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diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llsingleton.h b/indra/llcommon/llsingleton.h
index 7def9b019c..30a5b21cf8 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llsingleton.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llsingleton.h
@@ -30,18 +30,10 @@
#include <list>
#include <vector>
#include <typeinfo>
-
-#if LL_WINDOWS
-#pragma warning (push)
-#pragma warning (disable:4265)
-#endif
-// warning C4265: 'std::_Pad' : class has virtual functions, but destructor is not virtual
-
-#include <mutex>
-
-#if LL_WINDOWS
-#pragma warning (pop)
-#endif
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "lockstatic.h"
+#include "llthread.h" // on_main_thread()
+#include "llmainthreadtask.h"
class LLSingletonBase: private boost::noncopyable
{
@@ -51,15 +43,13 @@ public:
private:
// All existing LLSingleton instances are tracked in this master list.
typedef std::list<LLSingletonBase*> list_t;
- static list_t& get_master();
- // This, on the other hand, is a stack whose top indicates the LLSingleton
- // currently being initialized.
- static list_t& get_initializing();
+ // Size of stack whose top indicates the LLSingleton currently being
+ // initialized.
+ static list_t::size_type get_initializing_size();
// Produce a vector<LLSingletonBase*> of master list, in dependency order.
typedef std::vector<LLSingletonBase*> vec_t;
static vec_t dep_sort();
- bool mCleaned; // cleanupSingleton() has been called
// we directly depend on these other LLSingletons
typedef boost::unordered_set<LLSingletonBase*> set_t;
set_t mDepends;
@@ -68,8 +58,8 @@ protected:
typedef enum e_init_state
{
UNINITIALIZED = 0, // must be default-initialized state
+ QUEUED, // construction queued, not yet executing
CONSTRUCTING, // within DERIVED_TYPE constructor
- CONSTRUCTED, // finished DERIVED_TYPE constructor
INITIALIZING, // within DERIVED_TYPE::initSingleton()
INITIALIZED, // normal case
DELETED // deleteSingleton() or deleteAll() called
@@ -115,21 +105,23 @@ protected:
// Remove 'this' from the init stack in case of exception in the
// LLSingleton subclass constructor.
static void reset_initializing(list_t::size_type size);
-private:
- // logging
- static void log_initializing(const char* verb, const char* name);
protected:
// If a given call to B::getInstance() happens during either A::A() or
// A::initSingleton(), record that A directly depends on B.
- void capture_dependency(list_t& initializing, EInitState);
+ void capture_dependency();
- // delegate LL_ERRS() logging to llsingleton.cpp
+ // delegate logging calls to llsingleton.cpp
static void logerrs(const char* p1, const char* p2="",
const char* p3="", const char* p4="");
- // delegate LL_WARNS() logging to llsingleton.cpp
static void logwarns(const char* p1, const char* p2="",
const char* p3="", const char* p4="");
+ static void loginfos(const char* p1, const char* p2="",
+ const char* p3="", const char* p4="");
+ static void logdebugs(const char* p1, const char* p2="",
+ const char* p3="", const char* p4="");
static std::string demangle(const char* mangled);
+ // these classname() declarations restate template functions declared in
+ // llerror.h because we avoid #including that here
template <typename T>
static std::string classname() { return demangle(typeid(T).name()); }
template <typename T>
@@ -139,6 +131,9 @@ protected:
virtual void initSingleton() {}
virtual void cleanupSingleton() {}
+ // internal wrapper around calls to cleanupSingleton()
+ void cleanup_();
+
// deleteSingleton() isn't -- and shouldn't be -- a virtual method. It's a
// class static. However, given only Foo*, deleteAll() does need to be
// able to reach Foo::deleteSingleton(). Make LLSingleton (which declares
@@ -148,32 +143,15 @@ protected:
public:
/**
- * Call this to call the cleanupSingleton() method for every LLSingleton
- * constructed since the start of the last cleanupAll() call. (Any
- * LLSingleton constructed DURING a cleanupAll() call won't be cleaned up
- * until the next cleanupAll() call.) cleanupSingleton() neither deletes
- * nor destroys its LLSingleton; therefore it's safe to include logic that
- * might take significant realtime or even throw an exception.
