inventory/lib.rs
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2//!
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6//!
7//! <br>
8//!
9//! **Typed distributed plugin registration.**
10//!
11//! This crate provides a way to set up a plugin registry into which plugins
12//! can be registered from any source file linked into your application. There
13//! does not need to be a central list of all the plugins.
14//!
15//! # Examples
16//!
17//! Suppose we are writing a command line flags library and want to allow any
18//! source file in the application to register command line flags that are
19//! relevant to it.
20//!
21//! This is the flag registration style used by [gflags] and is better suited
22//! for large scale development than maintaining a single central list of flags,
23//! as the central list would become an endless source of merge conflicts in an
24//! application developed simultaneously by thousands of developers.
25//!
26//! [gflags]: https://gflags.github.io/gflags/
27//!
28//! ## Instantiating the plugin registry
29//!
30//! Let's use a `struct Flag` as the plugin type, which will contain the short
31//! name of the flag like `-v`, the full name like `--verbose`, and maybe other
32//! information like argument type and help text. We instantiate a plugin
33//! registry with an invocation of `inventory::collect!`.
34//!
35//! ```
36//! pub struct Flag {
37//! short: char,
38//! name: &'static str,
39//! /* ... */
40//! }
41//!
42//! impl Flag {
43//! pub const fn new(short: char, name: &'static str) -> Self {
44//! Flag { short, name }
45//! }
46//! }
47//!
48//! inventory::collect!(Flag);
49//! ```
50//!
51//! This `collect!` call must be in the same crate that defines the plugin type.
52//! This macro does not "run" anything so place it outside of any function body.
53//!
54//! ## Registering plugins
55//!
56//! Now any crate with access to the `Flag` type can register flags as a plugin.
57//! Plugins can be registered by the same crate that declares the plugin type,
58//! or by any downstream crate.
59//!
60//! ```
61//! # struct Flag;
62//! #
63//! # impl Flag {
64//! # const fn new(short: char, name: &'static str) -> Self {
65//! # Flag
66//! # }
67//! # }
68//! #
69//! # inventory::collect!(Flag);
70//! #
71//! inventory::submit! {
72//! Flag::new('v', "verbose")
73//! }
74//! #
75//! # fn main() {}
76//! ```
77//!
78//! The `submit!` macro does not "run" anything so place it outside of any
79//! function body. In particular, note that all `submit!` invocations across all
80//! source files linked into your application all take effect simultaneously. A
81//! `submit!` invocation is not a statement that needs to be called from `main`
82//! in order to execute.
83//!
84//! ## Iterating over plugins
85//!
86//! The value `inventory::iter::<T>` is an iterator with element type `&'static
87//! T` that iterates over all plugins registered of type `T`.
88//!
89//! ```
90//! # struct Flag {
91//! # short: char,
92//! # name: &'static str,
93//! # }
94//! #
95//! # inventory::collect!(Flag);
96//! #
97//! for flag in inventory::iter::<Flag> {
98//! println!("-{}, --{}", flag.short, flag.name);
99//! }
100//! ```
101//!
102//! There is no guarantee about the order that plugins of the same type are
103//! visited by the iterator. They may be visited in any order.
104//!
105//! ## WebAssembly and constructors
106//!
107//! `inventory` supports all WebAssembly targets, including
108//! `wasm*-unknown-unknown`. However, in unusual circumstances, ensuring that
109//! constructors run may require some extra effort. The Wasm linker will
110//! synthesize a function `extern "C" unsafe fn __wasm_call_ctors()` which calls
111//! all constructors when invoked; this function will *not* be exported from the
112//! module unless you do so explicitly. Depending on the result of a heuristic,
113//! the linker may or may not insert a call to this function from the beginning
114//! of every function that your module exports. Specifically, it regards a
115//! module as having "command-style linkage" if:
116//!
117//! * it is not relocatable;
118//! * it is not a position-independent executable;
119//! * and it does not call `__wasm_call_ctors`, directly or indirectly, from any
120//! exported function.
121//!
122//! The linker expects that the embedder will call into a command-style module
123//! only once per instantiation. Violation of this expectation can result in
124//! `__wasm_call_ctors` being called multiple times. This is dangerous in
125//! general, but safe and mostly harmless in the case of constructors generated
126//! by `inventory`, which are idempotent.
127//!
