A few years ago [1] Xcode added new warnings that help detect a nasty gotcha related to the lifetime of unsafe pointers. For example:
Initialization of 'UnsafeMutablePointer<timeval>' results in a dangling pointer
Inout expression creates a temporary pointer, but argument 'iov_base' should be a pointer that outlives the call to 'init(iov_base:iov_len:)'
I’ve seen a lot of folks confused by these warnings, and by the lifetime of unsafe pointers in general, and this post is my attempt to clarify the topic.
If you have questions about any of this, please put them in a new thread in the Programming Languages > Swift topic.
Finally, I encourage you to watch the following WWDC presentations:
WWDC 2020 Session 10648 Unsafe Swift
WWDC 2020 Session 10167 Safely manage pointers in Swift
These cover some of the same ground I’ve covered here, and a lot of other cool stuff as well.
Share and Enjoy
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[1] Swift 5.2.2, as shipped in Xcode 11.4. See the discussion of SR-2790 in Xcode 11.4 Release Notes.
Basics
In Swift, the ampersand (&) indicates that a parameter is being passed inout. Consider this example:
func addVarnish(_ product: inout String) {
product += " varnish"
}
var waffle = "waffle"
addVarnish(&waffle) // line A
print(waffle)
// printed: waffle varnish
On line A, the ampersand tells you that waffle could be modified by addVarnish(_:).
However, there is another use of ampersand that was designed to help with C interoperability. Consider this code:
var tv = timeval()
gettimeofday(&tv, nil)
print(tv)
// printed: timeval(tv_sec: 1590743104, tv_usec: 77027)
The first parameter to gettimeofday is an UnsafeMutablePointer<timeval>. Here the ampersand denotes a conversion from a timeval to an UnsafeMutablePointer<timeval>. This conversion makes it much easier to call common C APIs from Swift.
This also works for array values. For example:
var hostName = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: 256)
gethostname(&hostName, hostName.count)
print(String(cString: hostName))
// printed: slimey.local.
In this code the ampersand denotes a conversion from [CChar] to an UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar> that points to the base of the array.
While this is convenient, it’s potentially misleading, especially if you come from a C background. In C-based languages, using ampersand in this way yields a pointer to the value that’s valid until the value gets deallocated. That’s not the case in Swift. Rather, the pointer generated by the ampersand syntax is only valid for the duration of that function call.
To understand why that’s the case, consider this code:
struct TimeInTwoParts {
var sec: time_t = 0
var usec: Int32 = 0
var combined: timeval {
get { timeval(tv_sec: sec, tv_usec: usec) }
set {
sec = newValue.tv_sec
usec = newValue.tv_usec
}
}
}
var time = TimeInTwoParts()
gettimeofday(&time.combined, nil) // line A
print(time.combined)
// printed: timeval(tv_sec: 1590743484, tv_usec: 89118)
print(time.sec)
// printed: 1590743484
print(time.usec)
// printed: 89118
Here combined is a computed property that has no independent existence in memory. Thus, it simply makes no sense to take the address of it.
So, how does ampersand deal with this? Under the covers the Swift compiler expands line A to something like this:
var tmp = time.combined
gettimeofday(&tmp, nil)
time.combined = tmp
Once you understand this it’s clear why the resulting pointer is only valid for the duration of the call: As soon as Swift cleans up tmp, the pointer becomes invalid.
A Gotcha
This automatic conversion can be a nasty gotcha. Consider this code:
var tv = timeval()
let tvPtr = UnsafeMutablePointer(&tv) // line A
// ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Initialization of 'UnsafeMutablePointer<timeval>' results in a dangling pointer
gettimeofday(tvPtr, nil) // line B
This results in undefined behaviour because the pointer generated by the ampersand on line A is no longer valid when it’s used on line B. In some cases, like this one, the later Swift compiler is able to detect this problem and warn you about it. In other cases you’re not so lucky. Consider this code:
guard let f = fopen("tmp.txt", "w") else { … }
var buf = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: 1024)
setvbuf(f, &buf, _IOFBF, buf.count) // line A
let message = [UInt8]("Hello Crueld World!".utf8)
fwrite(message, message.count, 1, f) // line B
fclose(f) // line C
This uses setvbuf to apply a custom buffer to the file handle. The file handle uses this buffer until after the close on line C. However, the pointer created by the ampersand on line A only exists for the duration of the setvbuf call. When the code calls fwrite on line B the buffer pointer is no longer valid and things end badly.
Unfortunately the compiler isn’t able to detect this problem. Worse yet, the code might actually work initially, and then stop working as you change optimisation settings, update the compiler, change unrelated code, and so on.
