// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 //! A reference-counted pointer. //! //! This module implements a way for users to create reference-counted objects and pointers to //! them. Such a pointer automatically increments and decrements the count, and drops the //! underlying object when it reaches zero. It is also safe to use concurrently from multiple //! threads. //! //! It is different from the standard library's [`Arc`] in a few ways: //! 1. It is backed by the kernel's `refcount_t` type. //! 2. It does not support weak references, which allows it to be half the size. //! 3. It saturates the reference count instead of aborting when it goes over a threshold. //! 4. It does not provide a `get_mut` method, so the ref counted object is pinned. //! //! [`Arc`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/struct.Arc.html use crate::{bindings, error::code::*, Error, Opaque, Result}; use alloc::{ alloc::{alloc, dealloc}, vec::Vec, }; use core::{ alloc::Layout, convert::{AsRef, TryFrom}, marker::{PhantomData, Unsize}, mem::{ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit}, ops::{Deref, DerefMut}, pin::Pin, ptr::{self, NonNull}, }; /// A reference-counted pointer to an instance of `T`. /// /// The reference count is incremented when new instances of [`Ref`] are created, and decremented /// when they are dropped. When the count reaches zero, the underlying `T` is also dropped. /// /// # Invariants /// /// The reference count on an instance of [`Ref`] is always non-zero. /// The object pointed to by [`Ref`] is always pinned. pub struct Ref { ptr: NonNull>, _p: PhantomData>, } #[repr(C)] struct RefInner { refcount: Opaque, data: T, } // This is to allow [`Ref`] (and variants) to be used as the type of `self`. impl core::ops::Receiver for Ref {} // This is to allow [`RefBorrow`] (and variants) to be used as the type of `self`. impl core::ops::Receiver for RefBorrow<'_, T> {} // This is to allow coercion from `Ref` to `Ref` if `T` can be converted to the // dynamically-sized type (DST) `U`. impl, U: ?Sized> core::ops::CoerceUnsized> for Ref {} // This is to allow `Ref` to be dispatched on when `Ref` can be coerced into `Ref`. impl, U: ?Sized> core::ops::DispatchFromDyn> for Ref {} // SAFETY: It is safe to send `Ref` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` because // it effectively means sharing `&T` (which is safe because `T` is `Sync`); additionally, it needs // `T` to be `Send` because any thread that has a `Ref` may ultimately access `T` directly, for // example, when the reference count reaches zero and `T` is dropped. unsafe impl Send for Ref {} // SAFETY: It is safe to send `&Ref` to another thread when the underlying `T` is `Sync` for // the same reason as above. `T` needs to be `Send` as well because a thread can clone a `&Ref` // into a `Ref`, which may lead to `T` being accessed by the same reasoning as above. unsafe impl Sync for Ref {} impl Ref { /// Constructs a new reference counted instance of `T`. pub fn try_new(contents: T) -> Result { let layout = Layout::new::>(); // SAFETY: The layout size is guaranteed to be non-zero because `RefInner` contains the // reference count. let inner = NonNull::new(unsafe { alloc(layout) }) .ok_or(ENOMEM)? .cast::>(); // INVARIANT: The refcount is initialised to a non-zero value. let value = RefInner { // SAFETY: Just an FFI call that returns a `refcount_t` initialised to 1. refcount: Opaque::new(unsafe { bindings::REFCOUNT_INIT(1) }), data: contents, }; // SAFETY: `inner` is writable and properly aligned. unsafe { inner.as_ptr().write(value) }; // SAFETY: We just created `inner` with a reference count of 1, which is owned by the new // `Ref` object. Ok(unsafe { Self::from_inner(inner) }) } /// Deconstructs a [`Ref`] object into a `usize`. /// /// It can be reconstructed once via [`Ref::from_usize`]. pub fn into_usize(obj: Self) -> usize { ManuallyDrop::new(obj).ptr.as_ptr() as _ } /// Borrows a [`Ref`] instance previously deconstructed via [`Ref::into_usize`]. /// /// # Safety /// /// `encoded` must have been returned by a previous call to [`Ref::into_usize`]. Additionally, /// [`Ref::from_usize`] can only be called