//! This module implements the runtime representation of Thunks.
//!
//! Thunks are a special kind of Nix value, similar to a 0-argument
//! closure that yields some value. Thunks are used to implement the
//! lazy evaluation behaviour of Nix:
//!
//! Whenever the compiler determines that an expression should be
//! evaluated lazily, it creates a thunk instead of compiling the
//! expression value directly. At any point in the runtime where the
//! actual value of a thunk is required, it is "forced", meaning that
//! the encompassing computation takes place and the thunk takes on
//! its new value.
//!
//! Thunks have interior mutability to be able to memoise their
//! computation. Once a thunk is evaluated, its internal
//! representation becomes the result of the expression. It is legal
//! for the runtime to replace a thunk object directly with its value
//! object, but when forcing a thunk, the runtime *must* mutate the
//! memoisable slot.
use std::{
cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut},
collections::HashSet,
fmt::Debug,
rc::Rc,
};
use crate::{
errors::ErrorKind,
opcode::OpCode,
spans::LightSpan,
upvalues::Upvalues,
value::Closure,
vm::generators::{self, GenCo},
Value,
};
use super::{Lambda, TotalDisplay};
use codemap::Span;
/// Internal representation of a suspended native thunk.
struct SuspendedNative(Box<dyn Fn() -> Result<Value, ErrorKind>>);
impl Debug for SuspendedNative {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
write!(f, "SuspendedNative({:p})", self.0)
}
}
/// Internal representation of the different states of a thunk.
///
/// Upvalues must be finalised before leaving the initial state
/// (Suspended or RecursiveClosure). The [`value()`] function may
/// not be called until the thunk is in the final state (Evaluated).
#[derive(Debug)]
enum ThunkRepr {
/// Thunk is closed over some values, suspended and awaiting
/// execution.
Suspended {
lambda: Rc<Lambda>,
upvalues: Rc<Upvalues>,
light_span: LightSpan,
},
/// Thunk is a suspended native computation.
Native(SuspendedNative),
/// Thunk currently under-evaluation; encountering a blackhole
/// value means that infinite recursion has occured.
Blackhole {
/// Span at which the thunk was first forced.
forced_at: LightSpan,
/// Span at which the thunk was originally suspended.
suspended_at: Option<LightSpan>,
/// Span of the first instruction of the actual code inside
/// the thunk.
content_span: Option<Span>,
},
// TODO(amjoseph): consider changing `Value` to `Rc<Value>` to avoid
// expensive clone()s in Thunk::force().
/// Fully evaluated thunk.
Evaluated(Value),
}
impl ThunkRepr {
fn debug_repr(&self) -> String {
match self {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => format!("thunk(val|{})", v),
ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => "thunk(blackhole)".to_string(),
ThunkRepr::Native(_) => "thunk(native)".to_string(),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { lambda, .. } => format!("thunk({:p})", *lambda),
}
}
/// Return the Value within a fully-evaluated ThunkRepr; panics
/// if the thunk is not fully-evaluated.
fn expect(self) -> Value {
match self {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => value,
ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a black-holed thunk"),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a suspended thunk")
}
}
}
fn expect_ref(&self) -> &Value {
match self {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => value,
ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a black-holed thunk"),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a suspended thunk")
}
}
}
pub fn is_forced(&self) -> bool {
match self {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(_)) => false,
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_) => true,
_ => false,
}
}
}
/// A thunk is created for any value which requires non-strict
/// evaluation due to self-reference or lazy semantics (or both).
