ostd/sync/rcu/non_null/mod.rs
1// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
2
3//! This module provides a trait and some auxiliary types to help abstract and
4//! work with non-null pointers.
5
6mod either;
7
8use alloc::sync::Weak;
9use core::{marker::PhantomData, mem::ManuallyDrop, ops::Deref, ptr::NonNull};
10
11use crate::prelude::*;
12
13/// A trait that abstracts non-null pointers.
14///
15/// All common smart pointer types such as `Box<T>`, `Arc<T>`, and `Weak<T>`
16/// implement this trait as they can be converted to and from the raw pointer
17/// type of `*const T`.
18///
19/// # Safety
20///
21/// This trait must be implemented correctly (according to the doc comments for
22/// each method). Types like [`Rcu`] rely on this assumption to safely use the
23/// raw pointers.
24///
25/// [`Rcu`]: super::Rcu
26pub unsafe trait NonNullPtr: 'static {
27 /// The target type that this pointer refers to.
28 // TODO: Support `Target: ?Sized`.
29 type Target;
30
31 /// A type that behaves just like a shared reference to the `NonNullPtr`.
32 type Ref<'a>
33 where
34 Self: 'a;
35
36 /// The power of two of the pointer alignment.
37 const ALIGN_BITS: u32;
38
39 /// Converts to a raw pointer.
40 ///
41 /// Each call to `into_raw` must be paired with a call to `from_raw`
42 /// in order to avoid memory leakage.
43 ///
44 /// The lower [`Self::ALIGN_BITS`] of the raw pointer is guaranteed to
45 /// be zero. In other words, the pointer is guaranteed to be aligned to
46 /// `1 << Self::ALIGN_BITS`.
47 fn into_raw(self) -> NonNull<Self::Target>;
48
49 /// Converts back from a raw pointer.
50 ///
51 /// # Safety
52 ///
53 /// 1. The raw pointer must have been previously returned by a call to
54 /// `into_raw`.
55 /// 2. The raw pointer must not be used after calling `from_raw`.
56 ///
57 /// Note that the second point is a hard requirement: Even if the
58 /// resulting value has not (yet) been dropped, the pointer cannot be
59 /// used because it may break Rust aliasing rules (e.g., `Box<T>`
60 /// requires the pointer to be unique and thus _never_ aliased).
61 unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self;
62
63 /// Obtains a shared reference to the original pointer.
64 ///
65 /// # Safety
66 ///
67 /// The original pointer must outlive the lifetime parameter `'a`, and during `'a`
68 /// no mutable references to the pointer will exist.
69 unsafe fn raw_as_ref<'a>(raw: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self::Ref<'a>;
70
71 /// Converts a shared reference to a raw pointer.
72 fn ref_as_raw(ptr_ref: Self::Ref<'_>) -> NonNull<Self::Target>;
73}
74
75/// A type that represents `&'a Box<T>`.
76#[derive(Debug)]
77pub struct BoxRef<'a, T> {
78 inner: *mut T,
79 _marker: PhantomData<&'a T>,
80}
81
82impl<T> Deref for BoxRef<'_, T> {
83 type Target = Box<T>;
84
85 fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
86 // SAFETY: A `Box<T>` is guaranteed to be represented by a single pointer [1] and a shared
87 // reference to the `Box<T>` during the lifetime `'a` can be created according to the
88 // safety requirements of `NonNullPtr::raw_as_ref`.
89 //
90 // [1]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/boxed/#memory-layout
91 unsafe { core::mem::transmute(&self.inner) }
92 }
93}
94
95impl<'a, T> BoxRef<'a, T> {
96 /// Dereferences `self` to get a reference to `T` with the lifetime `'a`.
97 pub fn deref_target(&self) -> &'a T {
98 // SAFETY: The reference is created through `NonNullPtr::raw_as_ref`, hence
99 // the original owned pointer and target must outlive the lifetime parameter `'a`,
100 // and during `'a` no mutable references to the pointer will exist.
101 unsafe { &*(self.inner) }
102 }
103}
104
105unsafe impl<T: 'static> NonNullPtr for Box<T> {
106 type Target = T;
107
108 type Ref<'a>
109 = BoxRef<'a, T>
110 where
111 Self: 'a;
112
113 const ALIGN_BITS: u32 = align_of::<T>().trailing_zeros();
114
115 fn into_raw(self) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
116 let ptr = Box::into_raw(self);
117
118 // SAFETY: The pointer representing a `Box` can never be NULL.
119 unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }
120 }
121
122 unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self {
123 let ptr = ptr.as_ptr();
124
125 // SAFETY: The safety is upheld by the caller.
