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//! A cell that allows mutable access with re-entrancy support.
//!
//! When you call [`access`](AccessCell::access) with a closure that itself calls `access`
//! on the same cell, those nested calls are queued and run after the current closure
//! finishes, avoiding deadlock.
use std::{
cell::{Cell, UnsafeCell},
collections::VecDeque,
sync::Mutex,
};
/// A cell holding a value of type `T` with re-entrant mutable access.
///
/// The first caller of [`access`](AccessCell::access) runs immediately; any further
/// calls to `access` from within that closure (or its queue) are enqueued and
/// executed in order after the current work completes.
pub struct AccessCell<T> {
value: UnsafeCell<T>,
running: Cell<bool>,
queue: Mutex<VecDeque<Box<dyn FnOnce(&mut T)>>>,
}
impl<T> AccessCell<T> {
/// Creates a new `AccessCell` wrapping `value`.
pub fn new(value: T) -> Self {
Self {
value: UnsafeCell::new(value),
running: Cell::new(false),
queue: Mutex::new(VecDeque::new()),
}
}
/// Runs `f` with exclusive mutable access to the inner value.
///
/// If called while another `access` closure is running (re-entrant call),
/// `f` is queued and run after the current closure and any other queued
/// closures finish.
pub fn access(&self, f: impl FnOnce(&mut T) + 'static) {
// already inside → enqueue
if self.running.get() {
self.queue.lock().unwrap().push_back(Box::new(f));
return;
}
// first entrant = executor
self.running.set(true);
// call current
f(self.access_mut());
// drain queued re-entrant calls
while let Some(job) = self.queue.lock().unwrap().pop_front() {
let value = self.access_mut();
job(value);
}
self.running.set(false);
}
/// Returns a mutable reference to the inner value.
///
/// # Safety
/// Only call this while you are inside an `access` closure (or while draining
/// the queue). Otherwise you may create aliasing mutable references.
pub fn access_mut(&self) -> &mut T {
unsafe { &mut *self.value.get() }
}
/// Returns an immutable reference to the inner value.
///
/// Safe to call at any time; no closure is running when you use this for
/// read-only access.
pub fn access_ref(&self) -> &T {
unsafe { &*self.value.get() }
}
}
mod tests {
#[test]
fn test_access() {
let value = std::sync::Arc::new(crate::AccessCell::new(0));
value.access({
let value = value.clone();
move |_| {
// normally this would cause a deadlock
value.access(|v| {
*v = 10;
})
}
});
assert_eq!(*value.access_ref(), 10);
}
}