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diff --git a/xpcom/ds/nsExpirationTracker.h b/xpcom/ds/nsExpirationTracker.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ec2a25f67d --- /dev/null +++ b/xpcom/ds/nsExpirationTracker.h @@ -0,0 +1,618 @@ +/* -*- 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 NSEXPIRATIONTRACKER_H_ +#define NSEXPIRATIONTRACKER_H_ + +#include <cstring> +#include "MainThreadUtils.h" +#include "nsAlgorithm.h" +#include "nsDebug.h" +#include "nsTArray.h" +#include "nsITimer.h" +#include "nsCOMPtr.h" +#include "nsIEventTarget.h" +#include "nsIObserver.h" +#include "nsIObserverService.h" +#include "nsISupports.h" +#include "nsIThread.h" +#include "nsThreadUtils.h" +#include "nscore.h" +#include "mozilla/Assertions.h" +#include "mozilla/Likely.h" +#include "mozilla/MemoryReporting.h" +#include "mozilla/RefCountType.h" +#include "mozilla/RefPtr.h" +#include "mozilla/Services.h" + +/** + * Data used to track the expiration state of an object. We promise that this + * is 32 bits so that objects that includes this as a field can pad and align + * efficiently. + */ +struct nsExpirationState { + enum { + NOT_TRACKED = (1U << 4) - 1, + MAX_INDEX_IN_GENERATION = (1U << 28) - 1 + }; + + nsExpirationState() : mGeneration(NOT_TRACKED), mIndexInGeneration(0) {} + bool IsTracked() { return mGeneration != NOT_TRACKED; } + + /** + * The generation that this object belongs to, or NOT_TRACKED. + */ + uint32_t mGeneration : 4; + uint32_t mIndexInGeneration : 28; +}; + +/** + * ExpirationTracker classes: + * - ExpirationTrackerImpl (Thread-safe class) + * - nsExpirationTracker (Main-thread only class) + * + * These classes can track the lifetimes and usage of a large number of + * objects, and send a notification some window of time after a live object was + * last used. This is very useful when you manage a large number of objects + * and want to flush some after they haven't been used for a while. + * nsExpirationTracker is designed to be very space and time efficient. + * + * The type parameter T is the object type that we will track pointers to. T + * must include an accessible method GetExpirationState() that returns a + * pointer to an nsExpirationState associated with the object (preferably, + * stored in a field of the object). + * + * The parameter K is the number of generations that will be used. Increasing + * the number of generations narrows the window within which we promise + * to fire notifications, at a slight increase in space cost for the tracker. + * We require 2 <= K <= nsExpirationState::NOT_TRACKED (currently 15). + * + * To use this class, you need to inherit from it and override the + * NotifyExpired() method. + * + * The approach is to track objects in K generations. When an object is accessed + * it moves from its current generation to the newest generation. Generations + * are stored in a cyclic array; when a timer interrupt fires, we advance + * the current generation pointer to effectively age all objects very + * efficiently. By storing information in each object about its generation and + * index within its generation array, we make removal of objects from a + * generation very cheap. + * + * Future work: + * -- Add a method to change the timer period? + */ + +/** + * Base class for ExiprationTracker implementations. + * + * nsExpirationTracker class below is a specialized class to be inherited by the + * instances to be accessed only on main-thread. + * + * For creating a thread-safe tracker, you can define a subclass inheriting this + * base class and specialize the Mutex and AutoLock to be used. + * + * For an example of using ExpirationTrackerImpl with a DataMutex + * @see mozilla::gfx::GradientCache. + * + */ +template <typename T, uint32_t K, typename Mutex, typename AutoLock> +class ExpirationTrackerImpl { + public: + /** + * Initialize the tracker. + * @param aTimerPeriod the timer period in milliseconds. The guarantees + * provided by the tracker are defined in terms of this period. If the + * period is zero, then we don't use a timer and rely on someone calling + * AgeOneGenerationLocked explicitly. + * @param aName the name of the subclass for telemetry. + * @param aEventTarget the optional event target on main thread to label the + * runnable of the asynchronous