- *
- * The most important property of cleanupAll() is that cleanupSingleton()
- * methods are called in dependency order, leaf classes last. Thus, given
- * two LLSingleton subclasses A and B, if A's dependency on B is properly
- * expressed as a B::getInstance() or B::instance() call during either
- * A::A() or A::initSingleton(), B will be cleaned up after A.
- *
- * If a cleanupSingleton() method throws an exception, the exception is
- * logged, but cleanupAll() attempts to continue calling the rest of the
- * cleanupSingleton() methods.
- */
- static void cleanupAll();
- /**
- * Call this to call the deleteSingleton() method for every LLSingleton
- * constructed since the start of the last deleteAll() call. (Any
- * LLSingleton constructed DURING a deleteAll() call won't be cleaned up
- * until the next deleteAll() call.) deleteSingleton() deletes and
- * destroys its LLSingleton. Any cleanup logic that might take significant
- * realtime -- or throw an exception -- must not be placed in your
- * LLSingleton's destructor, but rather in its cleanupSingleton() method.
+ * deleteAll() calls the cleanupSingleton() and deleteSingleton() methods
+ * for every LLSingleton constructed since the start of the last
+ * deleteAll() call. (Any LLSingleton constructed DURING a deleteAll()
+ * call won't be cleaned up until the next deleteAll() call.)
+ * deleteSingleton() deletes and destroys its LLSingleton. Any cleanup
+ * logic that might take significant realtime -- or throw an exception --
+ * must not be placed in your LLSingleton's destructor, but rather in its
+ * cleanupSingleton() method, which is called implicitly by
+ * deleteSingleton().
*
* The most important property of deleteAll() is that deleteSingleton()
* methods are called in dependency order, leaf classes last. Thus, given
@@ -181,9 +159,9 @@ public:
* expressed as a B::getInstance() or B::instance() call during either
* A::A() or A::initSingleton(), B will be cleaned up after A.
*
- * If a deleteSingleton() method throws an exception, the exception is
- * logged, but deleteAll() attempts to continue calling the rest of the
- * deleteSingleton() methods.
+ * If a cleanupSingleton() or deleteSingleton() method throws an
+ * exception, the exception is logged, but deleteAll() attempts to
+ * continue calling the rest of the deleteSingleton() methods.
*/
static void deleteAll();
};
@@ -203,9 +181,16 @@ struct LLSingleton_manage_master
{
LLSingletonBase::reset_initializing(size);
}
- // For any LLSingleton subclass except the MasterList, obtain the init
- // stack from the MasterList singleton instance.
- LLSingletonBase::list_t& get_initializing() { return LLSingletonBase::get_initializing(); }
+ // For any LLSingleton subclass except the MasterList, obtain the size of
+ // the init stack from the MasterList singleton instance.
+ LLSingletonBase::list_t::size_type get_initializing_size()
+ {
+ return LLSingletonBase::get_initializing_size();
+ }
+ void capture_dependency(LLSingletonBase* sb)
+ {
+ sb->capture_dependency();
+ }
};
// But for the specific case of LLSingletonBase::MasterList, don't.
@@ -218,20 +203,14 @@ struct LLSingleton_manage_master<LLSingletonBase::MasterList>
void pop_initializing (LLSingletonBase*) {}
// since we never pushed, no need to clean up
void reset_initializing(LLSingletonBase::list_t::size_type size) {}
- LLSingletonBase::list_t& get_initializing()
- {
- // The MasterList shouldn't depend on any other LLSingletons. We'd
- // get into trouble if we tried to recursively engage that machinery.
- static LLSingletonBase::list_t sDummyList;
- return sDummyList;
- }
+ LLSingletonBase::list_t::size_type get_initializing_size() { return 0; }
+ void capture_dependency(LLSingletonBase*) {}
};
// Now we can implement LLSingletonBase's template constructor.
template <typename DERIVED_TYPE>
LLSingletonBase::LLSingletonBase(tag<DERIVED_TYPE>):
- mCleaned(false),
- mDeleteSingleton(NULL)
+ mDeleteSingleton(nullptr)
{
// This is the earliest possible point at which we can push this new
// instance onto the init stack. LLSingleton::constructSingleton() can't
@@ -273,10 +252,19 @@ class LLParamSingleton;
* leading back to yours, move the instance reference from your constructor to
* your initSingleton() method.
