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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef mozilla_Mutex_h
+#define mozilla_Mutex_h
+
+#include "mozilla/BlockingResourceBase.h"
+#include "mozilla/PlatformMutex.h"
+#include "nsISupports.h"
+
+//
+// Provides:
+//
+// - Mutex, a non-recursive mutex
+// - MutexAutoLock, an RAII class for ensuring that Mutexes are properly
+// locked and unlocked
+// - MutexAutoUnlock, complementary sibling to MutexAutoLock
+//
+// - OffTheBooksMutex, a non-recursive mutex that doesn't do leak checking
+// - OffTheBooksMutexAuto{Lock,Unlock} - Like MutexAuto{Lock,Unlock}, but for
+// an OffTheBooksMutex.
+//
+// Using MutexAutoLock/MutexAutoUnlock etc. is MUCH preferred to making bare
+// calls to Lock and Unlock.
+//
+namespace mozilla {
+
+/**
+ * OffTheBooksMutex is identical to Mutex, except that OffTheBooksMutex doesn't
+ * include leak checking. Sometimes you want to intentionally "leak" a mutex
+ * until shutdown; in these cases, OffTheBooksMutex is for you.
+ */
+class OffTheBooksMutex : public detail::MutexImpl, BlockingResourceBase {
+ public:
+ /**
+ * @param aName A name which can reference this lock
+ * @returns If failure, nullptr
+ * If success, a valid Mutex* which must be destroyed
+ * by Mutex::DestroyMutex()
+ **/
+ explicit OffTheBooksMutex(const char* aName)
+ : BlockingResourceBase(aName, eMutex)
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ ,
+ mOwningThread(nullptr)
+#endif
+ {
+ }
+
+ ~OffTheBooksMutex() {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ MOZ_ASSERT(!mOwningThread, "destroying a still-owned lock!");
+#endif
+ }
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+ /**
+ * Lock this mutex.
+ **/
+ void Lock() { this->lock(); }
+
+ /**
+ * Try to lock this mutex, returning true if we were successful.
+ **/
+ [[nodiscard]] bool TryLock() { return this->tryLock(); }
+
+ /**
+ * Unlock this mutex.
+ **/
+ void Unlock() { this->unlock(); }
+
+ /**
+ * Assert that the current thread owns this mutex in debug builds.
+ *
+ * Does nothing in non-debug builds.
+ **/
+ void AssertCurrentThreadOwns() const {}
+
+ /**
+ * Assert that the current thread does not own this mutex.
+ *
+ * Note that this function is not implemented for debug builds *and*
+ * non-debug builds due to difficulties in dealing with memory ordering.
+ *
+ * It is therefore mostly useful as documentation.
+ **/
+ void AssertNotCurrentThreadOwns() const {}
+
+#else
+ void Lock();
+ [[nodiscard]] bool TryLock();
+ void Unlock();
+
+ void AssertCurrentThreadOwns() const;
+
+ void AssertNotCurrentThreadOwns() const {
+ // FIXME bug 476536
+ }
+
+#endif // ifndef DEBUG
+
+ private:
+ OffTheBooksMutex();
+ OffTheBooksMutex(const OffTheBooksMutex&);
+ OffTheBooksMutex& operator=(const OffTheBooksMutex&);
+
+ friend class OffTheBooksCondVar;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ PRThread* mOwningThread;
+#endif
+};
+
+/**
+ * Mutex
+ * When possible, use MutexAutoLock/MutexAutoUnlock to lock/unlock this
+ * mutex within a scope, instead of calling Lock/Unlock directly.
+ */
+class Mutex : public OffTheBooksMutex {
+ public:
+ explicit Mutex(const char* aName) : OffTheBooksMutex(aName) {
+ MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(Mutex);
+ }
+
+ MOZ_COUNTED_DTOR(Mutex)
+
+ private:
+ Mutex();
+ Mutex(const Mutex&);
+ Mutex& operator=(const Mutex&);
+};
+
+namespace detail {
+template <typename T>
+class MOZ_RAII BaseAutoUnlock;
+
+/**
+ * MutexAutoLock
+ * Acquires the Mutex when it enters scope, and releases it when it leaves
+ * scope.