Another Gotcha
There is another gotcha associated with the ampersand syntax. Consider this code:
class AtomicCounter {
var count: Int32 = 0
func increment() {
OSAtomicAdd32(1, &count)
}
}
This looks like it’ll implement an atomic counter but there’s no guarantee that the counter will be atomic. To understand why, apply the tmp transform from earlier:
class AtomicCounter {
var count: Int32 = 0
func increment() {
var tmp = count
OSAtomicAdd32(1, &tmp)
count = tmp
}
}
So each call to OSAtomicAdd32 could potentially be operating on a separate copy of the counter that’s then assigned back to count. This undermines the whole notion of atomicity.
Again, this might work in some builds of your product and then fail in other builds.
Note The above discussion is now theoretical because Swift 6 added a Synchronization module that includes comprehensive support for atomics. That module also has a Mutex type (if you need a mutex on older platforms, check out OSAllocatedUnfairLock). These constructs use various different mechanisms to ensure that the underlying value has a stable address.
Summary
So, to summarise:
Swift’s ampersand syntax has very different semantics from the equivalent syntax in C.
When you use an ampersand to convert from a value to a pointer as part of a function call, make sure that the called function doesn’t use the pointer after it’s returned.
It is not safe to use the ampersand syntax for functions where the exact pointer matters.
It’s Not Just Ampersands
There’s one further gotcha related to arrays. The gethostname example above shows that you can use an ampersand to pass the base address of an array to a function that takes a mutable pointer. Swift supports two other implicit conversions like this:
From String to UnsafePointer<CChar> — This allows you to pass a Swift string to an API that takes a C string. For example:
let greeting = "Hello Cruel World!"
let greetingLength = strlen(greeting)
print(greetingLength)
// printed: 18
From Array<Element> to UnsafePointer<Element> — This allows you to pass a Swift array to a C API that takes an array (in C, arrays are typically represented as a base pointer and a length). For example:
let charsUTF16: [UniChar] = [72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 67, 114, 117, 101, 108, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33]
print(charsUTF16)
let str = CFStringCreateWithCharacters(nil, charsUTF16, charsUTF16.count)!
print(str)
// prints: Hello Cruel World!
Note that there’s no ampersand in either of these examples. This technique only works for UnsafePointer parameters (as opposed to UnsafeMutablePointer parameters), so the called function can’t modify its buffer. As the ampersand is there to indicate that the value might be modified, it’s not used in this immutable case.
However, the same pointer lifetime restriction applies: The pointer passed to the function is only valid for the duration of that function call. If the function keeps a copy of that pointer and then uses it later on, Bad Things™ will happen.
Consider this code:
func printAfterDelay(_ str: UnsafePointer<CChar>) {
print(strlen(str))
// printed: 18
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.0) {
print(strlen(str))
// printed: 0
}
}
let greeting = ["Hello", "Cruel", "World!"].joined(separator: " ")
printAfterDelay(greeting)
dispatchMain()
The second call to strlen yields undefined behaviour because the pointer passed to printAfterDelay(_:) becomes invalid once printAfterDelay(_:) returns. In this specific example the memory pointed to by str happened to contain a zero, and hence strlen returned 0 but that’s not guaranteed. The str pointer is dangling, so you might get any result from strlen, including a crash.
Advice
So, what can you do about this? There’s two basic strategies here:
Extend the lifetime of the pointer
Manual memory management
Extending the Pointer’s Lifetime
The first strategy makes sense when you have a limited number of pointers and their lifespan is limited. For example, you can fix the setvbuf code from above by changing it to:
let message = [UInt8]("Hello Crueld World!".utf8)
guard let f = fopen("tmp.txt", "w") else { … }
var buf = [CChar](repeating: 0, count: 1024)
buf.withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer { buf in
setvbuf(f, buf.baseAddress!, _IOFBF, buf.count)
fwrite(message, message.count, 1, f)
fclose(f)
}
This version of the code uses withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer(_:). That calls the supplied closure and passes it a pointer (actually an UnsafeMutableBufferPointer) that’s valid for the duration of that closure. As long as you only use that pointer inside the closure, you’re safe!
There are a variety of other routines like withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer(_:), including:
The withUnsafeMutablePointer(to:_:) function
The withUnsafeBufferPointer(_:), withUnsafeMutableBufferPointer(_:), withUnsafeBytes(_:), and withUnsafeMutableBytes(_:) methods on Array
The withUnsafeBytes(_:) and withUnsafeMutableBytes(_:) methods on Data
The withCString(_:) and withUTF8(_:) methods on String.