*
- * If you override LLSingleton<T>::cleanupSingleton(), your method will be
- * called if someone calls LLSingletonBase::cleanupAll(). The significant part
- * of this promise is that cleanupAll() will call individual
- * cleanupSingleton() methods in reverse dependency order.
+ * If you override LLSingleton<T>::cleanupSingleton(), your method will
+ * implicitly be called by LLSingleton<T>::deleteSingleton() just before the
+ * instance is destroyed. We introduce a special cleanupSingleton() method
+ * because cleanupSingleton() operations can involve nontrivial realtime, or
+ * throw an exception. A destructor should do neither!
+ *
+ * If your cleanupSingleton() method throws an exception, we log that
+ * exception but carry on.
+ *
+ * If at some point you call LLSingletonBase::deleteAll(), all remaining
+ * LLSingleton<T> instances will be destroyed in reverse dependency order. (Or
+ * call MySubclass::deleteSingleton() to specifically destroy the canonical
+ * MySubclass instance.)
*
* That is, consider LLSingleton subclasses C, B and A. A depends on B, which
* in turn depends on C. These dependencies are expressed as calls to
@@ -284,33 +272,34 @@ class LLParamSingleton;
* It shouldn't matter whether these calls appear in A::A() or
* A::initSingleton(), likewise B::B() or B::initSingleton().
*
- * We promise that if you later call LLSingletonBase::cleanupAll():
- * 1. A::cleanupSingleton() will be called before
- * 2. B::cleanupSingleton(), which will be called before
- * 3. C::cleanupSingleton().
+ * We promise that if you later call LLSingletonBase::deleteAll():
+ * 1. A::deleteSingleton() will be called before
+ * 2. B::deleteSingleton(), which will be called before
+ * 3. C::deleteSingleton().
* Put differently, if your LLSingleton subclass constructor or
* initSingleton() method explicitly depends on some other LLSingleton
* subclass, you may continue to rely on that other subclass in your
* cleanupSingleton() method.
- *
- * We introduce a special cleanupSingleton() method because cleanupSingleton()
- * operations can involve nontrivial realtime, or might throw an exception. A
- * destructor should do neither!
- *
- * If your cleanupSingleton() method throws an exception, we log that
- * exception but proceed with the remaining cleanupSingleton() calls.
- *
- * Similarly, if at some point you call LLSingletonBase::deleteAll(), all
- * remaining LLSingleton instances will be destroyed in dependency order. (Or
- * call MySubclass::deleteSingleton() to specifically destroy the canonical
- * MySubclass instance.)
- *
- * As currently written, LLSingleton is not thread-safe.
*/
template <typename DERIVED_TYPE>
class LLSingleton : public LLSingletonBase
{
private:
+ // LLSingleton<DERIVED_TYPE> must have a distinct instance of
+ // SingletonData for every distinct DERIVED_TYPE. It's tempting to
+ // consider hoisting SingletonData up into LLSingletonBase. Don't do it.
+ struct SingletonData
+ {
+ // Use a recursive_mutex in case of constructor circularity. With a
+ // non-recursive mutex, that would result in deadlock.
+ typedef std::recursive_mutex mutex_t;
+ mutex_t mMutex; // LockStatic looks for mMutex
+
+ EInitState mInitState{UNINITIALIZED};
+ DERIVED_TYPE* mInstance{nullptr};
+ };
+ typedef llthread::LockStatic<SingletonData> LockStatic;
+
// Allow LLParamSingleton subclass -- but NOT DERIVED_TYPE itself -- to
// access our private members.
friend class LLParamSingleton<DERIVED_TYPE>;
@@ -319,17 +308,17 @@ private:
// purpose for its subclass LLParamSingleton is to support Singletons
// requiring constructor arguments. constructSingleton() supports both use
// cases.
