webrtc/rtc_base/thread_annotations.h

//
// Copyright (c) 2013 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
// tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
// in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
// be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
//
// Borrowed from
// https://code.google.com/p/gperftools/source/browse/src/base/thread_annotations.h
// but adapted for clang attributes instead of the gcc.
//
// This header file contains the macro definitions for thread safety
// annotations that allow the developers to document the locking policies
// of their multi-threaded code. The annotations can also help program
// analysis tools to identify potential thread safety issues.

#ifndef WEBRTC_RTC_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H_
#define WEBRTC_RTC_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H_

#if defined(__clang__) && (!defined(SWIG))
#define THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(x) __attribute__((x))
#else
#define THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(x)  // no-op
#endif

// Document if a shared variable/field needs to be protected by a lock.
// GUARDED_BY allows the user to specify a particular lock that should be
// held when accessing the annotated variable, while GUARDED_VAR only
// indicates a shared variable should be guarded (by any lock). GUARDED_VAR
// is primarily used when the client cannot express the name of the lock.
#if !defined(GUARDED_BY)
#define GUARDED_BY(x) THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(guarded_by(x))
#endif
#if !defined(GUARDED_VAR)
#define GUARDED_VAR THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(guarded_var)
#endif

// Document if the memory location pointed to by a pointer should be guarded
// by a lock when dereferencing the pointer. Similar to GUARDED_VAR,
// PT_GUARDED_VAR is primarily used when the client cannot express the name
// of the lock. Note that a pointer variable to a shared memory location
// could itself be a shared variable. For example, if a shared global pointer
// q, which is guarded by mu1, points to a shared memory location that is
// guarded by mu2, q should be annotated as follows:
//     int *q GUARDED_BY(mu1) PT_GUARDED_BY(mu2);
#if !defined(PT_GUARDED_BY)
#define PT_GUARDED_BY(x) THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(pt_guarded_by(x))
#endif
#if !defined(PT_GUARDED_VAR)
#define PT_GUARDED_VAR THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(pt_guarded_var)
#endif

// Document the acquisition order between locks that can be held
// simultaneously by a thread. For any two locks that need to be annotated
// to establish an acquisition order, only one of them needs the annotation.
// (i.e. You don't have to annotate both locks with both ACQUIRED_AFTER
// and ACQUIRED_BEFORE.)
#if !defined(ACQUIRED_AFTER)
#define ACQUIRED_AFTER(x) THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(acquired_after(x))
#endif
#if !defined(ACQUIRED_BEFORE)
#define ACQUIRED_BEFORE(x) THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(acquired_before(x))
#endif

// The following three annotations document the lock requirements for
// functions/methods.

// Document if a function expects certain locks to be held before it is called
#if !defined(EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED)
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(exclusive_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

#if !defined(SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED)
#define SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(shared_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

// Document the locks acquired in the body of the function. These locks
// cannot be held when calling this function (as google3's Mutex locks are
// non-reentrant).
#if !defined(LOCKS_EXCLUDED)
#define LOCKS_EXCLUDED(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(locks_excluded(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

// Document the lock the annotated function returns without acquiring it.
#if !defined(LOCK_RETURNED)
#define LOCK_RETURNED(x) THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(lock_returned(x))
#endif

// Document if a class/type is a lockable type (such as the Mutex class).
#if !defined(LOCKABLE)
#define LOCKABLE THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(lockable)
#endif

// Document if a class is a scoped lockable type (such as the MutexLock class).
#if !defined(SCOPED_LOCKABLE)
#define SCOPED_LOCKABLE THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(scoped_lockable)
#endif

// The following annotations specify lock and unlock primitives.
#if !defined(EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION)
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(exclusive_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

#if !defined(SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION)
#define SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(shared_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

#if !defined(EXCLUSIVE_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION)
#define EXCLUSIVE_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(exclusive_trylock_function(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

#if !defined(SHARED_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION)
#define SHARED_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(shared_trylock_function(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

#if !defined(UNLOCK_FUNCTION)
#define UNLOCK_FUNCTION(...) \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(unlock_function(__VA_ARGS__))
#endif

// An escape hatch for thread safety analysis to ignore the annotated function.
#if !defined(NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS)
#define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS \
  THREAD_ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE__(no_thread_safety_analysis)
#endif

#endif  // WEBRTC_RTC_BASE_THREAD_ANNOTATIONS_H_