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//! Checking [linearizability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearizability) of a
//! history of operations applied to a shared object.
//!
//! For more information, see the documentation of the [`WGLChecker`] and [`History`] structs.
use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::marker::PhantomData;
use crate::linearizability::history::{Entry, History};
use crate::specifications::Specification;
pub mod history;
/// A linearizability checker.
///
/// An implementation of the algorithm originally defined by Jeannette Wing and Chun Gong
/// [\[WG93\]](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wing/publications/WingGong93.pdf), and
/// extended by Gavin Lowe [\[L17\]](http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/gavin.lowe/LinearizabiltyTesting/).
/// This particular implementation is based on the description given by Alex Horn
/// and Daniel Kroenig [\[HK15\]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00204).
///
/// Given a history of operations, the algorithm works by linearizing each operation
/// as soon as possible. When an operation cannot be linearized, it backtracks and
/// proceeds with the next operation. Memoization occurs by caching each partial
/// linearization, and preventing the algorithm from continuing its search when it
/// is already known that the state of the object and remaining operations have no
/// valid linearization.
///
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Consider the following [`Specification`] of a register containing `u32` values.
///
/// ```
/// use todc_utils::specifications::Specification;
///
/// #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
/// enum RegisterOp {
/// Read(u32),
/// Write(u32),
/// }
///
/// use RegisterOp::{Read, Write};
///
/// struct RegisterSpec;
///
/// impl Specification for RegisterSpec {
/// type State = u32;
/// type Operation = RegisterOp;
///
/// fn init() -> Self::State {
/// 0
/// }
///
/// fn apply(operation: &Self::Operation, state: &Self::State) -> (bool, Self::State) {
/// match operation {
/// Read(value) => (value == state, *state),
/// Write(value) => (true, *value),
/// }
/// }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// We can confirm that a history where two processes sequentially perform reads
/// and writes is in fact linearizable.
///
/// ```
/// # use todc_utils::specifications::Specification;
/// # #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
/// # enum RegisterOp {
/// # Read(u32),
/// # Write(u32),
/// # }
/// # use RegisterOp::*;
/// # struct RegisterSpec;
/// # impl Specification for RegisterSpec {
/// # type State = u32;
/// # type Operation = RegisterOp;
/// #
/// # fn init() -> Self::State {
/// # 0
/// # }
/// # fn apply(operation: &Self::Operation, state: &Self::State) -> (bool, Self::State) {
/// # match operation {
/// # Read(value) => (value == state, *state),
/// # Write(value) => (true, *value),
/// # }
/// # }
/// # }
/// use todc_utils::linearizability::{WGLChecker, history::{History, Action::{Call, Response}}};
///
/// type RegisterChecker = WGLChecker<RegisterSpec>;
///
/// let history = History::from_actions(vec![
/// (0, Call(Write(1))),
/// (0, Response(Write(1))),
/// (1, Call(Read(1))),
/// (1, Response(Read(1))),
/// ]);
/// assert!(RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
/// ```
///
/// If the second process performs a read that returns an invalid value, we can
/// check that the corresponding history is **not** linearizable as well.
///
/// ```
/// # use todc_utils::specifications::Specification;
/// # #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
/// # enum RegisterOp {
/// # Read(u32),
/// # Write(u32),
/// # }
/// # use RegisterOp::*;
/// # struct RegisterSpec;
/// # impl Specification for RegisterSpec {
/// # type State = u32;
/// # type Operation = RegisterOp;
/// #
/// # fn init() -> Self::State {
/// # 0
/// # }
/// # fn apply(operation: &Self::Operation, state: &Self::State) -> (bool, Self::State) {
/// # match operation {
/// # Read(value) => (value == state, *state),
/// # Write(value) => (true, *value),
/// # }
/// # }
/// # }
/// # use todc_utils::linearizability::{WGLChecker, history::{History, Action::{Call, Response}}};
/// # type RegisterChecker = WGLChecker<RegisterSpec>;
/// let history = History::from_actions(vec![
/// (0, Call(Write(1))),
/// (0, Response(Write(1))),
/// (1, Call(Read(42))),
/// (1, Response(Read(42))),
/// ]);
/// assert!(!RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
/// ```
///
/// # Implementations in Other Languages
///
/// For an implementation in C++, see [`linearizability-checker`](https://github.com/ahorn/linearizability-checker).