+ // Accepting LockStatic& requires that the caller has already locked our
+ // static data before calling.
template <typename... Args>
- static void constructSingleton(Args&&... args)
+ static void constructSingleton(LockStatic& lk, Args&&... args)
{
- auto prev_size = LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().get_initializing().size();
- // getInstance() calls are from within constructor
- sData.mInitState = CONSTRUCTING;
+ auto prev_size = LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().get_initializing_size();
+ // Any getInstance() calls after this point are from within constructor
+ lk->mInitState = CONSTRUCTING;
try
{
- sData.mInstance = new DERIVED_TYPE(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
- // we have called constructor, have not yet called initSingleton()
- sData.mInitState = CONSTRUCTED;
+ lk->mInstance = new DERIVED_TYPE(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
}
catch (const std::exception& err)
{
@@ -343,62 +332,56 @@ private:
// There isn't a separate EInitState value meaning "we attempted
// to construct this LLSingleton subclass but could not," so use
// DELETED. That seems slightly more appropriate than UNINITIALIZED.
- sData.mInitState = DELETED;
+ lk->mInitState = DELETED;
// propagate the exception
throw;
}
- }
- static void finishInitializing()
- {
- // getInstance() calls are from within initSingleton()
- sData.mInitState = INITIALIZING;
+ // Any getInstance() calls after this point are from within initSingleton()
+ lk->mInitState = INITIALIZING;
try
{
// initialize singleton after constructing it so that it can
// reference other singletons which in turn depend on it, thus
// breaking cyclic dependencies
- sData.mInstance->initSingleton();
- sData.mInitState = INITIALIZED;
+ lk->mInstance->initSingleton();
+ lk->mInitState = INITIALIZED;
// pop this off stack of initializing singletons
- pop_initializing();
+ pop_initializing(lk->mInstance);
}
catch (const std::exception& err)
{
// pop this off stack of initializing singletons here, too --
// BEFORE logging, so log-machinery LLSingletons don't record a
// dependency on DERIVED_TYPE!
- pop_initializing();
+ pop_initializing(lk->mInstance);
logwarns("Error in ", classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
"::initSingleton(): ", err.what());
- // and get rid of the instance entirely
+ // Get rid of the instance entirely. This call depends on our
+ // recursive_mutex. We could have a deleteSingleton(LockStatic&)
+ // overload and pass lk, but we don't strictly need it.
deleteSingleton();
// propagate the exception
throw;
}
}
- static void pop_initializing()
+ static void pop_initializing(LLSingletonBase* sb)
{
// route through LLSingleton_manage_master so we Do The Right Thing
// (namely, nothing) for MasterList
- LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().pop_initializing(sData.mInstance);
+ LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().pop_initializing(sb);
}
- // Without this 'using' declaration, the static method we're declaring
- // here would hide the base-class method we want it to call.
- using LLSingletonBase::capture_dependency;
- static void capture_dependency()
+ static void capture_dependency(LLSingletonBase* sb)
{
// By this point, if DERIVED_TYPE was pushed onto the initializing
// stack, it has been popped off. So the top of that stack, if any, is
// an LLSingleton that directly depends on DERIVED_TYPE. If
// getInstance() was called by another LLSingleton, rather than from
// vanilla application code, record the dependency.
- sData.mInstance->capture_dependency(
- LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().get_initializing(),
- sData.mInitState);
+ LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().capture_dependency(sb);
}
// We know of no way to instruct the compiler that every subclass
@@ -411,20 +394,6 @@ private:
// subclass body.
virtual void you_must_use_LLSINGLETON_macro() = 0;
- // The purpose of this struct is to engage the C++11 guarantee that static
- // variables declared in function scope are initialized exactly once, even
- // if multiple threads concurrently reach the same declaration.
- // https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/storage_duration#Static_local_variables
- // Since getInstance() declares a static instance of SingletonInitializer,
- // only the first call to getInstance() calls constructSingleton().
