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-rw-r--r--gc.c64
-rw-r--r--include/ruby/internal/intern/proc.h1
-rw-r--r--proc.c12
-rw-r--r--spec/ruby/core/objectspace/define_finalizer_spec.rb128
4 files changed, 190 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 6a8e838e34..38d146362d 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -3384,6 +3384,57 @@ should_be_finalizable(VALUE obj)
* as an argument to <i>aProc</i>. If <i>aProc</i> is a lambda or
* method, make sure it can be called with a single argument.
*
+ * The return value is an array <code>[0, aProc]</code>.
+ *
+ * The two recommended patterns are to either create the finaliser proc
+ * in a non-instance method where it can safely capture the needed state,
+ * or to use a custom callable object that stores the needed state
+ * explicitly as instance variables.
+ *
+ * class Foo
+ * def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization)
+ * ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, self.class.create_finalizer(data_needed_for_finalization))
+ * end
+ *
+ * def self.create_finalizer(data_needed_for_finalization)
+ * proc {
+ * puts "finalizing #{data_needed_for_finalization}"
+ * }
+ * end
+ * end
+ *
+ * class Bar
+ * class Remover
+ * def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization)
+ * @data_needed_for_finalization = data_needed_for_finalization
+ * end
+ *
+ * def call(id)
+ * puts "finalizing #{@data_needed_for_finalization}"
+ * end
+ * end
+ *
+ * def initialize(data_needed_for_finalization)
+ * ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, Remover.new(data_needed_for_finalization))
+ * end
+ * end
+ *
+ * Note that if your finalizer references the object to be
+ * finalized it will never be run on GC, although it will still be
+ * run at exit. You will get a warning if you capture the object
+ * to be finalized as the receiver of the finalizer.
+ *
+ * class CapturesSelf
+ * def initialize(name)
+ * ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, proc {
+ * # this finalizer will only be run on exit
+ * puts "finalizing #{name}"
+ * })
+ * end
+ * end
+ *
+ * Also note that finalization can be unpredictable and is never guaranteed
+ * to be run except on exit.
*/
static VALUE
@@ -3400,6 +3451,10 @@ define_final(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE os)
should_be_callable(block);
}
+ if (rb_callable_receiver(block) == obj) {
+ rb_warn("finalizer references object to be finalized");
+ }
+
return define_final0(obj, block);
}
@@ -12101,9 +12156,9 @@ rb_gcdebug_remove_stress_to_class(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
*
* ObjectSpace also provides support for object finalizers, procs that will be
* called when a specific object is about to be destroyed by garbage
- * collection.
- *
- * require 'objspace'
+ * collection. See the documentation for
+ * <code>ObjectSpace.define_finalizer</code> for important information on
+ * how to use this method correctly.
*
* a = "A"
* b = "B"
@@ -12111,6 +12166,9 @@ rb_gcdebug_remove_stress_to_class(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
* ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(a, proc {|id| puts "Finalizer one on #{id}" })
* ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(b, proc {|id| puts "Finalizer two on #{id}" })
*
+ * a = nil
+ * b = nil
+ *
* _produces:_
*
* Finalizer two on 537763470
diff --git a/include/ruby/internal/intern/proc.h b/include/ruby/internal/intern/proc.h
index d6f77cbd4d..24336a6a66 100644
--- a/include/ruby/internal/intern/proc.h
+++ b/include/ruby/internal/intern/proc.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ VALUE rb_method_call_with_block(int, const VALUE *, VALUE, VALUE);
VALUE rb_method_call_with_block_kw(int, const VALUE *, VALUE, VALUE, int);
int rb_mod_method_arity(VALUE, ID);
int rb_obj_method_arity(VALUE, ID);
+VALUE rb_callable_receiver(VALUE);
VALUE rb_protect(VALUE (*)(VALUE), VALUE, int*);
RBIMPL_SYMBOL_EXPORT_END()
diff --git a/proc.c b/proc.c
index 3f92ceb365..96c84d20a8 100644
--- a/proc.c
+++ b/proc.c
@@ -2739,6 +2739,18 @@ rb_obj_method_arity(VALUE obj, ID id)
return rb_mod_method_arity(CLASS_OF(obj), id);
}
+VALUE
+rb_callable_receiver(VALUE callable) {
+ if (rb_obj_is_proc(callable)) {
+ VALUE binding = rb_funcall(callable, rb_intern("binding"), 0);
+ return rb_funcall(binding, rb_intern("receiver"), 0);
+ } else if (rb_obj_is_method(callable)) {
+ return method_receiver(callable);
+ } else {
+ return Qundef;
+ }
+}
+
const rb_method_definition_t *
rb_method_def(VALUE method)
{
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/objectspace/define_finalizer_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/objectspace/define_finalizer_spec.rb
index 3f7b1ae576..d25d2a923f 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/objectspace/define_finalizer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/objectspace/define_finalizer_spec.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,42 @@
require_relative '../../spec_helper'
require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
-# NOTE: A call to define_finalizer does not guarantee that the
-# passed proc or callable will be called at any particular time.
