tornavis/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_implicit_sharing.hh

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/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Blender Authors
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
#pragma once
/** \file
* \ingroup bli
*/
#include <atomic>
#include "BLI_compiler_attrs.h"
#include "BLI_utildefines.h"
#include "BLI_utility_mixins.hh"
namespace blender {
/**
* #ImplicitSharingInfo is the core data structure for implicit sharing in Blender. Implicit
* sharing is a technique that avoids copying data when it is not necessary. This results in better
* memory usage and performance. Only read-only data can be shared, because otherwise multiple
* owners might want to change the data in conflicting ways.
*
* To determine whether data is shared, #ImplicitSharingInfo keeps a user count. If the count is 1,
* the data only has a single owner and is therefore mutable. If some code wants to modify data
* that is currently shared, it has to make a copy first.
* This behavior is also called "copy on write".
*
* In addition to containing the reference count, #ImplicitSharingInfo also knows how to destruct
* the referenced data. This is important because the code freeing the data in the end might not
* know how it was allocated (for example, it doesn't know whether an array was allocated using the
* system or guarded allocator).
*
* #ImplicitSharingInfo can be used in two ways:
* - It can be allocated separately from the referenced data. This is used when the shared data is
* e.g. a plain data array.
* - It can be embedded into another struct. For that it's best to use #ImplicitSharingMixin.
*/
class ImplicitSharingInfo : NonCopyable, NonMovable {
private:
/**
* Number of users that want to own the shared data. This can be in multiple states:
* - 0: The data is expired and likely freed. It must not be accessed anymore. The
* #ImplicitSharingInfo may still be alive when there are weak users.
* - 1: The data is mutable by the single owner.
* - >1: The data is shared and therefore immutable.
*/
mutable std::atomic<int> strong_users_ = 1;
/**
* Number of users that only keep a reference to the `ImplicitSharingInfo` but don't need to own
* the shared data. One additional weak user is added as long as there is at least one strong
* user. Together with the `version_` below this adds an efficient way to detect if data has been
* changed.
*/
mutable std::atomic<int> weak_users_ = 1;
/**
* The data referenced by an #ImplicitSharingInfo can change over time. This version is
* incremented whenever the referenced data is about to be changed. This allows checking if the
* data has been changed between points in time.
*/
mutable std::atomic<int64_t> version_ = 0;
public:
virtual ~ImplicitSharingInfo()
{
BLI_assert(strong_users_ == 0);
BLI_assert(weak_users_ == 0);
}
/** Whether the resource can be modified in place because there is only one owner. */
bool is_mutable() const
{
return strong_users_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 1;
}
/**
* Weak users don't protect the referenced data from being freed. If the data is freed while
* there is still a weak referenced, this returns true.
*/
bool is_expired() const
{
return strong_users_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) == 0;
}
/** Call when a the data has a new additional owner. */
void add_user() const
{
BLI_assert(!this->is_expired());
strong_users_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
/**
* Adding a weak owner prevents the #ImplicitSharingInfo from being freed but not the referenced
* data.
*
* \note Unlike std::shared_ptr a weak user cannot be turned into a strong user. This is
* because some code might change the referenced data assuming that there is only one strong user
* while a new strong user is added by another thread.
*/
void add_weak_user() const
{
weak_users_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
/**
* Call this when making sure that the referenced data is mutable, which also implies that it is
* about to be modified. This allows other code to detect whether data has not been changed very
* efficiently.
*/
void tag_ensured_mutable() const
{
BLI_assert(this->is_mutable());
/* This might not need an atomic increment when the #version method below is only called when
* the code calling it is a strong user of this sharing info. Better be safe and use an atomic
* for now. */
version_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
}
/**
* Get a version number that is increased when the data is modified. It can be used to detect if
* data has been changed.
*/
int64_t version() const
{
return version_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
}
/**
* Call when the data is no longer needed. This might just decrement the user count, or it might
* also delete the data if this was the last user.