+ *
+ * MUCH PREFERRED to bare calls to Mutex.Lock and Unlock.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class MOZ_RAII BaseAutoLock {
+ public:
+ /**
+ * Constructor
+ * The constructor aquires the given lock. The destructor
+ * releases the lock.
+ *
+ * @param aLock A valid mozilla::Mutex* returned by
+ * mozilla::Mutex::NewMutex.
+ **/
+ explicit BaseAutoLock(T aLock) : mLock(aLock) { mLock.Lock(); }
+
+ ~BaseAutoLock(void) { mLock.Unlock(); }
+
+ // Assert that aLock is the mutex passed to the constructor and that the
+ // current thread owns the mutex. In coding patterns such as:
+ //
+ // void LockedMethod(const BaseAutoLock<T>& aProofOfLock)
+ // {
+ // aProofOfLock.AssertOwns(mMutex);
+ // ...
+ // }
+ //
+ // Without this assertion, it could be that mMutex is not actually
+ // locked. It's possible to have code like:
+ //
+ // BaseAutoLock lock(someMutex);
+ // ...
+ // BaseAutoUnlock unlock(someMutex);
+ // ...
+ // LockedMethod(lock);
+ //
+ // and in such a case, simply asserting that the mutex pointers match is not
+ // sufficient; mutex ownership must be asserted as well.
+ //
+ // Note that if you are going to use the coding pattern presented above, you
+ // should use this method in preference to using AssertCurrentThreadOwns on
+ // the mutex you expected to be held, since this method provides stronger
+ // guarantees.
+ void AssertOwns(const T& aMutex) const {
+ MOZ_ASSERT(&aMutex == &mLock);
+ mLock.AssertCurrentThreadOwns();
+ }
+
+ private:
+ BaseAutoLock();
+ BaseAutoLock(BaseAutoLock&);
+ BaseAutoLock& operator=(BaseAutoLock&);
+ static void* operator new(size_t) noexcept(true);
+
+ friend class BaseAutoUnlock<T>;
+
+ T mLock;
+};
+
+template <typename MutexType>
+BaseAutoLock(MutexType&) -> BaseAutoLock<MutexType&>;
+} // namespace detail
+
+typedef detail::BaseAutoLock<Mutex&> MutexAutoLock;
+typedef detail::BaseAutoLock<OffTheBooksMutex&> OffTheBooksMutexAutoLock;
+
+namespace detail {
+/**
+ * BaseAutoUnlock
+ * Releases the Mutex when it enters scope, and re-acquires it when it leaves
+ * scope.
+ *
+ * MUCH PREFERRED to bare calls to Mutex.Unlock and Lock.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class MOZ_RAII BaseAutoUnlock {
+ public:
+ explicit BaseAutoUnlock(T aLock) : mLock(aLock) { mLock.Unlock(); }
+
+ explicit BaseAutoUnlock(BaseAutoLock<T>& aAutoLock) : mLock(aAutoLock.mLock) {
+ NS_ASSERTION(mLock, "null lock");
+ mLock->Unlock();
+ }
+
+ ~BaseAutoUnlock() { mLock.Lock(); }
+
+ private:
+ BaseAutoUnlock();
+ BaseAutoUnlock(BaseAutoUnlock&);
+ BaseAutoUnlock& operator=(BaseAutoUnlock&);
+ static void* operator new(size_t) noexcept(true);
+
+ T mLock;
+};
+
+template <typename MutexType>
+BaseAutoUnlock(MutexType&) -> BaseAutoUnlock<MutexType&>;
+} // namespace detail
+
+typedef detail::BaseAutoUnlock<Mutex&> MutexAutoUnlock;
+typedef detail::BaseAutoUnlock<OffTheBooksMutex&> OffTheBooksMutexAutoUnlock;
+
+} // namespace mozilla
+
+#endif // ifndef mozilla_Mutex_h