executor: Allow TaskStorage to auto-implement Sync

embassy-executor/src/raw/mod.rs

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ mod timer_queue;
 pub(crate) mod util;
 mod waker;
 
-use core::cell::Cell;
 use core::future::Future;
+use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use core::mem;
 use core::pin::Pin;
 use core::ptr::NonNull;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use embassy_time::Instant;
 use rtos_trace::trace;
 
 use self::run_queue::{RunQueue, RunQueueItem};
-use self::util::UninitCell;
+use self::util::{SyncUnsafeCell, UninitCell};
 pub use self::waker::task_from_waker;
 use super::SpawnToken;
 
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ pub(crate) const STATE_TIMER_QUEUED: u32 = 1 << 2;
 pub(crate) struct TaskHeader {
     pub(crate) state: AtomicU32,
     pub(crate) run_queue_item: RunQueueItem,
-    pub(crate) executor: Cell<Option<&'static Executor>>,
-    poll_fn: Cell<Option<unsafe fn(TaskRef)>>,
+    pub(crate) executor: SyncUnsafeCell<Option<&'static SyncExecutor>>,
+    poll_fn: SyncUnsafeCell<Option<unsafe fn(TaskRef)>>,
 
     #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
-    pub(crate) expires_at: Cell<Instant>,
+    pub(crate) expires_at: SyncUnsafeCell<Instant>,
     #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
     pub(crate) timer_queue_item: timer_queue::TimerQueueItem,
 }
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ pub struct TaskRef {
     ptr: NonNull<TaskHeader>,
 }
 
+unsafe impl Send for TaskRef where &'static TaskHeader: Send {}
+unsafe impl Sync for TaskRef where &'static TaskHeader: Sync {}
+
 impl TaskRef {
     fn new<F: Future + 'static>(task: &'static TaskStorage<F>) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -115,12 +118,12 @@ impl<F: Future + 'static> TaskStorage<F> {
             raw: TaskHeader {
                 state: AtomicU32::new(0),
                 run_queue_item: RunQueueItem::new(),
-                executor: Cell::new(None),
+                executor: SyncUnsafeCell::new(None),
                 // Note: this is lazily initialized so that a static `TaskStorage` will go in `.bss`
-                poll_fn: Cell::new(None),
+                poll_fn: SyncUnsafeCell::new(None),
 
                 #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
-                expires_at: Cell::new(Instant::from_ticks(0)),
+                expires_at: SyncUnsafeCell::new(Instant::from_ticks(0)),
                 #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
                 timer_queue_item: timer_queue::TimerQueueItem::new(),
             },
@@ -170,9 +173,15 @@ impl<F: Future + 'static> TaskStorage<F> {
         // it's a noop for our waker.
         mem::forget(waker);
     }
-}
 
-unsafe impl<F: Future + 'static> Sync for TaskStorage<F> {}
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    fn _assert_sync(self) {
+        fn assert_sync<T: Sync>(_: T) {}
+
+        assert_sync(self)
+    }
+}
 
 struct AvailableTask<F: Future + 'static> {
     task: &'static TaskStorage<F>,
@@ -279,29 +288,13 @@ impl<F: Future + 'static, const N: usize> TaskPool<F, N> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Raw executor.
-///
-/// This is the core of the Embassy executor. It is low-level, requiring manual
-/// handling of wakeups and task polling. If you can, prefer using one of the
-/// [higher level executors](crate::Executor).
-///
-/// The raw executor leaves it up to you to handle wakeups and scheduling:
-///
-/// - To get the executor to do work, call `poll()`. This will poll all queued tasks (all tasks
-///   that "want to run").
-/// - You must supply a `signal_fn`. The executor will call it to notify you it has work
-///   to do. You must arrange for `poll()` to be called as soon as possible.
-///
-/// `signal_fn` can be called from *any* context: any thread, any interrupt priority
-/// level, etc. It may be called synchronously from any `Executor` method call as well.
-/// You must deal with this correctly.
-///
-/// In particular, you must NOT call `poll` directly from `signal_fn`, as this violates
-/// the requirement for `poll` to not be called reentrantly.
-pub struct Executor {
+struct SignalCtx(*mut ());
+unsafe impl Sync for SignalCtx {}
+
+pub(crate) struct SyncExecutor {
     run_queue: RunQueue,
     signal_fn: fn(*mut ()),
-    signal_ctx: *mut (),
+    signal_ctx: SignalCtx,
 