Manual Memory Management
If you have to wrangle an unbounded number of pointers — or the lifetime of your pointer isn’t simple, for example when calling an asynchronous call — you must revert to manual memory management. Consider the following code, which is a Swift-friendly wrapper around posix_spawn:
func spawn(arguments: [String]) throws -> pid_t {
var argv = arguments.map { arg -> UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>? in
strdup(arg)
}
argv.append(nil)
defer {
argv.forEach { free($0) }
}
var pid: pid_t = 0
let success = posix_spawn(&pid, argv[0], nil, nil, argv, environ) == 0
guard success else { throw NSError(domain: NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code: Int(errno), userInfo: nil) }
return pid
}
This code can’t use the withCString(_:) method on String because it has to deal with an arbitrary number of strings. Instead, it uses strdup to copy each string to its own manually managed buffer. And, as these buffers are manually managed, is has to remember to free them.
Change History
2024-12-11 Added a note about the Synchronization module. Made various editorial changes.
2021-02-24 Fixed the formatting. Added links to the WWDC 2021 sessions. Fixed the feedback advice. Minor editorial changes.
2020-06-01 Initial version.
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Everyone knows that dictionaries in swift are unordered collections, there is no problem with that.
I've noticed some behavior that I can't explain and hope someone can help me.
The first variant
We have a very simple code:
struct Test {
let dict = [1: “1”, 2: “2”, 3: “3”, 4: “4”, 5: “5”]
func test() {
for i in dict {
print(i)
}
}
}
If you call test() several times in a row, the output to the console on my computer looks something like this:
(key: 5, value: “5”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
(key: 5, value: “5”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 5, value: “5”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
At each new for loop we get a random order of elements
It seemed logical to me, because a dictionary is an unordered collection and this is correct behavior.
However
The second variant
the same code on my colleague's computer, but in the console we see something like this:
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
(key: 5, value: “5”)
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
(key: 5, value: “5”)
(key: 2, value: “2”)
(key: 3, value: “3”)
(key: 1, value: “1”)
(key: 4, value: “4”)
(key: 5, value: “5”)
always, within the same session, we get the same order in print(i)
We didn't use Playground, within which there may be differences, but a real project.
swift version 5+
we tested on Xcode 14+, 15+ (at first I thought it was because the first version had 14 and the second version had 15, but then a third colleague with Xcode 15 had the behavior from the first scenario)
we did a lot of checks, several dozens of times and always got that on one computer random output of items to the console, and in another case disordered only in the first output to the console
Thanks
I have an old app that I just got a notice will be pulled form the App Store if I don't upgrade. I tried to open in Xcode but it says I need to use Xcode 10.1 to convert to Swift 4.
Exact message - "Use Xcode 10.1 to migrate the code to Swift 4."
I downloaded Xcode 10.1 , now the OS (Sequoia ) says can't do it, have to use the latest version of Xcode.
Exact message - "The version of Xcode installed on this Mac is not compatible with macOS Sequoia. Download the latest version for free from the App Store."
Any experience with this and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Sometimes when my app crashes I get an exception like this: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP).
But I don't know how to catch it. Is there a way in Swift to catch such exceptions?
Hi, I have issue on build my react native project and got this error "Undefined symbol: _swift_willThrowTypedImpl" how can I fix it?
I don't understand what's happening when I save values via a loop.
I initialize an array with default values, then run a loop to assign calculated values to it. In the middle of the loop, I print values, then print values again after the loop is over. The array values sometimes change, even though nothing has been written between print calls (when they change, the values are equal the last value in the array, index 49).
I made a test file which writes four types of values to an array: (1) A new class instance, (2) Calculation, (3) Variable, (4) Hard-code. Saving the same value gives different results between the different write methods:
import Foundation
let numElements : Int = 50
class CustomType{
var x : Double
var y : Double
init(x: Double = 1.23, y: Double = 2.34) {
self.x = x
self.y = y
}
}
// Try this four different ways
var array1 = [CustomType](repeating:CustomType(), count:numElements)
var array2 = [CustomType](repeating:CustomType(), count:numElements)
var array3 = [CustomType](repeating:CustomType(), count:numElements)
var array4 = [CustomType](repeating:CustomType(), count:numElements)
// Checking that defaults were written
print("Pre: Point 1: (\(array1[44].x),\(array1[44].y))")
print("Pre: Point 2: (\(array2[44].x),\(array2[44].y))")
print("Pre: Point 3: (\(array3[44].x),\(array3[44].y))")
print("Pre: Point 4: (\(array4[44].x),\(array4[44].y))")
// --- Fix 1: Problem goes away if I uncomment this:
// array1[44]=CustomType()
// array2[44]=CustomType()
// array3[44]=CustomType()
// array4[44]=CustomType()
// --- Fix 2: Or if you swap these two lines for the following line:
// let index = 44
// do {
for index in 0..<numElements{
let rads = Double(index) * 2 * Double.pi/Double(numElements)
let sinrads = sin(rads), cosrads = cos(rads)
// Four different ways to save to arrays
array1[index] = CustomType(x:sin(rads),y:cos(rads))
array2[index].x = sin(rads)
array2[index].y = cos(rads)
array3[index].x = sinrads
array3[index].y = cosrads
array4[index].x = -0.684547105928689
array4[index].y = 0.7289686274214113
if(index==44){
print("\n== Printing results mid-loop at index 44 ==")
print("During: index: \(index), Calculated Rads: \(rads)")
print("During: Calculated Vals: (\(sin(rads)),\(cos(rads)))")
print("During: Stored 'let' Vals: (\(sinrads),\(cosrads))")
print("During: Point 1: (\(array1[44].x),\(array1[44].y))")
print("During: Point 2: (\(array2[44].x),\(array2[44].y))")
print("During: Point 3: (\(array3[44].x),\(array3[44].y))")
print("During: Point 4: (\(array4[44].x),\(array4[44].y))")
}
}
print("\n== Printing the same results after the loop ==")
print("Post: Point 1: (\(array1[44].x),\(array1[44].y))")
print("Post: Point 2: (\(array2[44].x),\(array2[44].y))")
print("Post: Point 3: (\(array3[44].x),\(array3[44].y))")
print("Post: Point 4: (\(array4[44].x),\(array4[44].y))")
print("\n== Reverse-calculating results from a correct array (array 1) to get the for loop index ==")
print("reverse index calculation 01: \( (atan2(array1[ 1].x,array1[ 1].y) + Double.pi * 0) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
print("reverse index calculation 44: \( (atan2(array1[44].x,array1[44].y) + Double.pi * 2) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
print("reverse index calculation 45: \( (atan2(array1[45].x,array1[45].y) + Double.pi * 2) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
print("\n== Reverse-calculating results from an incorrect array (array 2) to get the for loop index ==")
print("reverse index calculation 1: \( (atan2(array2[ 1].x,array2[ 1].y) + Double.pi * 2) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
print("reverse index calculation 44: \( (atan2(array2[44].x,array2[44].y) + Double.pi * 2) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
print("reverse index calculation 45: \( (atan2(array2[45].x,array2[45].y) + Double.pi * 2) * Double(numElements)/(2*Double.pi) )")
Which gives the following output:
Pre: Point 1: (1.23,2.34)
Pre: Point 2: (1.23,2.34)
Pre: Point 3: (1.23,2.34)
Pre: Point 4: (1.23,2.34)
== Printing results mid-loop at index 44 ==
During: index: 44, Calculated Rads: 5.529203070318036
During: Calculated Vals: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
During: Stored 'let' Vals: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
During: Point 1: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
During: Point 2: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
During: Point 3: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
During: Point 4: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
== Printing the same results after the loop ==
Post: Point 1: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
Post: Point 2: (-0.12533323356430465,0.9921147013144778)
Post: Point 3: (-0.12533323356430465,0.9921147013144778)
Post: Point 4: (-0.684547105928689,0.7289686274214113)
== Reverse-calculating results from a correct array (array 1) to get the for loop index ==
reverse index calculation 01: 1.0000000000000002
reverse index calculation 44: 43.99999999999999
reverse index calculation 45: 45.0
== Reverse-calculating results from an incorrect array (array 2) to get the for loop index ==
reverse index calculation 1: 49.0
reverse index calculation 44: 49.0
reverse index calculation 45: 49.0
Program ended with exit code: 0
Re-initializing the objects prior to the loop fixes the problem (see "Fix 1" in the comments), but the elements of the array are all initialized during creation and I don't understand why doing it a second time is helpful. The values should all be the same, am I missing something simple?
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
I have the following TaskExecutor code in Swift 6 and is getting the following error:
//Error
Passing closure as a sending parameter risks causing data races between main actor-isolated code and concurrent execution of the closure.
May I know what is the best way to approach this?
This is the default code generated by Xcode when creating a Vision Pro App using Metal as the Immersive Renderer.
Renderer
@MainActor
static func startRenderLoop(_ layerRenderer: LayerRenderer, appModel: AppModel) {
Task(executorPreference: RendererTaskExecutor.shared) { //Error
let renderer = Renderer(layerRenderer, appModel: appModel)
await renderer.startARSession()
await renderer.renderLoop()
}
}
final class RendererTaskExecutor: TaskExecutor {
private let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "RenderThreadQueue", qos: .userInteractive)
func enqueue(_ job: UnownedJob) {
queue.async {
job.runSynchronously(on: self.asUnownedSerialExecutor())
}
}
func asUnownedSerialExecutor() -> UnownedTaskExecutor {
return UnownedTaskExecutor(ordinary: self)
}
static let shared: RendererTaskExecutor = RendererTaskExecutor()
}
swift！！宇宙才是你的极限
谁能让它停下！！！
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
So any time I create a class that's both @Observable and Codable, e.g.