128//! If you are building a module which relies on constructors and may be called
129//! into multiple times per instance, you should export `__wasm_call_ctors` (or
130//! a wrapper around it) and ensure that the embedder calls it immediately after
131//! instantiation. Even though `inventory` may work fine without this, it is
132//! still good practice, because it avoids unnecessary overhead from repeated
133//! constructor invocation. It also can prevent unsoundness if some of your
134//! constructors are generated by other crates or other programming languages.
135//!
136//! ```
137//! #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
138//! unsafe extern "C" {
139//! fn __wasm_call_ctors();
140//! }
141//!
142//! fn main() {
143//! #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
144//! unsafe {
145//! __wasm_call_ctors();
146//! }
147//! }
148//! ```
149
150#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/inventory/0.3.24")]
151#![no_std]
152#![deny(unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn)]
153#![allow(
154 clippy::doc_markdown,
155 clippy::empty_enums,
156 clippy::expl_impl_clone_on_copy,
157 clippy::let_underscore_untyped,
158 clippy::let_unit_value,
159 clippy::must_use_candidate,
160 clippy::new_without_default,
161 clippy::semicolon_if_nothing_returned, // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7324
162)]
163
164use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
165use core::marker::PhantomData;
166use core::ops::Deref;
167use core::ptr;
168#[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
169use core::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
170use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, Ordering};
171
172// Not public API. Used by generated code.
173#[doc(hidden)]
174pub struct Registry {
175 head: AtomicPtr<Node>,
176}
177
178// Not public API. Used by generated code.
179#[doc(hidden)]
180pub struct Node {
181 pub value: &'static dyn ErasedNode,
182 pub next: UnsafeCell<Option<&'static Node>>,
183 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
184 pub initialized: AtomicBool,
185}
186
187// The `value` is Sync, and `next` is only mutated during submit, which is prior
188// to any reads.
189unsafe impl Sync for Node {}
190
191// Not public API. Used by generated code.
192#[doc(hidden)]
193pub trait ErasedNode: Sync {
194 // SAFETY: requires *node.value is of type Self.
195 unsafe fn submit(&self, node: &'static Node);
196}
197
198impl<T: Collect> ErasedNode for T {
199 unsafe fn submit(&self, node: &'static Node) {
200 unsafe {
201 T::registry().submit(node);
202 }
203 }
204}
205
206/// Trait bound corresponding to types that can be iterated by inventory::iter.
207///
208/// This trait cannot be implemented manually. Instead use the [`collect`] macro
209/// which expands to an implementation of this trait for the given type.
210///
211/// # Examples
212///
213/// ```
214/// use inventory::Collect;
215///
216/// fn count_plugins<T: Collect>() -> usize {
217/// inventory::iter::<T>.into_iter().count()
218/// }
219/// ```
220pub trait Collect: Sync + Sized + 'static {
221 #[doc(hidden)]
222 fn registry() -> &'static Registry;
223}
224
225impl Registry {
226 // Not public API. Used by generated code.
227 pub const fn new() -> Self {
228 Registry {
229 head: AtomicPtr::new(ptr::null_mut()),
230 }
231 }
232
233 // SAFETY: requires type of *new.value matches the $ty surrounding the
234 // declaration of this registry in inventory::collect macro.
235 unsafe fn submit(&'static self, new: &'static Node) {
236 // The WebAssembly linker uses an unreliable heuristic to determine
237 // whether a module is a "command-style" linkage, for which it will
238 // insert a call to `__wasm_call_ctors` at the top of every exported
239 // function. It expects that the embedder will call into such modules
240 // only once per instantiation. If this heuristic goes wrong, we can end
241 // up having our constructors invoked multiple times, which without this
242 // safeguard would lead to our registry's linked list becoming circular.
243 // On non-Wasm platforms, this check is unnecessary, so we skip it.
244 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
245 if new.initialized.swap(true, Ordering::Relaxed) {
246 return;
247 }
248
249 let mut head = self.head.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
250 loop {
251 unsafe {
252 *new.next.get() = head.as_ref();
253 }
254 let new_ptr = ptr::addr_of!(*new).cast_mut();
255 match self
256 .head
257 .compare_exchange(head, new_ptr, Ordering::Release, Ordering::Relaxed)
258 {
259 Ok(_) => return,
260 Err(prev) => head = prev,
261 }
262 }
263 }
264}
265
266/// An iterator over plugins registered of a given type.
267///
268/// The value `inventory::iter::<T>` is an iterator with element type `&'static
269/// T`.
270///
271/// There is no guarantee about the order that plugins of the same type are
272/// visited by the iterator. They may be visited in any order.
