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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

//! A reference-counted pointer.
//!
//! This module implements a way for users to create reference-counted objects and pointers to
//! them. Such a pointer automatically increments and decrements the count, and drops the
//! underlying object when it reaches zero. It is also safe to use concurrently from multiple
//! threads.
//!
//! It is different from the standard library's [`Arc`] in a few ways:
//! 1. It is backed by the kernel's `refcount_t` type.
//! 2. It does not support weak references, which allows it to be half the size.
//! 3. It saturates the reference count instead of aborting when it goes over a threshold.
//! 4. It does not provide a `get_mut` method, so the ref counted object is pinned.
//!
//! [`Arc`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/struct.Arc.html

use crate::{bindings, error::Result, types::Opaque};
use alloc::boxed::Box;
use core::{marker::PhantomData, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};

/// A reference-counted pointer to an instance of `T`.
///
/// The reference count is incremented when new instances of [`Arc`] are created, and decremented
/// when they are dropped. When the count reaches zero, the underlying `T` is also dropped.
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// The reference count on an instance of [`Arc`] is always non-zero.
/// The object pointed to by [`Arc`] is always pinned.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use kernel::sync::Arc;
///
/// struct Example {
///     a: u32,
///     b: u32,
/// }
///
/// // Create a ref-counted instance of `Example`.
/// let obj = Arc::try_new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 })?;
///
/// // Get a new pointer to `obj` and increment the refcount.
/// let cloned = obj.clone();
///
/// // Assert that both `obj` and `cloned` point to the same underlying object.
/// assert!(core::ptr::eq(&*obj, &*cloned));
///
/// // Destroy `obj` and decrement its refcount.
/// drop(obj);
///
/// // Check that the values are still accessible through `cloned`.
/// assert_eq!(cloned.a, 10);
/// assert_eq!(cloned.b, 20);
///
/// // The refcount drops to zero when `cloned` goes out of scope, and the memory is freed.
/// ```
///
/// Using `Arc<T>` as the type of `self`:
///
/// ```
/// use kernel::sync::Arc;
///
/// struct Example {
///     a: u32,
///     b: u32,
/// }
///
/// impl Example {
///     fn take_over(self: Arc<Self>) {
///         // ...
///     }
///
///     fn use_reference(self: &Arc<Self>) {
///         // ...
///     }
/// }
///
/// let obj = Arc::try_new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 })?;
/// obj.use_reference();
/// obj.take_over();
/// ```
pub struct Arc<T: ?Sized> {
    ptr: NonNull<ArcInner<T>>,
    _p: PhantomData<ArcInner<T>>,
}

#[repr(C)]
struct ArcInner<T: ?Sized> {
    refcount: Opaque<bindings::refcount_t>,
    data: T,
}

// This is to allow [`Arc`] (and variants) to be used as the type of `self`.
impl<T: ?Sized> core::ops::Receiver for Arc<T> {}

// SAFETY: It is safe to send `Arc<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` because
// it effectively means sharing `&T` (which is safe because `T` is `Sync`); additionally, it needs
// `T` to be `Send` because any thread that has an `Arc<T>` may ultimately access `T` directly, for
// example, when the reference count reaches zero and `T` is dropped.
unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Sync + Send> Send for Arc<T> {}

// SAFETY: It is safe to send `&Arc<T>` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` for the
// same reason as above. `T` needs to be `Send` as well because a thread can clone an `&Arc<T>`
// into an `Arc<T>`, which may lead to `T` being accessed by the same reasoning as above.
unsafe impl<T: ?Sized + Sync + Send> Sync for Arc<T> {}

impl<T> Arc<T> {
    /// Constructs a new reference counted instance of `T`.
    pub fn try_new(contents: T) -> Result<Self> {
        // INVARIANT: The refcount is initialised to a non-zero value.
        let value = ArcInner {
            // SAFETY: There are no safety requirements for this FFI call.
            refcount: Opaque::new(unsafe { bindings::REFCOUNT_INIT(1) }),
            data: contents,
        };

        let inner = Box::try_new(value)?;

        // SAFETY: We just created `inner` with a reference count of 1, which is owned by the new
        // `Arc` object.
        Ok(unsafe { Self::from_inner(Box::leak(inner).into()) })
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> Arc<T> {
    /// Constructs a new [`Arc`] from an existing [`ArcInner`].
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// The caller must ensure that `inner` points to a valid location and has a non-zero reference
    /// count, one of which will be owned by the new [`Arc`] instance.
    unsafe fn from_inner(inner: NonNull<ArcInner<T>>) -> Self {
        // INVARIANT: By the safety requirements, the invariants hold.
        Arc {
            ptr: inner,
            _p: PhantomData,
        }
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for Arc<T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so it is
        // safe to dereference it.
        unsafe { &self.ptr.as_ref().data }
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> Clone for Arc<T> {
    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
        // INVARIANT: C `refcount_inc` saturates the refcount, so it cannot overflow to zero.
        // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so it is
        // safe to increment the refcount.
        unsafe { bindings::refcount_inc(self.ptr.as_ref().refcount.get()) };

        // SAFETY: We just incremented the refcount. This increment is now owned by the new `Arc`.
        unsafe { Self::from_inner(self.ptr) }
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> Drop for Arc<T> {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object. We cannot
        // touch `refcount` after it's decremented to a non-zero value because another thread/CPU
        // may concurrently decrement it to zero and free it. It is ok to have a raw pointer to
        // freed/invalid memory as long as it is never dereferenced.
        let refcount = unsafe { self.ptr.as_ref() }.refcount.get();

        // INVARIANT: If the refcount reaches zero, there are no other instances of `Arc`, and
        // this instance is being dropped, so the broken invariant is not observable.
        // SAFETY: Also by the type invariant, we are allowed to decrement the refcount.
        let is_zero = unsafe { bindings::refcount_dec_and_test(refcount) };
        if is_zero {
            // The count reached zero, we must free the memory.
            //
            // SAFETY: The pointer was initialised from the result of `Box::leak`.
            unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.ptr.as_ptr()) };
        }
    }
}