packet-tag-list.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef PACKET_TAG_LIST_H
#define PACKET_TAG_LIST_H
 
/**
\file   packet-tag-list.h
\brief  Defines a linked list of Packet tags, including copy-on-write semantics.
*/
 
#include "ns3/type-id.h"
 
#include <ostream>
#include <stdint.h>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class Tag;
 
/**
 * @ingroup packet
 *
 * @brief List of the packet tags stored in a packet.
 *
 * This class is mostly private to the Packet implementation and users
 * should never have to access it directly.
 *
 * @internal
 *
 * The implementation of this class is a bit tricky.  Refer to this
 * diagram in the discussion that follows.
 *
 * @dot
 *    digraph {
 *        rankdir = "LR";
 *        clusterrank = local;
 *        node [ shape = record, fontname="FreeSans", fontsize="10" ];
 *        oth  [ label="<l> Other branch | <n> next | <c> ..." ];
 *        PTL1 [ label="<l> PacketTagList A | <n> m_next" , shape=Mrecord];
 *        PTL2 [ label="<l> PacketTagList B | <n> m_next" , shape=Mrecord];
 *        oth:n  -> T7:l ;
 *        PTL2:n -> T6:l ;
 *        PTL1:n -> T5:l ;
 *        T1   [ label="<l> T1  | <n> next | <c> count = 1" ];
 *        T2   [ label="<l> T2  | <n> next | <c> count = 1" ];
 *        T3   [ label="<l> T3  | <n> next | <c> count = 2" ];
 *        T4   [ label="<l> T4  | <n> next | <c> count = 1" ];
 *        T5   [ label="<l> T5  | <n> next | <c> count = 2" ];
 *        T6   [ label="<l> T6  | <n> next | <c> count = 1" ];
 *        T7   [ label="<l> T7  | <n> next | <c> count = 1" ];
 *        NULL [ label="0", shape = ellipse ];
 *        subgraph cluster_list {
 *          penwidth = 0;
 *          T6:n -> T5:l ;
 *          T5:n -> T4:l ;
 *          T4:n -> T3:l ;
 *          T7:n -> T3:l ;
 *          T3:n -> T2:l ;
 *          T2:n -> T1:l ;
 *          T1:n -> NULL ;
 *        };
 *      }
 * @enddot
 *
 *   - Tags are stored in serialized form in a tree of TagData
 *     structures. (<tt>T1-T7</tt> in the diagram)
 *
 *   - Each TagData points (\c next pointers in the diagram)
 *     toward the root of the tree, which is a null pointer.
 *
 *   - \c count is the number of incoming pointers to this
 *     TagData.  Branch points, where branches merge or join, have
 *     <tt>count > 1</tt> (\c T3, \c T5); successive links along
 *     a branch have <tt>count = 1</tt> (\c T1, \c T2, \c T4, \c T6, \c T7).
 *
 *   - Each PacketTagList points to a specific TagData,
 *     which is the most recent Tag added to the packet. (<tt>T5-T7</tt>)
 *
 *   - Conceptually, therefore, each Packet has a PacketTagList which
 *     points to a singly-linked list of TagData.
 *
 * @par <b> Copy-on-write </b> is implemented as follows:
 *
 *   - #Add prepends the new tag to the list (growing that branch of the tree,
 *     as \c T6). This is a constant time operation, and does not affect
 *     any other #PacketTagList's, hence this is a \c const function.
 *
 *   - Copy constructor (PacketTagList(const PacketTagList & o))
 *     and assignment (#operator=(const PacketTagList & o))
 *     simply join the tree at the same place as the original
 *     PacketTagList \c o, incrementing the \c count.
 *     For assignment, the old branch is deleted, up to
 *     the first branch point, which has its \c count decremented.
 *     (PacketTagList \c B started as a copy of PacketTagList \c A,
 *     before \c T6 was added to \c B).
 *
 *   - #Remove and #Replace are a little tricky, depending on where the
 *     target tag is found relative to the first branch point:
 *     - \e Target before <em> the first branch point: </em> \n
 *       The target is just dealt with in place (linked around and deleted,
 *       in the case of #Remove; rewritten in the case of #Replace).
 *     - \e Target at or after <em> the first branch point: </em> \n
 *       The portion of the list between the first branch and the target is
 *       shared. This portion is copied before the #Remove or #Replace is
 *       performed.
 */
class PacketTagList
{
  public:
    /**
     * Tree node for sharing serialized tags.
     *
     * See PacketTagList for a discussion of the data structure.
     *
     * @internal
     * Unfortunately this has to be public, because
     * PacketTagIterator::Item::GetTag() needs the data and size values.
     * The Item nested class can't be forward declared, so friending isn't
     * possible.
     *
     * We use placement new so we can allocate enough room for the Tag
     * type which will be serialized into data.  See Object::Aggregates
     * for a similar construction.
     */
    struct TagData
    {
        TagData* next;   //!< Pointer to next in list
        uint32_t count;  //!< Number of incoming links
        TypeId tid;      //!< Type of the tag serialized into #data
        uint32_t size;   //!< Size of the \c data buffer
        uint8_t data[1]; //!< Serialization buffer
    };
 
