1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #include "base/threading/thread_local_storage.h"
9 #include "base/logging.h"
13 // In order to make TLS destructors work, we need to keep function
14 // pointers to the destructor for each TLS that we allocate.
15 // We make this work by allocating a single OS-level TLS, which
16 // contains an array of slots for the application to use. In
17 // parallel, we also allocate an array of destructors, which we
18 // keep track of and call when threads terminate.
20 // g_native_tls_key is the one native TLS that we use. It stores our table.
21 long g_native_tls_key
= TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
;
23 // g_last_used_tls_key is the high-water-mark of allocated thread local storage.
24 // Each allocation is an index into our g_tls_destructors[]. Each such index is
25 // assigned to the instance variable slot_ in a ThreadLocalStorage::Slot
26 // instance. We reserve the value slot_ == 0 to indicate that the corresponding
27 // instance of ThreadLocalStorage::Slot has been freed (i.e., destructor called,
28 // etc.). This reserved use of 0 is then stated as the initial value of
29 // g_last_used_tls_key, so that the first issued index will be 1.
30 long g_last_used_tls_key
= 0;
32 // The maximum number of 'slots' in our thread local storage stack.
33 const int kThreadLocalStorageSize
= 64;
35 // The maximum number of times to try to clear slots by calling destructors.
36 // Use pthread naming convention for clarity.
37 const int kMaxDestructorIterations
= kThreadLocalStorageSize
;
39 // An array of destructor function pointers for the slots. If a slot has a
40 // destructor, it will be stored in its corresponding entry in this array.
41 // The elements are volatile to ensure that when the compiler reads the value
42 // to potentially call the destructor, it does so once, and that value is tested
43 // for null-ness and then used. Yes, that would be a weird de-optimization,
44 // but I can imagine some register machines where it was just as easy to
45 // re-fetch an array element, and I want to be sure a call to free the key
46 // (i.e., null out the destructor entry) that happens on a separate thread can't
47 // hurt the racy calls to the destructors on another thread.
48 volatile base::ThreadLocalStorage::TLSDestructorFunc
49 g_tls_destructors
[kThreadLocalStorageSize
];
51 void** ConstructTlsVector() {
52 if (g_native_tls_key
== TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
) {
53 long value
= TlsAlloc();
54 DCHECK(value
!= TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
);
56 // Atomically test-and-set the tls_key. If the key is TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES,
57 // go ahead and set it. Otherwise, do nothing, as another
58 // thread already did our dirty work.
59 if (TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
!= InterlockedCompareExchange(
60 &g_native_tls_key
, value
, TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
)) {
61 // We've been shortcut. Another thread replaced g_native_tls_key first so
62 // we need to destroy our index and use the one the other thread got
67 DCHECK(!TlsGetValue(g_native_tls_key
));
69 // Some allocators, such as TCMalloc, make use of thread local storage.
70 // As a result, any attempt to call new (or malloc) will lazily cause such a
71 // system to initialize, which will include registering for a TLS key. If we
72 // are not careful here, then that request to create a key will call new back,
73 // and we'll have an infinite loop. We avoid that as follows:
74 // Use a stack allocated vector, so that we don't have dependence on our
75 // allocator until our service is in place. (i.e., don't even call new until
77 void* stack_allocated_tls_data
[kThreadLocalStorageSize
];
78 memset(stack_allocated_tls_data
, 0, sizeof(stack_allocated_tls_data
));
79 // Ensure that any rentrant calls change the temp version.
80 TlsSetValue(g_native_tls_key
, stack_allocated_tls_data
);
82 // Allocate an array to store our data.
83 void** tls_data
= new void*[kThreadLocalStorageSize
];
84 memcpy(tls_data
, stack_allocated_tls_data
, sizeof(stack_allocated_tls_data
));
85 TlsSetValue(g_native_tls_key
, tls_data
);
89 // Called when we terminate a thread, this function calls any TLS destructors
90 // that are pending for this thread.
91 void WinThreadExit() {
92 if (g_native_tls_key
== TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
)
95 void** tls_data
= static_cast<void**>(TlsGetValue(g_native_tls_key
));
96 // Maybe we have never initialized TLS for this thread.
100 // Some allocators, such as TCMalloc, use TLS. As a result, when a thread
101 // terminates, one of the destructor calls we make may be to shut down an
102 // allocator. We have to be careful that after we've shutdown all of the
103 // known destructors (perchance including an allocator), that we don't call
104 // the allocator and cause it to resurrect itself (with no possibly destructor
105 // call to follow). We handle this problem as follows:
106 // Switch to using a stack allocated vector, so that we don't have dependence
107 // on our allocator after we have called all g_tls_destructors. (i.e., don't
108 // even call delete[] after we're done with destructors.)
109 void* stack_allocated_tls_data
[kThreadLocalStorageSize
];
110 memcpy(stack_allocated_tls_data
, tls_data
, sizeof(stack_allocated_tls_data
));
111 // Ensure that any re-entrant calls change the temp version.
112 TlsSetValue(g_native_tls_key
, stack_allocated_tls_data
);
113 delete[] tls_data
; // Our last dependence on an allocator.
115 int remaining_attempts
= kMaxDestructorIterations
;
116 bool need_to_scan_destructors
= true;
117 while (need_to_scan_destructors
) {
118 need_to_scan_destructors
= false;
119 // Try to destroy the first-created-slot (which is slot 1) in our last
120 // destructor call. That user was able to function, and define a slot with
121 // no other services running, so perhaps it is a basic service (like an
122 // allocator) and should also be destroyed last. If we get the order wrong,
123 // then we'll itterate several more times, so it is really not that
124 // critical (but it might help).
