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rippled/include/xrpl/basics/IntrusiveRefCounts.h
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#pragma once
#include <xrpl/beast/utility/instrumentation.h>
#include <atomic>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
namespace xrpl {
/**
* Action to perform when releasing a strong pointer.
*
* noop: Do nothing. For example, a `noop` action will occur when a count is
* decremented to a non-zero value.
*
* partialDestroy: Run the `partialDestructor`. This action will happen when a
* strong count is decremented to zero and the weak count is non-zero.
*
* destroy: Run the destructor. This action will occur when either the strong
* count or weak count is decremented and the other count is also zero.
*/
enum class ReleaseStrongRefAction { NoOp, PartialDestroy, Destroy };
/**
* Action to perform when releasing a weak pointer.
*
* noop: Do nothing. For example, a `noop` action will occur when a count is
* decremented to a non-zero value.
*
* destroy: Run the destructor. This action will occur when either the strong
* count or weak count is decremented and the other count is also zero.
*/
enum class ReleaseWeakRefAction { NoOp, Destroy };
/**
* Implement the strong count, weak count, and bit flags for an intrusive
* pointer.
*
* A class can satisfy the requirements of an xrpl::IntrusivePointer by
* inheriting from this class.
*/
struct IntrusiveRefCounts
{
virtual ~IntrusiveRefCounts() noexcept;
// This must be `noexcept` or the make_SharedIntrusive function could leak
// memory.
void
addStrongRef() const noexcept;
void
addWeakRef() const noexcept;
ReleaseStrongRefAction
releaseStrongRef() const;
// Same as:
// {
// addWeakRef();
// return releaseStrongRef;
// }
// done as one atomic operation
ReleaseStrongRefAction
addWeakReleaseStrongRef() const;
ReleaseWeakRefAction
releaseWeakRef() const;
// Returns true is able to checkout a strong ref. False otherwise
bool
checkoutStrongRefFromWeak() const noexcept;
bool
expired() const noexcept;
std::size_t
useCount() const noexcept;
// This function MUST be called after a partial destructor finishes running.
// Calling this function may cause other threads to delete the object
// pointed to by `o`, so `o` should never be used after calling this
// function. The parameter will be set to a `nullptr` after calling this
// function to emphasize that it should not be used.
// Note: This is intentionally NOT called at the end of `partialDestructor`.
// The reason for this is if new classes are written to support this smart
// pointer class, they need to write their own `partialDestructor` function
// and ensure `partialDestructorFinished` is called at the end. Putting this
// call inside the smart pointer class itself is expected to be less error
// prone.
// Note: The "two-star" programming is intentional. It emphasizes that `o`
// may be deleted and the unergonomic API is meant to signal the special
// nature of this function call to callers.
// Note: This is a template to support incompletely defined classes.
template <class T>
friend void
partialDestructorFinished(T** o);
private:
// TODO: We may need to use a uint64_t for both counts. This will reduce the
// memory savings. We need to audit the code to make sure 16 bit counts are
// enough for strong pointers and 14 bit counts are enough for weak
// pointers. Use type aliases to make it easy to switch types.
using CountType = std::uint16_t;
static constexpr size_t kStrongCountNumBits = sizeof(CountType) * 8;
static constexpr size_t kWeakCountNumBits = kStrongCountNumBits - 2;
using FieldType = std::uint32_t;
static constexpr size_t kFieldTypeBits = sizeof(FieldType) * 8;
static constexpr FieldType kOne = 1;
/**
* `refCounts` consists of four fields that are treated atomically:
*
* 1. Strong count. This is a count of the number of shared pointers that
* hold a reference to this object. When the strong counts goes to zero,
* if the weak count is zero, the destructor is run. If the weak count is
* non-zero when the strong count goes to zero then the partialDestructor
* is run.
*
* 2. Weak count. This is a count of the number of weak pointer that hold
* a reference to this object. When the weak count goes to zero and the
* strong count is also zero, then the destructor is run.