     #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
     pub(crate) timer_queue: timer_queue::TimerQueue,
@@ -309,14 +302,8 @@ pub struct Executor {
     alarm: AlarmHandle,
 }
 
-impl Executor {
-    /// Create a new executor.
-    ///
-    /// When the executor has work to do, it will call `signal_fn` with
-    /// `signal_ctx` as argument.
-    ///
-    /// See [`Executor`] docs for details on `signal_fn`.
-    pub fn new(signal_fn: fn(*mut ()), signal_ctx: *mut ()) -> Self {
+impl SyncExecutor {
+    pub(crate) fn new(signal_fn: fn(*mut ()), signal_ctx: *mut ()) -> Self {
         #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
         let alarm = unsafe { unwrap!(driver::allocate_alarm()) };
         #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
@@ -325,7 +312,7 @@ impl Executor {
         Self {
             run_queue: RunQueue::new(),
             signal_fn,
-            signal_ctx,
+            signal_ctx: SignalCtx(signal_ctx),
 
             #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
             timer_queue: timer_queue::TimerQueue::new(),
@@ -346,7 +333,7 @@ impl Executor {
         trace::task_ready_begin(task.as_ptr() as u32);
 
         if self.run_queue.enqueue(cs, task) {
-            (self.signal_fn)(self.signal_ctx)
+            (self.signal_fn)(self.signal_ctx.0)
         }
     }
 
@@ -387,7 +374,8 @@ impl Executor {
     /// must NOT directly call `poll()` from your `signal_fn`. Instead, `signal_fn` has to
     /// somehow schedule for `poll()` to be called later, at a time you know for sure there's
     /// no `poll()` already running.
-    pub unsafe fn poll(&'static self) {
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn poll(&'static self) {
+        #[allow(clippy::never_loop)]
         loop {
             #[cfg(feature = "integrated-timers")]
             self.timer_queue.dequeue_expired(Instant::now(), |task| wake_task(task));
@@ -441,6 +429,84 @@ impl Executor {
         #[cfg(feature = "rtos-trace")]
         trace::system_idle();
     }
+}
+
+/// Raw executor.
+///
+/// This is the core of the Embassy executor. It is low-level, requiring manual
+/// handling of wakeups and task polling. If you can, prefer using one of the
+/// [higher level executors](crate::Executor).
+///
+/// The raw executor leaves it up to you to handle wakeups and scheduling:
+///
+/// - To get the executor to do work, call `poll()`. This will poll all queued tasks (all tasks
+///   that "want to run").
+/// - You must supply a `signal_fn`. The executor will call it to notify you it has work
+///   to do. You must arrange for `poll()` to be called as soon as possible.
+///
+/// `signal_fn` can be called from *any* context: any thread, any interrupt priority
+/// level, etc. It may be called synchronously from any `Executor` method call as well.
+/// You must deal with this correctly.
+///
+/// In particular, you must NOT call `poll` directly from `signal_fn`, as this violates
+/// the requirement for `poll` to not be called reentrantly.
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct Executor {
+    pub(crate) inner: SyncExecutor,
+
+    _not_sync: PhantomData<*mut ()>,
+}
+
+impl Executor {
+    pub(crate) unsafe fn wrap(inner: &SyncExecutor) -> &Self {
+        mem::transmute(inner)
+    }
+    /// Create a new executor.
+    ///
+    /// When the executor has work to do, it will call `signal_fn` with
+    /// `signal_ctx` as argument.
+    ///
+    /// See [`Executor`] docs for details on `signal_fn`.
+    pub fn new(signal_fn: fn(*mut ()), signal_ctx: *mut ()) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: SyncExecutor::new(signal_fn, signal_ctx),
+            _not_sync: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Spawn a task in this executor.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// `task` must be a valid pointer to an initialized but not-already-spawned task.
+    ///
+    /// It is OK to use `unsafe` to call this from a thread that's not the executor thread.
+    /// In this case, the task's Future must be Send. This is because this is effectively
+    /// sending the task to the executor thread.
+    pub(super) unsafe fn spawn(&'static self, task: TaskRef) {
+        self.inner.spawn(task)
+    }
+
+    /// Poll all queued tasks in this executor.
+    ///
+    /// This loops over all tasks that are queued to be polled (i.e. they're
+    /// freshly spawned or they've been woken). Other tasks are not polled.
+    ///
+    /// You must call `poll` after receiving a call to `signal_fn`. It is OK
+    /// to call `poll` even when not requested by `signal_fn`, but it wastes
+    /// energy.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// You must NOT call `poll` reentrantly on the same executor.
+    ///
+    /// In particular, note that `poll` may call `signal_fn` synchronously. Therefore, you
+    /// must NOT directly call `poll()` from your `signal_fn`. Instead, `signal_fn` has to
+    /// somehow schedule for `poll()` to be called later, at a time you know for sure there's
+    /// no `poll()` already running.
+    pub unsafe fn poll(&'static self) {
+        self.inner.poll()
+    }
 
