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//! Lock-free intrusive linked list.
//!
//! Ideas from Michael. High Performance Dynamic Lock-Free Hash Tables and List-Based Sets. SPAA
//! 2002. <http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=564870.564881>
use core::marker::PhantomData;
use core::sync::atomic::Ordering::{Acquire, Relaxed, Release};
use crate::{unprotected, Atomic, Guard, Shared};
/// An entry in a linked list.
///
/// An Entry is accessed from multiple threads, so it would be beneficial to put it in a different
/// cache-line than thread-local data in terms of performance.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub(crate) struct Entry {
/// The next entry in the linked list.
/// If the tag is 1, this entry is marked as deleted.
next: Atomic<Entry>,
}
/// Implementing this trait asserts that the type `T` can be used as an element in the intrusive
/// linked list defined in this module. `T` has to contain (or otherwise be linked to) an instance
/// of `Entry`.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```ignore
/// struct A {
/// entry: Entry,
/// data: usize,
/// }
///
/// impl IsElement<A> for A {
/// fn entry_of(a: &A) -> &Entry {
/// let entry_ptr = ((a as usize) + offset_of!(A, entry)) as *const Entry;
/// unsafe { &*entry_ptr }
/// }
///
/// unsafe fn element_of(entry: &Entry) -> &T {
/// let elem_ptr = ((entry as usize) - offset_of!(A, entry)) as *const T;
/// &*elem_ptr
/// }
///
/// unsafe fn finalize(entry: &Entry, guard: &Guard) {
/// guard.defer_destroy(Shared::from(Self::element_of(entry) as *const _));
/// }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// This trait is implemented on a type separate from `T` (although it can be just `T`), because
/// one type might be placeable into multiple lists, in which case it would require multiple
/// implementations of `IsElement`. In such cases, each struct implementing `IsElement<T>`
/// represents a distinct `Entry` in `T`.
///
/// For example, we can insert the following struct into two lists using `entry1` for one
/// and `entry2` for the other:
///
/// ```ignore
/// struct B {
/// entry1: Entry,
/// entry2: Entry,
/// data: usize,
/// }
/// ```
///
pub(crate) trait IsElement<T> {
/// Returns a reference to this element's `Entry`.
fn entry_of(_: &T) -> &Entry;
/// Given a reference to an element's entry, returns that element.
///
/// ```ignore
/// let elem = ListElement::new();
/// assert_eq!(elem.entry_of(),
/// unsafe { ListElement::element_of(elem.entry_of()) } );
/// ```
///
/// # Safety
///
/// The caller has to guarantee that the `Entry` is called with was retrieved from an instance
/// of the element type (`T`).
unsafe fn element_of(_: &Entry) -> &T;
/// The function that is called when an entry is unlinked from list.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// The caller has to guarantee that the `Entry` is called with was retrieved from an instance
/// of the element type (`T`).
unsafe fn finalize(_: &Entry, _: &Guard);
}
/// A lock-free, intrusive linked list of type `T`.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub(crate) struct List<T, C: IsElement<T> = T> {
/// The head of the linked list.
head: Atomic<Entry>,
/// The phantom data for using `T` and `C`.
_marker: PhantomData<(T, C)>,
}
/// An iterator used for retrieving values from the list.
pub(crate) struct Iter<'g, T, C: IsElement<T>> {
/// The guard that protects the iteration.
guard: &'g Guard,
/// Pointer from the predecessor to the current entry.
pred: &'g Atomic<Entry>,
/// The current entry.
curr: Shared<'g, Entry>,
/// The list head, needed for restarting iteration.
head: &'g Atomic<Entry>,
/// Logically, we store a borrow of an instance of `T` and
/// use the type information from `C`.
_marker: PhantomData<(&'g T, C)>,
}
/// An error that occurs during iteration over the list.
#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
pub(crate) enum IterError {
/// A concurrent thread modified the state of the list at the same place that this iterator
/// was inspecting. Subsequent iteration will restart from the beginning of the list.
Stalled,
}
impl Default for Entry {
/// Returns the empty entry.
fn default() -> Self {
Self {
next: Atomic::null(),
}
}
}
impl Entry {
/// Marks this entry as deleted, deferring the actual deallocation to a later iteration.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// The entry should be a member of a linked list, and it should not have been deleted.
