nim-ffi/ffi/ffi_context.nim
2026-06-05 14:20:01 -03:00

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{.passc: "-fPIC".}
import std/[atomics, locks, options, tables]
import chronicles, chronos, chronos/threadsync, taskpools/channels_spsc_single, results
import ./ffi_types, ./ffi_events, ./ffi_thread_request, ./logging, ./cbor_serial
export ffi_events
type FFIContext*[T] = object
myLib*: ptr T # main library object (Waku, LibP2P, SDS, …)
ffiThread: Thread[(ptr FFIContext[T])]
eventThread: Thread[(ptr FFIContext[T])]
lock: Lock
reqChannel: ChannelSPSCSingle[ptr FFIThreadRequest]
reqSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
reqReceivedSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
stopSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
threadExitSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
eventQueueSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
eventThreadExitSignal: ThreadSignalPtr
userData*: pointer
eventRegistry*: FFIEventRegistry
eventQueue*: EventQueue
ffiHeartbeat*: Atomic[int64] # advanced each FFI-thread loop; event thread reads for liveness
eventQueueStuck*: Atomic[bool] # sticky overflow flag
running: Atomic[bool]
registeredRequests: ptr Table[cstring, FFIRequestProc]
var onFFIThread* {.threadvar.}: bool
# Re-entrant dispatch guard for `sendRequestToFFIThread`.
const git_version* {.strdefine.} = "n/a"
const
EventThreadTickInterval* = 1.seconds
FFIHeartbeatStartDelay* = 10.seconds # grace window for library startup
FFIHeartbeatStaleThreshold* = 1.seconds
type NotRespondingEvent* = object
const NotRespondingEventName* = "not_responding"
proc encodeNotRespondingEvent(): seq[byte] =
EventEnvelope[NotRespondingEvent](
eventType: NotRespondingEventName, payload: NotRespondingEvent()
).cborEncode()
proc dispatchToListeners[T](
ctx: ptr FFIContext[T], eventName: string, data: pointer, dataLen: int
) =
## Lock held across the whole fan-out so foreign add/remove blocks
## until dispatch returns (UAF-close contract from PR #39).
withLock ctx[].eventRegistry.lock:
let listeners = ctx[].eventRegistry.byEvent.getOrDefault(eventName)
if listeners.len == 0:
chronicles.debug "no listener registered", event = eventName
return
foreignThreadGc:
try:
notifyListenersOk(listeners, data, dataLen)
except Exception, CatchableError:
notifyListenersErr(
listeners,
"Exception dispatching " & eventName & ": " & getCurrentExceptionMsg(),
)
proc onNotResponding*(ctx: ptr FFIContext) =
## Bypasses the (possibly wedged) event queue; runs on the event thread.
let event =
try:
encodeNotRespondingEvent()
except CatchableError as e:
chronicles.error "onNotResponding - encode failed", err = e.msg
return
let dataPtr: pointer =
if event.len > 0: unsafeAddr event[0]
else: nil
ctx.dispatchToListeners(NotRespondingEventName, dataPtr, event.len)
proc sendRequestToFFIThread*(
ctx: ptr FFIContext, ffiRequest: ptr FFIThreadRequest, timeout = InfiniteDuration
): Result[void, string] =
if ctx.eventQueueStuck.load():
deleteRequest(ffiRequest)
return err("event queue stuck - library cannot accept new requests")
if onFFIThread:
# Re-entrant dispatch from a handler would self-deadlock on `reqReceivedSignal`.
deleteRequest(ffiRequest)
return err(
"reentrant ffi call: a handler invoked sendRequestToFFIThread on its own context"
)
