atomicbox_nostd/

atomic_box.rs

use alloc::boxed::Box;
use core::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
use core::marker::PhantomData;
use core::mem::forget;
use core::ptr::{self, null_mut};
use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, Ordering};

/// A type that holds a single `Box<T>` value and can be safely shared between
/// threads.
pub struct AtomicBox<T> {
    ptr: AtomicPtr<T>,

    /// Marker to prevent the `Send` and `Sync` traits from being implemented.
    no_send_sync: PhantomData<*mut T>,
}

impl<T> AtomicBox<T> {
    /// Creates a new `AtomicBox` with the given value.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    ///     use atomicbox::AtomicBox;
    ///
    ///     let atomic_box = AtomicBox::new(Box::new(0));
    ///
    pub fn new(value: Box<T>) -> AtomicBox<T> {
        let abox = AtomicBox {
            ptr: AtomicPtr::new(null_mut()),
            no_send_sync: PhantomData,
        };
        abox.ptr.store(Box::into_raw(value), Ordering::Release);
        abox
    }

    /// Atomically set this `AtomicBox` to `other` and return the previous value.
    ///
    /// This does not allocate or free memory, and it neither clones nor drops
    /// any values.  `other` is moved into `self`; the value previously in
    /// `self` is returned.
    ///
    /// `ordering` must be either `Ordering::AcqRel` or `Ordering::SeqCst`,
    /// as other values would not be safe if `T` contains any data.
    ///
    /// # Panics
    ///
    /// Panics if `ordering` is not one of the two allowed values.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    ///     use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
    ///     use atomicbox::AtomicBox;
    ///
    ///     let atom = AtomicBox::new(Box::new("one"));
    ///     let prev_value = atom.swap(Box::new("two"), Ordering::AcqRel);
    ///     assert_eq!(*prev_value, "one");
    ///
    pub fn swap(&self, other: Box<T>, order: Ordering) -> Box<T> {
        let mut result = other;
        self.swap_mut(&mut result, order);
        result
    }

    /// Atomically swaps the contents of this `AtomicBox` with the contents of `other`.
    ///
    /// This does not allocate or free memory, and it neither clones nor drops
    /// any values. The pointers in `*other` and `self` are simply exchanged.
    ///
    /// `ordering` must be either `Ordering::AcqRel` or `Ordering::SeqCst`,
    /// as other values would not be safe if `T` contains any data.
    ///
    /// # Panics
    ///
    /// Panics if `ordering` is not one of the two allowed values.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    ///     use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
    ///     use atomicbox::AtomicBox;
    ///
    ///     let atom = AtomicBox::new(Box::new("one"));
    ///     let mut boxed = Box::new("two");
    ///     atom.swap_mut(&mut boxed, Ordering::AcqRel);
    ///     assert_eq!(*boxed, "one");
    ///
    pub fn swap_mut(&self, other: &mut Box<T>, order: Ordering) {
        match order {
            Ordering::AcqRel | Ordering::SeqCst => {}
            _ => panic!("invalid ordering for atomic swap"),
        }

        let other_ptr = Box::into_raw(unsafe { ptr::read(other) });
        let ptr = self.ptr.swap(other_ptr, order);
        unsafe {
            ptr::write(other, Box::from_raw(ptr));
        }
    }

    /// Consume this `AtomicBox`, returning the last box value it contained.
    ///
    /// # Examples
    ///
    ///     use atomicbox::AtomicBox;
    ///
    ///     let atom = AtomicBox::new(Box::new("hello"));
    ///     assert_eq!(atom.into_inner(), Box::new("hello"));
    ///
    pub fn into_inner(self) -> Box<T> {
        let last_ptr = self.ptr.load(Ordering::Acquire);
        forget(self);
        unsafe { Box::from_raw(last_ptr) }
    }

    /// Returns a mutable reference to the contained value.
    ///
    /// This is safe because it borrows the `AtomicBox` mutably, which ensures
    /// that no other threads can concurrently access either the atomic pointer field
    /// or the boxed data it points to.
    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
        // Relaxed suffices here because this thread must already have
        // rendezvoused with any other thread that's been modifying shared
        // data, and executed an Acquire barrier, in order for the caller to
        // have a `mut` reference.  Symmetrically, no barrier is needed when
        // the reference expires, because this thread must rendezvous with
        // other threads, and execute a Release barrier, before this AtomicBox
        // becomes shared again.
        let ptr = self.ptr.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
        unsafe { &mut *ptr }
    }
}

unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for AtomicBox<T> {}
unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for AtomicBox<T> {}