@Observable class GameLocationManager : Codable {
I get a warning in the macro expansion code:
@ObservationIgnored private let _$observationRegistrar = Observation.ObservationRegistrar()
Immutable property will not be decoded because it is declared with an initial value which cannot be overwritten.
I've been ignoring them for now, but there are at least a half a dozen of them now in my (relatively small) codebase, and I'd like to find a solution (ideally one that doesn't require me to write init(decoder:) for every @Observable class in my project...), especially since I'm not sure what the actual consequences of ignoring this might be.
Hello all.
This is my code snippet.
RecordListView()
.tabItem {
Label("Record List", systemImage: "list.clipboard")
}
.tag(Tab.RecordList)
When I export localizations, there is no Record List in the .xcloc file.
Then I use LocalizedStringKey for Label and export localizations file, the code is as follows:
let RecordsString:LocalizedStringKey = "Tab.Records"
RecordListView()
.tabItem {
Label(RecordsString, systemImage: "list.clipboard")
}
.tag(Tab.RecordList)
There is still no Tab.Records.
Hi, I'm trying to modify the ScreenCaptureKit Sample code by implementing an actor for Metal rendering, but I'm experiencing issues with frame rendering sequence.
My app workflow is:
ScreenCapture -> createFrame -> setRenderData
Metal draw callback -> renderAsync (getData from renderData)
I've added timestamps to verify frame ordering, I also using binarySearch to insert the frame with timestamp, and while the timestamps appear to be in sequence, the actual rendering output seems out of order.
// ScreenCaptureKit sample
func createFrame(for sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer) async {
if let surface: IOSurface = getIOSurface(for: sampleBuffer) {
await renderer.setRenderData(surface, timeStamp: sampleBuffer.presentationTimeStamp.seconds)
}
}
class Renderer {
...
func setRenderData(surface: IOSurface, timeStamp: Double) async {
_ = await renderSemaphore.getSetBuffers(
isGet: false,
surface: surface,
timeStamp: timeStamp
)
}
func draw(in view: MTKView) {
Task {
await renderAsync(view)
}
}
func renderAsync(_ view: MTKView) async {
guard await renderSemaphore.beginRender() else { return }
guard let frame = await renderSemaphore.getSetBuffers(
isGet: true, surface: nil, timeStamp: nil
) else {
await renderSemaphore.endRender()
return }
guard let texture = await renderSemaphore.getRenderData(
device: self.device,
surface: frame.surface) else {
await renderSemaphore.endRender()
return
}
guard let commandBuffer = _commandQueue.makeCommandBuffer(),
let renderPassDescriptor = await view.currentRenderPassDescriptor,
let renderEncoder = commandBuffer.makeRenderCommandEncoder(descriptor: renderPassDescriptor) else {
await renderSemaphore.endRender()
return
}
// Shaders ..
renderEncoder.endEncoding()
commandBuffer.addCompletedHandler() { @Sendable (_ commandBuffer)-> Swift.Void in
updateFPS()
}
// commit frame in actor
let success = await renderSemaphore.commitFrame(
timeStamp: frame.timeStamp,
commandBuffer: commandBuffer,
drawable: view.currentDrawable!
)
if !success {
print("Frame dropped due to out-of-order timestamp")
}
await renderSemaphore.endRender()
}
}
actor RenderSemaphore {
private var frameBuffers: [FrameData] = []
private var lastReadTimeStamp: Double = 0.0
private var lastCommittedTimeStamp: Double = 0
private var activeTaskCount = 0
private var activeRenderCount = 0
private let maxTasks = 3
private var textureCache: CVMetalTextureCache?
init() {
}
func initTextureCache(device: MTLDevice) {
CVMetalTextureCacheCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, nil, device, nil, &self.textureCache)
}
func beginRender() -> Bool {
guard activeRenderCount < maxTasks else { return false }
activeRenderCount += 1
return true
}
func endRender() {
if activeRenderCount > 0 {
activeRenderCount -= 1
}
}
func setTextureLoaded(_ loaded: Bool) {
isTextureLoaded = loaded
}
func getSetBuffers(isGet: Bool, surface: IOSurface?, timeStamp: Double?) -> FrameData? {
if isGet {
if !frameBuffers.isEmpty {
let frame = frameBuffers.removeFirst()
if frame.timeStamp > lastReadTimeStamp {
lastReadTimeStamp = frame.timeStamp
print(frame.timeStamp)
return frame
}
}
return nil
} else {
// Set
let frameData = FrameData(
surface: surface!,
timeStamp: timeStamp!