# `reqChannel` is single-producer and `reqReceivedSignal` shared; serialise
# the full trySend + fireSync + waitSync. PR #23 review item 7 tracks SP→MP.
ctx.lock.acquire()
defer:
ctx.lock.release()
let sentOk = ctx.reqChannel.trySend(ffiRequest)
if not sentOk:
deleteRequest(ffiRequest)
return err("Couldn't send a request to the ffi thread")
let fireSyncRes = ctx.reqSignal.fireSync()
if fireSyncRes.isErr():
deleteRequest(ffiRequest)
return err("failed fireSync: " & $fireSyncRes.error)
if fireSyncRes.get() == false:
deleteRequest(ffiRequest)
return err("Couldn't fireSync in time")
let res = ctx.reqReceivedSignal.waitSync(timeout)
if res.isErr():
# FFI thread was already signaled; it owns ffiRequest now.
return err("Couldn't receive reqReceivedSignal signal")
ok()
proc processRequest[T](
request: ptr FFIThreadRequest, ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]
) {.async.} =
let reqId = $request[].reqId
# Keep `reqId` alive as backing for the cstring view.
let reqIdCs = reqId.cstring
let retFut =
if not ctx[].registeredRequests[].contains(reqIdCs):
nilProcess(request[].reqId)
else:
ctx[].registeredRequests[][reqIdCs](cast[pointer](request), ctx)
# Catch all (incl. CancelledError from the shutdown drain) so handleRes —
# and its `deleteRequest` defer — always runs.
let res =
try:
await retFut
except CatchableError as e:
Result[seq[byte], string].err(
"Error in processRequest for " & reqId & ": " & e.msg
)
# handleRes may raise (rare: OOM, GC setup); keep `raises: []`.
try:
handleRes(res, request)
except Exception as e:
error "Unexpected exception in handleRes", error = e.msg
var ffiEventQueueSignalPtr {.threadvar.}: ThreadSignalPtr
# Stashed so the hook has no closure env.
proc ffiNotifyEventEnqueuedHook() {.gcsafe, raises: [].} =
if not ffiEventQueueSignalPtr.isNil():
let res = ffiEventQueueSignalPtr.fireSync()
if res.isErr():
error "failed to fire eventQueueSignal after enqueue", err = res.error
proc ffiThreadBody[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) {.thread.} =
ffiCurrentEventRegistry = addr ctx[].eventRegistry
ffiCurrentEventQueue = addr ctx[].eventQueue
ffiCurrentEventQueueStuck = addr ctx[].eventQueueStuck
ffiEventQueueSignalPtr = ctx.eventQueueSignal
ffiCurrentNotifyEventEnqueued = ffiNotifyEventEnqueuedHook
onFFIThread = true
logging.setupLog(logging.LogLevel.DEBUG, logging.LogFormat.TEXT)
defer:
onFFIThread = false
# Unblocks destroyFFIContext's bounded wait.
let fireRes = ctx.threadExitSignal.fireSync()
if fireRes.isErr():
error "failed to fire threadExitSignal on FFI thread exit", err = fireRes.error
let ffiRun = proc(ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) {.async.} =
var ffiReqHandler: T
# Track in-flight handlers so shutdown can drain them — otherwise
# abandoned futures leak request envelope/reqId/payload.
var pending: seq[Future[void]] = @[]
proc reapCompleted() =
var i = 0
while i < pending.len:
if pending[i].finished():
pending.del(i)
else:
inc i
while ctx.running.load():
# Freezes if a sync handler blocks; event thread reads for liveness.
discard ctx.ffiHeartbeat.fetchAdd(1)
reapCompleted()
let gotSignal = await ctx.reqSignal.wait().withTimeout(100.milliseconds)
if not gotSignal:
continue
var request: ptr FFIThreadRequest
if not ctx.reqChannel.tryRecv(request):
continue
if ctx.myLib.isNil():
ctx.myLib = addr ffiReqHandler
pending.add processRequest(request, ctx)
let fireRes = ctx.reqReceivedSignal.fireSync()
if fireRes.isErr():
