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diff --git a/absl/synchronization/mutex.h b/absl/synchronization/mutex.h
index 8694bb75..0b6a9e18 100644
--- a/absl/synchronization/mutex.h
+++ b/absl/synchronization/mutex.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
#include <atomic>
#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iterator>
#include <string>
#include "absl/base/const_init.h"
@@ -90,26 +92,42 @@ struct SynchWaitParams;
//
// A `Mutex` has two basic operations: `Mutex::Lock()` and `Mutex::Unlock()`.
// The `Lock()` operation *acquires* a `Mutex` (in a state known as an
-// *exclusive* -- or write -- lock), while the `Unlock()` operation *releases* a
+// *exclusive* -- or *write* -- lock), and the `Unlock()` operation *releases* a
// Mutex. During the span of time between the Lock() and Unlock() operations,
-// a mutex is said to be *held*. By design all mutexes support exclusive/write
+// a mutex is said to be *held*. By design, all mutexes support exclusive/write
// locks, as this is the most common way to use a mutex.
//
+// Mutex operations are only allowed under certain conditions; otherwise an
+// operation is "invalid", and disallowed by the API. The conditions concern
+// both the current state of the mutex and the identity of the threads that
+// are performing the operations.
+//
// The `Mutex` state machine for basic lock/unlock operations is quite simple:
//
-// | | Lock() | Unlock() |
-// |----------------+------------+----------|
-// | Free | Exclusive | invalid |
-// | Exclusive | blocks | Free |
+// | | Lock() | Unlock() |
+// |----------------+------------------------+----------|
+// | Free | Exclusive | invalid |
+// | Exclusive | blocks, then exclusive | Free |
+//
+// The full conditions are as follows.
+//
+// * Calls to `Unlock()` require that the mutex be held, and must be made in the
+// same thread that performed the corresponding `Lock()` operation which
+// acquired the mutex; otherwise the call is invalid.
//
-// Attempts to `Unlock()` must originate from the thread that performed the
-// corresponding `Lock()` operation.
+// * The mutex being non-reentrant (or non-recursive) means that a call to
+// `Lock()` or `TryLock()` must not be made in a thread that already holds the
+// mutex; such a call is invalid.
//
-// An "invalid" operation is disallowed by the API. The `Mutex` implementation
-// is allowed to do anything on an invalid call, including but not limited to
+// * In other words, the state of being "held" has both a temporal component
+// (from `Lock()` until `Unlock()`) as well as a thread identity component:
+// the mutex is held *by a particular thread*.
+//
+// An "invalid" operation has undefined behavior. The `Mutex` implementation
+// is allowed to do anything on an invalid call, including, but not limited to,
// crashing with a useful error message, silently succeeding, or corrupting
-// data structures. In debug mode, the implementation attempts to crash with a
-// useful error message.
+// data structures. In debug mode, the implementation may crash with a useful
+// error message.
//
// `Mutex` is not guaranteed to be "fair" in prioritizing waiting threads; it
// is, however, approximately fair over long periods, and starvation-free for
@@ -255,7 +273,7 @@ class ABSL_LOCKABLE Mutex {
// Aliases for `Mutex::Lock()`, `Mutex::Unlock()`, and `Mutex::TryLock()`.
//
// These methods may be used (along with the complementary `Reader*()`
- // methods) to distingish simple exclusive `Mutex` usage (`Lock()`,
+ // methods) to distinguish simple exclusive `Mutex` usage (`Lock()`,
// etc.) from reader/writer lock usage.
void WriterLock() ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION() { this->Lock(); }
@@ -612,12 +630,12 @@ class ABSL_SCOPED_LOCKABLE WriterMutexLock {
// Condition
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
-// As noted above, `Mutex` contains a number of member functions which take a
-// `Condition` as an argument; clients can wait for conditions to become `true`
-// before attempting to acquire the mutex. These sections are known as
-// "condition critical" sections. To use a `Condition`, you simply need to
-// construct it, and use within an appropriate `Mutex` member function;
-// everything else in the `Condition` class is an implementation detail.
+// `Mutex` contains a number of member functions which take a `Condition` as an
+// argument; clients can wait for conditions to become `true` before attempting
+// to acquire the mutex. These sections are known as "condition critical"
+// sections. To use a `Condition`, you simply need to construct it, and use
+// within an appropriate `Mutex` member function; everything else in the
+// `Condition` class is an implementation detail.
//
// A `Condition` is specified as a function pointer which returns a boolean.
// `Condition` functions should be pure functions -- their results should depend
@@ -677,6 +695,20 @@ class Condition {
template<typename T>
Condition(bool (*func)(T *), T *arg);
+ // Same as above, but allows for cases where `arg` comes from a pointer that
+ // is convertible to the function parameter type `T*` but not an exact match.