126 unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) }
127 }
128
129 unsafe fn raw_as_ref<'a>(raw: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self::Ref<'a> {
130 BoxRef {
131 inner: raw.as_ptr(),
132 _marker: PhantomData,
133 }
134 }
135
136 fn ref_as_raw(ptr_ref: Self::Ref<'_>) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
137 // SAFETY: The pointer representing a `Box` can never be NULL.
138 unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr_ref.inner) }
139 }
140}
141
142/// A type that represents `&'a Arc<T>`.
143#[derive(Debug)]
144pub struct ArcRef<'a, T> {
145 inner: ManuallyDrop<Arc<T>>,
146 _marker: PhantomData<&'a Arc<T>>,
147}
148
149impl<T> Deref for ArcRef<'_, T> {
150 type Target = Arc<T>;
151
152 fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
153 &self.inner
154 }
155}
156
157impl<'a, T> ArcRef<'a, T> {
158 /// Dereferences `self` to get a reference to `T` with the lifetime `'a`.
159 pub fn deref_target(&self) -> &'a T {
160 // SAFETY: The reference is created through `NonNullPtr::raw_as_ref`, hence
161 // the original owned pointer and target must outlive the lifetime parameter `'a`,
162 // and during `'a` no mutable references to the pointer will exist.
163 unsafe { &*(self.deref().deref() as *const T) }
164 }
165}
166
167unsafe impl<T: 'static> NonNullPtr for Arc<T> {
168 type Target = T;
169
170 type Ref<'a>
171 = ArcRef<'a, T>
172 where
173 Self: 'a;
174
175 const ALIGN_BITS: u32 = align_of::<T>().trailing_zeros();
176
177 fn into_raw(self) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
178 let ptr = Arc::into_raw(self).cast_mut();
179
180 // SAFETY: The pointer representing an `Arc` can never be NULL.
181 unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }
182 }
183
184 unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self {
185 let ptr = ptr.as_ptr().cast_const();
186
187 // SAFETY: The safety is upheld by the caller.
188 unsafe { Arc::from_raw(ptr) }
189 }
190
191 unsafe fn raw_as_ref<'a>(raw: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self::Ref<'a> {
192 // SAFETY: The safety is upheld by the caller.
193 unsafe {
194 ArcRef {
195 inner: ManuallyDrop::new(Arc::from_raw(raw.as_ptr())),
196 _marker: PhantomData,
197 }
198 }
199 }
200
201 fn ref_as_raw(ptr_ref: Self::Ref<'_>) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
202 NonNullPtr::into_raw(ManuallyDrop::into_inner(ptr_ref.inner))
203 }
204}
205
206/// A type that represents `&'a Weak<T>`.
207#[derive(Debug)]
208pub struct WeakRef<'a, T> {
209 inner: ManuallyDrop<Weak<T>>,
210 _marker: PhantomData<&'a Weak<T>>,
211}
212
213impl<T> Deref for WeakRef<'_, T> {
214 type Target = Weak<T>;
215
216 fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
217 &self.inner
218 }
219}
220
221unsafe impl<T: 'static> NonNullPtr for Weak<T> {
222 type Target = T;
223
224 type Ref<'a>
225 = WeakRef<'a, T>
226 where
227 Self: 'a;
228
229 // The alignment of `Weak<T>` is 1 instead of `align_of::<T>()`.
230 // This is because `Weak::new()` uses a dangling pointer that is _not_ aligned.
231 const ALIGN_BITS: u32 = 0;
232
233 fn into_raw(self) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
234 let ptr = Weak::into_raw(self).cast_mut();
235
236 // SAFETY: The pointer representing an `Weak` can never be NULL.
237 unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr) }
238 }
239
240 unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self {
241 let ptr = ptr.as_ptr().cast_const();
242
243 // SAFETY: The safety is upheld by the caller.
244 unsafe { Weak::from_raw(ptr) }
245 }
246
247 unsafe fn raw_as_ref<'a>(raw: NonNull<Self::Target>) -> Self::Ref<'a> {
248 // SAFETY: The safety is upheld by the caller.
249 unsafe {
250 WeakRef {
251 inner: ManuallyDrop::new(Weak::from_raw(raw.as_ptr())),
252 _marker: PhantomData,
253 }
254 }
255 }
256
257 fn ref_as_raw(ptr_ref: Self::Ref<'_>) -> NonNull<Self::Target> {
258 NonNullPtr::into_raw(ManuallyDrop::into_inner(ptr_ref.inner))
259 }
260}