273///
274/// # Examples
275///
276/// ```
277/// # struct Flag {
278/// # short: char,
279/// # name: &'static str,
280/// # }
281/// #
282/// # inventory::collect!(Flag);
283/// #
284/// # const IGNORE: &str = stringify! {
285/// use my_flags::Flag;
286/// # };
287///
288/// fn main() {
289/// for flag in inventory::iter::<Flag> {
290/// println!("-{}, --{}", flag.short, flag.name);
291/// }
292/// }
293/// ```
294///
295/// Refer to the [crate level documentation](index.html) for a complete example
296/// of instantiating a plugin registry and submitting plugins.
297#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
298pub type iter<T> = private::iter<T>;
299
300mod void_iter {
301 enum Void {}
302
303 #[repr(C, packed)]
304 pub struct Iter<T>([*const T; 0], Void);
305
306 unsafe impl<T> Send for Iter<T> {}
307 unsafe impl<T> Sync for Iter<T> {}
308}
309
310mod value_iter {
311 #[doc(hidden)]
312 pub use crate::private::iter::iter;
313}
314
315mod private {
316 // Based on https://github.com/dtolnay/ghost
317 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
318 pub enum iter<T> {
319 __Phantom(crate::void_iter::Iter<T>),
320 iter,
321 }
322
323 #[doc(hidden)]
324 pub use crate::value_iter::*;
325}
326
327#[doc(hidden)]
328pub use crate::private::*;
329
330const _: () = {
331 fn into_iter<T: Collect>() -> Iter<T> {
332 let head = T::registry().head.load(Ordering::Acquire);
333 Iter {
334 // Head pointer is always null or valid &'static Node.
335 node: unsafe { head.as_ref() },
336 marker: PhantomData,
337 }
338 }
339
340 impl<T: Collect> IntoIterator for iter<T> {
341 type Item = &'static T;
342 type IntoIter = Iter<T>;
343
344 fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
345 into_iter()
346 }
347 }
348
349 #[doc(hidden)]
350 impl<T: Collect> Deref for iter<T> {
351 type Target = fn() -> Iter<T>;
352 fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
353 &(into_iter as fn() -> Iter<T>)
354 }
355 }
356
357 pub struct Iter<T: 'static> {
358 node: Option<&'static Node>,
359 marker: PhantomData<T>,
360 }
361
362 impl<T: 'static> Iterator for Iter<T> {
363 type Item = &'static T;
364
365 fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
366 let node = self.node?;
367 unsafe {
368 let value_ptr = ptr::addr_of!(*node.value).cast::<T>();
369 self.node = *node.next.get();
370 Some(&*value_ptr)
371 }
372 }
373 }
374
375 impl<T> Clone for Iter<T> {
376 fn clone(&self) -> Self {
377 Self {
378 node: self.node,
379 marker: PhantomData,
380 }
381 }
382 }
383};
384
385/// Associate a plugin registry with the specified type.
386///
387/// This call must be in the same crate that defines the plugin type. This macro
388/// does not "run" anything so place it outside of any function body.
389///
390/// # Examples
391///
392/// Suppose we are writing a command line flags library and want to allow any
393/// source file in the application to register command line flags that are
394/// relevant to it.
395///
396/// This is the flag registration style used by [gflags] and is better suited
397/// for large scale development than maintaining a single central list of flags,
398/// as the central list would become an endless source of merge conflicts.
399///
400/// [gflags]: https://gflags.github.io/gflags/
401///
402/// ```
403/// pub struct Flag {
404/// short: char,
405/// name: &'static str,
406/// /* ... */
407/// }
408///
409/// inventory::collect!(Flag);
410/// ```
411///
412/// Refer to the [crate level documentation](index.html) for a complete example
413/// of submitting plugins and iterating a plugin registry.
414#[macro_export]
415macro_rules! collect {
416 ($ty:ty) => {
417 impl $crate::Collect for $ty {
418 #[inline]
419 fn registry() -> &'static $crate::Registry {
420 static REGISTRY: $crate::Registry = $crate::Registry::new();
421 ®ISTRY
422 }
423 }
424 };
425}
426
427/// Enter an element into the plugin registry corresponding to its type.
428///
429/// This call may be in the same crate that defines the type, or downstream in
430/// any crate that depends on that crate.
431///
432/// This macro does not "run" anything so place it outside of any function body.
433/// In particular, note that all `submit!` invocations across all source files
434/// linked into your application all take effect simultaneously. A `submit!`
435/// invocation is not a statement that needs to be called from `main` in order
436/// to execute.
