path: root/tvix/eval/src/value/thunk.rs

//! 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,
    spans::LightSpan,
    upvalues::Upvalues,
    value::Closure,
    vm::generators::{self, GenCo},
    Value,
};

use super::{Lambda, TotalDisplay};

/// 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,

    /// 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),
        }
    }
}

/// 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,
        )))))
    }

    // TODO(amjoseph): de-asyncify this
    pub async fn force(self, co: GenCo) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
        // If the current thunk is already fully evaluated, return its evaluated
        // value. The VM will continue running the code that landed us here.
        if self.is_forced() {
            return Ok(self.value().clone());
        }

        // 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 = self.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Blackhole);

        match inner {
            // If there was already a blackhole in the thunk, this is an
            // evaluation cycle.
            ThunkRepr::Blackhole => Err(ErrorKind::InfiniteRecursion),

            // 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()?;

                // Force the returned value again, in case the native call
                // returned a thunk.
                let value = generators::request_force(&co, value).await;

                self.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value.clone()));
                Ok(value)
            }

            // When encountering a suspended thunk, request that the VM enters
            // it and produces the result.
            //
            ThunkRepr::Suspended {
                lambda,
                upvalues,
                light_span,
            } => {
                let value =
                    generators::request_enter_lambda(&co, lambda, upvalues, light_span).await;

                // This may have returned another thunk, so we need to request
                // that the VM forces this value, too.
                let value = generators::request_force(&co, value).await;

                self.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value.clone()));
                Ok(value)
            }

            // If an inner value is found, force it and then update. This is
            // most likely an inner thunk, as `Thunk:is_forced` returned false.
            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(val) => {
                let value = generators::request_force(&co, val).await;
                self.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value.clone()));
                Ok(value)
            }
        }
    }

    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 {
        match *self.0.borrow() {
            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(_)) => false,
            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_) => true,
            _ => false,
        }
    }

    /// 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")
            }
        })
    }

    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),
            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)
    }
}