*/
void remove_user_and_delete_if_last() const
{
const int old_user_count = strong_users_.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
BLI_assert(old_user_count >= 1);
const bool was_last_user = old_user_count == 1;
if (was_last_user) {
const int old_weak_user_count = weak_users_.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
BLI_assert(old_weak_user_count >= 1);
if (old_weak_user_count == 1) {
/* If the weak user count is 1 it means that there is no actual weak user. The 1 just
* indicates that there was still at least one strong user. */
weak_users_ = 0;
const_cast<ImplicitSharingInfo *>(this)->delete_self_with_data();
}
else {
/* There is still at least one actual weak user, so don't free the sharing info yet. The
* data can be freed though. */
const_cast<ImplicitSharingInfo *>(this)->delete_data_only();
/* Also remove the "fake" weak user that indicated that there was at least one strong
* user. */
this->remove_weak_user_and_delete_if_last();
}
}
}
/**
* This might just decrement the weak user count or might delete the data. Should be used in
* conjunction with #add_weak_user.
*/
void remove_weak_user_and_delete_if_last() const
{
const int old_weak_user_count = weak_users_.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
BLI_assert(old_weak_user_count >= 1);
const bool was_last_weak_user = old_weak_user_count == 1;
if (was_last_weak_user) {
/* It's possible that the data has been freed before already, but now it is definitely freed
* together with the sharing info. */
const_cast<ImplicitSharingInfo *>(this)->delete_self_with_data();
}
}
private:
/** Has to free the #ImplicitSharingInfo and the referenced data. The data might have been freed
* before by #delete_data_only already. This case should be handled here. */
virtual void delete_self_with_data() = 0;
/** Can free the referenced data but the #ImplicitSharingInfo still has to be kept alive. */
virtual void delete_data_only() {}
};
/**
* Makes it easy to embed implicit-sharing behavior into a struct. Structs that derive from this
* class can be used with #ImplicitSharingPtr.
*/
class ImplicitSharingMixin : public ImplicitSharingInfo {
private:
void delete_self_with_data() override
{
/* Can't use `delete this` here, because we don't know what allocator was used. */
this->delete_self();
}
virtual void delete_self() = 0;
};
/**
* Utility that contains sharing information and the data that is shared.
*/
struct ImplicitSharingInfoAndData {
const ImplicitSharingInfo *sharing_info = nullptr;
const void *data = nullptr;
};
namespace implicit_sharing {
namespace detail {
void *resize_trivial_array_impl(void *old_data,
int64_t old_size,
int64_t new_size,
int64_t alignment,
const ImplicitSharingInfo **sharing_info);
void *make_trivial_data_mutable_impl(void *old_data,
int64_t size,
int64_t alignment,
const ImplicitSharingInfo **sharing_info);
} // namespace detail
/**
* Copy shared data from the source to the destination, adding a user count.
* \note Does not free any existing data in the destination.
*/
template<typename T>
void copy_shared_pointer(T *src_ptr,
const ImplicitSharingInfo *src_sharing_info,
T **r_dst_ptr,
const ImplicitSharingInfo **r_dst_sharing_info)
{
*r_dst_ptr = src_ptr;
*r_dst_sharing_info = src_sharing_info;
if (*r_dst_ptr) {
BLI_assert(*r_dst_sharing_info != nullptr);
(*r_dst_sharing_info)->add_user();
}
}
/**
* Remove this reference to the shared data and remove dangling pointers.
*/
template<typename T> void free_shared_data(T **data, const ImplicitSharingInfo **sharing_info)
{
if (*sharing_info) {
BLI_assert(*data != nullptr);
(*sharing_info)->remove_user_and_delete_if_last();
}
*data = nullptr;
*sharing_info = nullptr;
}
/**
* Create an implicit sharing object that takes ownership of the data, allowing it to be shared.
* When it is no longer used, the data is freed with #MEM_freeN, so it must be a trivial type.
*/
const ImplicitSharingInfo *info_for_mem_free(void *data);
/**
* Make data mutable (single-user) if it is shared. For trivially-copyable data only.
*/
template<typename T>
void make_trivial_data_mutable(T **data,
const ImplicitSharingInfo **sharing_info,
const int64_t size)
{
*data = static_cast<T *>(
detail::make_trivial_data_mutable_impl(*data, sizeof(T) * size, alignof(T), sharing_info));
}
/**
* Resize an array of shared data. For trivially-copyable data only. Any new values are not
* initialized.
*/
template<typename T>
void resize_trivial_array(T **data,
const ImplicitSharingInfo **sharing_info,
int64_t old_size,
int64_t new_size)
{
*data = static_cast<T *>(detail::resize_trivial_array_impl(
*data, sizeof(T) * old_size, sizeof(T) * new_size, alignof(T), sharing_info));
}
} // namespace implicit_sharing
} // namespace blender