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#![warn(missing_docs)]
//! Declarative programming via embedded configuration data
//!
//! A linker set allows you to program declaratively rather than
//! imperatively by embedding configuration or behavior into a program as
//! data.
//!
//! Using a linker set, you can scatter instances of a certain type all
//! over your program, and, with the proper annotations, the linker will
//! gather them up into a special section of the ELF binary, forming an
//! array, which can be iterated at runtime.
//!
//! # Example
//!
//! ```
//! use std::collections::HashSet;
//! use linker_set::*;
//!
//! set_declare!(stuff, u64);
//!
//! #[set_entry(stuff)]
//! static FOO: u64 = 0x4F202A76B86A7299u64;
//! #[set_entry(stuff)]
//! static BAR: u64 = 0x560E9309456ACCE0u64;
//!
//! # fn main() {
//! let actual = set!(stuff).iter().collect::<HashSet<_>>();
//! let expect = HashSet::from([&FOO, &BAR]);
//! assert_eq!(actual, expect);
//! # }
//! ```
//!
//! The [set_declare!] macro outputs a module definition. The module must
//! be imported into the scope of calls to the [set_entry] attribute and the
//! [set!] macro.
//!
//! If you make a linker set of an integer type, you should use typed
//! literals, not generic integer literals. I.e.
//!
//! ```no_run
//! use linker_set::*;
//! set_declare!(foo, u64);
//!
//! #[set_entry(foo)]
//! static FOO: u64 = 1000u64; // not 1000 ❌
//! ```
//!
//! Generic integer literals will defeat a typechecking mechanism that is
//! output by the [set_entry] macro.
//!
//! All items in a set should be of the same size, the size of the declared
//! type. Otherwise, stuff won't work. The macros make an attempt to
//! typecheck set entries, but they aren't foolproof. Caveat scriptor.
//!
//! The index operator is kind of just for fun. Obviously you shouldn't
//! depend on the linker to provide any specific ordering.
//!
//! # History
//!
//! This idea comes from [Clustrix], the best distributed relational
//! database in the world, which no one knew about. Clustrix was written
//! in a very unusual but very interesting style of C. Much of it was
//! written in [continuation-passing style]([CPS]), and continuations and
//! lightweight threads (fibers) ran on top of a scheduler very similar to
//! the asynchronous runtimes like Tokio which later became popular. (But
//! Clustrix was started in 2006, before that popularity.)
//!
//! Linker sets were used extensively in the Clustrix code to do things
//! such as specify initialization or other system processes via graphs
//! (initgraphs), automatically create heaps for memory allocation,
//! automatically allocate integers or flags for what would otherwise have
//! to be centrally controlled constants, and automatically register
//! structures or handlers with a subsystem.
//!
//! This concept was present in the oldest version of the Clustrix code in
//! Git. A prior Subversion repository seemed to have been lost. The
//! inspiration appears to have come from [FreeBSD], which has several
//! macros whose names match exactly macros used in the Clustrix source
//! code.
//!
//! [Clustrix]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustrix
//! [CPS]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style
//! [FreeBSD]: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/sys/linker_set.h
pub use linker_set_proc::set_entry;
/// An iterator that yields the elements in a linker set.
pub struct LinkerSetIter<T> {
next: *const T,
stop: *const T,
}
impl<T> LinkerSetIter<T> {
/// Create a new iterator for a linker set.
///
/// Users should call the [set!] macro instead of this function.
///
/// # Safety
/// The pointers must be start and end pointers generated by the linker.
pub unsafe fn new(start: *const T, stop: *const T) -> Self {
assert!(start < stop);
Self { next: start, stop }
}
}
impl<T> Iterator for LinkerSetIter<T>
where
T: 'static,
{
type Item = &'static T;
fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
if self.next == self.stop {
None
} else {
unsafe {
let x = self.next.as_ref();
self.next = self.next.add(1);
x
}
}
}
fn count(self) -> usize {
self.len()
}
fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
let len = self.len();
(len, Some(len))
}
}
impl<T> ExactSizeIterator for LinkerSetIter<T>
where
T: 'static,
{
fn len(&self) -> usize {
unsafe { self.stop.offset_from(self.next).try_into().unwrap() }
}
}
impl<T> std::iter::FusedIterator for LinkerSetIter<T> where T: 'static {}
unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for LinkerSetIter<T> {}
/// A proxy object that represents (but does not wrap) a linker set.
///
/// You can use this object if you should want the ability to create
/// multiple iterators on the linker set, or maybe if you wanted to keep
/// track of a specific linker set out of some number of them.
pub struct LinkerSet<T>
where
T: 'static,
{
start: *const T,
stop: *const T,
slice: &'static [T],
}
impl<T> LinkerSet<T>
where
T: 'static,
{
/// Create a new object to represent a linker set.