impl<T> Drop for AtomicBox<T> {
    /// Dropping an `AtomicBox<T>` drops the final `Box<T>` value stored in it.
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        let ptr = self.ptr.load(Ordering::Acquire);
        unsafe {
            Box::from_raw(ptr);
        }
    }
}

impl<T> Default for AtomicBox<T>
where
    Box<T>: Default,
{
    /// The default `AtomicBox<T>` value boxes the default `T` value.
    fn default() -> AtomicBox<T> {
        AtomicBox::new(Default::default())
    }
}

impl<T> Debug for AtomicBox<T> {
    /// The `{:?}` format of an `AtomicBox<T>` looks like `"AtomicBox(0x12341234)"`.
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
        let p = self.ptr.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
        f.write_str("AtomicBox(")?;
        fmt::Pointer::fmt(&p, f)?;
        f.write_str(")")?;
        Ok(())
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use core::sync::atomic::Ordering;
    use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier};
    use std::thread::spawn;

    #[test]
    fn atomic_box_swap_works() {
        let b = AtomicBox::new(Box::new("hello world"));
        let bis = Box::new("bis");
        assert_eq!(b.swap(bis, Ordering::AcqRel), Box::new("hello world"));
        assert_eq!(b.swap(Box::new(""), Ordering::AcqRel), Box::new("bis"));
    }

    #[test]
    fn atomic_box_swap_mut_works() {
        let b = AtomicBox::new(Box::new("hello world"));
        let mut bis = Box::new("bis");
        b.swap_mut(&mut bis, Ordering::AcqRel);
        assert_eq!(bis, Box::new("hello world"));
        b.swap_mut(&mut bis, Ordering::AcqRel);
        assert_eq!(bis, Box::new("bis"));
    }

    #[test]
    fn atomic_box_pointer_identity() {
        let box1 = Box::new(1);
        let p1 = format!("{:p}", box1);
        let atom = AtomicBox::new(box1);

        let box2 = Box::new(2);
        let p2 = format!("{:p}", box2);
        assert!(p2 != p1);

        let box3 = atom.swap(box2, Ordering::AcqRel); // box1 out, box2 in
        let p3 = format!("{:p}", box3);
        assert_eq!(p3, p1); // box3 is box1

        let box4 = atom.swap(Box::new(5), Ordering::AcqRel); // box2 out, throwaway value in
        let p4 = format!("{:p}", box4);
        assert_eq!(p4, p2); // box4 is box2
    }

    #[test]
    fn atomic_box_drops() {
        use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
        use std::sync::Arc;

        struct K(Arc<AtomicUsize>, usize);

        impl Drop for K {
            fn drop(&mut self) {
                self.0.fetch_add(self.1, Ordering::Relaxed);
            }
        }

        let n = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
        {
            let ab = AtomicBox::new(Box::new(K(n.clone(), 5)));
            assert_eq!(n.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
            let first = ab.swap(Box::new(K(n.clone(), 13)), Ordering::AcqRel);
            assert_eq!(n.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 0);
            drop(first);
            assert_eq!(n.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 5);
        }
        assert_eq!(n.load(Ordering::Relaxed), 5 + 13);
    }

    #[test]
    fn atomic_threads() {
        const NTHREADS: usize = 9;

        let gate = Arc::new(Barrier::new(NTHREADS));
        let abox: Arc<AtomicBox<Vec<u8>>> = Arc::new(Default::default());
        let handles: Vec<_> = (0..NTHREADS as u8)
            .map(|t| {
                let my_gate = gate.clone();
                let my_box = abox.clone();
                spawn(move || {
                    my_gate.wait();
                    let mut my_vec = Box::new(vec![]);
                    for _ in 0..100 {
                        my_vec = my_box.swap(my_vec, Ordering::AcqRel);
                        my_vec.push(t);
                    }
                    my_vec
                })
            })
            .collect();

        let mut counts = [0usize; NTHREADS];
        for h in handles {
            for val in *h.join().unwrap() {
                counts[val as usize] += 1;
            }
        }

        // Don't forget the data still in `abox`!
        // There are NTHREADS+1 vectors in all.
        for val in *abox.swap(Box::new(vec![]), Ordering::AcqRel) {
            counts[val as usize] += 1;
        }

        println!("{:?}", counts);
        for t in 0..NTHREADS {
            assert_eq!(counts[t], 100);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    #[should_panic(expected = "invalid ordering for atomic swap")]
    fn cant_use_foolish_swap_ordering_type() {
        let atom = AtomicBox::new(Box::new(0));
        atom.swap(Box::new(44), Ordering::Release); // nope
    }

    #[test]
    fn debug_fmt() {
        let my_box = Box::new(32);
        let expected = format!("AtomicBox({:p})", my_box);
        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", AtomicBox::new(my_box)), expected);
    }
}