/* garcbox.c: Atomically reference counted data * * Copyright 2018 Emmanuele Bassi * * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, see . */ #include "config.h" #include "grcboxprivate.h" #include "gmessages.h" #include "grefcount.h" #ifdef ENABLE_VALGRIND #include "valgrind.h" #endif #include "glib_trace.h" #include #define G_ARC_BOX(p) (GArcBox *) (((char *) (p)) - G_ARC_BOX_SIZE) /** * SECTION:arcbox * @Title: Atomically reference counted data * @Short_description: Allocated memory with atomic reference counting semantics * * An "atomically reference counted box", or "ArcBox", is an opaque wrapper * data type that is guaranteed to be as big as the size of a given data type, * and which augments the given data type with thread safe reference counting * semantics for its memory management. * * ArcBox is useful if you have a plain old data type, like a structure * typically placed on the stack, and you wish to provide additional API * to use it on the heap; or if you want to implement a new type to be * passed around by reference without necessarily implementing copy/free * semantics or your own reference counting. * * The typical use is: * * |[ * typedef struct { * char *name; * char *address; * char *city; * char *state; * int age; * } Person; * * Person * * person_new (void) * { * return g_atomic_rc_box_new0 (Person); * } * ]| * * Every time you wish to acquire a reference on the memory, you should * call g_atomic_rc_box_acquire(); similarly, when you wish to release a reference * you should call g_atomic_rc_box_release(): * * |[ * // Add a Person to the Database; the Database acquires ownership * // of the Person instance * void * add_person_to_database (Database *db, Person *p) * { * db->persons = g_list_prepend (db->persons, g_atomic_rc_box_acquire (p)); * } * * // Removes a Person from the Database; the reference acquired by * // add_person_to_database() is released here * void * remove_person_from_database (Database *db, Person *p) * { * db->persons = g_list_remove (db->persons, p); * g_atomic_rc_box_release (p); * } * ]| * * If you have additional memory allocated inside the structure, you can * use g_atomic_rc_box_release_full(), which takes a function pointer, which * will be called if the reference released was the last: * * |[ * void * person_clear (Person *p) * { * g_free (p->name); * g_free (p->address); * g_free (p->city); * g_free (p->state); * } * * void * remove_person_from_database (Database *db, Person *p) * { * db->persons = g_list_remove (db->persons, p); * g_atomic_rc_box_release_full (p, (GDestroyNotify) person_clear); * } * ]| * * If you wish to transfer the ownership of a reference counted data * type without increasing the reference count, you can use g_steal_pointer(): * * |[ * Person *p = g_atomic_rc_box_new (Person); * * fill_person_details (p); * * add_person_to_database (db, g_steal_pointer (&p)); * ]| * * ## Thread safety * * The reference counting operations on data allocated using g_atomic_rc_box_alloc(), * g_atomic_rc_box_new(), and g_atomic_rc_box_dup() are guaranteed to be atomic, and thus * can be safely be performed by different threads. It is important to note that * only the reference acquisition and release are atomic; changes to the content * of the data are your responsibility. * * ## Automatic pointer clean up * * If you want to add g_autoptr() support to your plain old data type through * reference counting, you can use the G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC() and * g_atomic_rc_box_release(): * * |[ * G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC (MyDataStruct, g_atomic_rc_box_release) * ]| * * If you need to clear the contents of the data, you will need to use an * ancillary function that calls g_rc_box_release_full(): * * |[ * static void * my_data_struct_release (MyDataStruct *data) * { * // my_data_struct_clear() is defined elsewhere * g_atomic_rc_box_release_full (data, (GDestroyNotify) my_data_struct_clear); * } * * G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC (MyDataStruct, my_data_struct_release) * ]| * * Since: 2.58 */ /** * g_atomic_rc_box_alloc: * @block_size: the size of the allocation, must be greater than 0 * * Allocates @block_size bytes of memory, and adds atomic * reference counting semantics to it. * * The data will be freed when its reference count drops to * zero. * * The allocated data is guaranteed to be suitably aligned for any * built-in type. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the allocated memory * * Since: 2.58 */ gpointer g_atomic_rc_box_alloc (gsize block_size) { g_return_val_if_fail (block_size > 0, NULL); return g_rc_box_alloc_full (block_size, STRUCT_ALIGNMENT, TRUE, FALSE); } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_alloc0: * @block_size: the size of the allocation, must be greater than 0 * * Allocates @block_size bytes of memory, and adds atomic * reference counting semantics to it. * * The contents of the returned data is set to zero. * * The data will be freed when its reference count drops to * zero. * * The allocated data is guaranteed to be suitably aligned for any * built-in type. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the allocated memory * * Since: 2.58 */ gpointer g_atomic_rc_box_alloc0 (gsize block_size) { g_return_val_if_fail (block_size > 0, NULL); return g_rc_box_alloc_full (block_size, STRUCT_ALIGNMENT, TRUE, TRUE); } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_new: * @type: the type to allocate, typically a structure name * * A convenience macro to allocate atomically reference counted * data with the size of the given @type. * * This macro calls g_atomic_rc_box_alloc() with `sizeof (@type)` and * casts the returned pointer to a pointer of the given @type, * avoiding a type cast in the source code. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the allocated * memory, cast to a pointer for the given @type * * Since: 2.58 */ /** * g_atomic_rc_box_new0: * @type: the type to allocate, typically a structure name * * A convenience macro to allocate atomically reference counted * data with the size of the given @type, and set its contents * to zero. * * This macro calls g_atomic_rc_box_alloc0() with `sizeof (@type)` and * casts the returned pointer to a pointer of the given @type, * avoiding a type cast in the source code. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the allocated * memory, cast to a pointer for the given @type * * Since: 2.58 */ /** * g_atomic_rc_box_dup: * @block_size: the number of bytes to copy, must be greater than 0 * @mem_block: (not nullable): the memory to copy * * Allocates a new block of data with atomic reference counting * semantics, and copies @block_size bytes of @mem_block * into it. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the allocated * memory * * Since: 2.58 */ gpointer (g_atomic_rc_box_dup) (gsize block_size, gconstpointer mem_block) { gpointer res; g_return_val_if_fail (block_size > 0, NULL); g_return_val_if_fail (mem_block != NULL, NULL); res = g_rc_box_alloc_full (block_size, STRUCT_ALIGNMENT, TRUE, FALSE); memcpy (res, mem_block, block_size); return res; } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_acquire: * @mem_block: (not nullable): a pointer to reference counted data * * Atomically acquires a reference on the data pointed by @mem_block. * * Returns: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to the data, * with its reference count increased * * Since: 2.58 */ gpointer (g_atomic_rc_box_acquire) (gpointer mem_block) { GArcBox *real_box = G_ARC_BOX (mem_block); g_return_val_if_fail (mem_block != NULL, NULL); #ifndef G_DISABLE_ASSERT g_return_val_if_fail (real_box->magic == G_BOX_MAGIC, NULL); #endif g_atomic_ref_count_inc (&real_box->ref_count); TRACE (GLIB_RCBOX_ACQUIRE (mem_block, 1)); return mem_block; } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_release: * @mem_block: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to reference counted data * * Atomically releases a reference on the data pointed by @mem_block. * * If the reference was the last one, it will free the * resources allocated for @mem_block. * * Since: 2.58 */ void g_atomic_rc_box_release (gpointer mem_block) { g_atomic_rc_box_release_full (mem_block, NULL); } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_release_full: * @mem_block: (transfer full) (not nullable): a pointer to reference counted data * @clear_func: (not nullable): a function to call when clearing the data * * Atomically releases a reference on the data pointed by @mem_block. * * If the reference was the last one, it will call @clear_func * to clear the contents of @mem_block, and then will free the * resources allocated for @mem_block. * * Since: 2.58 */ void g_atomic_rc_box_release_full (gpointer mem_block, GDestroyNotify clear_func) { GArcBox *real_box = G_ARC_BOX (mem_block); g_return_if_fail (mem_block != NULL); #ifndef G_DISABLE_ASSERT g_return_if_fail (real_box->magic == G_BOX_MAGIC); #endif if (g_atomic_ref_count_dec (&real_box->ref_count)) { char *real_mem = (char *) real_box - real_box->private_offset; TRACE (GLIB_RCBOX_RELEASE (mem_block, 1)); if (clear_func != NULL) clear_func (mem_block); TRACE (GLIB_RCBOX_FREE (mem_block)); g_free (real_mem); } } /** * g_atomic_rc_box_get_size: * @mem_block: (not nullable): a pointer to reference counted data * * Retrieves the size of the reference counted data pointed by @mem_block. * * Returns: the size of the data, in bytes * * Since: 2.58 */ gsize g_atomic_rc_box_get_size (gpointer mem_block) { GArcBox *real_box = G_ARC_BOX (mem_block); g_return_val_if_fail (mem_block != NULL, 0); #ifndef G_DISABLE_ASSERT g_return_val_if_fail (real_box->magic == G_BOX_MAGIC, 0); #endif return real_box->mem_size; }