/// It should be safe to call `C::finalize` on the entry after the `guard` is dropped, where `C`
/// is the associated helper for the linked list.
pub(crate) unsafe fn delete(&self, guard: &Guard) {
self.next.fetch_or(1, Release, guard);
}
}
impl<T, C: IsElement<T>> List<T, C> {
/// Returns a new, empty linked list.
pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
Self {
head: Atomic::null(),
_marker: PhantomData,
}
}
/// Inserts `entry` into the head of the list.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// You should guarantee that:
///
/// - `container` is not null
/// - `container` is immovable, e.g. inside an `Owned`
/// - the same `Entry` is not inserted more than once
/// - the inserted object will be removed before the list is dropped
pub(crate) unsafe fn insert<'g>(&'g self, container: Shared<'g, T>, guard: &'g Guard) {
// Insert right after head, i.e. at the beginning of the list.
let to = &self.head;
// Get the intrusively stored Entry of the new element to insert.
let entry: &Entry = C::entry_of(container.deref());
// Make a Shared ptr to that Entry.
let entry_ptr = Shared::from(entry as *const _);
// Read the current successor of where we want to insert.
let mut next = to.load(Relaxed, guard);
loop {
// Set the Entry of the to-be-inserted element to point to the previous successor of
// `to`.
entry.next.store(next, Relaxed);
match to.compare_exchange_weak(next, entry_ptr, Release, Relaxed, guard) {
Ok(_) => break,
// We lost the race or weak CAS failed spuriously. Update the successor and try
// again.
Err(err) => next = err.current,
}
}
}
/// Returns an iterator over all objects.
///
/// # Caveat
///
/// Every object that is inserted at the moment this function is called and persists at least
/// until the end of iteration will be returned. Since this iterator traverses a lock-free
/// linked list that may be concurrently modified, some additional caveats apply:
///
/// 1. If a new object is inserted during iteration, it may or may not be returned.
/// 2. If an object is deleted during iteration, it may or may not be returned.
/// 3. The iteration may be aborted when it lost in a race condition. In this case, the winning
/// thread will continue to iterate over the same list.
pub(crate) fn iter<'g>(&'g self, guard: &'g Guard) -> Iter<'g, T, C> {
Iter {
guard,
pred: &self.head,
curr: self.head.load(Acquire, guard),
head: &self.head,
_marker: PhantomData,
}
}
}
impl<T, C: IsElement<T>> Drop for List<T, C> {
fn drop(&mut self) {
unsafe {
let guard = unprotected();
let mut curr = self.head.load(Relaxed, guard);
while let Some(c) = curr.as_ref() {
let succ = c.next.load(Relaxed, guard);
// Verify that all elements have been removed from the list.
assert_eq!(succ.tag(), 1);
C::finalize(curr.deref(), guard);
curr = succ;
}
}
}
}
impl<'g, T: 'g, C: IsElement<T>> Iterator for Iter<'g, T, C> {
type Item = Result<&'g T, IterError>;
fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
while let Some(c) = unsafe { self.curr.as_ref() } {
let succ = c.next.load(Acquire, self.guard);
if succ.tag() == 1 {
// This entry was removed. Try unlinking it from the list.
let succ = succ.with_tag(0);
// The tag should always be zero, because removing a node after a logically deleted
// node leaves the list in an invalid state.
debug_assert!(self.curr.tag() == 0);
// Try to unlink `curr` from the list, and get the new value of `self.pred`.
let succ = match self
.pred
.compare_exchange(self.curr, succ, Acquire, Acquire, self.guard)
{
Ok(_) => {
// We succeeded in unlinking `curr`, so we have to schedule
// deallocation. Deferred drop is okay, because `list.delete()` can only be
// called if `T: 'static`.
unsafe {
C::finalize(self.curr.deref(), self.guard);
}
// `succ` is the new value of `self.pred`.
succ
}
Err(e) => {
// `e.current` is the current value of `self.pred`.
e.current
}
};
// If the predecessor node is already marked as deleted, we need to restart from
// `head`.
if succ.tag() != 0 {
self.pred = self.head;
self.curr = self.head.load(Acquire, self.guard);
return Some(Err(IterError::Stalled));
}
// Move over the removed by only advancing `curr`, not `pred`.
self.curr = succ;
continue;
}
// Move one step forward.
self.pred = &c.next;
self.curr = succ;
return Some(Ok(unsafe { C::element_of(c) }));
}
// We reached the end of the list.
