{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-} {-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-} {-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-} {-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Data.IORef -- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2001 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org -- Stability : stable -- Portability : portable -- -- Mutable references in the IO monad. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module Data.IORef ( -- * IORefs IORef, -- abstract, instance of: Eq, Typeable newIORef, readIORef, writeIORef, modifyIORef, modifyIORef', atomicModifyIORef, atomicModifyIORef', atomicWriteIORef, mkWeakIORef, -- ** Memory Model -- $memmodel ) where import GHC.Base import GHC.STRef import GHC.IORef import GHC.Weak -- |Make a 'Weak' pointer to an 'IORef', using the second argument as a finalizer -- to run when 'IORef' is garbage-collected mkWeakIORef :: IORef a -> IO () -> IO (Weak (IORef a)) mkWeakIORef r@(IORef (STRef r#)) (IO finalizer) = IO $ \s -> case mkWeak# r# r finalizer s of (# s1, w #) -> (# s1, Weak w #) -- |Mutate the contents of an 'IORef', combining 'readIORef' and 'writeIORef'. -- This is not an atomic update, consider using 'atomicModifyIORef' when -- operating in a multithreaded environment. -- -- Be warned that 'modifyIORef' does not apply the function strictly. This -- means if the program calls 'modifyIORef' many times, but seldom uses the -- value, thunks will pile up in memory resulting in a space leak. This is a -- common mistake made when using an IORef as a counter. For example, the -- following will likely produce a stack overflow: -- -- >ref <- newIORef 0 -- >replicateM_ 1000000 $ modifyIORef ref (+1) -- >readIORef ref >>= print -- -- To avoid this problem, use 'modifyIORef'' instead. modifyIORef :: IORef a -> (a -> a) -> IO () modifyIORef ref f = readIORef ref >>= writeIORef ref . f -- |Strict version of 'modifyIORef'. -- This is not an atomic update, consider using 'atomicModifyIORef'' when -- operating in a multithreaded environment. -- -- @since 4.6.0.0 modifyIORef' :: IORef a -> (a -> a) -> IO () modifyIORef' ref f = do x <- readIORef ref let x' = f x x' `seq` writeIORef ref x' -- |Atomically modifies the contents of an 'IORef'. -- -- This function is useful for using 'IORef' in a safe way in a multithreaded -- program. If you only have one 'IORef', then using 'atomicModifyIORef' to -- access and modify it will prevent race conditions. -- -- Extending the atomicity to multiple 'IORef's is problematic, so it -- is recommended that if you need to do anything more complicated -- then using 'Control.Concurrent.MVar.MVar' instead is a good idea. -- -- Conceptually, -- -- @ -- atomicModifyIORef ref f = do -- -- Begin atomic block -- old <- 'readIORef' ref -- let r = f old -- new = fst r -- 'writeIORef' ref new -- -- End atomic block -- case r of -- (_new, res) -> pure res -- @ -- -- The actions in the section labeled \"atomic block\" are not subject to -- interference from other threads. In particular, it is impossible for the -- value in the 'IORef' to change between the 'readIORef' and 'writeIORef' -- invocations. -- -- The user-supplied function is applied to the value stored in the 'IORef', -- yielding a new value to store in the 'IORef' and a value to return. After -- the new value is (lazily) stored in the 'IORef', @atomicModifyIORef@ forces -- the result pair, but does not force either component of the result. To force -- /both/ components, use 'atomicModifyIORef''. -- -- Note that -- -- @atomicModifyIORef ref (\_ -> undefined)@ -- -- will raise an exception in the calling thread, but will /also/ -- install the bottoming value in the 'IORef', where it may be read by -- other threads. -- -- This function imposes a memory barrier, preventing reordering around the -- \"atomic block\"; see "Data.IORef#memmodel" for details. -- atomicModifyIORef :: IORef a -> (a -> (a,b)) -> IO b atomicModifyIORef ref f = do (_old, (_new, res)) <- atomicModifyIORef2 ref f pure res -- | Variant of 'writeIORef'. The prefix "atomic" relates to a fact that -- it imposes a reordering barrier, similar to 'atomicModifyIORef'. -- Such a write will not be reordered with other reads -- or writes even on CPUs with weak memory model. -- -- @since 4.6.0.0 atomicWriteIORef :: IORef a -> a -> IO () atomicWriteIORef ref a = do _ <- atomicSwapIORef ref a pure () {- $memmodel #memmodel# Most modern CPU achitectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM) have a memory model which allows threads to reorder reads with earlier writes to different locations, e.g. see , 8.2.3.4 Loads May Be Reordered with Earlier Stores to Different Locations. Because of that, in a concurrent program, 'IORef' operations may appear out-of-order to another thread. In the following example: > import Data.IORef > import Control.Monad (unless) > import Control.Concurrent (forkIO, threadDelay) > > maybePrint :: IORef Bool -> IORef Bool -> IO () > maybePrint myRef yourRef = do > writeIORef myRef True > yourVal <- readIORef yourRef > unless yourVal $ putStrLn "critical section" > > main :: IO () > main = do > r1 <- newIORef False > r2 <- newIORef False > forkIO $ maybePrint r1 r2 > forkIO $ maybePrint r2 r1 > threadDelay 1000000 it is possible that the string @"critical section"@ is printed twice, even though there is no interleaving of the operations of the two threads that allows that outcome. The memory model of x86/64 allows 'readIORef' to happen before the earlier 'writeIORef'. The ARM memory order model is typically even weaker than x86/64, allowing any reordering of reads and writes as long as they are independent from the point of view of the current thread. The implementation is required to ensure that reordering of memory operations cannot cause type-correct code to go wrong. In particular, when inspecting the value read from an 'IORef', the memory writes that created that value must have occurred from the point of view of the current thread. 'atomicWriteIORef', 'atomicModifyIORef' and 'atomicModifyIORef'' act as a barrier to reordering. Multiple calls to these functions occur in strict program order, never taking place ahead of any earlier (in program order) 'IORef' operations, or after any later 'IORef' operations. -}