437///
438/// # Examples
439///
440/// Put `submit!` invocations outside of any function body.
441///
442/// ```
443/// # struct Flag;
444/// #
445/// # impl Flag {
446/// # const fn new(short: char, name: &'static str) -> Self {
447/// # Flag
448/// # }
449/// # }
450/// #
451/// # inventory::collect!(Flag);
452/// #
453/// inventory::submit! {
454/// Flag::new('v', "verbose")
455/// }
456/// #
457/// # fn main() {}
458/// ```
459///
460/// Do not try to invoke `submit!` from inside of a function body as it does not
461/// do what you want.
462///
463/// ```compile_fail
464/// // Do not do this.
465/// fn submit_flags(has_verbose_flag: bool) {
466/// if has_verbose_flag {
467/// inventory::submit! {
468/// Flag::new('v', "verbose")
469/// }
470/// }
471/// }
472/// ```
473///
474/// Refer to the [crate level documentation](index.html) for a complete example
475/// of instantiating and iterating a plugin registry.
476#[macro_export]
477macro_rules! submit {
478 ($($value:tt)*) => {
479 $crate::__do_submit! {
480 { $($value)* }
481 { $($value)* }
482 }
483 };
484}
485
486// Not public API.
487#[doc(hidden)]
488pub mod __private {
489 #[doc(hidden)]
490 pub use core::option::Option;
491
492 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
493 #[doc(hidden)]
494 pub use rustversion::attr;
495
496 // Type alias to sidestep clippy::disallowed_types in downstream projects
497 // that use Loom.
498 #[doc(hidden)]
499 pub type UnsafeCell<T> = core::cell::UnsafeCell<T>;
500
501 // Type alias to sidestep clippy::disallowed_types in downstream projects
502 // that use Loom.
503 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
504 #[doc(hidden)]
505 pub type AtomicBool = core::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
506}
507
508// Not public API.
509#[doc(hidden)]
510#[macro_export]
511macro_rules! __do_submit {
512 (used={ $($used:tt)+ } $($value:tt)*) => {
513 #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
514 const _: () = {
515 static __INVENTORY: $crate::Node = $crate::Node {
516 value: &{ $($value)* },
517 next: $crate::__private::UnsafeCell::new($crate::__private::Option::None),
518 #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
519 initialized: $crate::__private::AtomicBool::new(false),
520 };
521
522 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"), link_section = ".text.startup")]
523 unsafe extern "C" fn __ctor() {
524 unsafe { $crate::ErasedNode::submit(__INVENTORY.value, &__INVENTORY) }
525 }
526
527 // Linux/ELF: https://www.exploit-db.com/papers/13234
528 //
529 // macOS: https://blog.timac.org/2016/0716-constructor-and-destructor-attributes/
530 //
531 // Why .CRT$XCU on Windows? https://www.cnblogs.com/sunkang/archive/2011/05/24/2055635.html
532 // 'I'=C init, 'C'=C++ init, 'P'=Pre-terminators and 'T'=Terminators
533 $($used)+
534 #[cfg_attr(
535 all(
536 not(target_family = "wasm"),
537 any(
538 target_os = "linux",
539 target_os = "android",
540 target_os = "dragonfly",
541 target_os = "freebsd",
542 target_os = "haiku",
543 target_os = "illumos",
544 target_os = "netbsd",
545 target_os = "nto",
546 target_os = "openbsd",
547 target_os = "vxworks",
548 target_os = "none",
549 )
550 ),
551 link_section = ".init_array",
552 )]
553 #[cfg_attr(
554 target_family = "wasm",
555 $crate::__private::attr(
556 any(all(stable, since(1.85)), since(2024-12-18)),
557 link_section = ".init_array",
558 ),
559 )]
560 #[cfg_attr(
561 any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios"),
562 link_section = "__DATA,__mod_init_func,mod_init_funcs",
563 )]
564 #[cfg_attr(windows, link_section = ".CRT$XCU")]
565 static __CTOR: unsafe extern "C" fn() = __ctor;
566 };
567 };
568
569 ({ #![used($($used:tt)+)] $($value:tt)* } { $pound:tt $bang:tt $brackets:tt $($dup:tt)* }) => {
570 $crate::__do_submit! {
571 used={ $pound $brackets }
572 $($value)*
573 }
574 };
575
576 ({ $($value:tt)* } { $($dup:tt)* }) => {
577 $crate::__do_submit! {
578 used={ #[used] }
579 $($value)*
580 }
581 };
582}