glib2.0/glib/grefcount.c

/* grefcount.c: Reference counting
 *
 * Copyright 2018  Emmanuele Bassi
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#include "config.h"

#include "grefcount.h"

#include "gatomic.h"
#include "gmessages.h"

/**
 * grefcount:
 *
 * A type for implementing non-atomic reference count semantics.
 *
 * Use g_ref_count_init() to initialize it; g_ref_count_inc() to
 * increase the counter, and g_ref_count_dec() to decrease it.
 *
 * It is safe to use #grefcount only if you're expecting to operate
 * on the reference counter from a single thread. It is entirely up
 * to you to ensure that all reference count changes happen in the
 * same thread.
 *
 * See also: #gatomicrefcount
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */

/**
 * gatomicrefcount:
 *
 * A type for implementing atomic reference count semantics.
 *
 * Use g_atomic_ref_count_init() to initialize it; g_atomic_ref_count_inc()
 * to increase the counter, and g_atomic_ref_count_dec() to decrease it.
 *
 * It is safe to use #gatomicrefcount if you're expecting to operate on the
 * reference counter from multiple threads.
 *
 * See also: #grefcount
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */

/**
 * g_ref_count_init:
 * @rc: the address of a reference count variable
 *
 * Initializes a reference count variable to 1.
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
void
(g_ref_count_init) (grefcount *rc)
{
  g_return_if_fail (rc != NULL);

  /* Non-atomic refcounting is implemented using the negative range
   * of signed integers:
   *
   * G_MININT                 Z¯< 0 > Z⁺                G_MAXINT
   * |----------------------------|----------------------------|
   *
   * Acquiring a reference moves us towards MININT, and releasing a
   * reference moves us towards 0.
   */
  *rc = -1;
}

/**
 * g_ref_count_inc:
 * @rc: the address of a reference count variable
 *
 * Increases the reference count.
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
void
(g_ref_count_inc) (grefcount *rc)
{
  grefcount rrc;

  g_return_if_fail (rc != NULL);

  rrc = *rc;

  g_return_if_fail (rrc < 0);

  /* Check for saturation */
  if (rrc == G_MININT)
    {
      g_critical ("Reference count %p has reached saturation", rc);
      return;
    }

  rrc -= 1;

  *rc = rrc;
}

/**
 * g_ref_count_dec:
 * @rc: the address of a reference count variable
 *
 * Decreases the reference count.
 *
 * If %TRUE is returned, the reference count reached 0. After this point, @rc
 * is an undefined state and must be reinitialized with
 * g_ref_count_init() to be used again.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE if the reference count reached 0, and %FALSE otherwise
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
gboolean
(g_ref_count_dec) (grefcount *rc)
{
  grefcount rrc;

  g_return_val_if_fail (rc != NULL, FALSE);

  rrc = *rc;

  g_return_val_if_fail (rrc < 0, FALSE);

  rrc += 1;
  if (rrc == 0)
    return TRUE;

  *rc = rrc;

  return FALSE;
}

/**
 * g_ref_count_compare:
 * @rc: the address of a reference count variable
 * @val: the value to compare
 *
 * Compares the current value of @rc with @val.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE if the reference count is the same
 *   as the given value
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
gboolean
(g_ref_count_compare) (grefcount *rc,
                       gint       val)
{
  grefcount rrc;

  g_return_val_if_fail (rc != NULL, FALSE);
  g_return_val_if_fail (val >= 0, FALSE);

  rrc = *rc;

  if (val == G_MAXINT)
    return rrc == G_MININT;

  return rrc == -val;
}

/**
 * g_atomic_ref_count_init:
 * @arc: the address of an atomic reference count variable
 *
 * Initializes a reference count variable to 1.
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
void
(g_atomic_ref_count_init) (gatomicrefcount *arc)
{
  g_return_if_fail (arc != NULL);

  /* Atomic refcounting is implemented using the positive range
   * of signed integers:
   *
   * G_MININT                 Z¯< 0 > Z⁺                G_MAXINT
   * |----------------------------|----------------------------|
   *
   * Acquiring a reference moves us towards MAXINT, and releasing a
   * reference moves us towards 0.
   */
  *arc = 1;
}

/**
 * g_atomic_ref_count_inc:
 * @arc: the address of an atomic reference count variable
 *
 * Atomically increases the reference count.
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
void
(g_atomic_ref_count_inc) (gatomicrefcount *arc)
{
  gint old_value;

  g_return_if_fail (arc != NULL);
  old_value = g_atomic_int_add (arc, 1);
  g_return_if_fail (old_value > 0);

  if (old_value == G_MAXINT)
    g_critical ("Reference count has reached saturation");
}

/**
 * g_atomic_ref_count_dec:
 * @arc: the address of an atomic reference count variable
 *
 * Atomically decreases the reference count.
 *
 * If %TRUE is returned, the reference count reached 0. After this point, @arc
 * is an undefined state and must be reinitialized with
 * g_atomic_ref_count_init() to be used again.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE if the reference count reached 0, and %FALSE otherwise
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
gboolean
(g_atomic_ref_count_dec) (gatomicrefcount *arc)
{
  gint old_value;

  g_return_val_if_fail (arc != NULL, FALSE);
  old_value = g_atomic_int_add (arc, -1);
  g_return_val_if_fail (old_value > 0, FALSE);

  return old_value == 1;
}

/**
 * g_atomic_ref_count_compare:
 * @arc: the address of an atomic reference count variable
 * @val: the value to compare
 *
 * Atomically compares the current value of @arc with @val.
 *
 * Returns: %TRUE if the reference count is the same
 *   as the given value
 *
 * Since: 2.58
 */
gboolean
(g_atomic_ref_count_compare) (gatomicrefcount *arc,
                              gint             val)
{
  g_return_val_if_fail (arc != NULL, FALSE);
  g_return_val_if_fail (val >= 0, FALSE);

  return g_atomic_int_get (arc) == val;
}