efl/src/lib/eina/eina_cow.h

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/* EINA - EFL data type library
* Copyright (C) 2013 Cedric Bail
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library;
* if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef EINA_COW_H_
#define EINA_COW_H_
/**
* @addtogroup Eina_Tools_Group Tools
*
* @{
*/
/**
* @defgroup Eina_Cow_Group Copy On Write
*
* @brief These functions provide some helper for a pseudo Copy-On-Write mechanism.
*
* Eina_Cow will return a const memory pointer to some default value that you will
* be able to change only by requesting a writable pointer. Later on a garbage collector
* can come online and try to merge back some of those pointers.
*
* @since 1.8.0
*
* @{
*/
/**
* @typedef Eina_Cow
* Type for Eina_Cow pool
*/
typedef struct _Eina_Cow Eina_Cow;
/**
* @typedef Eina_Cow_Data
* Type of the returned pointer to simplify some reading.
*/
typedef void Eina_Cow_Data;
/**
* @brief Instantiates a new Eina_Cow pool.
*
* @param[in] name The name of this pool, used for debugging.
* @param[in] struct_size The size of the object from this pool.
* @param[in] step How many objects to allocate when the pool gets empty.
* @param[in] default_value The default value returned by this pool.
* @param[in] gc Is it possible to run garbage collection on this pool.
* @return A valid new Eina_Cow, or @c NULL on error.
*/
EAPI Eina_Cow *eina_cow_add(const char *name, unsigned int struct_size, unsigned int step, const void *default_value, Eina_Bool gc) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Destroys an Eina_Cow pool and all the allocated memory.
*
* @param[in] cow The pool to destroy
*/
EAPI void eina_cow_del(Eina_Cow *cow);
/**
* @brief Returns an initialized pointer from the pool.
*
* @param[in] cow The pool to take things from.
* @return A pointer to the new pool instance
*/
EAPI const Eina_Cow_Data *eina_cow_alloc(Eina_Cow *cow) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Frees a pointer from the pool.
*
* @param[in,out] cow The pool to gave back memory to.
* @param[in] data The data to give back.
*
* @note To simplify the caller code *data will point to the default
* read only state after the call to this function.
*/
EAPI void eina_cow_free(Eina_Cow *cow, const Eina_Cow_Data **data);
/**
* @brief Gets a writeable pointer from a const pointer.
*
* @param[in,out] cow The pool the pointer came from.
* @param[in] src The pointer you want to write to.
*
* @note This function is not thread safe.
*/
EAPI void *eina_cow_write(Eina_Cow *cow,
const Eina_Cow_Data * const *src) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Sets back a pointer into read only.
*
* @param[in,out] cow The pool the pointer came from.
* @param[in] dst The read only version of the pointer.
* @param[in] data The pointer to which data was written to.
* @param[in] needed_gc Does this pool need to be garbage collected?
*
* @note This function is not thread safe.
*/
EAPI void eina_cow_done(Eina_Cow *cow,
const Eina_Cow_Data * const *dst,
const void *data,
Eina_Bool needed_gc);
/**
* @brief Makes the destination contain the same thing as the source pointer.
*
* @param[in,out] cow The pool the pointers came from.
* @param[in] dst The destination to update.
* @param[in] src The source of information to copy.
*/
EAPI void eina_cow_memcpy(Eina_Cow *cow,
const Eina_Cow_Data * const *dst,
const Eina_Cow_Data *src);
/**
* @brief Tries to find entries that have the same content and update them.
*
* @param[in,out] cow The cow to try to compact.
* @return EINA_TRUE if something was compacted, EINA_FALSE if nothing was.
*
* There is no guaranty in the time it will require, but should remain low.
* It does run a hash function on all possible common structures trying to
* find the one that matches and merge them into one pointer.
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool eina_cow_gc(Eina_Cow *cow);
/**
* @def EINA_COW_WRITE_BEGIN
* @brief Definition for the macro to setup a writeable pointer from a const one.
*
* @param[in,out] Cow The Eina_Cow where the const pointer came from.
* @param[in] Read The const pointer to get a writable handler from.
* @param[in] Write_Type The type of the pointer you want to write to.
* @param[in] Write The name of the variable where to put the writeable pointer to.
*
* @since 1.8.0
*
* @note This macro opens a C scope that is expected to be closed by
* EINA_COW_WRITE_END().
*/
#define EINA_COW_WRITE_BEGIN(Cow, Read, Write_Type, Write) \
do \
{ \
Write_Type *Write; \
\
Write = eina_cow_write(Cow, ((const Eina_Cow_Data**)&(Read)));
/**
* @def EINA_COW_WRITE_END
* @brief Definition for the macro to close the writeable pointer.
*
* @param[in,out] Cow The Eina_Cow where the const pointer came from.
* @param[in] Read The const pointer to get a writable handler from.
* @param[in] Write The name of the variable where to put the writeable pointer to.
*
* @since 1.8.0
*
* @note This macro closes the scope opened by EINA_COW_WRITE_BEGIN().
*/
#define EINA_COW_WRITE_END(Cow, Read, Write) \
eina_cow_done(Cow, ((const Eina_Cow_Data**)&(Read)), Write, \
EINA_TRUE); \
} \
while (0);
/**
* @def EINA_COW_WRITE_END_NOGC
* @brief Definition for the macro to close the writeable pointer without triggering the GC.
*
* @param[in,out] Cow The Eina_Cow where the const pointer came from.
* @param[in] Read The const pointer to get a writable handler from.
* @param[in] Write The name of the variable where to put the writeable pointer to.
*
* @since 1.8.0
*
* @note This macro closes the scope opened by EINA_COW_WRITE_BEGIN().
*/
#define EINA_COW_WRITE_END_NOGC(Cow, Read, Write) \
eina_cow_done(Cow, ((const Eina_Cow_Data**)&(Read)), Write, \
EINA_FALSE); \
} \
while (0);
/**
* @}
*/
/**
* @}
*/
#endif