if (line1 != line2) {
+      return ((int) line1) - ((int)line2);
+    }
+
+    // Then come names, they are usually smaller than filenames
+    const char *name1, *name2;
+    size_t name1_len = heap_record_key_entry_name(key_record1, i, &name1);
+    size_t name2_len = heap_record_key_entry_name(key_record2, i, &name2);
+    if (name1_len != name2_len) {
+      return ((int) name1_len) - ((int) name2_len);
+    }
+    int name_cmp_result = strncmp(name1, name2, name1_len);
+    if (name_cmp_result != 0) {
+      return name_cmp_result;
+    }
+
+    // Then come filenames
+    const char *filename1, *filename2;
+    int64_t filename1_len = heap_record_key_entry_filename(key_record1, i, &filename1);
+    int64_t filename2_len = heap_record_key_entry_filename(key_record2, i, &filename2);
+    if (filename1_len != filename2_len) {
+      return ((int) filename1_len) - ((int) filename2_len);
+    }
+    int filename_cmp_result = strncmp(filename1, filename2, filename1_len);
+    if (filename_cmp_result != 0) {
+      return filename_cmp_result;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If we survived the above for, then everything matched
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// Initial seed for hash functions
+#define FNV1_32A_INIT 0x811c9dc5
+
+st_index_t heap_record_key_hash_st(st_data_t key) {
+  heap_record_key *record_key = (heap_record_key*) key;
+  if (record_key->type == HEAP_STACK) {
+    return heap_stack_hash(record_key->heap_stack, FNV1_32A_INIT);
+  } else {
+    return ddog_location_slice_hash(*record_key->location_slice, FNV1_32A_INIT);
+  }
+}