/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ /* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */ /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ /* Helpers for defining and using refcounted objects. */ #ifndef mozilla_RefPtr_h #define mozilla_RefPtr_h #include "mozilla/Assertions.h" #include "mozilla/Atomics.h" #include "mozilla/Attributes.h" #include "mozilla/TypeTraits.h" namespace mozilla { template class RefCounted; template class RefPtr; template class TemporaryRef; template class OutParamRef; template OutParamRef byRef(RefPtr&); /** * RefCounted is a sort of a "mixin" for a class T. RefCounted * manages, well, refcounting for T, and because RefCounted is * parameterized on T, RefCounted can call T's destructor directly. * This means T doesn't need to have a virtual dtor and so doesn't * need a vtable. * * RefCounted is created with refcount == 0. Newly-allocated * RefCounted must immediately be assigned to a RefPtr to make the * refcount > 0. It's an error to allocate and free a bare * RefCounted, i.e. outside of the RefPtr machinery. Attempts to * do so will abort DEBUG builds. * * Live RefCounted have refcount > 0. The lifetime (refcounts) of * live RefCounted are controlled by RefPtr and * RefPtr. Upon a transition from refcounted==1 * to 0, the RefCounted "dies" and is destroyed. The "destroyed" * state is represented in DEBUG builds by refcount==0xffffdead. This * state distinguishes use-before-ref (refcount==0) from * use-after-destroy (refcount==0xffffdead). * * Note that when deriving from RefCounted or AtomicRefCounted, you * should add MOZ_DECLARE_REFCOUNTED_TYPENAME(ClassName) to the public * section of your class, where ClassName is the name of your class. */ namespace detail { #ifdef DEBUG static const int DEAD = 0xffffdead; #endif // This is used WeakPtr.h as well as this file. enum RefCountAtomicity { AtomicRefCount, NonAtomicRefCount }; template class RefCounted { friend class RefPtr; protected: RefCounted() : refCnt(0) { } ~RefCounted() { MOZ_ASSERT(refCnt == detail::DEAD); } public: // Compatibility with nsRefPtr. void AddRef() const { MOZ_ASSERT(refCnt >= 0); ++refCnt; } void Release() const { MOZ_ASSERT(refCnt > 0); if (0 == --refCnt) { #ifdef DEBUG refCnt = detail::DEAD; #endif delete static_cast(this); } } // Compatibility with wtf::RefPtr. void ref() { AddRef(); } void deref() { Release(); } int refCount() const { return refCnt; } bool hasOneRef() const { MOZ_ASSERT(refCnt > 0); return refCnt == 1; } private: mutable typename Conditional, int>::Type refCnt; }; #define MOZ_DECLARE_REFCOUNTED_TYPENAME(T) \ const char* typeName() const { return #T; } } template class RefCounted : public detail::RefCounted { public: ~RefCounted() { static_assert(IsBaseOf::value, "T must derive from RefCounted"); } }; /** * AtomicRefCounted is like RefCounted, with an atomically updated * reference counter. */ template class AtomicRefCounted : public detail::RefCounted { public: ~AtomicRefCounted() { static_assert(IsBaseOf::value, "T must derive from AtomicRefCounted"); } }; /** * RefPtr points to a refcounted thing that has AddRef and Release * methods to increase/decrease the refcount, respectively. After a * RefPtr is assigned a T*, the T* can be used through the RefPtr * as if it were a T*. * * A RefPtr can forget its underlying T*, which results in the T* * being wrapped in a temporary object until the T* is either * re-adopted from or released by the temporary. */ template class RefPtr { // To allow them to use unref() friend class TemporaryRef; friend class OutParamRef; struct DontRef {}; public: RefPtr() : ptr(0) { } RefPtr(const RefPtr& o) : ptr(ref(o.ptr)) {} RefPtr(const TemporaryRef& o) : ptr(o.drop()) {} RefPtr(T* t) : ptr(ref(t)) {} template RefPtr(const RefPtr& o) : ptr(ref(o.get())) {} ~RefPtr() { unref(ptr); } RefPtr& operator=(const RefPtr& o) { assign(ref(o.ptr)); return *this; } RefPtr& operator=(const TemporaryRef& o) { assign(o.drop()); return *this; } RefPtr& operator=(T* t) { assign(ref(t)); return *this; } template RefPtr& operator=(const RefPtr& o) { assign(ref(o.get())); return *this; } TemporaryRef forget() { T* tmp = ptr; ptr = 0; return TemporaryRef(tmp, DontRef()); } T* get() const { return ptr; } operator T*() const { return ptr; } T* operator->() const { return ptr; } T& operator*() const { return *ptr; } template operator TemporaryRef() { return TemporaryRef(ptr); } private: void assign(T* t) { unref(ptr); ptr = t; } T* ptr; static MOZ_ALWAYS_INLINE T* ref(T* t) { if (t) t->AddRef(); return t; } static