+# Why do we not test that finalizers are run by the GC? The documentation
+# says that finalizers are never guaranteed to be run, so we can't
+# spec that they are. On some implementations of Ruby the finalizers may
+# run asyncronously, meaning that we can't predict when they'll run,
+# even if they were guaranteed to do so. Even on MRI finalizers can be
+# very unpredictable, due to conservative stack scanning and references
+# left in unused memory.
+
describe "ObjectSpace.define_finalizer" do
it "raises an ArgumentError if the action does not respond to call" do
-> {
- ObjectSpace.define_finalizer("", mock("ObjectSpace.define_finalizer no #call"))
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(Object.new, mock("ObjectSpace.define_finalizer no #call"))
}.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
end
it "accepts an object and a proc" do
- handler = -> obj { obj }
- ObjectSpace.define_finalizer("garbage", handler).should == [0, handler]
+ handler = -> id { id }
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(Object.new, handler).should == [0, handler]
+ end
+
+ it "accepts an object and a bound method" do
+ handler = mock("callable")
+ def handler.finalize(id) end
+ finalize = handler.method(:finalize)
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(Object.new, finalize).should == [0, finalize]
end
it "accepts an object and a callable" do
handler = mock("callable")
- def handler.call(obj) end
- ObjectSpace.define_finalizer("garbage", handler).should == [0, handler]
+ def handler.call(id) end
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(Object.new, handler).should == [0, handler]
+ end
+
+ it "accepts an object and a block" do
+ handler = -> id { id }
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(Object.new, &handler).should == [0, handler]
end
it "raises ArgumentError trying to define a finalizer on a non-reference" do
@@ -31,7 +49,7 @@ describe "ObjectSpace.define_finalizer" do
it "calls finalizer on process termination" do
code = <<-RUBY
def scoped
- Proc.new { puts "finalized" }
+ Proc.new { puts "finalizer run" }
end
handler = scoped
obj = "Test"
@@ -39,18 +57,104 @@ describe "ObjectSpace.define_finalizer" do
exit 0
RUBY
- ruby_exe(code).should == "finalized\n"
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("finalizer run\n")
end
- it "calls finalizer at exit even if it is self-referencing" do
+ ruby_version_is "2.8" do
+ it "warns if the finalizer has the object as the receiver" do
+ code = <<-RUBY
+ class CapturesSelf
+ def initialize
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, proc {
+ puts "finalizer run"
+ })
+ end
+ end
+ CapturesSelf.new
+ exit 0
+ RUBY
+
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("warning: finalizer references object to be finalized\n")
+ end
+
+ it "warns if the finalizer is a method bound to the receiver" do
+ code = <<-RUBY
+ class CapturesSelf
+ def initialize
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, method(:finalize))
+ end
+ def finalize(id)
+ puts "finalizer run"
+ end
+ end
+ CapturesSelf.new
+ exit 0
+ RUBY
+
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("warning: finalizer references object to be finalized\n")
+ end
+
+ it "warns if the finalizer was a block in the reciever" do
+ code = <<-RUBY
+ class CapturesSelf
+ def initialize
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self) do
+ puts "finalizer run"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ CapturesSelf.new
+ exit 0
+ RUBY
+
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("warning: finalizer references object to be finalized\n")
+ end
+ end
+
+ it "calls a finalizer at exit even if it is self-referencing" do
code = <<-RUBY
obj = "Test"
- handler = Proc.new { puts "finalized" }
+ handler = Proc.new { puts "finalizer run" }
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(obj, handler)
+ exit 0
+ RUBY
+
+ ruby_exe(code).should include("finalizer run\n")
+ end
+
+ it "calls a finalizer at exit even if it is indirectly self-referencing" do
+ code = <<-RUBY
+ class CapturesSelf
+ def initialize
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, finalizer(self))
+ end
+ def finalizer(zelf)
+ proc do
+ puts "finalizer run"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ CapturesSelf.new
+ exit 0
+ RUBY
+
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("finalizer run\n")
+ end
+
+ it "calls a finalizer defined in a finalizer running at exit" do
+ code = <<-RUBY
+ obj = "Test"
+ handler = Proc.new do
+ obj2 = "Test"
+ handler2 = Proc.new { puts "finalizer 2 run" }
+ ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(obj2, handler2)
+ exit 0
+ end
ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(obj, handler)
exit 0
RUBY
- ruby_exe(code).should == "finalized\n"
+ ruby_exe(code, :args => "2>&1").should include("finalizer 2 run\n")
end
it "allows multiple finalizers with different 'callables' to be defined" do