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      1 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef BASE_STACK_CONTAINER_H_
      6 #define BASE_STACK_CONTAINER_H_
      7 #pragma once
      8 
      9 #include <string>
     10 #include <vector>
     11 
     12 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     13 
     14 // This allocator can be used with STL containers to provide a stack buffer
     15 // from which to allocate memory and overflows onto the heap. This stack buffer
     16 // would be allocated on the stack and allows us to avoid heap operations in
     17 // some situations.
     18 //
     19 // STL likes to make copies of allocators, so the allocator itself can't hold
     20 // the data. Instead, we make the creator responsible for creating a
     21 // StackAllocator::Source which contains the data. Copying the allocator
     22 // merely copies the pointer to this shared source, so all allocators created
     23 // based on our allocator will share the same stack buffer.
     24 //
     25 // This stack buffer implementation is very simple. The first allocation that
     26 // fits in the stack buffer will use the stack buffer. Any subsequent
     27 // allocations will not use the stack buffer, even if there is unused room.
     28 // This makes it appropriate for array-like containers, but the caller should
     29 // be sure to reserve() in the container up to the stack buffer size. Otherwise
     30 // the container will allocate a small array which will "use up" the stack
     31 // buffer.
     32 template<typename T, size_t stack_capacity>
     33 class StackAllocator : public std::allocator<T> {
     34  public:
     35   typedef typename std::allocator<T>::pointer pointer;
     36   typedef typename std::allocator<T>::size_type size_type;
     37 
     38   // Backing store for the allocator. The container owner is responsible for
     39   // maintaining this for as long as any containers using this allocator are
     40   // live.
     41   struct Source {
     42     Source() : used_stack_buffer_(false) {
     43     }
     44 
     45     // Casts the buffer in its right type.
     46     T* stack_buffer() { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(stack_buffer_); }
     47     const T* stack_buffer() const {
     48       return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(stack_buffer_);
     49     }
     50 
     51     //
     52     // IMPORTANT: Take care to ensure that stack_buffer_ is aligned
     53     // since it is used to mimic an array of T.
     54     // Be careful while declaring any unaligned types (like bool)
     55     // before stack_buffer_.
     56     //
     57 
     58     // The buffer itself. It is not of type T because we don't want the
     59     // constructors and destructors to be automatically called. Define a POD
     60     // buffer of the right size instead.
     61     char stack_buffer_[sizeof(T[stack_capacity])];
     62 
     63     // Set when the stack buffer is used for an allocation. We do not track
     64     // how much of the buffer is used, only that somebody is using it.
     65     bool used_stack_buffer_;
     66   };
     67 
     68   // Used by containers when they want to refer to an allocator of type U.
     69   template<typename U>
     70   struct rebind {
     71     typedef StackAllocator<U, stack_capacity> other;
     72   };
     73 
     74   // For the straight up copy c-tor, we can share storage.
     75   StackAllocator(const StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity>& rhs)
     76       : std::allocator<T>(), source_(rhs.source_) {
     77   }
     78 
     79   // ISO C++ requires the following constructor to be defined,
     80   // and std::vector in VC++2008SP1 Release fails with an error
     81   // in the class _Container_base_aux_alloc_real (from <xutility>)
     82   // if the constructor does not exist.
     83   // For this constructor, we cannot share storage; there's
     84   // no guarantee that the Source buffer of Ts is large enough
     85   // for Us.
     86   // TODO: If we were fancy pants, perhaps we could share storage
     87   // iff sizeof(T) == sizeof(U).
     88   template<typename U, size_t other_capacity>
     89   StackAllocator(const StackAllocator<U, other_capacity>& other)
     90       : source_(NULL) {
     91   }
     92 
     93   explicit StackAllocator(Source* source) : source_(source) {
     94   }
     95 
     96   // Actually do the allocation. Use the stack buffer if nobody has used it yet
     97   // and the size requested fits. Otherwise, fall through to the standard
     98   // allocator.
     99   pointer allocate(size_type n, void* hint = 0) {
    100     if (source_ != NULL && !source_->used_stack_buffer_
    101         && n <= stack_capacity) {
    102       source_->used_stack_buffer_ = true;
    103       return source_->stack_buffer();
    104     } else {
    105       return std::allocator<T>::allocate(n, hint);
    106     }
    107   }
    108 
    109   // Free: when trying to free the stack buffer, just mark it as free. For
    110   // non-stack-buffer pointers, just fall though to the standard allocator.
    111   void deallocate(pointer p, size_type n) {
    112     if (source_ != NULL && p == source_->stack_buffer())
    113       source_->used_stack_buffer_ = false;
    114     else
    115       std::allocator<T>::deallocate(p, n);
    116   }
    117 
    118  private:
    119   Source* source_;
    120 };
    121 
    122 // A wrapper around STL containers that maintains a stack-sized buffer that the
    123 // initial capacity of the vector is based on. Growing the container beyond the
    124 // stack capacity will transparently overflow onto the heap. The container must
    125 // support reserve().
