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// Copyright 2017 Thomas Keh.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
// except according to those terms.
//! This [Rust] library implements a wrapper type called `SendWrapper` which allows you to move around non-[`Send`] types
//! between threads, as long as you access the contained value only from within the original thread. You also have to
//! make sure that the wrapper is dropped from within the original thread. If any of these constraints is violated,
//! a panic occurs.
//!
//! The idea for this library was born in the context of a [`GTK+`]/[`gtk-rs`]-based application. [`GTK+`] applications
//! are strictly single-threaded. It is not allowed to call any [`GTK+`] method from a thread different to the main
//! thread. Consequently, all [`gtk-rs`] structs are non-[`Send`].
//!
//! Sometimes you still want to do some work in background. It is possible to enqueue [`GTK+`] calls from there to be
//! executed in the main thread [using `Glib`]. This way you can know, that the [`gtk-rs`] structs involved are only
//! accessed in the main thread and will also be dropped there. This library makes it possible that [`gtk-rs`] structs
//! can leave the main thread at all, like required in the given
//!
//! # Examples
//!
//! ```rust
//! use send_wrapper::SendWrapper;
//! use std::rc::Rc;
//! use std::thread;
//! use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
//!
//! // This import is important. It allows you to unwrap the value using deref(),
//! // deref_mut() or Deref coercion.
//! use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
//!
//! // Rc is a non-Send type.
//! let value = Rc::new(42);
//!
//! // We now wrap the value with `SendWrapper` (value is moved inside).
//! let wrapped_value = SendWrapper::new(value);
//!
//! // A channel allows us to move the wrapped value between threads.
//! let (sender, receiver) = channel();
//!
//! let t = thread::spawn(move || {
//!
//!// This would panic (because of dereferencing in wrong thread):
//!// let value = wrapped_value.deref();
//!
//! // Move SendWrapper back to main thread, so it can be dropped from there.
//! // If you leave this out the thread will panic because of dropping from wrong thread.
//! sender.send(wrapped_value).unwrap();
//!
//! });
//!
//! let wrapped_value = receiver.recv().unwrap();
//!
//! // Now you can use the value again.
//! let value = wrapped_value.deref();
//!
//! // alternatives for dereferencing:
//! // let value = *wrapped_value;
//! // let value: &NonSendType = &wrapped_value;
//!
//! // alternatives for mutable dereferencing (value and wrapped_value must be mutable too, then):
//! // let mut value = wrapped_value.deref_mut();
//! // let mut value = &mut *wrapped_value;
//! // let mut value: &mut NonSendType = &mut wrapped_value;
//! ```
//!
//! # License
//!
//! `send_wrapper` is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
//!
//! See LICENSE-APACHE.txt, and LICENSE-MIT.txt for details.
//!
//! [Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org
//! [`Send`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/marker/trait.Send.html
//! [`gtk-rs`]: http://gtk-rs.org/
//! [`GTK+`]: https://www.gtk.org/
//! [using `Glib`]: http://gtk-rs.org/docs/glib/source/fn.idle_add.html
use std::ops::{Drop,Deref,DerefMut};
use std::marker::Send;
use std::thread;
use std::thread::ThreadId;
const DEREF_ERROR: &'static str = "Dropped SendWrapper<T> variable from a thread different to the one it has been created with.";
const DROP_ERROR: &'static str = "Dereferenced SendWrapper<T> variable from a thread different to the one it has been created with.";
/// A wrapper which allows you to move around non-[`Send`]-types between threads, as long as you access the contained
/// value only from within the original thread and make sure that it is dropped from within the original thread.
pub struct SendWrapper<T> {
data: *mut T,
thread_id: ThreadId,
}
impl<T> SendWrapper<T> {
/// Create a SendWrapper<T> wrapper around a value of type T.
/// The wrapper takes ownership of the value.
pub fn new(data: T) -> SendWrapper<T> {
SendWrapper {
data: Box::into_raw(Box::new(data)),
thread_id: thread::current().id()
}
}
/// Returns if the value can be safely accessed from within the current thread.
pub fn valid(&self) -> bool {
self.thread_id == thread::current().id()
}
/// Takes the value out of the SendWrapper.
///
/// #Panics
/// Panics if it is called from a different thread than the one the SendWrapper<T> instance has
/// been created with.
pub fn take(self) -> T {
if !self.valid() {
panic!(DEREF_ERROR);
}
let result = unsafe { Box::from_raw(self.data) };
// Prevent drop() from being called, as it would drop self.data twice
std::mem::forget(self);
*result
}
}
unsafe impl<T> Send for SendWrapper<T> { }
unsafe impl<T> Sync for SendWrapper<T> { }
impl<T> Deref for SendWrapper<T> {
type Target = T;
/// Returns a reference to the contained value.
///
/// # Panics
/// Derefencing panics if it is done from a different thread than the one the SendWrapper<T> instance has been
/// created with.
fn deref(&self) -> &T {
if !self.valid() {
panic!(DEREF_ERROR);
}
unsafe {
// Access the value. We just checked that it is valid.
&*self.data
}
}
}
impl<T> DerefMut for SendWrapper<T> {
/// Returns a mutable reference to the contained value.
///
/// # Panics
/// Derefencing panics if it is done from a different thread than the one the SendWrapper<T> instance has been
/// created with.
fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
if !self.valid() {
panic!(DEREF_ERROR);
}
unsafe {
// Access the value. We just checked that it is valid.
&mut *self.data
}
}
}
impl<T> Drop for SendWrapper<T> {
/// Drops the contained value.
///
/// # Panics
/// Dropping panics if it is done from a different thread than the one the SendWrapper<T> instance has been
/// created with. As an exception, there is no extra panic if the thread is already panicking/unwinding. This is
/// because otherwise there would be double panics (usually resulting in an abort) when dereferencing from a wrong
/// thread.
fn drop(&mut self) {
if self.valid() {
unsafe {
// Create a boxed value from the raw pointer. We just checked that the pointer is valid.
// Box handles the dropping for us when _dropper goes out of scope.
let _dropper = Box::from_raw(self.data);
}
} else {
if !std::thread::panicking() {
// panic because of dropping from wrong thread
// only do this while not unwinding (coud be caused by deref from wrong thread)
panic!(DROP_ERROR);
}
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use SendWrapper;
use std::thread;
use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
use std::ops::Deref;
use std::rc::Rc;
#[test]
fn test_deref() {
let (sender, receiver) = channel();
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
{
let _x = w.deref();
}
let t = thread::spawn(move || {
// move SendWrapper back to main thread, so it can be dropped from there
sender.send(w).unwrap();
});
let w2 = receiver.recv().unwrap();
{
let _x = w2.deref();
}
assert!(t.join().is_ok());
}
#[test]
fn test_deref_panic() {
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
let t = thread::spawn(move || {
let _x = w.deref();
});
let join_result = t.join();
assert!(join_result.is_err());
}
#[test]
fn test_drop_panic() {
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
let t = thread::spawn(move || {
let _x = w;
});
let join_result = t.join();
assert!(join_result.is_err());
}
#[test]
fn test_valid() {
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
assert!(w.valid());
thread::spawn(move || {
assert!(!w.valid());
});
}
#[test]
fn test_take() {
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
let inner: Rc<usize> = w.take();
assert_eq!(42, *inner);
}
#[test]
fn test_take_panic() {
let w = SendWrapper::new(Rc::new(42));
let t = thread::spawn(move || {
let _ = w.take();
});
assert!(t.join().is_err());
}
}