/// Every reference cycle involving `Value`s will contain at least
/// one `Thunk`.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Thunk(Rc<RefCell<ThunkRepr>>);
impl Thunk {
pub fn new_closure(lambda: Rc<Lambda>) -> Self {
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(
Rc::new(Closure {
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count)),
lambda: lambda.clone(),
}),
)))))
}
pub fn new_suspended(lambda: Rc<Lambda>, light_span: LightSpan) -> Self {
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended {
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count)),
lambda: lambda.clone(),
light_span,
})))
}
pub fn new_suspended_native(native: Box<dyn Fn() -> Result<Value, ErrorKind>>) -> Self {
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Native(SuspendedNative(
native,
)))))
}
/// Helper function to create a [`Thunk`] that calls a function given as the
/// [`Value`] `callee` with the argument `arg` when it is forced. This is
/// particularly useful in builtin implementations if the result of calling
/// a function does not need to be forced immediately, because e.g. it is
/// stored in an attribute set.
pub fn new_suspended_call(callee: Value, arg: Value, light_span: LightSpan) -> Self {
let mut lambda = Lambda::default();
let span = light_span.span();
let arg_idx = lambda.chunk().push_constant(arg);
let f_idx = lambda.chunk().push_constant(callee);
// This is basically a recreation of compile_apply():
// We need to push the argument onto the stack and then the function.
// The function (not the argument) needs to be forced before calling.
lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpConstant(arg_idx), span);
lambda.chunk().push_op(OpCode::OpConstant(f_idx), span);
lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpForce, span);
lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpCall, span);
// Inform the VM that the chunk has ended
lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpReturn, span);
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended {
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(0)),
lambda: Rc::new(lambda),
light_span,
})))
}
fn prepare_blackhole(&self, forced_at: LightSpan) -> ThunkRepr {
match &*self.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Suspended {
light_span, lambda, ..
} => ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
forced_at,
suspended_at: Some(light_span.clone()),
content_span: Some(lambda.chunk.first_span()),
},
_ => ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
forced_at,
suspended_at: None,
content_span: None,
},
}
}
pub async fn force(mut myself: Thunk, co: GenCo, span: LightSpan) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
// This vector of "thunks which point to the thunk-being-forced", to
// be updated along with it, is necessary in order to write this
// function in iterative (and later, mutual-tail-call) form.
let mut also_update: Vec<Rc<RefCell<ThunkRepr>>> = vec![];
loop {
// If the current thunk is already fully evaluated, return its evaluated
// value. The VM will continue running the code that landed us here.
if myself.is_forced() {
let val = myself.unwrap_or_clone();
for other_thunk in also_update.into_iter() {
other_thunk.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(val.clone()));
}
return Ok(val);
}
// Begin evaluation of this thunk by marking it as a blackhole, meaning
// that any other forcing frame encountering this thunk before its
// evaluation is completed detected an evaluation cycle.
let inner = myself.0.replace(myself.prepare_blackhole(span.clone()));
match inner {
// If there was already a blackhole in the thunk, this is an
// evaluation cycle.
ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
forced_at,
suspended_at,
content_span,
} => {
return Err(ErrorKind::InfiniteRecursion {
first_force: forced_at.span(),
suspended_at: suspended_at.map(|s| s.span()),
content_span,
})
}
// If there is a native function stored in the thunk, evaluate it
// and replace this thunk's representation with the result.
ThunkRepr::Native(native) => {
let value = native.0()?;
myself.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value));
continue;
}
// When encountering a suspended thunk, request that the VM enters
// it and produces the result.
ThunkRepr::Suspended {
lambda,
upvalues,
light_span,
} => {
// TODO(amjoseph): use #[tailcall::mutual] here. This can
// be turned into a tailcall to vm::execute_bytecode() by
// passing `also_update` to it.
let value =
generators::request_enter_lambda(&co, lambda, upvalues, light_span).await;
myself.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value));
continue;
}
// nested thunks -- try to flatten before forcing
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(inner_thunk)) => {
match Rc::try_unwrap(inner_thunk.0) {
Ok(refcell) => {
// we are the only reference to the inner thunk,
// so steal it
myself.0.replace(refcell.into_inner());
continue;
}
Err(rc) => {
let inner_thunk = Thunk(rc);
if inner_thunk.is_forced() {
// tail call to force the inner thunk; note that
// this means the outer thunk remains unforced
// even after calling force() on it; however the
// next time it is forced we will be one
// thunk-forcing closer to it being
// fully-evaluated.