///
/// # Safety
/// The pointers must be start and end pointers generated by the linker.
pub unsafe fn new(start: *const T, stop: *const T) -> Self {
assert!(start < stop);
let len = stop.offset_from(start).try_into().unwrap();
let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(start, len);
Self { start, stop, slice }
}
/// Returns an iterator over the items in the linker set.
pub fn iter(&self) -> LinkerSetIter<T> {
unsafe { LinkerSetIter::new(self.start, self.stop) }
}
/// Returns the number of elements in the linker set.
pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
self.slice.len()
}
/// Returns true if the linker set contains zero elements.
pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
self.start == self.stop
}
}
impl<T> IntoIterator for LinkerSet<T>
where
T: 'static,
{
type Item = &'static T;
type IntoIter = LinkerSetIter<T>;
fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
self.iter()
}
}
impl<T, I> std::ops::Index<I> for LinkerSet<T>
where
T: 'static,
I: std::slice::SliceIndex<[T], Output = T>,
{
type Output = T;
fn index(&self, i: I) -> &Self::Output {
self.slice.index(i)
}
}
unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for LinkerSet<T> {}
unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for LinkerSet<T> {} // readonly once created
/// Declare the name of a linker set.
///
/// This macro outputs a module into the current scope. The module must
/// be brought into scope should the linker set be used within another module.
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! set_declare {
($set:ident, $type:ty) => {
pub mod $set {
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use super::*;
paste::paste! {
extern {
/* rust thinks we're allowing these things to come in from
* C code, so if type is a function, it gets cranky because
* it thinks we're proposing to call a function in C with
* rust calling convention. */
#[allow(improper_ctypes)]
pub static [<__start_set_ $set>]: $type;
#[allow(improper_ctypes)]
pub static [<__stop_set_ $set>]: $type;
}
}
}
};
}
/// Create a linker set proxy object. The object can be used to iterate over
/// or index into the linker set.
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! set {
($set:ident) => {{
paste::paste! {
unsafe {
LinkerSet::new(
&$set::[<__start_set_ $set>],
&$set::[<__stop_set_ $set>],
)
}
}
}};
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
use super::*;
use std::collections::HashSet;
set_declare!(stuff, u64);
#[set_entry(stuff)]
static FOO: u64 = 0x4F202A76B86A7299u64;
#[set_entry(stuff)]
static BAR: u64 = 0x560E9309456ACCE0u64;
#[test]
fn test_set_contents() {
let actual = set!(stuff).iter().collect::<HashSet<_>>();
let expect = HashSet::from([&FOO, &BAR, &0x6666666666666666]);
assert_eq!(actual, expect);
}
#[test]
fn test_set_iter_len() {
const LEN: usize = 3;
let iter = set!(stuff).iter();
assert_eq!(iter.len(), LEN);
assert_eq!(iter.size_hint(), (LEN, Some(LEN)));
assert_eq!(iter.count(), LEN);
}
#[test]
fn test_into() {
let mut actual = HashSet::new();
for i in set!(stuff) {
actual.insert(i);
}
let expect = HashSet::from([&FOO, &BAR, &0x6666666666666666]);
assert_eq!(actual, expect);
}
#[test]
fn test_index() {
let set = set!(stuff);
assert_eq!(set.len(), 3);
let mut actual = HashSet::new();
for i in 0..set.len() {
actual.insert(set[i]); // this is u64; compiler auto derefs
}
let expect = HashSet::from([FOO, BAR, 0x6666666666666666]);
assert_eq!(actual, expect);
}
#[test]
fn test_is_empty() {
assert!(!set!(stuff).is_empty());
}
#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
pub(crate) struct Foo {
a: u32,
b: u8,
}
set_declare!(aaa, Foo);
#[set_entry(aaa)]
static AAA: Foo = Foo { a: 1, b: 5 };
#[test]
fn test_struct() {
let actual = set!(aaa).iter().collect::<HashSet<_>>();
let expect = HashSet::from([&AAA]);
assert_eq!(actual, expect);
}
#[test]
fn test_traits() {
fn require_send<T: Send>(_: T) {}
fn require_sync<T: Sync>(_: T) {}
require_send(set!(aaa));
require_sync(set!(aaa));
require_send(set!(aaa).iter());
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod test_use_ext {
use super::*;
use test::stuff;
#[set_entry(stuff)]
static FOO: u64 = 0x6666666666666666;
#[test]
fn test_use() {
const LEN: usize = 3;
let iter = set!(stuff).iter();
assert_eq!(iter.len(), LEN);
}
}