error "could not fireSync back to requester thread", error = fireRes.error
# Drain in-flight handlers so each request's `deleteRequest` runs.
reapCompleted()
if pending.len > 0:
try:
await allFutures(pending)
except CatchableError as e:
error "draining pending FFI requests on shutdown raised", error = e.msg
waitFor ffiRun(ctx)
proc dispatchQueuedEvent[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T], qe: QueuedEvent) =
defer:
freeEventBuffers(qe.name, qe.data)
ctx.dispatchToListeners($qe.name, qe.data, qe.dataLen)
proc drainEventQueue[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) =
while true:
let opt = ctx.eventQueue.tryDequeueEvent()
if opt.isNone:
break
ctx.dispatchQueuedEvent(opt.get())
type HeartbeatMonitor = object
startedAt: Moment
lastChange: Moment
lastValue: int64
notifiedStale: bool
proc initHeartbeatMonitor[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): HeartbeatMonitor =
let now = Moment.now()
HeartbeatMonitor(
startedAt: now,
lastChange: now,
lastValue: ctx.ffiHeartbeat.load(),
notifiedStale: false,
)
proc check[T](hb: var HeartbeatMonitor, ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) =
## Fires onNotResponding once the heartbeat stalls past the threshold;
## latches until it moves again.
if Moment.now() - hb.startedAt <= FFIHeartbeatStartDelay:
return
let cur = ctx.ffiHeartbeat.load()
if cur != hb.lastValue:
hb.lastValue = cur
hb.lastChange = Moment.now()
hb.notifiedStale = false
return
if hb.notifiedStale:
return
if Moment.now() - hb.lastChange <= FFIHeartbeatStaleThreshold:
return
onNotResponding(ctx)
hb.notifiedStale = true
proc eventRun[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) {.async.} =
var hb = initHeartbeatMonitor(ctx)
var notifiedStuck = false
while ctx.running.load():
discard await ctx.eventQueueSignal.wait().withTimeout(EventThreadTickInterval)
ctx.drainEventQueue()
# Fire after drain so reg.lock is free — FFI-thread would deadlock here.
if not notifiedStuck and ctx.eventQueueStuck.load():
onNotResponding(ctx)
notifiedStuck = true
if not ctx.running.load():
break
hb.check(ctx)
proc eventThreadBody[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]) {.thread.} =
## Owns queued `c_malloc` payloads until dispatch returns.
defer:
let fireRes = ctx.eventThreadExitSignal.fireSync()
if fireRes.isErr():
error "failed to fire eventThreadExitSignal", err = fireRes.error
try:
waitFor eventRun(ctx)
except CatchableError as e:
error "event thread exited with exception", error = e.msg
template closeAndNil(field: untyped) =
if not field.isNil():
?field.close()
field = nil
proc deinitContextResources*[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
## Mirror of `initContextResources`. Threads MUST be joined first;
## fields are nil'd after close so re-init on the same slot is safe.
ctx.lock.deinitLock()
deinitEventRegistry(ctx[].eventRegistry)
deinitEventQueue(ctx[].eventQueue)
when defined(gcRefc):
# ThreadSignalPtr.close() under refc traps in safeUnregisterAndCloseFd
# → newDispatcher → rawNewObj → signal-handler re-entry (process hangs).
# See tests/test_ffi_context.nim "destroyFFIContext refc workaround".
# Fd leak is bounded — destroy runs once per process lifetime.
discard
else:
closeAndNil(ctx.reqSignal)
closeAndNil(ctx.reqReceivedSignal)
closeAndNil(ctx.stopSignal)
closeAndNil(ctx.threadExitSignal)
closeAndNil(ctx.eventQueueSignal)
closeAndNil(ctx.eventThreadExitSignal)
ok()
proc cleanUpResources[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
## Deinit + free for heap-allocated contexts.
defer:
freeShared(ctx)
ctx.deinitContextResources()
template newSignalOrErr(field: untyped, name: string) =
field = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
return err("couldn't create " & name & " ThreadSignalPtr: " & $error)