- struct SingletonInitializer
- {
- SingletonInitializer()
- {
- constructSingleton();
- }
- };
-
protected:
// Pass DERIVED_TYPE explicitly to LLSingletonBase's constructor because,
// until our subclass constructor completes, *this isn't yet a
@@ -439,97 +408,176 @@ protected:
LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().add(this);
}
-public:
+protected:
virtual ~LLSingleton()
{
- // remove this instance from the master list
+ // This phase of cleanup is performed in the destructor rather than in
+ // deleteSingleton() to defend against manual deletion. When we moved
+ // cleanup to deleteSingleton(), we hit crashes due to dangling
+ // pointers in the MasterList.
+ LockStatic lk;
+ lk->mInstance = nullptr;
+ lk->mInitState = DELETED;
+
+ // Remove this instance from the master list.
LLSingleton_manage_master<DERIVED_TYPE>().remove(this);
- sData.mInstance = NULL;
- sData.mInitState = DELETED;
}
+public:
/**
- * @brief Immediately delete the singleton.
+ * @brief Cleanup and destroy the singleton instance.
*
- * A subsequent call to LLProxy::getInstance() will construct a new
- * instance of the class.
+ * deleteSingleton() calls this instance's cleanupSingleton() method and
+ * then destroys the instance.
*
- * Without an explicit call to LLSingletonBase::deleteAll(), LLSingletons
- * are implicitly destroyed after main() has exited and the C++ runtime is
- * cleaning up statically-constructed objects. Some classes derived from
- * LLSingleton have objects that are part of a runtime system that is
- * terminated before main() exits. Calling the destructor of those objects
- * after the termination of their respective systems can cause crashes and
- * other problems during termination of the project. Using this method to
- * destroy the singleton early can prevent these crashes.
+ * A subsequent call to LLSingleton<T>::getInstance() will construct a new
+ * instance of the class.
*
- * An example where this is needed is for a LLSingleton that has an APR
- * object as a member that makes APR calls on destruction. The APR system is
- * shut down explicitly before main() exits. This causes a crash on exit.
- * Using this method before the call to apr_terminate() and NOT calling
- * getInstance() again will prevent the crash.
+ * Without an explicit call to LLSingletonBase::deleteAll(), or
+ * LLSingleton<T>::deleteSingleton(), LLSingleton instances are simply
+ * leaked. (Allowing implicit destruction at shutdown caused too many
+ * problems.)
*/
static void deleteSingleton()
{
- delete sData.mInstance;
- // SingletonData state handled by destructor, above
+ // Hold the lock while we call cleanupSingleton() and the destructor.
+ // Our destructor also instantiates LockStatic, requiring a recursive
+ // mutex.
+ LockStatic lk;
+ // of course, only cleanup and delete if there's something there
+ if (lk->mInstance)
+ {
+ lk->mInstance->cleanup_();
+ delete lk->mInstance;
+ // destructor clears mInstance (and mInitState)
+ }
}
static DERIVED_TYPE* getInstance()
{
- // call constructSingleton() only the first time we get here
- static SingletonInitializer sInitializer;
-
- switch (sData.mInitState)
- {
- case UNINITIALIZED:
- // should never be uninitialized at this point
- logerrs("Uninitialized singleton ",
- classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str());
- return NULL;
-
- case CONSTRUCTING:
- // here if DERIVED_TYPE's constructor (directly or indirectly)
- // calls DERIVED_TYPE::getInstance()
- logerrs("Tried to access singleton ",
- classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
- " from singleton constructor!");
- return NULL;
-
- case CONSTRUCTED:
- // first time through: set to CONSTRUCTED by
- // constructSingleton(), called by sInitializer's constructor;
- // still have to call initSingleton()
- finishInitializing();
- break;
-
- case INITIALIZING:
- // here if DERIVED_TYPE::initSingleton() (directly or indirectly)
- // calls DERIVED_TYPE::getInstance(): go ahead and allow it
- case INITIALIZED:
- // normal subsequent calls
- break;
-
- case DELETED:
- // called after deleteSingleton()
- logwarns("Trying to access deleted singleton ",
- classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
- " -- creating new instance");
- // This recovery sequence is NOT thread-safe! We would need a
- // recursive_mutex a la LLParamSingleton.
