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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
//! This crate defines a `StackFuture` wrapper around futures that stores the wrapped
//! future in space provided by the caller. This can be used to emulate dyn async traits
//! without requiring heap allocation.
//!
//! For more details, see the documentation on the [`StackFuture`] struct.
// std is needed to run tests, but otherwise we don't need it.
#![cfg_attr(not(test), no_std)]
#![warn(missing_docs)]
use core::fmt::Debug;
use core::fmt::Display;
use core::future::Future;
use core::marker::PhantomData;
use core::mem;
use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
use core::pin::Pin;
use core::ptr;
use core::task::Context;
use core::task::Poll;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
extern crate alloc;
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
use alloc::boxed::Box;
/// A wrapper that stores a future in space allocated by the container
///
/// Often this space comes from the calling function's stack, but it could just
/// as well come from some other allocation.
///
/// A `StackFuture` can be used to emulate async functions in dyn Trait objects.
/// For example:
///
/// ```
/// # use stackfuture::*;
/// trait PseudoAsyncTrait {
/// fn do_something(&self) -> StackFuture<'_, (), { 512 }>;
/// }
///
/// impl PseudoAsyncTrait for i32 {
/// fn do_something(&self) -> StackFuture<'_, (), { 512 }> {
/// StackFuture::from(async {
/// // function body goes here
/// })
/// }
/// }
///
/// async fn use_dyn_async_trait(x: &dyn PseudoAsyncTrait) {
/// x.do_something().await;
/// }
///
/// async fn call_with_dyn_async_trait() {
/// use_dyn_async_trait(&42).await;
/// }
/// ```
///
/// This example defines `PseudoAsyncTrait` with a single method `do_something`.
/// The `do_something` method can be called as if it were declared as
/// `async fn do_something(&self)`. To implement `do_something`, the easiest thing
/// to do is to wrap the body of the function in `StackFuture::from(async { ... })`,
/// which creates an anonymous future for the body and stores it in a `StackFuture`.
///
/// Because `StackFuture` does not know the size of the future it wraps, the maximum
/// size of the future must be specified in the `STACK_SIZE` parameter. In the example
/// here, we've used a stack size of 512, which is probably much larger than necessary
/// but would accommodate many futures besides the simple one we've shown here.
///
/// `StackFuture` ensures when wrapping a future that enough space is available, and
/// it also respects any alignment requirements for the wrapped future. Note that the
/// wrapped future's alignment must be less than or equal to that of the overall
/// `StackFuture` struct.
#[repr(C)] // Ensures the data first does not have any padding before it in the struct
pub struct StackFuture<'a, T, const STACK_SIZE: usize> {
/// An array of bytes that is used to store the wrapped future.
data: [MaybeUninit<u8>; STACK_SIZE],
/// Since the type of `StackFuture` does not know the underlying future that it is wrapping,
/// we keep a manual vtable that serves pointers to Poll::poll and Drop::drop. These are
/// generated and filled in by `StackFuture::from`.
///
/// This field stores a pointer to the poll function wrapper.
poll_fn: fn(this: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<T>,
/// Stores a pointer to the drop function wrapper
///
/// See the documentation on `poll_fn` for more details.
drop_fn: fn(this: &mut Self),
/// StackFuture can be used similarly to a `dyn Future`. We keep a PhantomData
/// here so the type system knows this.
_phantom: PhantomData<dyn Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a>,
}
impl<'a, T, const STACK_SIZE: usize> StackFuture<'a, T, { STACK_SIZE }> {
/// Creates a `StackFuture` from an existing future
///
/// See the documentation on [`StackFuture`] for examples of how to use this.
///
/// The size and alignment requirements are statically checked, so it is a compiler error
/// to use this with a future that does not fit within the [`StackFuture`]'s size and
/// alignment requirements.
///
/// The following example illustrates a compile error for a future that is too large.
/// ```compile_fail
/// # use stackfuture::StackFuture;
/// // Fails because the future contains a large array and is therefore too big to fit in
/// // a 16-byte `StackFuture`.
/// let f = StackFuture::<_, { 16 }>::from(async {
/// let x = [0u8; 4096];
/// async {}.await;
/// println!("{}", x.len());
/// });
/// # #[cfg(miri)] break rust; // FIXME: miri doesn't detect this breakage for some reason...
/// ```
///
/// The example below illustrates a compiler error for a future whose alignment is too large.
/// ```compile_fail
/// # use stackfuture::StackFuture;
///
/// #[derive(Debug)]
/// #[repr(align(256))]
/// struct BigAlignment(usize);
///
/// // Fails because the future contains a large array and is therefore too big to fit in
/// // a 16-byte `StackFuture`.
/// let f = StackFuture::<_, { 16 }>::from(async {
/// let x = BigAlignment(42);
/// async {}.await;
/// println!("{x:?}");
/// });
/// # #[cfg(miri)] break rust; // FIXME: miri doesn't detect this breakage for some reason...