)
// insert to the right position
let insertIndex = binarySearch(for: timeStamp!)
frameBuffers.insert(frameData, at: insertIndex)
return frameData
}
}
private func binarySearch(for timeStamp: Double) -> Int {
var left = 0
var right = frameBuffers.count
while left < right {
let mid = (left + right) / 2
if frameBuffers[mid].timeStamp > timeStamp {
right = mid
} else {
left = mid + 1
}
}
return left
}
// for setRenderDataNormalized
func tryEnterTask() -> Bool {
guard activeTaskCount < maxTasks else { return false }
activeTaskCount += 1
return true
}
func exitTask() {
activeTaskCount -= 1
}
func commitFrame(timeStamp: Double,
commandBuffer: MTLCommandBuffer,
drawable: MTLDrawable) async -> Bool {
guard timeStamp > lastCommittedTimeStamp else {
print("Drop frame at commit: \(timeStamp) <= \(lastCommittedTimeStamp)")
return false
}
commandBuffer.present(drawable)
commandBuffer.commit()
lastCommittedTimeStamp = timeStamp
return true
}
func getRenderData(
device: MTLDevice,
surface: IOSurface,
depthData: [Float]
) -> (MTLTexture, MTLBuffer)? {
let _textureName = "RenderData"
var px: Unmanaged<CVPixelBuffer>?
let status = CVPixelBufferCreateWithIOSurface(kCFAllocatorDefault, surface, nil, &px)
guard status == kCVReturnSuccess, let screenImage = px?.takeRetainedValue() else {
return nil
}
CVMetalTextureCacheFlush(textureCache!, 0)
var texture: CVMetalTexture? = nil
let width = CVPixelBufferGetWidthOfPlane(screenImage, 0)
let height = CVPixelBufferGetHeightOfPlane(screenImage, 0)
let result2 = CVMetalTextureCacheCreateTextureFromImage(
kCFAllocatorDefault,
self.textureCache!,
screenImage,
nil,
MTLPixelFormat.bgra8Unorm,
width,
height,
0, &texture)
guard result2 == kCVReturnSuccess,
let cvTexture = texture,
let mtlTexture = CVMetalTextureGetTexture(cvTexture) else {
return nil
}
mtlTexture.label = _textureName
let depthBuffer = device.makeBuffer(bytes: depthData, length: depthData.count * MemoryLayout<Float>.stride)!
return (mtlTexture, depthBuffer)
}
}
Above's my code - could someone point out what might be wrong?
When swizzling NSURLRequest initialiser and returning a mutable copy, the original instance does not get deallocated and eventually gets leaked and a crash follows after that.
Here's the swizzling setup:
static func swizzleInit() {
let initSel = NSSelectorFromString("initWithURL:cachePolicy:timeoutInterval:")
guard let initMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(NSClassFromString("NSURLRequest"), initSel) else {
return
}
let origInitImp = method_getImplementation(initMethod)
let block: @convention(block) (AnyObject, Any, NSURLRequest.CachePolicy, TimeInterval) -> NSURLRequest = { _self, url, policy, interval in
typealias OrigInit = @convention(c) (AnyObject, Selector, Any, NSURLRequest.CachePolicy, TimeInterval) -> NSURLRequest
let origFunc = unsafeBitCast(origInitImp, to: OrigInit.self)
let request = origFunc(_self, initSel, url, policy, interval)
return request.tagged()
}
let newImplementation = imp_implementationWithBlock(block as Any)
method_setImplementation(initMethod, newImplementation)
}
// create a mutable copy if needed and add a header
private func tagged() -> NSURLRequest {
guard let mutableRequest = self as? NSMutableURLRequest ?? self.mutableCopy() as? NSMutableURLRequest else {
return self
}
mutableRequest.setValue("test", forHTTPHeaderField: "test")
return mutableRequest
}
Then, we have a few test cases:
// memory leak and crash
func testSwizzleNSURLRequestInit() {
let request = NSURLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://example.com")!)
XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "test"), "test")
}
// no crash, as the request is mutable, so no copy is created
func testSwizzleNSURLRequestInit2() {
let request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://example.com")!)
XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "test"), "test")
}
// no crash, as the request is mutable, so no copy is created
func testSwizzleNSURLRequestInit3() {
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://example.com")!)
XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "test"), "test")
}
// no crash, as the new instance does not get deallocated
// when the test method completes (?)
var request: NSURLRequest?
func testSwizzleNSURLRequestInit4() {
request = NSURLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://example.com")!)
XCTAssertEqual(request?.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "test"), "test")
}
It appears a memory leak occurs only when any other instance except for the original one is being returned from the initialiser.
Is there a workaround to prevent the leak, while allowing for modifications of all requests?