- constructSingleton();
- finishInitializing();
- break;
- }
-
- // record the dependency, if any: check if we got here from another
- // LLSingleton's constructor or initSingleton() method
- capture_dependency();
- return sData.mInstance;
+ // We know the viewer has LLSingleton dependency circularities. If you
+ // feel strongly motivated to eliminate them, cheers and good luck.
+ // (At that point we could consider a much simpler locking mechanism.)
+
+ // If A and B depend on each other, and thread T1 requests A at the
+ // same moment thread T2 requests B, you could get a sequence like this:
+ // - T1 locks A
+ // - T2 locks B
+ // - T1, having constructed A, calls A::initSingleton(), which calls
+ // B::getInstance() and blocks on B's lock
+ // - T2, having constructed B, calls B::initSingleton(), which calls
+ // A::getInstance() and blocks on A's lock
+ // In other words, classic deadlock.
+
+ // Avoid that by constructing and initializing every LLSingleton on
+ // the main thread. In that scenario:
+ // - T1 locks A
+ // - T2 locks B
+ // - T1 discovers A is UNINITIALIZED, so it queues a task for the main
+ // thread, unlocks A and blocks on the std::future.
+ // - T2 discovers B is UNINITIALIZED, so it queues a task for the main
+ // thread, unlocks B and blocks on the std::future.
+ // - The main thread executes T1's request for A. It locks A and
+ // starts to construct it.
+ // - A::initSingleton() calls B::getInstance(). Fine: nobody's holding
+ // B's lock.
+ // - The main thread locks B, constructs B, calls B::initSingleton(),
+ // which calls A::getInstance(), which returns A.
+ // - B::getInstance() returns B to A::initSingleton(), unlocking B.
+ // - A::getInstance() returns A to the task wrapper, unlocking A.
+ // - The task wrapper passes A to T1 via the future. T1 resumes.
+ // - The main thread executes T2's request for B. Oh look, B already
+ // exists. The task wrapper passes B to T2 via the future. T2
+ // resumes.
+ // This still works even if one of T1 or T2 *is* the main thread.
+ // This still works even if thread T3 requests B at the same moment as
+ // T2. Finding B still UNINITIALIZED, T3 also queues a task for the
+ // main thread, unlocks B and blocks on a (distinct) std::future. By
+ // the time the main thread executes T3's request for B, B already
+ // exists, and is simply delivered via the future.
+
+ { // nested scope for 'lk'
+ // In case racing threads call getInstance() at the same moment,
+ // serialize the calls.
+ LockStatic lk;
+
+ switch (lk->mInitState)
+ {
+ case CONSTRUCTING:
+ // here if DERIVED_TYPE's constructor (directly or indirectly)
+ // calls DERIVED_TYPE::getInstance()
+ logerrs("Tried to access singleton ",
+ classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ " from singleton constructor!");
+ return nullptr;
+
+ case INITIALIZING:
+ // here if DERIVED_TYPE::initSingleton() (directly or indirectly)
+ // calls DERIVED_TYPE::getInstance(): go ahead and allow it
+ case INITIALIZED:
+ // normal subsequent calls
+ // record the dependency, if any: check if we got here from another
+ // LLSingleton's constructor or initSingleton() method
+ capture_dependency(lk->mInstance);
+ return lk->mInstance;
+
+ case DELETED:
+ // called after deleteSingleton()
+ logwarns("Trying to access deleted singleton ",
+ classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ " -- creating new instance");
+ // fall through
+ case UNINITIALIZED:
+ case QUEUED:
+ // QUEUED means some secondary thread has already requested an
+ // instance, but for present purposes that's semantically
+ // identical to UNINITIALIZED: either way, we must ourselves
+ // request an instance.
+ break;
+ }
+
+ // Here we need to construct a new instance.
+ if (on_main_thread())
+ {
+ // On the main thread, directly construct the instance while
+ // holding the lock.
+ constructSingleton(lk);
+ capture_dependency(lk->mInstance);
+ return lk->mInstance;
+ }
+
+ // Here we need to construct a new instance, but we're on a secondary
+ // thread.