invocation to NotifyExpired(). + + */ + ExpirationTrackerImpl(uint32_t aTimerPeriod, const char* aName, + nsIEventTarget* aEventTarget = nullptr) + : mTimerPeriod(aTimerPeriod), + mNewestGeneration(0), + mInAgeOneGeneration(false), + mName(aName), + mEventTarget(aEventTarget) { + static_assert(K >= 2 && K <= nsExpirationState::NOT_TRACKED, + "Unsupported number of generations (must be 2 <= K <= 15)"); + MOZ_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread()); + if (mEventTarget) { + bool current = false; + // NOTE: The following check+crash could be condensed into a + // MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT, but that triggers a segfault during compilation in + // clang 3.8. Once we don't have to care about clang 3.8 anymore, though, + // we can convert to MOZ_RELEASE_ASSERT here. + if (MOZ_UNLIKELY(NS_FAILED(mEventTarget->IsOnCurrentThread(¤t)) || + !current)) { + MOZ_CRASH("Provided event target must be on the main thread"); + } + } + mObserver = new ExpirationTrackerObserver(); + mObserver->Init(this); + } + + virtual ~ExpirationTrackerImpl() { + MOZ_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread()); + if (mTimer) { + mTimer->Cancel(); + } + mObserver->Destroy(); + } + + /** + * Add an object to be tracked. It must not already be tracked. It will + * be added to the newest generation, i.e., as if it was just used. + * @return an error on out-of-memory + */ + nsresult AddObjectLocked(T* aObj, const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + if (NS_WARN_IF(!aObj)) { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(false, "Invalid object to add"); + return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED; + } + nsExpirationState* state = aObj->GetExpirationState(); + if (NS_WARN_IF(state->IsTracked())) { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(false, + "Tried to add an object that's already tracked"); + return NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED; + } + nsTArray<T*>& generation = mGenerations[mNewestGeneration]; + uint32_t index = generation.Length(); + if (index > nsExpirationState::MAX_INDEX_IN_GENERATION) { + NS_WARNING("More than 256M elements tracked, this is probably a problem"); + return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY; + } + if (index == 0) { + // We might need to start the timer + nsresult rv = CheckStartTimerLocked(aAutoLock); + if (NS_FAILED(rv)) { + return rv; + } + } + // XXX(Bug 1631371) Check if this should use a fallible operation as it + // pretended earlier. + generation.AppendElement(aObj); + state->mGeneration = mNewestGeneration; + state->mIndexInGeneration = index; + return NS_OK; + } + + /** + * Remove an object from the tracker. It must currently be tracked. + */ + void RemoveObjectLocked(T* aObj, const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + if (NS_WARN_IF(!aObj)) { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(false, "Invalid object to remove"); + return; + } + nsExpirationState* state = aObj->GetExpirationState(); + if (NS_WARN_IF(!state->IsTracked())) { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(false, + "Tried to remove an object that's not tracked"); + return; + } + nsTArray<T*>& generation = mGenerations[state->mGeneration]; + uint32_t index = state->mIndexInGeneration; + MOZ_ASSERT(generation.Length() > index && generation[index] == aObj, + "Object is lying about its index"); + // Move the last object to fill the hole created by removing aObj + T* lastObj = generation.PopLastElement(); + // XXX It looks weird that index might point to the element that was just + // removed. Is that really correct? + if (index < generation.Length()) { + generation[index] = lastObj; + } + lastObj->GetExpirationState()->mIndexInGeneration = index; + state->mGeneration = nsExpirationState::NOT_TRACKED; + // We do not check whether we need to stop the timer here. The timer + // will check that itself next time it fires. Checking here would not + // be efficient since we'd need to track all generations. Also we could + // thrash by incessantly creating and destroying timers if someone + // kept adding and removing an object from the tracker. + } + + /** + * Notify that an object has been used. + * @return an error if we lost the object from the tracker... + */ + nsresult