> On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Chris Lattner <clatt...@apple.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Oct 7, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Michael Gottesman via swift-dev
>> <swift-dev@swift.org <mailto:swift-dev@swift.org>> wrote:
>>
>> Attached below is an updated version of the proposal. Again a rendered
>> version is located at:
>>
>> https://gottesmm.github.io/proposals/high-level-arc-memory-operations.html
>> <https://gottesmm.github.io/proposals/high-level-arc-memory-operations.html>
>>
>> Michael
>
> This looks great Michael, a couple of comments/questions:
>
> typo: affects -> effects.
>
>
> >If ARC Code Motion wishes to move the ARC semantics of ownership qualified
> >load, store instructions, it must now consider read/write effects. On the
> >other hand, it will be able to now not consider the side-effects of
> >destructors when moving retain/release operations.
>
> Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? Does this mean the ARC optimizer
> has additional freedom somehow to ignore side effects in deinits? What
> grants that ability?
Sorry for not being clear.
deinits in ARC are not sequenced with respect to memory operations in normal
control flow, but if ARC performs any code motion, we must ensure that memory
safety is respected. Such semantics are not new.
The main change here is that previously there were situations where we would
split up the load/retain in a load [copy] operation. Then if the right things
occured, we could cause the object to be deallocated before we use the value or
took full ownership of the value.
Consider the following example:
----
class D {}
class D1 : D {}
class D2 : D {}
var GLOBAL_D : D = D1()
class C { deinit { GLOBAL_D = D2 } }
func main() {
let c = C()
let d = GLOBAL_D
useC(c)
useD(d)
}
main()
----
Assume that useC does not directly in any way touch an instance of class D
except via the destructor .
Since memory operations are not sequenced with respect to deinits, there are
two correct programs here that the optimizer can produce: the original and the
one where useC(c) and GLOBAL_D are swapped, i.e.:
----
func main() {
let c = C()
useC(c)
let d = GLOBAL_D
useD(d)
}
----
In the first program, d would be an instance of class D1. In the second, it
would be an instance of class D2. Notice how in both programs though, no
deinitialized object is accessed. On the other hand, imagine if we had split
main like so:
----
func main() {
let c = C()
let d = unsafe_unowned_load(GLOBAL_D)
useC(c)
let owned_d = retain(d)
useD(owned_d)
}
----
In this case, we would be passing off to useD a deallocated instance of class
D1 which would be undefined behavior.
So as long as for these load [copy] operations, we move the load/retain fused
together, we can guarantee that an object is produced instantaneously in a safe
way without any worry.
Was this helpful?
Michael
>
> -Chris
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