    126 //
    127 // WATCH OUT: the ContainerType MUST use the proper StackAllocator for this
    128 // type. This object is really intended to be used only internally. You'll want
    129 // to use the wrappers below for different types.
    130 template<typename TContainerType, int stack_capacity>
    131 class StackContainer {
    132  public:
    133   typedef TContainerType ContainerType;
    134   typedef typename ContainerType::value_type ContainedType;
    135   typedef StackAllocator<ContainedType, stack_capacity> Allocator;
    136 
    137   // Allocator must be constructed before the container!
    138   StackContainer() : allocator_(&stack_data_), container_(allocator_) {
    139     // Make the container use the stack allocation by reserving our buffer size
    140     // before doing anything else.
    141     container_.reserve(stack_capacity);
    142   }
    143 
    144   // Getters for the actual container.
    145   //
    146   // Danger: any copies of this made using the copy constructor must have
    147   // shorter lifetimes than the source. The copy will share the same allocator
    148   // and therefore the same stack buffer as the original. Use std::copy to
    149   // copy into a "real" container for longer-lived objects.
    150   ContainerType& container() { return container_; }
    151   const ContainerType& container() const { return container_; }
    152 
    153   // Support operator-> to get to the container. This allows nicer syntax like:
    154   //   StackContainer<...> foo;
    155   //   std::sort(foo->begin(), foo->end());
    156   ContainerType* operator->() { return &container_; }
    157   const ContainerType* operator->() const { return &container_; }
    158 
    159 #ifdef UNIT_TEST
    160   // Retrieves the stack source so that that unit tests can verify that the
    161   // buffer is being used properly.
    162   const typename Allocator::Source& stack_data() const {
    163     return stack_data_;
    164   }
    165 #endif
    166 
    167  protected:
    168   typename Allocator::Source stack_data_;
    169   Allocator allocator_;
    170   ContainerType container_;
    171 
    172   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StackContainer);
    173 };
    174 
    175 // StackString
    176 template<size_t stack_capacity>
    177 class StackString : public StackContainer<
    178     std::basic_string<char,
    179                       std::char_traits<char>,
    180                       StackAllocator<char, stack_capacity> >,
    181     stack_capacity> {
    182  public:
    183   StackString() : StackContainer<
    184       std::basic_string<char,
    185                         std::char_traits<char>,
    186                         StackAllocator<char, stack_capacity> >,
    187       stack_capacity>() {
    188   }
    189 
    190  private:
    191   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StackString);
    192 };
    193 
    194 // StackWString
    195 template<size_t stack_capacity>
    196 class StackWString : public StackContainer<
    197     std::basic_string<wchar_t,
    198                       std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
    199                       StackAllocator<wchar_t, stack_capacity> >,
    200     stack_capacity> {
    201  public:
    202   StackWString() : StackContainer<
    203       std::basic_string<wchar_t,
    204                         std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
    205                         StackAllocator<wchar_t, stack_capacity> >,
    206       stack_capacity>() {
    207   }
    208 
    209  private:
    210   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StackWString);
    211 };
    212 
    213 // StackVector
    214 //
    215 // Example:
    216 //   StackVector<int, 16> foo;
    217 //   foo->push_back(22);  // we have overloaded operator->
    218 //   foo[0] = 10;         // as well as operator[]
    219 template<typename T, size_t stack_capacity>
    220 class StackVector : public StackContainer<
    221     std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
    222     stack_capacity> {
    223  public:
    224   StackVector() : StackContainer<
    225       std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
    226       stack_capacity>() {
    227   }
    228 
    229   // We need to put this in STL containers sometimes, which requires a copy
    230   // constructor. We can't call the regular copy constructor because that will
    231   // take the stack buffer from the original. Here, we create an empty object
    232   // and make a stack buffer of its own.
    233   StackVector(const StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& other)
    234       : StackContainer<
    235             std::vector<T, StackAllocator<T, stack_capacity> >,
    236             stack_capacity>() {
    237     this->container().assign(other->begin(), other->end());
    238   }
    239 
    240   StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& operator=(
    241       const StackVector<T, stack_capacity>& other) {
    242     this->container().assign(other->begin(), other->end());
    243     return *this;
    244   }
    245 
    246   // Vectors are commonly indexed, which isn't very convenient even with
    247   // operator-> (using "->at()" does exception stuff we don't want).
    248   T& operator[](size_t i) { return this->container().operator[](i); }
    249   const T& operator[](size_t i) const {
    250     return this->container().operator[](i);
    251   }
    252 };
    253 
    254 #endif  // BASE_STACK_CONTAINER_H_
    255