MarkUsedLocked(T* aObj, const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + nsExpirationState* state = aObj->GetExpirationState(); + if (mNewestGeneration == state->mGeneration) { + return NS_OK; + } + RemoveObjectLocked(aObj, aAutoLock); + return AddObjectLocked(aObj, aAutoLock); + } + + /** + * The timer calls this, but it can also be manually called if you want + * to age objects "artifically". This can result in calls to + * NotifyExpiredLocked. + */ + void AgeOneGenerationLocked(const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + if (mInAgeOneGeneration) { + NS_WARNING("Can't reenter AgeOneGeneration from NotifyExpired"); + return; + } + + mInAgeOneGeneration = true; + uint32_t reapGeneration = + mNewestGeneration > 0 ? mNewestGeneration - 1 : K - 1; + nsTArray<T*>& generation = mGenerations[reapGeneration]; + // The following is rather tricky. We have to cope with objects being + // removed from this generation either because of a call to RemoveObject + // (or indirectly via MarkUsedLocked) inside NotifyExpiredLocked. + // Fortunately no objects can be added to this generation because it's not + // the newest generation. We depend on the fact that RemoveObject can only + // cause the indexes of objects in this generation to *decrease*, not + // increase. So if we start from the end and work our way backwards we are + // guaranteed to see each object at least once. + size_t index = generation.Length(); + for (;;) { + // Objects could have been removed so index could be outside + // the array + index = XPCOM_MIN(index, generation.Length()); + if (index == 0) { + break; + } + --index; + NotifyExpiredLocked(generation[index], aAutoLock); + } + // Any leftover objects from reapGeneration just end up in the new + // newest-generation. This is bad form, though, so warn if there are any. + if (!generation.IsEmpty()) { + NS_WARNING("Expired objects were not removed or marked used"); + } + // Free excess memory used by the generation array, since we probably + // just removed most or all of its elements. + generation.Compact(); + mNewestGeneration = reapGeneration; + mInAgeOneGeneration = false; + } + + /** + * This just calls AgeOneGenerationLocked K times. Under normal circumstances + * this will result in all objects getting NotifyExpiredLocked called on them, + * but if NotifyExpiredLocked itself marks some objects as used, then those + * objects might not expire. This would be a good thing to call if we get into + * a critically-low memory situation. + */ + void AgeAllGenerationsLocked(const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + uint32_t i; + for (i = 0; i < K; ++i) { + AgeOneGenerationLocked(aAutoLock); + } + } + + class Iterator { + private: + ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>* mTracker; + uint32_t mGeneration; + uint32_t mIndex; + + public: + Iterator(ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>* aTracker, + AutoLock& aAutoLock) + : mTracker(aTracker), mGeneration(0), mIndex(0) {} + + T* Next() { + while (mGeneration < K) { + nsTArray<T*>* generation = &mTracker->mGenerations[mGeneration]; + if (mIndex < generation->Length()) { + ++mIndex; + return (*generation)[mIndex - 1]; + } + ++mGeneration; + mIndex = 0; + } + return nullptr; + } + }; + + friend class Iterator; + + bool IsEmptyLocked(const AutoLock& aAutoLock) const { + for (uint32_t i = 0; i < K; ++i) { + if (!mGenerations[i].IsEmpty()) { + return false; + } + } + return true; + } + + size_t Length(const AutoLock& aAutoLock) const { + size_t len = 0; + for (uint32_t i = 0; i < K; ++i) { + len += mGenerations[i].Length(); + } + return len; + } + + // @return The amount of memory used by this ExpirationTrackerImpl, excluding + // sizeof(*this). If you want to measure anything hanging off the mGenerations + // array, you must iterate over the elements and measure them individually; + // hence the "Shallow" prefix. + size_t ShallowSizeOfExcludingThis(mozilla::MallocSizeOf aMallocSizeOf) const { + size_t bytes = 0; + for (uint32_t i = 0; i < K; ++i) { + bytes += mGenerations[i].ShallowSizeOfExcludingThis(aMallocSizeOf); + } + return bytes; + } + + protected: + /** + * This must be overridden to catch notifications. It is called whenever + * we detect that an object has not been used for at least (K-1)*mTimerPeriod + * milliseconds. If timer events are not delayed, it will be called within + * roughly K*mTimerPeriod milliseconds after the last use. + * (Unless AgeOneGenerationLocked or AgeAllGenerationsLocked have been called + * to accelerate the aging process.) + * + * NOTE: These bounds ignore delays in timer firings due to actual work being + * performed by the browser. We use a slack timer so there is always at least + * mTimerPeriod milliseconds between firings, which gives us + * (K-1)*mTimerPeriod as a pretty solid lower bound. The upper bound is rather + * loose, however. If the maximum amount by which any given timer firing is + * delayed is D, then the upper bound before NotifyExpiredLocked is called is + * K*(mTimerPeriod + D). + * + * The NotifyExpiredLocked call is expected to remove the object from the + * tracker, but it need not. The object (or other objects) could be + * "resurrected" by calling MarkUsedLocked() on them, or they might just not + * be removed. Any objects left over that have not been resurrected or removed + * are placed in the new newest-generation, but this is considered "bad form" + * and should be avoided (we'll issue a warning). (This recycling counts + * as "a use" for the purposes of the expiry guarantee above...) + * + * For robustness and simplicity, we allow objects to be notified more than + * once here in the same timer tick. + */ + virtual void NotifyExpiredLocked(T*, const AutoLock&) = 0; + + /** + * This may be overridden to perform any post-aging work that needs to be + * done while still holding the lock. It will be called once after each timer + * event, and each low memory event has been handled. + */ + virtual void NotifyHandlerEndLocked(const AutoLock&){}; + + /** + * This may be overridden to perform any post-aging work that needs to be + * done outside the lock. It will be called once after each + * NotifyEndTransactionLocked call. + */ + virtual void NotifyHandlerEnd(){}; + + virtual Mutex& GetMutex() = 0; + + private: + class ExpirationTrackerObserver; + RefPtr<ExpirationTrackerObserver> mObserver; + nsTArray<T*> mGenerations[K]; + nsCOMPtr<nsITimer> mTimer; + uint32_t mTimerPeriod; + uint32_t mNewestGeneration; + bool mInAgeOneGeneration; + const char* const mName; // Used for timer firing profiling. + const nsCOMPtr<nsIEventTarget> mEventTarget; + + /** + * Whenever "memory-pressure" is observed, it calls AgeAllGenerationsLocked() + * to minimize memory usage. + */ + class ExpirationTrackerObserver final : public nsIObserver { + public: + void Init(ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>* aObj) { + mOwner = aObj; + nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> obs = + mozilla::services::GetObserverService(); + if (obs) { + obs->AddObserver(this, "memory-pressure", false); + } + } + void Destroy() { + mOwner = nullptr; + nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> obs = + mozilla::services::GetObserverService(); + if (obs) { + obs->RemoveObserver(this, "memory-pressure"); + } + } + NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS + NS_DECL_NSIOBSERVER + private: + ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>* mOwner; + }; + + void HandleLowMemory() { + { + AutoLock lock(GetMutex()); + AgeAllGenerationsLocked(lock); + NotifyHandlerEndLocked(lock); + } + NotifyHandlerEnd(); + } + + void HandleTimeout() { + { + AutoLock lock(GetMutex()); + AgeOneGenerationLocked(lock); + // Cancel the timer if we have no objects to track + if (IsEmptyLocked(lock)) { + mTimer->Cancel(); + mTimer = nullptr; + } + NotifyHandlerEndLocked(lock); + } + NotifyHandlerEnd(); + } + + static void TimerCallback(nsITimer* aTimer, void* aThis) { + ExpirationTrackerImpl* tracker = static_cast<ExpirationTrackerImpl*>(aThis); + tracker->HandleTimeout(); + } + + nsresult CheckStartTimerLocked(const AutoLock& aAutoLock) { + if (mTimer || !mTimerPeriod) { + return NS_OK; + } + nsCOMPtr<nsIEventTarget> target = mEventTarget; + if (!target && !NS_IsMainThread()) { + // TimerCallback should always be run on the main thread to prevent races + // to the destruction of the tracker. + target = do_GetMainThread(); + NS_ENSURE_STATE(target); + } + + return NS_NewTimerWithFuncCallback( + getter_AddRefs(mTimer), TimerCallback, this, mTimerPeriod, + nsITimer::TYPE_REPEATING_SLACK_LOW_PRIORITY, mName, target); + } +}; + +namespace