    /**
     * Create a new PacketTagList.
     */
    inline PacketTagList();
    /**
     * Copy constructor
     *
     * @param [in] o The PacketTagList to copy.
     *
     * This makes a light-weight copy by #RemoveAll, then
     * pointing to the same \ref TagData as \pname{o}.
     */
    inline PacketTagList(const PacketTagList& o);
    /**
     * Assignment
     *
     * @param [in] o The PacketTagList to copy.
     * @returns the copied object
     *
     * This makes a light-weight copy by #RemoveAll, then
     * pointing to the same \ref TagData as \pname{o}.
     */
    inline PacketTagList& operator=(const PacketTagList& o);
    /**
     * Destructor
     *
     * #RemoveAll's the tags up to the first merge.
     */
    inline ~PacketTagList();
 
    /**
     * Add a tag to the head of this branch.
     *
     * @param [in] tag The tag to add
     */
    void Add(const Tag& tag) const;
    /**
     * Remove (the first instance of) tag from the list.
     *
     * @param [in,out] tag The tag type to remove.  If found,
     *          \pname{tag} is set to the value of the tag found.
     * @returns True if \pname{tag} is found, false otherwise.
     */
    bool Remove(Tag& tag);
    /**
     * Replace the value of a tag.
     *
     * @param [in] tag The tag type to replace.  To get the old
     *        value of the tag, use #Peek first.
     * @returns True if \pname{tag} is found, false otherwise.
     *        If \pname{tag} wasn't found, Add is performed instead (so
     *        the list is guaranteed to have the new tag value either way).
     */
    bool Replace(Tag& tag);
    /**
     * Find a tag and return its value.
     *
     * @param [in,out] tag The tag type to find.  If found,
     *          \pname{tag} is set to the value of the tag found.
     * @returns True if \pname{tag} is found, false otherwise.
     */
    bool Peek(Tag& tag) const;
    /**
     * Remove all tags from this list (up to the first merge).
     */
    inline void RemoveAll();
    /**
     * @returns pointer to head of tag list
     */
    const PacketTagList::TagData* Head() const;
    /**
     * Returns number of bytes required for packet serialization.
     *
     * @returns number of bytes required for packet serialization
     */
    uint32_t GetSerializedSize() const;
    /**
     * Serialize the tag list into a byte buffer.
     *
     * @param [in,out] buffer The byte buffer to which the tag list will be serialized
     * @param [in] maxSize Max The max size of the buffer for bounds checking
     *
     * @returns zero if complete tag list is not serialized
     */
    uint32_t Serialize(uint32_t* buffer, uint32_t maxSize) const;
    /**
     * Deserialize tag list from the provided buffer.
     *
     * @param [in] buffer The buffer to read from.
     * @param [in] size The number of bytes to deserialize.
     *
     * @returns zero if complete tag list is not deserialized
     */
    uint32_t Deserialize(const uint32_t* buffer, uint32_t size);
 
  private:
    /**
     * Allocate and construct a TagData struct, sizing the data area
     * large enough to serialize dataSize bytes from a Tag.
     *
     * @param [in] dataSize The serialized size of the Tag.
     * @returns The newly constructed TagData object.
     */
    static TagData* CreateTagData(size_t dataSize);
 
