1 /* GNU Objective C Runtime accessors functions
2 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Contributed by Nicola Pero
5 This file is part of GCC.
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25 #include "objc-private/common.h"
26 #include "objc/objc.h"
28 #include <string.h> /* For memcpy */
30 /* This file contains functions that the compiler uses when
31 synthesizing accessors (getters/setters) for properties. The
32 functions are part of the ABI, but are meant to be used by the
33 compiler and not by users; for this reason, they are not declared
34 in public header files. The compiler automatically generates
35 declarations for these functions. */
37 /* Properties can be "atomic", which requires protecting them from
38 concurrency issues using a lock. Unfortunately, we can't have a
39 lock for each property, so we'll go with a small pool of locks.
40 Any time a property is accessed in an "atomic" way, we pick a
41 random lock from the pool (random, but always the same one for the
42 same property of the same object) and use it to protect access to
45 The size of the pool is currently 16. A bigger pool can help
46 reduce contention, ie, reduce the chances that two threads,
47 operating on unrelated properties, will have to wait for each other
48 because the properties use the same lock. 16 seems big enough at
50 #define ACCESSORS_NUMBER_OF_LOCKS 16
52 #define ACCESSORS_HASH(POINTER) ((((size_t)POINTER >> 8) ^ (size_t)POINTER) & (ACCESSORS_NUMBER_OF_LOCKS - 1))
54 static objc_mutex_t accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_NUMBER_OF_LOCKS];
56 /* This is called at startup to setup the locks. */
58 __objc_accessors_init (void)
62 for (i = 0; i < ACCESSORS_NUMBER_OF_LOCKS; i++)
63 accessors_locks[i] = objc_mutex_allocate ();
66 /* The property accessors automatically call various methods from the
67 Foundation library (eg, GNUstep-base). These methods are not
68 implemented here, but we need to declare them so we can compile the
69 runtime. The Foundation library will need to provide
70 implementations of these methods (most likely in the root class,
71 eg, NSObject) as the accessors only work with objects of classes
72 that implement these methods. */
73 @interface _libobjcNSObject
74 - (id) copyWithZone: (void *)zone;
75 - (id) mutableCopyWithZone: (void *)zone;
77 #define COPY(X) [((_libobjcNSObject *)(X)) copyWithZone: NULL]
78 #define MUTABLE_COPY(X) [((_libobjcNSObject *)(X)) mutableCopyWithZone: NULL]
83 # define AUTORELEASE(X) (X)
85 # define RETAIN(X) (X)
89 @interface _libobjcNSObject (RetainReleaseMethods)
91 - (oneway void) release;
94 # define AUTORELEASE(X) [((_libobjcNSObject *)(X)) autorelease]
95 # define RELEASE(X) [((_libobjcNSObject *)(X)) release]
96 # define RETAIN(X) [((_libobjcNSObject *)(X)) retain]
100 /* The compiler uses this function when implementing some synthesized
101 getters for properties of type 'id'. */
103 objc_getProperty (id self, SEL __attribute__((unused)) _cmd, ptrdiff_t offset, BOOL is_atomic)
107 id *pointer_to_ivar = (id *)((char *)self + offset);
112 /* Note that in this case, we do not RETAIN/AUTORELEASE the
113 returned value. The programmer should do it if it is
114 needed. Since access is non-atomic, other threads can be
115 ignored and the caller has full control of what happens
116 to the object and whether it needs to be RETAINed or not,
117 so it makes sense to leave the decision to him/her. This
118 is also what the Apple/NeXT runtime does. */
119 return *pointer_to_ivar;
123 objc_mutex_t lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (pointer_to_ivar)];
126 objc_mutex_lock (lock);
127 result = RETAIN (*(pointer_to_ivar));
128 objc_mutex_unlock (lock);
130 return AUTORELEASE (result);
137 /* The compiler uses this function when implementing some synthesized
138 setters for properties of type 'id'.