/// ```
pub fn from<F>(future: F) -> Self
where
F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a, // the bounds here should match those in the _phantom field
{
// Ideally we would provide this as:
//
// impl<'a, F, const STACK_SIZE: usize> From<F> for StackFuture<'a, F::Output, { STACK_SIZE }>
// where
// F: Future + Send + 'a
//
// However, libcore provides a blanket `impl<T> From<T> for T`, and since `StackFuture: Future`,
// both impls end up being applicable to do `From<StackFuture> for StackFuture`.
// Statically assert that `F` meets all the size and alignment requirements
#[allow(clippy::let_unit_value)]
let _ = AssertFits::<F, STACK_SIZE>::ASSERT;
Self::try_from(future).unwrap()
}
/// Attempts to create a `StackFuture` from an existing future
///
/// If the `StackFuture` is not large enough to hold `future`, this function returns an
/// `Err` with the argument `future` returned to you.
///
/// Panics
///
/// If we cannot satisfy the alignment requirements for `F`, this function will panic.
pub fn try_from<F>(future: F) -> Result<Self, IntoStackFutureError<F>>
where
F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a, // the bounds here should match those in the _phantom field
{
if Self::has_space_for_val(&future) && Self::has_alignment_for_val(&future) {
let mut result = StackFuture {
data: [MaybeUninit::uninit(); STACK_SIZE],
poll_fn: Self::poll_inner::<F>,
drop_fn: Self::drop_inner::<F>,
_phantom: PhantomData,
};
// Ensure result.data is at the beginning of the struct so we don't need to do
// alignment adjustments.
assert_eq!(result.data.as_ptr() as usize, &result as *const _ as usize);
// SAFETY: result.as_mut_ptr returns a pointer into result.data, which is an
// uninitialized array of bytes. result.as_mut_ptr ensures the returned pointer
// is correctly aligned, and the if expression we are in ensures the buffer is
// large enough.
//
// Because `future` is bound by `'a` and `StackFuture` is also bound by `'a`,
// we can be sure anything that `future` closes over will also outlive `result`.
unsafe { result.as_mut_ptr::<F>().write(future) };
Ok(result)
} else {
Err(IntoStackFutureError::new::<Self>(future))
}
}
/// Creates a StackFuture from the given future, boxing if necessary
///
/// This version will succeed even if the future is larger than `STACK_SIZE`. If the future
/// is too large, `from_or_box` will allocate a `Box` on the heap and store the resulting
/// boxed future in the `StackFuture`.
///
/// The same thing also happens if the wrapped future's alignment is larger than StackFuture's
/// alignment.
///
/// This function requires the "alloc" crate feature.
#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
pub fn from_or_box<F>(future: F) -> Self
where
F: Future<Output = T> + Send + 'a, // the bounds here should match those in the _phantom field
{
Self::try_from(future).unwrap_or_else(|err| Self::from(Box::pin(err.into_inner())))
}
/// A wrapper around the inner future's poll function, which we store in the poll_fn field
/// of this struct.
fn poll_inner<F: Future>(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<F::Output> {
self.as_pin_mut_ref::<F>().poll(cx)
}
/// A wrapper around the inner future's drop function, which we store in the drop_fn field
/// of this struct.
fn drop_inner<F>(&mut self) {
// SAFETY: *this.as_mut_ptr() was previously written as type F
unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(self.as_mut_ptr::<F>()) }
}
/// Returns a pointer into self.data that meets the alignment requirements for type `F`
///
/// Before writing to the returned pointer, the caller must ensure that self.data is large
/// enough to hold F and any required padding.
fn as_mut_ptr<F>(&mut self) -> *mut F {
assert!(Self::has_space_for::<F>());
// SAFETY: Self is laid out so that the space for the future comes at offset 0.
// This is checked by an assertion in Self::from. Thus it's safe to cast a pointer
// to Self into a pointer to the wrapped future.
unsafe { mem::transmute(self) }
}
/// Returns a pinned mutable reference to a type F stored in self.data
fn as_pin_mut_ref<F>(self: Pin<&mut Self>) -> Pin<&mut F> {
// SAFETY: `StackFuture` is only created by `StackFuture::from`, which
// writes an `F` to `self.as_mut_ptr(), so it's okay to cast the `*mut F`
// to an `&mut F` with the same lifetime as `self`.
//
// For pinning, since self is already pinned, we know the wrapped future
// is also pinned.