MOZ_ALWAYS_INLINE void unref(T* t) { if (t) t->Release(); } }; /** * TemporaryRef represents an object that holds a temporary * reference to a T. TemporaryRef objects can't be manually ref'd or * unref'd (being temporaries, not lvalues), so can only relinquish * references to other objects, or unref on destruction. */ template class TemporaryRef { // To allow it to construct TemporaryRef from a bare T* friend class RefPtr; typedef typename RefPtr::DontRef DontRef; public: TemporaryRef(T* t) : ptr(RefPtr::ref(t)) {} TemporaryRef(const TemporaryRef& o) : ptr(o.drop()) {} template TemporaryRef(const TemporaryRef& o) : ptr(o.drop()) {} ~TemporaryRef() { RefPtr::unref(ptr); } T* drop() const { T* tmp = ptr; ptr = 0; return tmp; } private: TemporaryRef(T* t, const DontRef&) : ptr(t) {} mutable T* ptr; TemporaryRef() MOZ_DELETE; void operator=(const TemporaryRef&) MOZ_DELETE; }; /** * OutParamRef is a wrapper that tracks a refcounted pointer passed as * an outparam argument to a function. OutParamRef implements COM T** * outparam semantics: this requires the callee to AddRef() the T* * returned through the T** outparam on behalf of the caller. This * means the caller (through OutParamRef) must Release() the old * object contained in the tracked RefPtr. It's OK if the callee * returns the same T* passed to it through the T** outparam, as long * as the callee obeys the COM discipline. * * Prefer returning TemporaryRef from functions over creating T** * outparams and passing OutParamRef to T**. Prefer RefPtr* * outparams over T** outparams. */ template class OutParamRef { friend OutParamRef byRef(RefPtr&); public: ~OutParamRef() { RefPtr::unref(refPtr.ptr); refPtr.ptr = tmp; } operator T**() { return &tmp; } private: OutParamRef(RefPtr& p) : refPtr(p), tmp(p.get()) {} RefPtr& refPtr; T* tmp; OutParamRef() MOZ_DELETE; OutParamRef& operator=(const OutParamRef&) MOZ_DELETE; }; /** * byRef cooperates with OutParamRef to implement COM outparam semantics. */ template OutParamRef byRef(RefPtr& ptr) { return OutParamRef(ptr); } } // namespace mozilla #if 0 // Command line that builds these tests // // cp RefPtr.h test.cc && g++ -g -Wall -pedantic -DDEBUG -o test test.cc && ./test using namespace mozilla; struct Foo : public RefCounted { MOZ_DECLARE_REFCOUNTED_TYPENAME(Foo) Foo() : dead(false) { } ~Foo() { MOZ_ASSERT(!dead); dead = true; numDestroyed++; } bool dead; static int numDestroyed; }; int Foo::numDestroyed; struct Bar : public Foo { }; TemporaryRef NewFoo() { return RefPtr(new Foo()); } TemporaryRef NewBar() { return new Bar(); } void GetNewFoo(Foo** f) { *f = new Bar(); // Kids, don't try this at home (*f)->AddRef(); } void GetPassedFoo(Foo** f) { // Kids, don't try this at home (*f)->AddRef(); } void GetNewFoo(RefPtr* f) { *f = new Bar(); } void GetPassedFoo(RefPtr* f) {} TemporaryRef GetNullFoo() { return 0; } int main(int argc, char** argv) { // This should blow up // Foo* f = new Foo(); delete f; MOZ_ASSERT(0 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = new Foo(); MOZ_ASSERT(f->refCount() == 1); } MOZ_ASSERT(1 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f1 = NewFoo(); RefPtr f2(NewFoo()); MOZ_ASSERT(1 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(3 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr b = NewBar(); MOZ_ASSERT(3 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(4 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f1; { f1 = new Foo(); RefPtr f2(f1); RefPtr f3 = f2; MOZ_ASSERT(4 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(4 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(5 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = new Foo(); f.forget(); MOZ_ASSERT(6 == Foo::numDestroyed); } { RefPtr f = new Foo(); GetNewFoo(byRef(f)); MOZ_ASSERT(7 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(8 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = new Foo(); GetPassedFoo(byRef(f)); MOZ_ASSERT(8 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(9 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = new Foo(); GetNewFoo(&f); MOZ_ASSERT(10 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(11 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = new Foo(); GetPassedFoo(&f); MOZ_ASSERT(11 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(12 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f1 = new Bar(); } MOZ_ASSERT(13 == Foo::numDestroyed); { RefPtr f = GetNullFoo(); MOZ_ASSERT(13 == Foo::numDestroyed); } MOZ_ASSERT(13 == Foo::numDestroyed); return 0; } #endif #endif /* mozilla_RefPtr_h */