1 /*
2  *  Copyright 2017 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
3  *
4  *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
5  *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
6  *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
7  *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
8  *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
9  */
10 #ifndef RTC_BASE_REF_COUNTER_H_
11 #define RTC_BASE_REF_COUNTER_H_
12 
13 #include <atomic>
14 
15 #include "rtc_base/ref_count.h"
16 
17 namespace webrtc {
18 namespace webrtc_impl {
19 
20 class RefCounter {
21  public:
RefCounter(int ref_count)22   explicit RefCounter(int ref_count) : ref_count_(ref_count) {}
23   RefCounter() = delete;
24 
IncRef()25   void IncRef() {
26     // Relaxed memory order: The current thread is allowed to act on the
27     // resource protected by the reference counter both before and after the
28     // atomic op, so this function doesn't prevent memory access reordering.
29     ref_count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
30   }
31 
32   // Returns kDroppedLastRef if this call dropped the last reference; the caller
33   // should therefore free the resource protected by the reference counter.
34   // Otherwise, returns kOtherRefsRemained (note that in case of multithreading,
35   // some other caller may have dropped the last reference by the time this call
36   // returns; all we know is that we didn't do it).
DecRef()37   rtc::RefCountReleaseStatus DecRef() {
38     // Use release-acquire barrier to ensure all actions on the protected
39     // resource are finished before the resource can be freed.
40     // When ref_count_after_subtract > 0, this function require
41     // std::memory_order_release part of the barrier.
42     // When ref_count_after_subtract == 0, this function require
43     // std::memory_order_acquire part of the barrier.
44     // In addition std::memory_order_release is used for synchronization with
45     // the HasOneRef function to make sure all actions on the protected resource
46     // are finished before the resource is assumed to have exclusive access.
47     int ref_count_after_subtract =
48         ref_count_.fetch_sub(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel) - 1;
49     return ref_count_after_subtract == 0
50                ? rtc::RefCountReleaseStatus::kDroppedLastRef
51                : rtc::RefCountReleaseStatus::kOtherRefsRemained;
52   }
53 
54   // Return whether the reference count is one. If the reference count is used
55   // in the conventional way, a reference count of 1 implies that the current
56   // thread owns the reference and no other thread shares it. This call performs
57   // the test for a reference count of one, and performs the memory barrier
58   // needed for the owning thread to act on the resource protected by the
59   // reference counter, knowing that it has exclusive access.
HasOneRef()60   bool HasOneRef() const {
61     // To ensure resource protected by the reference counter has exclusive
62     // access, all changes to the resource before it was released by other
63     // threads must be visible by current thread. That is provided by release
64     // (in DecRef) and acquire (in this function) ordering.
65     return ref_count_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) == 1;
66   }
67 
68  private:
69   std::atomic<int> ref_count_;
70 };
71 
72 }  // namespace webrtc_impl
73 }  // namespace webrtc
74 
75 #endif  // RTC_BASE_REF_COUNTER_H_
76