/// For an implementation in Go, see [`porcupine`](https://github.com/anishathalye/porcupine).
pub struct WGLChecker<S: Specification> {
data_type: PhantomData<S>,
}
type OperationEntry<S> = Entry<<S as Specification>::Operation>;
type OperationCall<S> = (
(OperationEntry<S>, OperationEntry<S>),
<S as Specification>::State,
);
impl<S: Specification> WGLChecker<S> {
/// Returns whether the history of operations is linearizable with respect to the specification.
pub fn is_linearizable(mut history: History<S::Operation>) -> bool {
let mut state = S::init();
let mut linearized = vec![false; history.len()];
let mut calls: Vec<OperationCall<S>> = Vec::new();
let mut cache: HashSet<(Vec<bool>, S::State)> = HashSet::new();
let mut curr = 0;
loop {
if history.is_empty() {
return true;
}
match &history[curr] {
Entry::Call(call) => match &history[history.index_of_id(call.response)] {
Entry::Call(_) => panic!("Response cannot be a call entry"),
Entry::Response(response) => {
let (is_valid, new_state) = S::apply(&response.operation, &state);
let mut changed = false;
if is_valid {
let mut tmp_linearized = linearized.clone();
tmp_linearized[call.id] = true;
changed = cache.insert((tmp_linearized, new_state.clone()));
}
if changed {
linearized[call.id] = true;
let call = history.lift(curr);
calls.push((call, state));
state = new_state;
curr = 0;
} else {
curr += 1;
}
}
},
Entry::Response(_) => match calls.pop() {
None => return false,
Some(((call, response), old_state)) => {
state = old_state;
linearized[call.id()] = false;
let (call_index, _) = history.unlift(call, response);
curr = call_index + 1;
}
},
}
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
use super::*;
use history::Action::*;
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
enum RegisterOperation {
Read(u32),
Write(u32),
}
use RegisterOperation::*;
struct IntegerRegisterSpec;
impl Specification for IntegerRegisterSpec {
type State = u32;
type Operation = RegisterOperation;
fn init() -> Self::State {
0
}
fn apply(operation: &Self::Operation, state: &Self::State) -> (bool, Self::State) {
match operation {
Read(value) => (value == state, *state),
Write(value) => (true, *value),
}
}
}
type RegisterChecker = WGLChecker<IntegerRegisterSpec>;
mod is_linearizable {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn accepts_sequential_read_and_write() {
let history = History::from_actions(vec![
(0, Call(Write(1))),
(0, Response(Write(1))),
(0, Call(Read(1))),
(0, Response(Read(1))),
]);
assert!(RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_invalid_reads() {
let history = History::from_actions(vec![
(0, Call(Write(1))),
(0, Response(Write(1))),
(0, Call(Read(2))),
(0, Response(Read(2))),
]);
assert!(!RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
}
#[test]
fn accepts_writes_in_reverse_order() {
// Accepts the following history, in which processes
// P1, P2, and P3 must linearize their writes in the
// reverse order in which they are called.
// P0 |--------------------| Write(1)
// P1 |--------------------| Write(2)
// P2 |--------------------| Write(3)
// P3 |--| Read(3)
// P3 |--| Read(2)
// P3 |--| Read(1)
let history = History::from_actions(vec![
(0, Call(Write(1))),
(1, Call(Write(2))),
(2, Call(Write(3))),
(3, Call(Read(3))),
(3, Response(Read(3))),
(3, Call(Read(2))),
(3, Response(Read(2))),
(3, Call(Read(1))),
(3, Response(Read(1))),
(0, Response(Write(1))),
(1, Response(Write(2))),
(2, Response(Write(3))),
]);
assert!(RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
}
#[test]
fn rejects_sequentially_consistent_reads() {
// Rejects the following history, in which P1 and P2 read
// different values while overlapping with P0s write. Notice
// that this history is _sequentially consistent_, as P2s
// read could be re-ordered to complete prior to any other
// operation.
// P0 |-------------------| Write(1)
// P1 |--| Read(1)
// P2 |--| Read(0)
let history = History::from_actions(vec![
(0, Call(Write(1))),
(1, Call(Read(1))),
(1, Response(Read(1))),
(2, Call(Read(0))),
(2, Response(Read(0))),
(0, Response(Write(1))),
]);
assert!(!RegisterChecker::is_linearizable(history));
}
}
}