Is there any way to use metal-cpp in a Swift project? I have a platform layer I've written in Swift that handles Window/View creation, as well as event handling, etc. I've been trying to bridge this layer with my C++ layer as you normally would using a pure C interface, but using Metal instances that cross this boundary just doesn't seem to work.
e.g. Currently I initialize a CAMetalLayer for my NSView, setting that as the layer for the view. I've tried passing this Metal layer into my C++ code via a void* pointer through a C interface, and then casting it to a CA::MetalView to be used. When this didn't work, I tried creating the CA::MetalLayer in C++ and passing that back to the Swift layer as a void* pointer, then binding it to a CAMetalLayer type. And of course, this didn't work either.
So are the options for metal-cpp to use either Objective-C or just pure C++ (using AppKit.hpp)? Or am I missing something for how to integrate with Swift?
When i create a intance of swift String :
Let str = String ("Hello")
As swift String are immutable, and when we mutate the value of these like:
str = "Hello world ......." // 200 characters
Swift should internally allocate new memory and copy the content to that buffer for update .
But when i checked the addresses of original and modified str, both are same?
Can you help me understand how this allocation and mutation working internally in swift String?
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which do not resolve this issue that I am encountering
Description of problem
I am seeing an error which prevents using lldb debugger on Swift code/projects. It is seen on any Swift or SwiftUI project that I've tried. This is the error displayed in lldb console when first breakpoint is encountered:
Cannot create Swift scratch context (couldn't create a ClangImporter)(lldb)
Xcode Version 12.3 (12C33)
macOS Big Sur Intel M1
Troubleshooting
I originally thought this was also working on an Intel Mac running Big Sur/Xcode 12.3, but was mistaken. Using my customized shell environment on the following setups, I encounter the same couldn't create a ClangImporter.
M1 Mac mini, main account (an "Admin" account)
same M1 Mac mini, new "dev" account (an "Admin" account)
Intel MBP, main account
They are all using an Intel Homebrew install, and my customized shell environment if that provides a clue?
I captured some lldb debugging info by putting expr types in ~/.lldbinit but the outputs were basically identical (when discounting scratch file paaths and memory addresses) compared to the "working clean" account log (described below)
log enable -f /tmp/lldb-log.txt lldb expr types
works in a "clean" user account
I created a new, uncustomized "Standard" testuser account on the M1 Mac mini, and launched the same system Xcode.app. There was no longer this error message, and was able to inspect variables at a swift program breakpoint in Swift context, including po symbol.
Impact
Effectively this makes the debugger in Swift on Xcode projects on my systems essentially unable to inspect Swift contexts' state.
`
init() {
nextOrder = self.AllItems.map{$0.order}.max()
if nextOrder == nil {
nextOrder = 0
}
nextOrder! += 1 // <--- Thread 1: Fatal error: Unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
}
`
I have to say, Swift is great - when it works!
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift
I ran into a memory issue that I don't understand why this could happen. For me, It seems like ARC doesn't guarantee thread-safety.
Let see the code below
@propertyWrapper
public struct AtomicCollection<T> {
private var value: [T]
private var lock = NSLock()
public var wrappedValue: [T] {
set {
lock.lock()
defer { lock.unlock() }
value = newValue
}
get {
lock.lock()
defer { lock.unlock() }
return value
}
}
public init(wrappedValue: [T]) {
self.value = wrappedValue
}
}
final class CollectionTest: XCTestCase {
func testExample() throws {
let rounds = 10000
let exp = expectation(description: "test")
exp.expectedFulfillmentCount = rounds
@AtomicCollection var array: [Int] = []
for i in 0..<rounds {
DispatchQueue.global().async {
array.append(i)
exp.fulfill()
}
}
wait(for: [exp])
}
}
It will crash for various reasons (see screenshots below)
I know that the test doesn't reflect typical application usage. My app is quite different from traditional app so the code above is just the simplest form for proof of the issue.
One more thing to mention here is that array.count won't be equal to 10,000 as expected (probably because of copy-on-write snapshot)
So my questions are
Is this a bug/undefined behavior/expected behavior of Swift/Obj-c ARC?
Why this could happen?
Any solutions suggest?
How do you usually deal with thread-safe collection (array, dict, set)?
I make some small program to make dots. Many of them.
I have a Generator which generates dots in a loop:
//reprat until all dots in frame
while !newDots.isEmpty {
virginDots = []
for newDot in newDots {
autoreleasepool{
virginDots.append(
contentsOf: newDot.addDots(in: size, allDots: &result, inSomeWay))
}
newDots = virginDots
}
counter += 1
print ("\(result.count) dots in \(counter) grnerations")
}
Sometimes this loop needs hours/days to finish (depend of inSomeWay settings), so it would be very nice to send partial result to a View, and/or if result is not satisfying — break this loop and start over.
