phoenix-firestorm/indra/llcommon/llrefcount.h

/**
 * @file llrefcount.h
 * @brief Base class for reference counted objects for use with LLPointer
 *
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 */
#ifndef LLREFCOUNT_H
#define LLREFCOUNT_H

#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
#include "llatomic.h"

class LLMutex;

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// RefCount objects should generally only be accessed by way of LLPointer<>'s
// see llthread.h for LLThreadSafeRefCount
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

//nonsense but recognizable value for freed LLRefCount (aids in debugging)
#define LL_REFCOUNT_FREE 1234567890
extern const S32 gMaxRefCount;

class LL_COMMON_API LLRefCount
{
protected:
    LLRefCount(const LLRefCount& other);
    LLRefCount& operator=(const LLRefCount&);
    virtual ~LLRefCount(); // use unref()

public:
    LLRefCount();

    inline void ref() const
    {
        llassert(mRef != LL_REFCOUNT_FREE); // object is deleted
        mRef++;
        llassert(mRef < gMaxRefCount); // ref count excessive, likely memory leak
    }

    inline S32 unref() const
    {
        llassert(mRef != LL_REFCOUNT_FREE); // object is deleted
        llassert(mRef > 0); // ref count below 1, likely corrupted
        if (0 == --mRef)
        {
            mRef = LL_REFCOUNT_FREE; // set to nonsense yet recognizable value to aid in debugging
            delete this;
            return 0;
        }
        return mRef;
    }

    //NOTE: when passing around a const LLRefCount object, this can return different results
    // at different types, since mRef is mutable
    S32 getNumRefs() const
    {
        return mRef;
    }

private:
    mutable S32 mRef;
};


//============================================================================

// see llmemory.h for LLPointer<> definition

class LL_COMMON_API LLThreadSafeRefCount
{
public:
    static void initThreadSafeRefCount(); // creates sMutex
    static void cleanupThreadSafeRefCount(); // destroys sMutex

private:
    static LLMutex* sMutex;

protected:
    virtual ~LLThreadSafeRefCount(); // use unref()

public:
    LLThreadSafeRefCount();
    LLThreadSafeRefCount(const LLThreadSafeRefCount&);
    LLThreadSafeRefCount& operator=(const LLThreadSafeRefCount& ref)
    {
        mRef = 0;
        return *this;
    }

    void ref()
    {
        mRef++;
    }

    void unref()
    {
        llassert(mRef >= 1);
        if ((--mRef) == 0)
        {
            // If we hit zero, the caller should be the only smart pointer owning the object and we can delete it.
            // It is technically possible for a vanilla pointer to mess this up, or another thread to
            // jump in, find this object, create another smart pointer and end up dangling, but if
            // the code is that bad and not thread-safe, it's trouble already.
            delete this;
        }
    }

    S32 getNumRefs() const
    {
        const S32 currentVal = mRef.CurrentValue();
        return currentVal;
    }

private:
    LLAtomicS32 mRef;
};

/**
 * intrusive pointer support for LLThreadSafeRefCount
 * this allows you to use boost::intrusive_ptr with any LLThreadSafeRefCount-derived type
 */
inline void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LLThreadSafeRefCount* p)
{
    p->ref();
}

inline void intrusive_ptr_release(LLThreadSafeRefCount* p)
{
    p->unref();
}

/**
 * intrusive pointer support
 * this allows you to use boost::intrusive_ptr with any LLRefCount-derived type
 */
inline void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LLRefCount* p)
{
    p->ref();
}

inline void intrusive_ptr_release(LLRefCount* p)
{
    p->unref();
}

#endif