125 for (int slot
= g_last_used_tls_key
; slot
> 0; --slot
) {
126 void* value
= stack_allocated_tls_data
[slot
];
129 base::ThreadLocalStorage::TLSDestructorFunc destructor
=
130 g_tls_destructors
[slot
];
131 if (destructor
== NULL
)
133 stack_allocated_tls_data
[slot
] = NULL
; // pre-clear the slot.
135 // Any destructor might have called a different service, which then set
136 // a different slot to a non-NULL value. Hence we need to check
137 // the whole vector again. This is a pthread standard.
138 need_to_scan_destructors
= true;
140 if (--remaining_attempts
<= 0) {
141 NOTREACHED(); // Destructors might not have been called.
146 // Remove our stack allocated vector.
147 TlsSetValue(g_native_tls_key
, NULL
);
154 ThreadLocalStorage::Slot::Slot(TLSDestructorFunc destructor
) {
155 initialized_
= false;
157 Initialize(destructor
);
160 bool ThreadLocalStorage::StaticSlot::Initialize(TLSDestructorFunc destructor
) {
161 if (g_native_tls_key
== TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES
|| !TlsGetValue(g_native_tls_key
))
162 ConstructTlsVector();
165 slot_
= InterlockedIncrement(&g_last_used_tls_key
);
167 if (slot_
>= kThreadLocalStorageSize
) {
172 // Setup our destructor.
173 g_tls_destructors
[slot_
] = destructor
;
178 void ThreadLocalStorage::StaticSlot::Free() {
179 // At this time, we don't reclaim old indices for TLS slots.
180 // So all we need to do is wipe the destructor.
182 DCHECK_LT(slot_
, kThreadLocalStorageSize
);
183 g_tls_destructors
[slot_
] = NULL
;
185 initialized_
= false;
188 void* ThreadLocalStorage::StaticSlot::Get() const {
189 void** tls_data
= static_cast<void**>(TlsGetValue(g_native_tls_key
));
191 tls_data
= ConstructTlsVector();
193 DCHECK_LT(slot_
, kThreadLocalStorageSize
);
194 return tls_data
[slot_
];
197 void ThreadLocalStorage::StaticSlot::Set(void* value
) {
198 void** tls_data
= static_cast<void**>(TlsGetValue(g_native_tls_key
));
200 tls_data
= ConstructTlsVector();
202 DCHECK_LT(slot_
, kThreadLocalStorageSize
);
203 tls_data
[slot_
] = value
;
208 // Thread Termination Callbacks.
209 // Windows doesn't support a per-thread destructor with its
210 // TLS primitives. So, we build it manually by inserting a
211 // function to be called on each thread's exit.
212 // This magic is from http://www.codeproject.com/threads/tls.asp
213 // and it works for VC++ 7.0 and later.
215 // Force a reference to _tls_used to make the linker create the TLS directory
216 // if it's not already there. (e.g. if __declspec(thread) is not used).
217 // Force a reference to p_thread_callback_base to prevent whole program
218 // optimization from discarding the variable.
221 #pragma comment(linker, "/INCLUDE:_tls_used")
222 #pragma comment(linker, "/INCLUDE:p_thread_callback_base")
226 #pragma comment(linker, "/INCLUDE:__tls_used")
227 #pragma comment(linker, "/INCLUDE:_p_thread_callback_base")
231 // Static callback function to call with each thread termination.
232 void NTAPI
OnThreadExit(PVOID module
, DWORD reason
, PVOID reserved
) {
233 // On XP SP0 & SP1, the DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH is never seen. It is sent on SP2+
234 // and on W2K and W2K3. So don't assume it is sent.
235 if (DLL_THREAD_DETACH
== reason
|| DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
== reason
)
239 // .CRT$XLA to .CRT$XLZ is an array of PIMAGE_TLS_CALLBACK pointers that are
240 // called automatically by the OS loader code (not the CRT) when the module is
241 // loaded and on thread creation. They are NOT called if the module has been
242 // loaded by a LoadLibrary() call. It must have implicitly been loaded at
244 // By implicitly loaded, I mean that it is directly referenced by the main EXE
245 // or by one of its dependent DLLs. Delay-loaded DLL doesn't count as being
246 // implicitly loaded.
248 // See VC\crt\src\tlssup.c for reference.
250 // extern "C" suppresses C++ name mangling so we know the symbol name for the
251 // linker /INCLUDE:symbol pragma above.
253 // The linker must not discard p_thread_callback_base. (We force a reference
254 // to this variable with a linker /INCLUDE:symbol pragma to ensure that.) If
255 // this variable is discarded, the OnThreadExit function will never be called.
258 // .CRT section is merged with .rdata on x64 so it must be constant data.
259 #pragma const_seg(".CRT$XLB")
260 // When defining a const variable, it must have external linkage to be sure the
261 // linker doesn't discard it.
262 extern const PIMAGE_TLS_CALLBACK p_thread_callback_base
;
263 const PIMAGE_TLS_CALLBACK p_thread_callback_base
= OnThreadExit
;
265 // Reset the default section.
270 #pragma data_seg(".CRT$XLB")
271 PIMAGE_TLS_CALLBACK p_thread_callback_base
= OnThreadExit
;
273 // Reset the default section.