My understanding of Tasks and Concurrency became worse each time I try to understand it, maybe it's my age, maybe language barier. For now, Button with {Task {...}} action doesn't removed Rainbow Wheel from my screen. Killing an app is wrong because killing is wrong.
How to deal with it?
Hi,
I have a complex structure of classes, and I'm trying to migrate to swift6
For this classes I've a facade that creates the classes for me without disclosing their internals, only conforming to a known protocol
I think I've hit a hard wall in my knowledge of how the actors can exchange data between themselves. I've created a small piece of code that can trigger the error I've hit
import SwiftUI
import Observation
@globalActor
actor MyActor {
static let shared: some Actor = MyActor()
init() {
}
}
@MyActor
protocol ProtocolMyActor {
var value: String { get }
func set(value: String)
}
@MyActor
func make(value: String) -> ProtocolMyActor {
return ImplementationMyActor(value: value)
}
class ImplementationMyActor: ProtocolMyActor {
private(set) var value: String
init(value: String) {
self.value = value
}
func set(value: String) {
self.value = value
}
}
@MainActor
@Observable
class ViewObserver {
let implementation: ProtocolMyActor
var value: String
init() async {
let implementation = await make(value: "Ciao")
self.implementation = implementation
self.value = await implementation.value
}
func set(value: String) {
Task {
await implementation.set(value: value)
self.value = value
}
}
}
struct MyObservedView: View {
@State var model: ViewObserver?
var body: some View {
if let model {
Button("Loaded \(model.value)") {
model.set(value: ["A", "B", "C"].randomElement()!)
}
} else {
Text("Loading")
.task {
self.model = await ViewObserver()
}
}
}
}
The error
Non-sendable type 'any ProtocolMyActor' passed in implicitly asynchronous call to global actor 'MyActor'-isolated property 'value' cannot cross actor boundary
Occurs in the init on the line "self.value = await implementation.value"
I don't know which concurrency error happens... Yes the init is in the MainActor , but the ProtocolMyActor data can only be accessed in a MyActor queue, so no data races can happen... and each access in my ImplementationMyActor uses await, so I'm not reading or writing the object from a different actor, I just pass sendable values as parameter to a function of the object..
can anybody help me understand better this piece of concurrency problem?
Thanks
import Foundation
import FirebaseAuth
import GoogleSignIn
import FBSDKLoginKit
class AuthController {
// Assuming these variables exist in your class
var showCustomAlertLoading = false
var signUpResultText = ""
var isSignUpSucces = false
var navigateHome = false
// Google Sign-In
func googleSign() {
guard let presentingVC = (UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first as? UIWindowScene)?.windows.first?.rootViewController else {
print("No root view controller found.")
return
}
GIDSignIn.sharedInstance.signIn(withPresenting: presentingVC) { authentication, error in
if let error = error {
print("Error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
return
}
guard let authentication = authentication else {
print("Authentication is nil")
return
}
guard let idToken = authentication.idToken else {
print("ID Token is missing")
return
}
guard let accessToken = authentication.accessToken else {
print("Access Token is missing")
return
}
let credential = GoogleAuthProvider.credential(withIDToken: idToken.tokenString, accessToken: accessToken.tokenString)
self.showCustomAlertLoading = true
Auth.auth().signIn(with: credential) { authResult, error in
guard let user = authResult?.user, error == nil else {
self.signUpResultText = error?.localizedDescription ?? "Error occurred"
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) {
self.showCustomAlertLoading = false
}
return
}
self.signUpResultText = "\(user.email ?? "No email")\nSigned in successfully"
self.isSignUpSucces = true
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3) {
self.showCustomAlertLoading = false
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1) {
self.navigateHome = true
}
}
print("\(user.email ?? "No email") signed in successfully")
}
}
}
// Facebook Sign-In
func signInWithFacebook(presentingViewController: UIViewController, completion: @escaping (Bool, Error?) -> Void) {
let manager = LoginManager()
manager.logIn(permissions: ["public_profile", "email"], from: presentingViewController) { result, error in
if let error = error {
completion(false, error)
return
}
guard let result = result, !result.isCancelled else {
completion(false, NSError(domain: "Facebook Login Error", code: 400, userInfo: nil))
return
}
if let token = result.token {
let credential = FacebookAuthProvider.credential(withAccessToken: token.tokenString)
Auth.auth().signIn(with: credential) { (authResult, error) in
if let error = error {
completion(false, error)
return
}
completion(true, nil)
}
}
}
}
// Email Sign-In
func signInWithEmail(email: String, password: String, completion: @escaping (Bool, Error?) -> Void) {
Auth.auth().signIn(withEmail: email, password: password) { (authResult, error) in
if let error = error {
completion(false, error)
return
}
completion(true, nil)
}
}
}
Topic:
Programming Languages
SubTopic:
Swift