+ //
+ // For example, the argument might be `X*` but the function takes `const X*`,
+ // or the argument might be `Derived*` while the function takes `Base*`, and
+ // so on for cases where the argument pointer can be implicitly converted.
+ //
+ // Implementation notes: This constructor overload is required in addition to
+ // the one above to allow deduction of `T` from `arg` for cases such as where
+ // a function template is passed as `func`. Also, the dummy `typename = void`
+ // template parameter exists just to work around a MSVC mangling bug.
+ template <typename T, typename = void>
+ Condition(bool (*func)(T *), typename absl::internal::identity<T>::type *arg);
+
// Templated version for invoking a method that returns a `bool`.
//
// `Condition(object, &Class::Method)` constructs a `Condition` that evaluates
@@ -727,7 +759,7 @@ class Condition {
: Condition(obj, static_cast<bool (T::*)() const>(&T::operator())) {}
// A Condition that always returns `true`.
- static const Condition kTrue;
+ ABSL_CONST_INIT static const Condition kTrue;
// Evaluates the condition.
bool Eval() const;
@@ -742,22 +774,54 @@ class Condition {
static bool GuaranteedEqual(const Condition *a, const Condition *b);
private:
- typedef bool (*InternalFunctionType)(void * arg);
- typedef bool (Condition::*InternalMethodType)();
- typedef bool (*InternalMethodCallerType)(void * arg,
- InternalMethodType internal_method);
-
- bool (*eval_)(const Condition*); // Actual evaluator
- InternalFunctionType function_; // function taking pointer returning bool
- InternalMethodType method_; // method returning bool
- void *arg_; // arg of function_ or object of method_
-
- Condition(); // null constructor used only to create kTrue
+ // Sizing an allocation for a method pointer can be subtle. In the Itanium
+ // specifications, a method pointer has a predictable, uniform size. On the
+ // other hand, MSVC ABI, method pointer sizes vary based on the
+ // inheritance of the class. Specifically, method pointers from classes with
+ // multiple inheritance are bigger than those of classes with single
+ // inheritance. Other variations also exist.
+
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+ // Allocation for a function pointer or method pointer.
+ // The {0} initializer ensures that all unused bytes of this buffer are
+ // always zeroed out. This is necessary, because GuaranteedEqual() compares
+ // all of the bytes, unaware of which bytes are relevant to a given `eval_`.
+ using MethodPtr = bool (Condition::*)();
+ char callback_[sizeof(MethodPtr)] = {0};
+#else
+ // It is well known that the larget MSVC pointer-to-member is 24 bytes. This
+ // may be the largest known pointer-to-member of any platform. For this
+ // reason we will allocate 24 bytes for MSVC platform toolchains.
+ char callback_[24] = {0};
+#endif
+
+ // Function with which to evaluate callbacks and/or arguments.
+ bool (*eval_)(const Condition*) = nullptr;
+
+ // Either an argument for a function call or an object for a method call.
+ void *arg_ = nullptr;
// Various functions eval_ can point to:
static bool CallVoidPtrFunction(const Condition*);
template <typename T> static bool CastAndCallFunction(const Condition* c);
template <typename T> static bool CastAndCallMethod(const Condition* c);
+
+ // Helper methods for storing, validating, and reading callback arguments.
+ template <typename T>
+ inline void StoreCallback(T callback) {
+ static_assert(
+ sizeof(callback) <= sizeof(callback_),
+ "An overlarge pointer was passed as a callback to Condition.");
+ std::memcpy(callback_, &callback, sizeof(callback));
+ }
+
+ template <typename T>
+ inline void ReadCallback(T *callback) const {
+ std::memcpy(callback, callback_, sizeof(*callback));
+ }
+
+ // Used only to create kTrue.
+ constexpr Condition() = default;
};
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -949,44 +1013,54 @@ inline CondVar::CondVar() : cv_(0) {}
// static
template <typename T>
bool Condition::CastAndCallMethod(const Condition *c) {
- typedef bool (T::*MemberType)();
- MemberType rm = reinterpret_cast<MemberType>(c->method_);
- T *x = static_cast<T *>(c->arg_);
- return (x->*rm)();
+ T *object = static_cast<T *>(c->arg_);
+ bool (T::*method_pointer)();
+ c->ReadCallback(&method_pointer);
+ return (object->*method_pointer)();
}
// static
template <typename T>
bool Condition::CastAndCallFunction(const Condition *c) {
- typedef bool (*FuncType)(T *);
- FuncType fn = reinterpret_cast<FuncType>(c->function_);
- T *x = static_cast<T *>(c->arg_);
- return (*fn)(x);
+ bool (*function)(T *);
+ c->ReadCallback(&function);
+ T *argument = static_cast<T *>(c->arg_);
+ return (*function)(argument);
}
template <typename T>
inline Condition::Condition(bool (*func)(T *), T *arg)
: eval_(&CastAndCallFunction<T>),
- function_(reinterpret_cast<InternalFunctionType>(func)),
- method_(nullptr),
- arg_(const_cast<void *>(static_cast<const void *>(arg))) {}
+ arg_(const_cast<void *>(static_cast<const void *>(arg))) {
+ static_assert(sizeof(&func) <= sizeof(callback_),
+ "An overlarge function pointer was passed to Condition.");
+ StoreCallback(func);
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename>
+inline Condition::Condition(bool (*func)(T *),
+ typename absl::internal::identity<T>::type *arg)
+ // Just delegate to the overload above.