+ lk->mInitState = QUEUED;
+ } // unlock 'lk'
+
+ // Per the comment block above, dispatch to the main thread.
+ loginfos(classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::getInstance() dispatching to main thread");
+ auto instance = LLMainThreadTask::dispatch(
+ [](){
+ // VERY IMPORTANT to call getInstance() on the main thread,
+ // rather than going straight to constructSingleton()!
+ // During the time window before mInitState is INITIALIZED,
+ // multiple requests might be queued. It's essential that, as
+ // the main thread processes them, only the FIRST such request
+ // actually constructs the instance -- every subsequent one
+ // simply returns the existing instance.
+ loginfos(classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::getInstance() on main thread");
+ return getInstance();
+ });
+ // record the dependency chain tracked on THIS thread, not the main
+ // thread (consider a getInstance() overload with a tag param that
+ // suppresses dep tracking when dispatched to the main thread)
+ capture_dependency(instance);
+ loginfos(classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::getInstance() returning on requesting thread");
+ return instance;
}
// Reference version of getInstance()
- // Preferred over getInstance() as it disallows checking for NULL
+ // Preferred over getInstance() as it disallows checking for nullptr
static DERIVED_TYPE& instance()
{
return *getInstance();
@@ -539,7 +587,9 @@ public:
// Use this to avoid accessing singletons before they can safely be constructed.
static bool instanceExists()
{
- return sData.mInitState == INITIALIZED;
+ // defend any access to sData from racing threads
+ LockStatic lk;
+ return lk->mInitState == INITIALIZED;
}
// Has this singleton been deleted? This can be useful during shutdown
@@ -547,23 +597,12 @@ public:
// cleaned up.
static bool wasDeleted()
{
- return sData.mInitState == DELETED;
+ // defend any access to sData from racing threads
+ LockStatic lk;
+ return lk->mInitState == DELETED;
}
-
-private:
- struct SingletonData
- {
- // explicitly has a default constructor so that member variables are zero initialized in BSS
- // and only changed by singleton logic, not constructor running during startup
- EInitState mInitState;
- DERIVED_TYPE* mInstance;
- };
- static SingletonData sData;
};
-template<typename T>
-typename LLSingleton<T>::SingletonData LLSingleton<T>::sData;
-
/**
* LLParamSingleton<T> is like LLSingleton<T>, except in the following ways:
@@ -588,47 +627,86 @@ class LLParamSingleton : public LLSingleton<DERIVED_TYPE>
{
private:
typedef LLSingleton<DERIVED_TYPE> super;
- // Use a recursive_mutex in case of constructor circularity. With a
- // non-recursive mutex, that would result in deadlock rather than the
- // logerrs() call in getInstance().
- typedef std::recursive_mutex mutex_t;
+ using typename super::LockStatic;
-public:
- using super::deleteSingleton;
- using super::instanceExists;
- using super::wasDeleted;
-
- // Passes arguments to DERIVED_TYPE's constructor and sets appropriate states
+ // Passes arguments to DERIVED_TYPE's constructor and sets appropriate
+ // states, returning a pointer to the new instance.
template <typename... Args>
- static void initParamSingleton(Args&&... args)
+ static DERIVED_TYPE* initParamSingleton_(Args&&... args)
{
// In case racing threads both call initParamSingleton() at the same
// time, serialize them. One should initialize; the other should see
// mInitState already set.
- std::unique_lock<mutex_t> lk(getMutex());
+ LockStatic lk;
// For organizational purposes this function shouldn't be called twice
- if (super::sData.mInitState != super::UNINITIALIZED)
+ if (lk->mInitState != super::UNINITIALIZED)
{
super::logerrs("Tried to initialize singleton ",
super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
" twice!");
+ return nullptr;
+ }
+ else if (on_main_thread())
+ {
+ // on the main thread, simply construct instance while holding lock
+ super::logdebugs(super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::initParamSingleton()");
+ super::constructSingleton(lk, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+ return lk->mInstance;
}
else
{
- super::constructSingleton(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
- super::finishInitializing();
+ // on secondary thread, dispatch to main thread --
+ // set state so we catch any other calls before the main thread
+ // picks up the task
+ lk->mInitState = super::QUEUED;
+ // very important to unlock here so main thread can actually process
+ lk.unlock();
+ super::loginfos(super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::initParamSingleton() dispatching to main thread");
+ // Normally it would be the height of folly to reference-bind
+ // 'args' into a lambda to be executed on some other thread! By
+ // the time that thread executed the lambda, the references would
+ // all be dangling, and Bad Things would result. But
+ // LLMainThreadTask::dispatch() promises to block until the passed
+ // task has completed. So in this case we know the references will
+ // remain valid until the lambda has run, so we dare to bind
+ // references.