*
* 3. Partial destroy started bit. This bit is set if the
* `partialDestructor` function has been started (or is about to be
* started). This is used to prevent the destructor from running
* concurrently with the partial destructor. This can easily happen when
* the last strong pointer release its reference in one thread and starts
* the partialDestructor, while in another thread the last weak pointer
* goes out of scope and starts the destructor while the partialDestructor
* is still running. Both a start and finished bit is needed to handle a
* corner-case where the last strong pointer goes out of scope, then then
* last `weakPointer` goes out of scope, but this happens before the
* `partialDestructor` bit is set. It would be possible to use a single
* bit if it could also be set atomically when the strong count goes to
* zero and the weak count is non-zero, but that would add complexity (and
* likely slow down common cases as well).
*
* 4. Partial destroy finished bit. This bit is set when the
* `partialDestructor` has finished running. See (3) above for more
* information.
*/
mutable std::atomic<FieldType> refCounts_{kStrongDelta};
/**
* Amount to change the strong count when adding or releasing a reference
*
* Note: The strong count is stored in the low `StrongCountNumBits` bits
* of refCounts
*/
static constexpr FieldType kStrongDelta = 1;
/**
* Amount to change the weak count when adding or releasing a reference
*
* Note: The weak count is stored in the high `WeakCountNumBits` bits of
* refCounts
*/
static constexpr FieldType kWeakDelta = (kOne << kStrongCountNumBits);
/**
* Flag that is set when the partialDestroy function has started running
* (or is about to start running).
*
* See description of the `refCounts` field for a fuller description of
* this field.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kPartialDestroyStartedMask = (kOne << (kFieldTypeBits - 1));
/**
* Flag that is set when the partialDestroy function has finished running
*
* See description of the `refCounts` field for a fuller description of
* this field.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kPartialDestroyFinishedMask = (kOne << (kFieldTypeBits - 2));
/**
* Mask that will zero out all the `count` bits and leave the tag bits
* unchanged.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kTagMask = kPartialDestroyStartedMask | kPartialDestroyFinishedMask;
/**
* Mask that will zero out the `tag` bits and leave the count bits
* unchanged.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kValueMask = ~kTagMask;
/**
* Mask that will zero out everything except the strong count.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kStrongMask = ((kOne << kStrongCountNumBits) - 1) & kValueMask;
/**
* Mask that will zero out everything except the weak count.
*/
static constexpr FieldType kWeakMask =
(((kOne << kWeakCountNumBits) - 1) << kStrongCountNumBits) & kValueMask;
/**
* Unpack the count and tag fields from the packed atomic integer form.
*/
struct RefCountPair
{
CountType strong;
CountType weak;
/**
* The `partialDestroyStartedBit` is set to on when the partial
* destroy function is started. It is not a boolean; it is a uint32
* with all bits zero with the possible exception of the
* `partialDestroyStartedMask` bit. This is done so it can be directly
* masked into the `combinedValue`.
*/
FieldType partialDestroyStartedBit{0};
/**
* The `partialDestroyFinishedBit` is set to on when the partial
* destroy function has finished.
*/
FieldType partialDestroyFinishedBit{0};
RefCountPair(FieldType v) noexcept;
RefCountPair(CountType s, CountType w) noexcept;
/**
* Convert back to the packed integer form.
*/
[[nodiscard]] FieldType
combinedValue() const noexcept;
static constexpr CountType kMaxStrongValue =
static_cast<CountType>((kOne << kStrongCountNumBits) - 1);
static constexpr CountType kMaxWeakValue =
static_cast<CountType>((kOne << kWeakCountNumBits) - 1);
/**
* Put an extra margin to detect when running up against limits.
* This is only used in debug code, and is useful if we reduce the
* number of bits in the strong and weak counts (to 16 and 14 bits).
