IntrusiveRefCntPtr.h

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//==- llvm/ADT/IntrusiveRefCntPtr.h - Smart Refcounting Pointer --*- C++ -*-==//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
///
/// \file
/// This file defines the RefCountedBase, ThreadSafeRefCountedBase, and
/// IntrusiveRefCntPtr classes.
///
/// IntrusiveRefCntPtr is a smart pointer to an object which maintains a
/// reference count.  (ThreadSafe)RefCountedBase is a mixin class that adds a
/// refcount member variable and methods for updating the refcount.  An object
/// that inherits from (ThreadSafe)RefCountedBase deletes itself when its
/// refcount hits zero.
///
/// For example:
///
/// ```
///   class MyClass : public RefCountedBase<MyClass> {};
///
///   void foo() {
///     // Constructing an IntrusiveRefCntPtr increases the pointee's refcount
///     // by 1 (from 0 in this case).
///     IntrusiveRefCntPtr<MyClass> Ptr1(new MyClass());
///
///     // Copying an IntrusiveRefCntPtr increases the pointee's refcount by 1.
///     IntrusiveRefCntPtr<MyClass> Ptr2(Ptr1);
///
///     // Constructing an IntrusiveRefCntPtr has no effect on the object's
///     // refcount.  After a move, the moved-from pointer is null.
///     IntrusiveRefCntPtr<MyClass> Ptr3(std::move(Ptr1));
///     assert(Ptr1 == nullptr);
///
///     // Clearing an IntrusiveRefCntPtr decreases the pointee's refcount by 1.
///     Ptr2.reset();
///
///     // The object deletes itself when we return from the function, because
///     // Ptr3's destructor decrements its refcount to 0.
///   }
/// ```
///
/// You can use IntrusiveRefCntPtr with isa<T>(), dyn_cast<T>(), etc.:
///
/// ```
///   IntrusiveRefCntPtr<MyClass> Ptr(new MyClass());
///   OtherClass *Other = dyn_cast<OtherClass>(Ptr);  // Ptr.get() not required
/// ```
///
/// IntrusiveRefCntPtr works with any class that
///
///  - inherits from (ThreadSafe)RefCountedBase,
///  - has Retain() and Release() methods, or
///  - specializes IntrusiveRefCntPtrInfo.
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#ifndef LLVM_ADT_INTRUSIVEREFCNTPTR_H
#define LLVM_ADT_INTRUSIVEREFCNTPTR_H
 
#include <atomic>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstddef>
#include <memory>
 
namespace llvm {
 
/// A CRTP mixin class that adds reference counting to a type.
///
/// The lifetime of an object which inherits from RefCountedBase is managed by
/// calls to Release() and Retain(), which increment and decrement the object's
/// refcount, respectively.  When a Release() call decrements the refcount to 0,
/// the object deletes itself.
template <class Derived> class RefCountedBase {
  mutable unsigned RefCount = 0;
 
protected:
  RefCountedBase() = default;
  RefCountedBase(const RefCountedBase &) {}
  RefCountedBase &operator=(const RefCountedBase &) = delete;
 
#ifndef NDEBUG
  ~RefCountedBase() {
    assert(RefCount == 0 &&
           "Destruction occurred when there are still references to this.");
  }
#else
  // Default the destructor in release builds, A trivial destructor may enable
  // better codegen.
  ~RefCountedBase() = default;
#endif
 
public:
  void Retain() const { ++RefCount; }
 
  void Release() const {
    assert(RefCount > 0 && "Reference count is already zero.");
    if (--RefCount == 0)
      delete static_cast<const Derived *>(this);
  }
};
 
/// A thread-safe version of \c RefCountedBase.
template <class Derived> class ThreadSafeRefCountedBase {
  mutable std::atomic<int> RefCount{0};
 
protected:
  ThreadSafeRefCountedBase() = default;
  ThreadSafeRefCountedBase(const ThreadSafeRefCountedBase &) {}
  ThreadSafeRefCountedBase &
  operator=(const ThreadSafeRefCountedBase &) = delete;
 
#ifndef NDEBUG
  ~ThreadSafeRefCountedBase() {
    assert(RefCount == 0 &&
           "Destruction occurred when there are still references to this.");
  }
#else
  // Default the destructor in release builds, A trivial destructor may enable
  // better codegen.
  ~ThreadSafeRefCountedBase() = default;
#endif
 
public:
  void Retain() const { RefCount.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed); }
 
  void Release() const {
    int NewRefCount = RefCount.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel) - 1;
    assert(NewRefCount >= 0 && "Reference count was already zero.");
    if (NewRefCount == 0)
      delete static_cast<const Derived *>(this);
  }
};
 