after *all* instances of [`RefBorrow`] have been /// dropped. pub unsafe fn borrow_usize<'a>(encoded: usize) -> RefBorrow<'a, T> { // SAFETY: By the safety requirement of this function, we know that `encoded` came from // a previous call to `Ref::into_usize`. let inner = NonNull::new(encoded as *mut RefInner).unwrap(); // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that the object remains alive for the lifetime of // the returned value. There is no way to create mutable references to the object. unsafe { RefBorrow::new(inner) } } /// Recreates a [`Ref`] instance previously deconstructed via [`Ref::into_usize`]. /// /// # Safety /// /// `encoded` must have been returned by a previous call to [`Ref::into_usize`]. Additionally, /// it can only be called once for each previous call to [`Ref::into_usize`]. pub unsafe fn from_usize(encoded: usize) -> Self { // SAFETY: By the safety invariants we know that `encoded` came from `Ref::into_usize`, so // the reference count held then will be owned by the new `Ref` object. unsafe { Self::from_inner(NonNull::new(encoded as _).unwrap()) } } } impl Ref { /// Constructs a new [`Ref`] from an existing [`RefInner`]. /// /// # Safety /// /// The caller must ensure that `inner` points to a valid location and has a non-zero reference /// count, one of which will be owned by the new [`Ref`] instance. unsafe fn from_inner(inner: NonNull>) -> Self { // INVARIANT: By the safety requirements, the invariants hold. Ref { ptr: inner, _p: PhantomData, } } /// Determines if two reference-counted pointers point to the same underlying instance of `T`. pub fn ptr_eq(a: &Self, b: &Self) -> bool { ptr::eq(a.ptr.as_ptr(), b.ptr.as_ptr()) } /// Deconstructs a [`Ref`] object into a raw pointer. /// /// It can be reconstructed once via [`Ref::from_raw`]. pub fn into_raw(obj: Self) -> *const T { let ret = &*obj as *const T; core::mem::forget(obj); ret } /// Recreates a [`Ref`] instance previously deconstructed via [`Ref::into_raw`]. /// /// This code relies on the `repr(C)` layout of structs as described in /// . /// /// # Safety /// /// `ptr` must have been returned by a previous call to [`Ref::into_raw`]. Additionally, it /// can only be called once for each previous call to [`Ref::into_raw`]. pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *const T) -> Self { // SAFETY: The safety requirement ensures that the pointer is valid. let align = core::mem::align_of_val(unsafe { &*ptr }); let offset = Layout::new::>() .align_to(align) .unwrap() .pad_to_align() .size(); // SAFETY: The pointer is in bounds because by the safety requirements `ptr` came from // `Ref::into_raw`, so it is a pointer `offset` bytes from the beginning of the allocation. let data = unsafe { (ptr as *const u8).sub(offset) }; let metadata = ptr::metadata(ptr as *const RefInner); let ptr = ptr::from_raw_parts_mut(data as _, metadata); // SAFETY: By the safety requirements we know that `ptr` came from `Ref::into_raw`, so the // reference count held then will be owned by the new `Ref` object. unsafe { Self::from_inner(NonNull::new(ptr).unwrap()) } } /// Returns a [`RefBorrow`] from the given [`Ref`]. /// /// This is useful when the argument of a function call is a [`RefBorrow`] (e.g., in a method /// receiver), but we have a [`Ref`] instead. Getting a [`RefBorrow`] is free when optimised. #[inline] pub fn as_ref_borrow(&self) -> RefBorrow<'_, T> { // SAFETY: The constraint that lifetime of the shared reference must outlive that of // the returned `RefBorrow` ensures that the object remains alive. unsafe { RefBorrow::new(self.ptr) } } } impl Deref for Ref { type Target = T; fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so it is // safe to dereference it. unsafe { &self.ptr.as_ref().data } } } impl Clone for Ref { fn clone(&self) -> Self { // INVARIANT: C `refcount_inc` saturates the refcount, so it cannot overflow to zero. // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so it is // safe to increment the refcount. unsafe { bindings::refcount_inc(self.ptr.as_ref().refcount.get()) }; // SAFETY: We just incremented the refcount. This increment is now owned by the new `Ref`. unsafe { Self::from_inner(self.ptr) } } } impl