140 PS: Note how 'should_copy' is declared 'BOOL' but then actually
141 takes values from 0 to 2. This hack was introduced by Apple; we
142 do the same for compatibility reasons. */
144 objc_setProperty (id self, SEL __attribute__((unused)) _cmd, ptrdiff_t offset, id new_value, BOOL is_atomic, BOOL should_copy)
148 id *pointer_to_ivar = (id *)((char *)self + offset);
158 if (*pointer_to_ivar == new_value)
160 retained_value = RETAIN (new_value);
163 case 2: /* mutable copy */
165 retained_value = MUTABLE_COPY (new_value);
171 retained_value = COPY (new_value);
179 old_value = *pointer_to_ivar;
181 *pointer_to_ivar = retained_value;
185 objc_mutex_t lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (pointer_to_ivar)];
187 objc_mutex_lock (lock);
189 old_value = *pointer_to_ivar;
191 *pointer_to_ivar = retained_value;
192 objc_mutex_unlock (lock);
200 /* The compiler uses this function when implementing some synthesized
201 getters for properties of arbitrary C types. The data is just
202 copied. Compatibility Note: this function does not exist in the
203 Apple/NeXT runtime. */
205 objc_getPropertyStruct (void *destination, const void *source, ptrdiff_t size, BOOL is_atomic, BOOL __attribute__((unused)) has_strong)
208 memcpy (destination, source, size);
211 objc_mutex_t lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (source)];
213 objc_mutex_lock (lock);
214 memcpy (destination, source, size);
215 objc_mutex_unlock (lock);
219 /* The compiler uses this function when implementing some synthesized
220 setters for properties of arbitrary C types. The data is just
221 copied. Compatibility Note: this function does not exist in the
222 Apple/NeXT runtime. */
224 objc_setPropertyStruct (void *destination, const void *source, ptrdiff_t size, BOOL is_atomic, BOOL __attribute__((unused)) has_strong)
227 memcpy (destination, source, size);
230 objc_mutex_t lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (destination)];
232 objc_mutex_lock (lock);
233 memcpy (destination, source, size);
234 objc_mutex_unlock (lock);
238 /* This is the function that the Apple/NeXT runtime has instead of
239 objc_getPropertyStruct and objc_setPropertyStruct. We include it
240 for API compatibility (just for people who may have used
241 objc_copyStruct on the NeXT runtime thinking it was a public API);
242 the compiler never generates calls to it with the GNU runtime.
243 This function is clumsy because it requires two locks instead of
246 objc_copyStruct (void *destination, const void *source, ptrdiff_t size, BOOL is_atomic, BOOL __attribute__((unused)) has_strong)
249 memcpy (destination, source, size);
252 /* We don't know which one is the property, so we have to lock
253 both. One of them is most likely a temporary buffer in the
254 local stack and we really wouldn't want to lock it (our
255 objc_getPropertyStruct and objc_setPropertyStruct functions
256 don't lock it). Note that if we're locking more than one
257 accessor lock at once, we need to always lock them in the
258 same order to avoid deadlocks. */
259 objc_mutex_t first_lock;
260 objc_mutex_t second_lock;
262 if (ACCESSORS_HASH (source) == ACCESSORS_HASH (destination))
264 /* A lucky collision. */
265 first_lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (source)];
266 objc_mutex_lock (first_lock);
267 memcpy (destination, source, size);
268 objc_mutex_unlock (first_lock);
272 if (ACCESSORS_HASH (source) > ACCESSORS_HASH (destination))
274 first_lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (source)];
275 second_lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (destination)];
279 first_lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (destination)];
280 second_lock = accessors_locks[ACCESSORS_HASH (source)];
283 objc_mutex_lock (first_lock);
284 objc_mutex_lock (second_lock);
285 memcpy (destination, source, size);
286 objc_mutex_unlock (second_lock);
287 objc_mutex_unlock (first_lock);