None
}
}
#[cfg(all(test, not(crossbeam_loom)))]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::{Collector, Owned};
use crossbeam_utils::thread;
use std::sync::Barrier;
impl IsElement<Entry> for Entry {
fn entry_of(entry: &Entry) -> &Entry {
entry
}
unsafe fn element_of(entry: &Entry) -> &Entry {
entry
}
unsafe fn finalize(entry: &Entry, guard: &Guard) {
guard.defer_destroy(Shared::from(Self::element_of(entry) as *const _));
}
}
/// Checks whether the list retains inserted elements
/// and returns them in the correct order.
#[test]
fn insert() {
let collector = Collector::new();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard = handle.pin();
let l: List<Entry> = List::new();
let e1 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
let e2 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
let e3 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
unsafe {
l.insert(e1, &guard);
l.insert(e2, &guard);
l.insert(e3, &guard);
}
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
let maybe_e3 = iter.next();
assert!(maybe_e3.is_some());
assert!(maybe_e3.unwrap().unwrap() as *const Entry == e3.as_raw());
let maybe_e2 = iter.next();
assert!(maybe_e2.is_some());
assert!(maybe_e2.unwrap().unwrap() as *const Entry == e2.as_raw());
let maybe_e1 = iter.next();
assert!(maybe_e1.is_some());
assert!(maybe_e1.unwrap().unwrap() as *const Entry == e1.as_raw());
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
unsafe {
e1.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
e2.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
e3.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
}
}
/// Checks whether elements can be removed from the list and whether
/// the correct elements are removed.
#[test]
fn delete() {
let collector = Collector::new();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard = handle.pin();
let l: List<Entry> = List::new();
let e1 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
let e2 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
let e3 = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
unsafe {
l.insert(e1, &guard);
l.insert(e2, &guard);
l.insert(e3, &guard);
e2.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
}
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
let maybe_e3 = iter.next();
assert!(maybe_e3.is_some());
assert!(maybe_e3.unwrap().unwrap() as *const Entry == e3.as_raw());
let maybe_e1 = iter.next();
assert!(maybe_e1.is_some());
assert!(maybe_e1.unwrap().unwrap() as *const Entry == e1.as_raw());
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
unsafe {
e1.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
e3.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
}
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
}
const THREADS: usize = 8;
const ITERS: usize = 512;
/// Contends the list on insert and delete operations to make sure they can run concurrently.
#[test]
fn insert_delete_multi() {
let collector = Collector::new();
let l: List<Entry> = List::new();
let b = Barrier::new(THREADS);
thread::scope(|s| {
for _ in 0..THREADS {
s.spawn(|_| {
b.wait();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard: Guard = handle.pin();
let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(ITERS);
for _ in 0..ITERS {
let e = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
v.push(e);
unsafe {
l.insert(e, &guard);
}
}
for e in v {
unsafe {
e.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
}
}
});
}
})
.unwrap();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard = handle.pin();
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
}
/// Contends the list on iteration to make sure that it can be iterated over concurrently.
#[test]
fn iter_multi() {
let collector = Collector::new();
let l: List<Entry> = List::new();
let b = Barrier::new(THREADS);
thread::scope(|s| {
for _ in 0..THREADS {
s.spawn(|_| {
b.wait();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard: Guard = handle.pin();
let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(ITERS);
for _ in 0..ITERS {
let e = Owned::new(Entry::default()).into_shared(&guard);
v.push(e);
unsafe {
l.insert(e, &guard);
}
}
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
for _ in 0..ITERS {
assert!(iter.next().is_some());
}
for e in v {
unsafe {
e.as_ref().unwrap().delete(&guard);
}
}
});
}
})
.unwrap();
let handle = collector.register();
let guard = handle.pin();
let mut iter = l.iter(&guard);
assert!(iter.next().is_none());
}
}