AsRef for Ref { fn as_ref(&self) -> &T { // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so it is // safe to dereference it. unsafe { &self.ptr.as_ref().data } } } impl Drop for Ref { fn drop(&mut self) { // SAFETY: By the type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object. We cannot // touch `refcount` after it's decremented to a non-zero value because another thread/CPU // may concurrently decrement it to zero and free it. It is ok to have a raw pointer to // freed/invalid memory as long as it is never dereferenced. let refcount = unsafe { self.ptr.as_ref() }.refcount.get(); // INVARIANT: If the refcount reaches zero, there are no other instances of `Ref`, and // this instance is being dropped, so the broken invariant is not observable. // SAFETY: Also by the type invariant, we are allowed to decrement the refcount. let is_zero = unsafe { bindings::refcount_dec_and_test(refcount) }; if is_zero { // The count reached zero, we must free the memory. // SAFETY: This thread holds the only remaining reference to `self`, so it is safe to // get a mutable reference to it. let inner = unsafe { self.ptr.as_mut() }; let layout = Layout::for_value(inner); // SAFETY: The value stored in inner is valid. unsafe { core::ptr::drop_in_place(inner) }; // SAFETY: The pointer was initialised from the result of a call to `alloc`. unsafe { dealloc(self.ptr.cast().as_ptr(), layout) }; } } } impl TryFrom> for Ref<[T]> { type Error = Error; fn try_from(mut v: Vec) -> Result { let value_layout = Layout::array::(v.len())?; let layout = Layout::new::>() .extend(value_layout)? .0 .pad_to_align(); // SAFETY: The layout size is guaranteed to be non-zero because `RefInner` contains the // reference count. let ptr = NonNull::new(unsafe { alloc(layout) }).ok_or(ENOMEM)?; let inner = core::ptr::slice_from_raw_parts_mut(ptr.as_ptr() as _, v.len()) as *mut RefInner<[T]>; // SAFETY: Just an FFI call that returns a `refcount_t` initialised to 1. let count = Opaque::new(unsafe { bindings::REFCOUNT_INIT(1) }); // SAFETY: `inner.refcount` is writable and properly aligned. unsafe { core::ptr::addr_of_mut!((*inner).refcount).write(count) }; // SAFETY: The contents of `v` as readable and properly aligned; `inner.data` is writable // and properly aligned. There is no overlap between the two because `inner` is a new // allocation. unsafe { core::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping( v.as_ptr(), core::ptr::addr_of_mut!((*inner).data) as *mut [T] as *mut T, v.len(), ) }; // SAFETY: We're setting the new length to zero, so it is <= to capacity, and old_len..0 is // an empty range (so satisfies vacuously the requirement of being initialised). unsafe { v.set_len(0) }; // SAFETY: We just created `inner` with a reference count of 1, which is owned by the new // `Ref` object. Ok(unsafe { Self::from_inner(NonNull::new(inner).unwrap()) }) } } impl From> for Ref { fn from(item: UniqueRef) -> Self { item.inner } } impl From> for Pin> { fn from(obj: UniqueRef) -> Self { // SAFETY: It is not possible to move/replace `T` inside a `Pin>` (unless `T` // is `Unpin`), so it is ok to convert it to `Pin>`. unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(obj) } } } impl From>> for Ref { fn from(item: Pin>) -> Self { // SAFETY: The type invariants of `Ref` guarantee that the data is pinned. unsafe { Pin::into_inner_unchecked(item).inner } } } /// A borrowed [`Ref`] with manually-managed lifetime. /// /// # Invariants /// /// There are no mutable references to the underlying [`Ref`], and it remains valid for the lifetime /// of the [`RefBorrow`] instance. pub struct RefBorrow<'a, T: ?Sized + 'a> { inner: NonNull>, _p: PhantomData<&'a ()>, } impl Clone for RefBorrow<'_, T> { fn clone(&self) -> Self { *self } } impl Copy for RefBorrow<'_, T> {} impl RefBorrow<'_, T> { /// Creates a new [`RefBorrow`] instance. /// /// # Safety /// /// Callers must ensure the following for the lifetime of the returned [`RefBorrow`] instance: /// 1. That `obj` remains valid; /// 2. That no mutable references to `obj` are created. unsafe fn new(inner: NonNull>) -> Self { // INVARIANT: The safety requirements guarantee the invariants. Self { inner, _p: PhantomData, } } } impl From> for Ref { fn from(b: RefBorrow<'_, T>) -> Self { // SAFETY: The existence of `b` guarantees that the refcount is non-zero. `ManuallyDrop` // guarantees that `drop` isn't called, so it's ok that the temporary `Ref` doesn't own the // increment. ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { Ref::from_inner(b.inner) }) .deref() .clone() } } impl Deref for RefBorrow<'_, T> { type Target = T; fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { // SAFETY: By the type invariant, the underlying object is still alive with no mutable // references to it, so it is safe to create a shared reference. unsafe { &self.inner.as_ref().data } } } /// A refcounted object that is known to have a refcount of 1. /// /// It is mutable and can be converted to a [`Ref`] so that it can be shared. /// /// # Invariants /// /// `inner` always has a reference count of 1. /// /// # Examples /// /// In the following example, we make changes to the inner object before turning it into a /// `Ref` object (after which point, it cannot be mutated directly). Note that `x.into()` /// cannot fail. /// /// ``` /// use kernel::sync::{Ref, UniqueRef}; /// /// struct Example { /// a: u32, /// b: u32, /// } /// /// fn test() -> Result> { /// let mut x = UniqueRef::try_new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 })?; /// x.a += 1; /// x.b += 1; /// Ok(x.into()) /// } /// /// # test(); /// ``` /// /// In the following example we first allocate memory for a ref-counted `Example` but we don't /// initialise it on allocation. We do initialise it later with a call to [`UniqueRef::write`], /// followed by a conversion to `Ref`. This is particularly useful when allocation happens /// in one context (e.g., sleepable) and initialisation in another (e.g., atomic): /// /// ``` /// use kernel::sync::{Ref, UniqueRef}; /// /// struct Example { /// a: u32, /// b: u32, /// } /// /// fn test() -> Result> { /// let x = UniqueRef::try_new_uninit()?; /// Ok(x.write(Example { a: 10, b: 20 }).into()) /// } /// /// # test(); /// ``` /// /// In the last example below, the caller gets a pinned instance of `Example` while converting to /// `Ref`; this is useful in scenarios where one needs a pinned reference during /// initialisation, for example, when initialising fields that are wrapped in locks. /// /// ``` /// use kernel::sync::{Ref, UniqueRef}; /// /// struct Example { /// a: u32, /// b: u32, /// } /// /// fn test() -> Result> { /// let mut pinned = Pin::from(UniqueRef::try_new(Example { a: 10, b: 20 })?); /// // We can modify `pinned` because it is `Unpin`. /// pinned.as_mut().a += 1; /// Ok(pinned.into()) /// } /// /// # test(); /// ``` pub struct UniqueRef { inner: Ref, } impl UniqueRef { /// Tries to allocate a new [`UniqueRef`] instance. pub fn try_new(value: T) -> Result { Ok(Self { // INVARIANT: The newly-created object has a ref-count of 1. inner: Ref::try_new(value)?, }) } /// Tries to allocate a new [`UniqueRef`] instance whose contents are not initialised yet. pub fn try_new_uninit() -> Result>> { Ok(UniqueRef::> { // INVARIANT: The newly-created object has a ref-count of 1. inner: Ref::try_new(MaybeUninit::uninit())?, }) } } impl UniqueRef> { /// Converts a `UniqueRef>` into a `UniqueRef` by writing a value into it. pub fn write(mut self, value: T) -> UniqueRef { self.deref_mut().write(value); let inner = ManuallyDrop::new(self).inner.ptr; UniqueRef { // SAFETY: The new `Ref` is taking over `ptr` from `self.inner` (which won't be // dropped). The types are compatible because `MaybeUninit` is compatible with `T`. inner: unsafe { Ref::from_inner(inner.cast()) }, } } } impl Deref for UniqueRef { type Target = T; fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { self.inner.deref() } } impl DerefMut for UniqueRef { fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target { // SAFETY: By the `Ref` type invariant, there is necessarily a reference to the object, so // it is safe to dereference it. Additionally, we know there is only one reference when // it's inside a `UniqueRef`, so it is safe to get a mutable reference. unsafe { &mut self.inner.ptr.as_mut().data } } }