proc initContextResources*[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
## On failure, the deferred cleanup closes partial state; caller releases
## the slot (freeShared or pool.releaseSlot).
# Nil first so deferred cleanup can't double-close a reused pool slot.
ctx.reqSignal = nil
ctx.reqReceivedSignal = nil
ctx.stopSignal = nil
ctx.threadExitSignal = nil
ctx.eventQueueSignal = nil
ctx.eventThreadExitSignal = nil
ctx.lock.initLock()
initEventRegistry(ctx[].eventRegistry)
initEventQueue(ctx[].eventQueue)
ctx.ffiHeartbeat.store(0)
ctx.eventQueueStuck.store(false)
var success = false
defer:
if not success:
ctx.cleanUpResources().isOkOr:
error "failed to clean up resources after createFFIContext failure",
error = error
newSignalOrErr(ctx.reqSignal, "reqSignal")
newSignalOrErr(ctx.reqReceivedSignal, "reqReceivedSignal")
newSignalOrErr(ctx.stopSignal, "stopSignal")
newSignalOrErr(ctx.threadExitSignal, "threadExitSignal")
newSignalOrErr(ctx.eventQueueSignal, "eventQueueSignal")
newSignalOrErr(ctx.eventThreadExitSignal, "eventThreadExitSignal")
ctx.registeredRequests = addr ffi_types.registeredRequests
ctx.running.store(true)
try:
createThread(ctx.ffiThread, ffiThreadBody[T], ctx)
except ValueError, ResourceExhaustedError:
return err("failed to create the FFI thread: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
try:
createThread(ctx.eventThread, eventThreadBody[T], ctx)
except ValueError, ResourceExhaustedError:
# Join ffiThread before deferred cleanup closes signals it's waiting on.
ctx.running.store(false)
let fireRes = ctx.reqSignal.fireSync()
if fireRes.isErr():
error "failed to signal ffiThread during event-thread cleanup",
error = fireRes.error
joinThread(ctx.ffiThread)
return err("failed to create the event thread: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
success = true
ok()
proc fireOrErr(sig: ThreadSignalPtr, name: string): Result[void, string] =
let fired = sig.fireSync().valueOr:
return err("error signaling " & name & ": " & $error)
if not fired:
return err("failed to signal " & name & " on time")
ok()
proc waitExitOrErr(
sig: ThreadSignalPtr, name: string, timeout: Duration
): Result[void, string] =
let exited = sig.waitSync(timeout).valueOr:
return err("error waiting for " & name & " exit: " & $error)
if not exited:
return err(name & " did not exit in time; leaking ctx to avoid hang")
ok()
proc signalStop*[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
# Skip onNotResponding on error: it takes reg.lock, which a back-pressuring
# listener may hold — would deepen the stuck state into a deadlock.
ctx.running.store(false)
?ctx.reqSignal.fireOrErr("reqSignal")
?ctx.stopSignal.fireOrErr("stopSignal")
# Non-fatal: event thread sees running==false on the next tick anyway.
ctx.eventQueueSignal.fireOrErr("eventQueueSignal").isOkOr:
error "failed to signal eventQueueSignal in signalStop", error = error
ok()
## Bound on how long clearContext waits for the FFI thread to exit before
## leaking ctx rather than hanging the caller.
const ThreadExitTimeout* = 1500.milliseconds
proc stopAndJoinThreads*[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
## On timeout, returns err and skips remaining joins (leaves threads live).
## Caller owns resource cleanup. Skips onNotResponding (same reason as signalStop).
ctx.signalStop().isOkOr:
return err("signalStop failed: " & $error)
?ctx.threadExitSignal.waitExitOrErr("FFI thread", ThreadExitTimeout)
joinThread(ctx.ffiThread)
?ctx.eventThreadExitSignal.waitExitOrErr("event thread", ThreadExitTimeout)
joinThread(ctx.eventThread)
ok()
proc clearContext[T](ctx: ptr FFIContext[T]): Result[void, string] =
## Stops a heap-allocated FFI context.
ctx.stopAndJoinThreads().isOkOr:
return err("clearContext: " & $error)
ctx.cleanUpResources().isOkOr:
return err("cleanUpResources failed: " & $error)
ok()