+ auto instance = LLMainThreadTask::dispatch(
+ [&](){
+ super::loginfos(super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::initParamSingleton() on main thread");
+ return initParamSingleton_(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+ });
+ super::loginfos(super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
+ "::initParamSingleton() returning on requesting thread");
+ return instance;
}
}
+public:
+ using super::deleteSingleton;
+ using super::instanceExists;
+ using super::wasDeleted;
+
+ /// initParamSingleton() constructs the instance, returning a reference.
+ /// Pass whatever arguments are required to construct DERIVED_TYPE.
+ template <typename... Args>
+ static DERIVED_TYPE& initParamSingleton(Args&&... args)
+ {
+ return *initParamSingleton_(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+ }
+
static DERIVED_TYPE* getInstance()
{
// In case racing threads call getInstance() at the same moment as
// initParamSingleton(), serialize the calls.
- std::unique_lock<mutex_t> lk(getMutex());
+ LockStatic lk;
- switch (super::sData.mInitState)
+ switch (lk->mInitState)
{
case super::UNINITIALIZED:
+ case super::QUEUED:
super::logerrs("Uninitialized param singleton ",
super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str());
break;
@@ -639,25 +717,13 @@ public:
" from singleton constructor!");
break;
- case super::CONSTRUCTED:
- // Should never happen!? The CONSTRUCTED state is specifically to
- // navigate through LLSingleton::SingletonInitializer getting
- // constructed (once) before LLSingleton::getInstance()'s switch
- // on mInitState. But our initParamSingleton() method calls
- // constructSingleton() and then calls finishInitializing(), which
- // immediately sets INITIALIZING. Why are we here?
- super::logerrs("Param singleton ",
- super::template classname<DERIVED_TYPE>().c_str(),
- "::initSingleton() not yet called");
- break;
-
case super::INITIALIZING:
// As with LLSingleton, explicitly permit circular calls from
// within initSingleton()
case super::INITIALIZED:
// for any valid call, capture dependencies
- super::capture_dependency();
- return super::sData.mInstance;
+ super::capture_dependency(lk->mInstance);
+ return lk->mInstance;
case super::DELETED:
super::logerrs("Trying to access deleted param singleton ",
@@ -677,30 +743,6 @@ public:
{
return *getInstance();
}
-
-private:
- // sMutex must be a function-local static rather than a static member. One
- // of the essential features of LLSingleton and friends is that they must
- // support getInstance() even when the containing module's static
- // variables have not yet been runtime-initialized. A mutex requires
- // construction. A static class member might not yet have been
- // constructed.
- //
- // We could store a dumb mutex_t*, notice when it's NULL and allocate a
- // heap mutex -- but that's vulnerable to race conditions. And we can't
- // defend the dumb pointer with another mutex.
- //
- // We could store a std::atomic<mutex_t*> -- but a default-constructed
- // std::atomic<T> does not contain a valid T, even a default-constructed
- // T! Which means std::atomic, too, requires runtime initialization.
- //
- // But a function-local static is guaranteed to be initialized exactly
- // once, the first time control reaches that declaration.
- static mutex_t& getMutex()
- {
- static mutex_t sMutex;
- return sMutex;
- }
};
/**
@@ -725,9 +767,9 @@ public:
using super::instanceExists;
using super::wasDeleted;
- static void construct()
+ static DT* construct()
{
- super::initParamSingleton();
+ return super::initParamSingleton();
}
};