//
// This function is only doing pointer arithmetic and casts, so we aren't moving
// any pinned data.
unsafe { self.map_unchecked_mut(|this| &mut *this.as_mut_ptr()) }
}
/// Computes how much space is required to store a value of type `F`
const fn required_space<F>() -> usize {
mem::size_of::<F>()
}
/// Determines whether this `StackFuture` can hold a value of type `F`
pub const fn has_space_for<F>() -> bool {
Self::required_space::<F>() <= STACK_SIZE
}
/// Determines whether this `StackFuture` can hold the referenced value
pub const fn has_space_for_val<F>(_: &F) -> bool {
Self::has_space_for::<F>()
}
/// Determines whether this `StackFuture`'s alignment is compatible with the
/// type `F`.
pub const fn has_alignment_for<F>() -> bool {
mem::align_of::<F>() <= mem::align_of::<Self>()
}
/// Determines whether this `StackFuture`'s alignment is compatible with the
/// referenced value.
pub const fn has_alignment_for_val<F>(_: &F) -> bool {
Self::has_alignment_for::<F>()
}
}
impl<'a, T, const STACK_SIZE: usize> Future for StackFuture<'a, T, { STACK_SIZE }> {
type Output = T;
fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
// SAFETY: This is doing pin projection. We unpin self so we can
// access self.poll_fn, and then re-pin self to pass it into poll_in.
// The part of the struct that needs to be pinned is data, since it
// contains a potentially self-referential future object, but since we
// do not touch that while self is unpinned and we do not move self
// while unpinned we are okay.
unsafe {
let this = self.get_unchecked_mut();
(this.poll_fn)(Pin::new_unchecked(this), cx)
}
}
}
impl<'a, T, const STACK_SIZE: usize> Drop for StackFuture<'a, T, { STACK_SIZE }> {
fn drop(&mut self) {
(self.drop_fn)(self);
}
}
struct AssertFits<F, const STACK_SIZE: usize>(PhantomData<F>);
impl<F, const STACK_SIZE: usize> AssertFits<F, STACK_SIZE> {
const ASSERT: () = {
if !StackFuture::<F, STACK_SIZE>::has_space_for::<F>() {
panic!("F is too large");
}
if !StackFuture::<F, STACK_SIZE>::has_alignment_for::<F>() {
panic!("F has incompatible alignment");
}
};
}
/// Captures information about why a future could not be converted into a [`StackFuture`]
///
/// It also contains the original future so that callers can still run the future in error
/// recovery paths, such as by boxing the future instead of wrapping it in [`StackFuture`].
pub struct IntoStackFutureError<F> {
/// The size of the StackFuture we tried to convert the future into
maximum_size: usize,
/// The StackFuture's alignment
maximum_alignment: usize,
/// The future that was attempted to be wrapped
future: F,
}
impl<F> IntoStackFutureError<F> {
fn new<Target>(future: F) -> Self {
Self {
maximum_size: mem::size_of::<Target>(),
maximum_alignment: mem::align_of::<Target>(),
future,
}
}
/// Returns true if the target [`StackFuture`] was too small to hold the given future.
pub fn insufficient_space(&self) -> bool {
self.maximum_size < mem::size_of_val(&self.future)
}
/// Returns true if the target [`StackFuture`]'s alignment was too small to accommodate the given future.
pub fn alignment_too_small(&self) -> bool {
self.maximum_alignment < mem::align_of_val(&self.future)
}
/// Returns the alignment of the wrapped future.
pub fn required_alignment(&self) -> usize {
mem::align_of_val(&self.future)
}
/// Returns the size of the wrapped future.
pub fn required_space(&self) -> usize {
mem::size_of_val(&self.future)
}
/// Returns the alignment of the target [`StackFuture`], which is also the maximum alignment
/// that can be wrapped.
pub const fn available_alignment(&self) -> usize {
self.maximum_alignment
}
/// Returns the amount of space that was available in the target [`StackFuture`].
pub const fn available_space(&self) -> usize {
self.maximum_size
}
/// Returns the underlying future that caused this error
///
/// Can be used to try again, either by directly awaiting the future, wrapping it in a `Box`,
/// or some other method.
fn into_inner(self) -> F {
self.future
}
}
impl<F> Display for IntoStackFutureError<F> {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
match (self.alignment_too_small(), self.insufficient_space()) {
(true, true) => write!(f,
"cannot create StackFuture, required size is {}, available space is {}; required alignment is {} but maximum alignment is {}",
self.required_space(),
self.available_space(),
self.required_alignment(),
self.available_alignment()
),
(true, false) => write!(f,
"cannot create StackFuture, required alignment is {} but maximum alignment is {}",
self.required_alignment(),
self.available_alignment()
),
(false, true) => write!(f,
"cannot create StackFuture, required size is {}, available space is {}",
self.required_space(),
self.available_space()
),
// If we have space and alignment, then `try_from` would have succeeded
(false, false) => unreachable!(),
}
}
}
impl<F> Debug for IntoStackFutureError<F> {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
f.debug_struct("IntoStackFutureError")
.field("maximum_size", &self.maximum_size)
.field("maximum_alignment", &self.maximum_alignment)
.field("future", &core::any::type_name::<F>())
.finish()
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;