    /**
     * Typedef of method function pointer for copy-on-write operations
     *
     * @param [in] tag The tag type to operate on.
     * @param [in] preMerge True if \pname{tag} was found before the first merge,
     *             false otherwise.
     * @param [in] cur Pointer to the tag.
     * @param [in] prevNext Pointer to the struct TagData.next pointer
     *          pointing to \pname{cur}.
     * @returns True if operation successful, false otherwise
     */
    typedef bool (PacketTagList::*COWWriter)(Tag& tag,
                                             bool preMerge,
                                             TagData* cur,
                                             TagData** prevNext);
    /**
     * Traverse the list implementing copy-on-write, using \pname{Writer}.
     *
     * @param [in] tag The tag type to operate on.
     * @param [in] Writer The copy-on-write function to use.
     * @returns True if \pname{tag} found, false otherwise.
     */
    bool COWTraverse(Tag& tag, PacketTagList::COWWriter Writer);
    /**
     * Copy-on-write implementing Remove.
     *
     * @param [in] tag The target tag type to remove.
     * @param [in] preMerge True if \pname{tag} was found before the first merge,
     *             false otherwise.
     * @param [in] cur Pointer to the tag.
     * @param [in] prevNext Pointer to the struct TagData.next pointer
     *          pointing to \pname{cur}.
     * @returns True, since tag will definitely be removed.
     */
    bool RemoveWriter(Tag& tag, bool preMerge, TagData* cur, TagData** prevNext);
    /**
     * Copy-on-write implementing Replace
     *
     * @param [in] tag The target tag type to replace
     * @param [in] preMerge True if \pname{tag} was found before the first merge,
     *          false otherwise.
     * @param [in] cur Pointer to the tag
     * @param [in] prevNext Pointer to the struct TagData.next pointer
     *          pointing to \pname{cur}.
     * @returns True, since tag value will definitely be replaced.
     */
    bool ReplaceWriter(Tag& tag, bool preMerge, TagData* cur, TagData** prevNext);
 
    /**
     * Pointer to first \ref TagData on the list
     */
    TagData* m_next;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
/****************************************************
 *  Implementation of inline methods for performance
 ****************************************************/
 
namespace ns3
{
 
PacketTagList::PacketTagList()
    : m_next()
{
}
 
PacketTagList::PacketTagList(const PacketTagList& o)
    : m_next(o.m_next)
{
    if (m_next != nullptr)
    {
        m_next->count++;
    }
}
 
PacketTagList&
PacketTagList::operator=(const PacketTagList& o)
{
    // self assignment
    if (m_next == o.m_next)
    {
        return *this;
    }
    RemoveAll();
    m_next = o.m_next;
    if (m_next != nullptr)
    {
        m_next->count++;
    }
    return *this;
}
 
PacketTagList::~PacketTagList()
{
    RemoveAll();
}
 
void
PacketTagList::RemoveAll()
{
    TagData* prev = nullptr;
    for (TagData* cur = m_next; cur != nullptr; cur = cur->next)
    {
        cur->count--;
        if (cur->count > 0)
        {
            break;
        }
        if (prev != nullptr)
        {
            prev->~TagData();
            std::free(prev);
        }
        prev = cur;
    }
    if (prev != nullptr)
    {
        prev->~TagData();
        std::free(prev);
    }
    m_next = nullptr;
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* PACKET_TAG_LIST_H */