detail { + +class PlaceholderLock { + public: + void Lock() {} + void Unlock() {} +}; + +class PlaceholderAutoLock { + public: + explicit PlaceholderAutoLock(PlaceholderLock&) {} + ~PlaceholderAutoLock() = default; +}; + +template <typename T, uint32_t K> +using SingleThreadedExpirationTracker = + ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, PlaceholderLock, PlaceholderAutoLock>; + +} // namespace detail + +template <typename T, uint32_t K> +class nsExpirationTracker + : protected ::detail::SingleThreadedExpirationTracker<T, K> { + typedef ::detail::PlaceholderLock Lock; + typedef ::detail::PlaceholderAutoLock AutoLock; + + Lock mLock; + + AutoLock FakeLock() { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread()); + return AutoLock(mLock); + } + + Lock& GetMutex() override { + MOZ_DIAGNOSTIC_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread()); + return mLock; + } + + void NotifyExpiredLocked(T* aObject, const AutoLock&) override { + NotifyExpired(aObject); + } + + /** + * Since there are no users of these callbacks in the single threaded case, + * we mark them as final with the hope that the compiler can optimize the + * method calls out entirely. + */ + void NotifyHandlerEndLocked(const AutoLock&) final {} + void NotifyHandlerEnd() final {} + + protected: + virtual void NotifyExpired(T* aObj) = 0; + + public: + nsExpirationTracker(uint32_t aTimerPeriod, const char* aName, + nsIEventTarget* aEventTarget = nullptr) + : ::detail::SingleThreadedExpirationTracker<T, K>(aTimerPeriod, aName, + aEventTarget) {} + + virtual ~nsExpirationTracker() = default; + + nsresult AddObject(T* aObj) { + return this->AddObjectLocked(aObj, FakeLock()); + } + + void RemoveObject(T* aObj) { this->RemoveObjectLocked(aObj, FakeLock()); } + + nsresult MarkUsed(T* aObj) { return this->MarkUsedLocked(aObj, FakeLock()); } + + void AgeOneGeneration() { this->AgeOneGenerationLocked(FakeLock()); } + + void AgeAllGenerations() { this->AgeAllGenerationsLocked(FakeLock()); } + + class Iterator { + private: + AutoLock mAutoLock; + typename ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Lock, AutoLock>::Iterator mIterator; + + public: + explicit Iterator(nsExpirationTracker<T, K>* aTracker) + : mAutoLock(aTracker->GetMutex()), mIterator(aTracker, mAutoLock) {} + + T* Next() { return mIterator.Next(); } + }; + + friend class Iterator; + + bool IsEmpty() { return this->IsEmptyLocked(FakeLock()); } +}; + +template <typename T, uint32_t K, typename Mutex, typename AutoLock> +NS_IMETHODIMP ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>:: + ExpirationTrackerObserver::Observe(nsISupports* aSubject, + const char* aTopic, + const char16_t* aData) { + if (!strcmp(aTopic, "memory-pressure") && mOwner) { + mOwner->HandleLowMemory(); + } + return NS_OK; +} + +template <class T, uint32_t K, typename Mutex, typename AutoLock> +NS_IMETHODIMP_(MozExternalRefCountType) +ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>::ExpirationTrackerObserver::AddRef( + void) { + MOZ_ASSERT(int32_t(mRefCnt) >= 0, "illegal refcnt"); + NS_ASSERT_OWNINGTHREAD(ExpirationTrackerObserver); + ++mRefCnt; + NS_LOG_ADDREF(this, mRefCnt, "ExpirationTrackerObserver", sizeof(*this)); + return mRefCnt; +} + +template <class T, uint32_t K, typename Mutex, typename AutoLock> +NS_IMETHODIMP_(MozExternalRefCountType) +ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, + AutoLock>::ExpirationTrackerObserver::Release(void) { + MOZ_ASSERT(int32_t(mRefCnt) > 0, "dup release"); + NS_ASSERT_OWNINGTHREAD(ExpirationTrackerObserver); + --mRefCnt; + NS_LOG_RELEASE(this, mRefCnt, "ExpirationTrackerObserver"); + if (mRefCnt == 0) { + NS_ASSERT_OWNINGTHREAD(ExpirationTrackerObserver); + mRefCnt = 1; /* stabilize */ + delete (this); + return 0; + } + return mRefCnt; +} + +template <class T, uint32_t K, typename Mutex, typename AutoLock> +NS_IMETHODIMP ExpirationTrackerImpl<T, K, Mutex, AutoLock>:: + ExpirationTrackerObserver::QueryInterface(REFNSIID aIID, + void** aInstancePtr) { + NS_ASSERTION(aInstancePtr, "QueryInterface requires a non-NULL destination!"); + nsresult rv = NS_ERROR_FAILURE; + NS_INTERFACE_TABLE(ExpirationTrackerObserver, nsIObserver) + return rv; +} + +#endif /*NSEXPIRATIONTRACKER_H_*/ |