*/
static constexpr CountType kCheckStrongMaxValue = kMaxStrongValue - 32;
static constexpr CountType kCheckWeakMaxValue = kMaxWeakValue - 32;
};
};
inline void
IntrusiveRefCounts::addStrongRef() const noexcept
{
refCounts_.fetch_add(kStrongDelta, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
}
inline void
IntrusiveRefCounts::addWeakRef() const noexcept
{
refCounts_.fetch_add(kWeakDelta, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
}
inline ReleaseStrongRefAction
IntrusiveRefCounts::releaseStrongRef() const
{
// Subtract `strongDelta` from refCounts. If this releases the last strong
// ref, set the `partialDestroyStarted` bit. It is important that the ref
// count and the `partialDestroyStartedBit` are changed atomically (hence
// the loop and `compare_exchange` op). If this didn't need to be done
// atomically, the loop could be replaced with a `fetch_sub` and a
// conditional `fetch_or`. This loop will almost always run once.
using enum ReleaseStrongRefAction;
auto prevIntVal = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
while (true)
{
RefCountPair const prevVal{prevIntVal};
XRPL_ASSERT(
(prevVal.strong >= kStrongDelta),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::releaseStrongRef : previous ref "
"higher than new");
auto nextIntVal = prevIntVal - kStrongDelta;
ReleaseStrongRefAction action = NoOp;
if (prevVal.strong == 1)
{
if (prevVal.weak == 0)
{
action = Destroy;
}
else
{
nextIntVal |= kPartialDestroyStartedMask;
action = PartialDestroy;
}
}
if (refCounts_.compare_exchange_weak(prevIntVal, nextIntVal, std::memory_order_acq_rel))
{
// Can't be in partial destroy because only decrementing the strong
// count to zero can start a partial destroy, and that can't happen
// twice.
XRPL_ASSERT(
(action == NoOp) || !(prevIntVal & kPartialDestroyStartedMask),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::releaseStrongRef : not in partial "
"destroy");
return action;
}
}
}
inline ReleaseStrongRefAction
IntrusiveRefCounts::addWeakReleaseStrongRef() const
{
using enum ReleaseStrongRefAction;
static_assert(kWeakDelta > kStrongDelta);
static constexpr auto kDelta = kWeakDelta - kStrongDelta;
auto prevIntVal = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
// This loop will almost always run once. The loop is needed to atomically
// change the counts and flags (the count could be atomically changed, but
// the flags depend on the current value of the counts).
//
// Note: If this becomes a perf bottleneck, the `partialDestroyStartedMask`
// may be able to be set non-atomically. But it is easier to reason about
// the code if the flag is set atomically.
while (true)
{
RefCountPair const prevVal{prevIntVal};
// Converted the last strong pointer to a weak pointer.
//
// Can't be in partial destroy because only decrementing the
// strong count to zero can start a partial destroy, and that
// can't happen twice.
XRPL_ASSERT(
(!prevVal.partialDestroyStartedBit),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::addWeakReleaseStrongRef : not in "
"partial destroy");
auto nextIntVal = prevIntVal + kDelta;
ReleaseStrongRefAction action = NoOp;
if (prevVal.strong == 1)
{
if (prevVal.weak == 0)
{
action = NoOp;
}
else
{
nextIntVal |= kPartialDestroyStartedMask;
action = PartialDestroy;
}
}
if (refCounts_.compare_exchange_weak(prevIntVal, nextIntVal, std::memory_order_acq_rel))
{
XRPL_ASSERT(
(!(prevIntVal & kPartialDestroyStartedMask)),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::addWeakReleaseStrongRef : not "
"started partial destroy");
return action;
}
}
}
inline ReleaseWeakRefAction
IntrusiveRefCounts::releaseWeakRef() const
{
auto prevIntVal = refCounts_.fetch_sub(kWeakDelta, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
RefCountPair prev = prevIntVal;
if (prev.weak == 1 && prev.strong == 0)
{
if (prev.partialDestroyStartedBit == 0u)
{
// This case should only be hit if the partialDestroyStartedBit is
// set non-atomically (and even then very rarely). The code is kept
// in case we need to set the flag non-atomically for perf reasons.