myself
.0
.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(inner_thunk.value().clone()));
continue;
}
also_update.push(myself.0.clone());
myself = inner_thunk;
continue;
}
}
}
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(val) => {
return Ok(val);
}
}
}
}
pub fn finalise(&self, stack: &[Value]) {
self.upvalues_mut().resolve_deferred_upvalues(stack);
}
pub fn is_evaluated(&self) -> bool {
matches!(*self.0.borrow(), ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_))
}
pub fn is_suspended(&self) -> bool {
matches!(
*self.0.borrow(),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_)
)
}
/// Returns true if forcing this thunk will not change it.
pub fn is_forced(&self) -> bool {
self.0.borrow().is_forced()
}
/// Returns a reference to the inner evaluated value of a thunk.
/// It is an error to call this on a thunk that has not been
/// forced, or is not otherwise known to be fully evaluated.
// Note: Due to the interior mutability of thunks this is
// difficult to represent in the type system without impacting the
// API too much.
pub fn value(&self) -> Ref<Value> {
Ref::map(self.0.borrow(), |thunk| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => value,
ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::value called on a black-holed thunk"),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
panic!("Thunk::value called on a suspended thunk")
}
})
}
/// Returns the inner evaluated value of a thunk, cloning it if
/// the Rc has more than one strong reference. It is an error
/// to call this on a thunk that has not been forced, or is not
/// otherwise known to be fully evaluated.
fn unwrap_or_clone(self) -> Value {
match Rc::try_unwrap(self.0) {
Ok(refcell) => refcell.into_inner().expect(),
Err(rc) => Ref::map(rc.borrow(), |thunkrepr| thunkrepr.expect_ref()).clone(),
}
}
pub fn upvalues(&self) -> Ref<'_, Upvalues> {
Ref::map(self.0.borrow(), |thunk| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => upvalues.as_ref(),
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c)) => &c.upvalues,
_ => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"),
})
}
pub fn upvalues_mut(&self) -> RefMut<'_, Upvalues> {
RefMut::map(self.0.borrow_mut(), |thunk| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => Rc::get_mut(upvalues).unwrap(),
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c)) => Rc::get_mut(
&mut Rc::get_mut(c).unwrap().upvalues,
)
.expect(
"upvalues_mut() was called on a thunk which already had multiple references to it",
),
thunk => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk: {thunk:?}"),
})
}
/// Do not use this without first reading and understanding
/// `tvix/docs/value-pointer-equality.md`.
pub(crate) fn ptr_eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
if Rc::ptr_eq(&self.0, &other.0) {
return true;
}
match &*self.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c1)) => match &*other.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c2)) => Rc::ptr_eq(c1, c2),
_ => false,
},
_ => false,
}
}
/// Helper function to format thunks in observer output.
pub(crate) fn debug_repr(&self) -> String {
self.0.borrow().debug_repr()
}
}
impl TotalDisplay for Thunk {
fn total_fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>, set: &mut ThunkSet) -> std::fmt::Result {
if !set.insert(self) {
return f.write_str("<CYCLE>");
}
match &*self.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => v.total_fmt(f, set),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => f.write_str("<CODE>"),
other => write!(f, "internal[{}]", other.debug_repr()),
}
}
}
/// A wrapper type for tracking which thunks have already been seen in a
/// context. This is necessary for cycle detection.
///
/// The inner `HashSet` is not available on the outside, as it would be
/// potentially unsafe to interact with the pointers in the set.
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct ThunkSet(HashSet<*const ThunkRepr>);
impl ThunkSet {
/// Check whether the given thunk has already been seen. Will mark the thunk
/// as seen otherwise.
pub fn insert(&mut self, thunk: &Thunk) -> bool {
let ptr: *const ThunkRepr = thunk.0.as_ptr();
self.0.insert(ptr)
}
}
#[derive(Default, Clone)]
pub struct SharedThunkSet(Rc<RefCell<ThunkSet>>);
impl SharedThunkSet {
/// Check whether the given thunk has already been seen. Will mark the thunk
/// as seen otherwise.
pub fn insert(&self, thunk: &Thunk) -> bool {
self.0.borrow_mut().insert(thunk)
}
}