+ : Condition(func, arg) {}
template <typename T>
inline Condition::Condition(T *object,
bool (absl::internal::identity<T>::type::*method)())
: eval_(&CastAndCallMethod<T>),
- function_(nullptr),
- method_(reinterpret_cast<InternalMethodType>(method)),
- arg_(object) {}
+ arg_(object) {
+ static_assert(sizeof(&method) <= sizeof(callback_),
+ "An overlarge method pointer was passed to Condition.");
+ StoreCallback(method);
+}
template <typename T>
inline Condition::Condition(const T *object,
bool (absl::internal::identity<T>::type::*method)()
const)
: eval_(&CastAndCallMethod<T>),
- function_(nullptr),
- method_(reinterpret_cast<InternalMethodType>(method)),
- arg_(reinterpret_cast<void *>(const_cast<T *>(object))) {}
+ arg_(reinterpret_cast<void *>(const_cast<T *>(object))) {
+ StoreCallback(method);
+}
// Register hooks for profiling support.
//
@@ -995,10 +1069,11 @@ inline Condition::Condition(const T *object,
// measured by //absl/base/internal/cycleclock.h, and which may not
// be real "cycle" counts.)
//
-// Calls to this function do not race or block, but there is no ordering
-// guaranteed between calls to this function and call to the provided hook.
-// In particular, the previously registered hook may still be called for some
-// time after this function returns.
+// There is no ordering guarantee between when the hook is registered and when
+// callbacks will begin. Only a single profiler can be installed in a running
+// binary; if this function is called a second time with a different function
+// pointer, the value is ignored (and will cause an assertion failure in debug
+// mode.)
void RegisterMutexProfiler(void (*fn)(int64_t wait_cycles));
// Register a hook for Mutex tracing.
@@ -1011,13 +1086,11 @@ void RegisterMutexProfiler(void (*fn)(int64_t wait_cycles));
//
// The only event name currently sent is "slow release".
//
-// This has the same memory ordering concerns as RegisterMutexProfiler() above.
+// This has the same ordering and single-use limitations as
+// RegisterMutexProfiler() above.
void RegisterMutexTracer(void (*fn)(const char *msg, const void *obj,
int64_t wait_cycles));
-// TODO(gfalcon): Combine RegisterMutexProfiler() and RegisterMutexTracer()
-// into a single interface, since they are only ever called in pairs.
-
// Register a hook for CondVar tracing.
//
// The function pointer registered here will be called here on various CondVar
@@ -1028,25 +1101,10 @@ void RegisterMutexTracer(void (*fn)(const char *msg, const void *obj,
// Events that can be sent are "Wait", "Unwait", "Signal wakeup", and
// "SignalAll wakeup".
//
-// This has the same memory ordering concerns as RegisterMutexProfiler() above.
+// This has the same ordering and single-use limitations as
+// RegisterMutexProfiler() above.
void RegisterCondVarTracer(void (*fn)(const char *msg, const void *cv));
-// Register a hook for symbolizing stack traces in deadlock detector reports.
-//
-// 'pc' is the program counter being symbolized, 'out' is the buffer to write
-// into, and 'out_size' is the size of the buffer. This function can return
-// false if symbolizing failed, or true if a NUL-terminated symbol was written
-// to 'out.'
-//
-// This has the same memory ordering concerns as RegisterMutexProfiler() above.
-//
-// DEPRECATED: The default symbolizer function is absl::Symbolize() and the
-// ability to register a different hook for symbolizing stack traces will be
-// removed on or after 2023-05-01.
-ABSL_DEPRECATED("absl::RegisterSymbolizer() is deprecated and will be removed "
- "on or after 2023-05-01")
-void RegisterSymbolizer(bool (*fn)(const void *pc, char *out, int out_size));
-
// EnableMutexInvariantDebugging()
//
// Enable or disable global support for Mutex invariant debugging. If enabled,