/// Class you can specialize to provide custom retain/release functionality for
/// a type.
///
/// Usually specializing this class is not necessary, as IntrusiveRefCntPtr
/// works with any type which defines Retain() and Release() functions -- you
/// can define those functions yourself if RefCountedBase doesn't work for you.
///
/// One case when you might want to specialize this type is if you have
///  - Foo.h defines type Foo and includes Bar.h, and
///  - Bar.h uses IntrusiveRefCntPtr<Foo> in inline functions.
///
/// Because Foo.h includes Bar.h, Bar.h can't include Foo.h in order to pull in
/// the declaration of Foo.  Without the declaration of Foo, normally Bar.h
/// wouldn't be able to use IntrusiveRefCntPtr<Foo>, which wants to call
/// T::Retain and T::Release.
///
/// To resolve this, Bar.h could include a third header, FooFwd.h, which
/// forward-declares Foo and specializes IntrusiveRefCntPtrInfo<Foo>.  Then
/// Bar.h could use IntrusiveRefCntPtr<Foo>, although it still couldn't call any
/// functions on Foo itself, because Foo would be an incomplete type.
template <typename T> struct IntrusiveRefCntPtrInfo {
  static void retain(T *obj) { obj->Retain(); }
  static void release(T *obj) { obj->Release(); }
};
 
/// A smart pointer to a reference-counted object that inherits from
/// RefCountedBase or ThreadSafeRefCountedBase.
///
/// This class increments its pointee's reference count when it is created, and
/// decrements its refcount when it's destroyed (or is changed to point to a
/// different object).
template <typename T> class IntrusiveRefCntPtr {
  T *Obj = nullptr;
 
public:
  using element_type = T;
 
  explicit IntrusiveRefCntPtr() = default;
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr(T *obj) : Obj(obj) { retain(); }
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr &S) : Obj(S.Obj) { retain(); }
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr(IntrusiveRefCntPtr &&S) : Obj(S.Obj) { S.Obj = nullptr; }
 
  template <class X,
            std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<X *, T *>::value, bool> = true>
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr(IntrusiveRefCntPtr<X> S) : Obj(S.get()) {
    S.Obj = nullptr;
  }
 
  template <class X,
            std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<X *, T *>::value, bool> = true>
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr(std::unique_ptr<X> S) : Obj(S.release()) {
    retain();
  }
 
  ~IntrusiveRefCntPtr() { release(); }
 
  IntrusiveRefCntPtr &operator=(IntrusiveRefCntPtr S) {
    swap(S);
    return *this;
  }
 
  T &operator*() const { return *Obj; }
  T *operator->() const { return Obj; }
  T *get() const { return Obj; }
  explicit operator bool() const { return Obj; }
 
  void swap(IntrusiveRefCntPtr &other) {
    T *tmp = other.Obj;
    other.Obj = Obj;
    Obj = tmp;
  }
 
  void reset() {
    release();
    Obj = nullptr;
  }
 
  void resetWithoutRelease() { Obj = nullptr; }
 
private:
  void retain() {
    if (Obj)
      IntrusiveRefCntPtrInfo<T>::retain(Obj);
  }
 
  void release() {
    if (Obj)
      IntrusiveRefCntPtrInfo<T>::release(Obj);
  }
 
  template <typename X> friend class IntrusiveRefCntPtr;
};
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator==(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A,
                       const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<U> &B) {
  return A.get() == B.get();
}
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator!=(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A,
                       const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<U> &B) {
  return A.get() != B.get();
}
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator==(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A, U *B) {
  return A.get() == B;
}
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator!=(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A, U *B) {
  return A.get() != B;
}
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator==(T *A, const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<U> &B) {
  return A == B.get();
}
 
template <class T, class U>
inline bool operator!=(T *A, const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<U> &B) {
  return A != B.get();
}
 
template <class T>
bool operator==(std::nullptr_t, const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &B) {
  return !B;
}
 
template <class T>
bool operator==(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A, std::nullptr_t B) {
  return B == A;
}
 
template <class T>
bool operator!=(std::nullptr_t A, const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &B) {
  return !(A == B);
}
 
template <class T>
bool operator!=(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &A, std::nullptr_t B) {
  return !(A == B);
}
 
// Make IntrusiveRefCntPtr work with dyn_cast, isa, and the other idioms from
// Casting.h.
template <typename From> struct simplify_type;
 
template <class T> struct simplify_type<IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T>> {
  using SimpleType = T *;
 
  static SimpleType getSimplifiedValue(IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &Val) {
    return Val.get();
  }
};
 
template <class T> struct simplify_type<const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T>> {
  using SimpleType = /*const*/ T *;
 
  static SimpleType getSimplifiedValue(const IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> &Val) {
    return Val.get();
  }
};
 
/// Factory function for creating intrusive ref counted pointers.
template <typename T, typename... Args>
IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T> makeIntrusiveRefCnt(Args &&...A) {
  return IntrusiveRefCntPtr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(A)...));
}
 
} // end namespace llvm
 
#endif // LLVM_ADT_INTRUSIVEREFCNTPTR_H