refCounts_.wait(prevIntVal, std::memory_order_acquire);
prevIntVal = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
prev = RefCountPair{prevIntVal};
}
if (prev.partialDestroyFinishedBit == 0u)
{
// partial destroy MUST finish before running a full destroy (when
// using weak pointers)
refCounts_.wait(prevIntVal - kWeakDelta, std::memory_order_acquire);
}
return ReleaseWeakRefAction::Destroy;
}
return ReleaseWeakRefAction::NoOp;
}
inline bool
IntrusiveRefCounts::checkoutStrongRefFromWeak() const noexcept
{
auto curValue = RefCountPair{1, 1}.combinedValue();
auto desiredValue = RefCountPair{2, 1}.combinedValue();
while (!refCounts_.compare_exchange_weak(curValue, desiredValue, std::memory_order_acq_rel))
{
RefCountPair const prev{curValue};
if (prev.strong == 0u)
return false;
desiredValue = curValue + kStrongDelta;
}
return true;
}
inline bool
IntrusiveRefCounts::expired() const noexcept
{
RefCountPair const val = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
return val.strong == 0;
}
inline std::size_t
IntrusiveRefCounts::useCount() const noexcept
{
RefCountPair const val = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
return val.strong;
}
inline IntrusiveRefCounts::~IntrusiveRefCounts() noexcept
{
#ifndef NDEBUG
auto v = refCounts_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
XRPL_ASSERT(
(!(v & kValueMask)), "xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::~IntrusiveRefCounts : count must be zero");
auto t = v & kTagMask;
XRPL_ASSERT((!t || t == kTagMask), "xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::~IntrusiveRefCounts : valid tag");
#endif
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
inline IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair::RefCountPair(IntrusiveRefCounts::FieldType v) noexcept
: strong{static_cast<CountType>(v & kStrongMask)}
, weak{static_cast<CountType>((v & kWeakMask) >> kStrongCountNumBits)}
, partialDestroyStartedBit{v & kPartialDestroyStartedMask}
, partialDestroyFinishedBit{v & kPartialDestroyFinishedMask}
{
XRPL_ASSERT(
(strong < kCheckStrongMaxValue && weak < kCheckWeakMaxValue),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair(FieldType) : inputs inside "
"range");
}
inline IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair::RefCountPair(
IntrusiveRefCounts::CountType s,
IntrusiveRefCounts::CountType w) noexcept
: strong{s}, weak{w}
{
XRPL_ASSERT(
(strong < kCheckStrongMaxValue && weak < kCheckWeakMaxValue),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair(CountType, CountType) : "
"inputs inside range");
}
inline IntrusiveRefCounts::FieldType
IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair::combinedValue() const noexcept
{
XRPL_ASSERT(
(strong < kCheckStrongMaxValue && weak < kCheckWeakMaxValue),
"xrpl::IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair::combinedValue : inputs "
"inside range");
return (static_cast<IntrusiveRefCounts::FieldType>(weak)
<< IntrusiveRefCounts::kStrongCountNumBits) |
static_cast<IntrusiveRefCounts::FieldType>(strong) | partialDestroyStartedBit |
partialDestroyFinishedBit;
}
template <class T>
inline void
partialDestructorFinished(T** o)
{
T& self = **o;
IntrusiveRefCounts::RefCountPair const p =
self.refCounts_.fetch_or(IntrusiveRefCounts::kPartialDestroyFinishedMask);
XRPL_ASSERT(
(!p.partialDestroyFinishedBit && p.partialDestroyStartedBit && !p.strong),
"xrpl::partialDestructorFinished : not a weak ref");
if (!p.weak)
{
// There was a weak count before the partial destructor ran (or we would
// have run the full destructor) and now there isn't a weak count. Some
// thread is waiting to run the destructor.
self.refCounts_.notify_one();
}
// Set the pointer to null to emphasize that the object shouldn't be used
// after calling this function as it may be destroyed in another thread.
*o = nullptr;
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
} // namespace xrpl