     /// Get a spawner that spawns tasks in this executor.
     ///
@@ -483,8 +549,10 @@ impl embassy_time::queue::TimerQueue for TimerQueue {
     fn schedule_wake(&'static self, at: Instant, waker: &core::task::Waker) {
         let task = waker::task_from_waker(waker);
         let task = task.header();
-        let expires_at = task.expires_at.get();
-        task.expires_at.set(expires_at.min(at));
+        unsafe {
+            let expires_at = task.expires_at.get();
+            task.expires_at.set(expires_at.min(at));
+        }
     }
 }
 

embassy-executor/src/raw/timer_queue.rs

@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
-use core::cell::Cell;
 use core::cmp::min;
 
 use atomic_polyfill::Ordering;
 use embassy_time::Instant;
 
 use super::{TaskRef, STATE_TIMER_QUEUED};
+use crate::raw::util::SyncUnsafeCell;
 
 pub(crate) struct TimerQueueItem {
-    next: Cell<Option<TaskRef>>,
+    next: SyncUnsafeCell<Option<TaskRef>>,
 }
 
 impl TimerQueueItem {
     pub const fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { next: Cell::new(None) }
+        Self {
+            next: SyncUnsafeCell::new(None),
+        }
     }
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct TimerQueue {
-    head: Cell<Option<TaskRef>>,
+    head: SyncUnsafeCell<Option<TaskRef>>,
 }
 
 impl TimerQueue {
     pub const fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { head: Cell::new(None) }
+        Self {
+            head: SyncUnsafeCell::new(None),
+        }
     }
 
     pub(crate) unsafe fn update(&self, p: TaskRef) {

embassy-executor/src/raw/util.rs

@@ -25,3 +25,32 @@ impl<T> UninitCell<T> {
         ptr::drop_in_place(self.as_mut_ptr())
     }
 }
+
+unsafe impl<T> Sync for UninitCell<T> {}
+
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct SyncUnsafeCell<T> {
+    value: UnsafeCell<T>,
+}
+
+unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for SyncUnsafeCell<T> {}
+
+impl<T> SyncUnsafeCell<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            value: UnsafeCell::new(value),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub unsafe fn set(&self, value: T) {
+        *self.value.get() = value;
+    }
+
+    pub unsafe fn get(&self) -> T
+    where
+        T: Copy,
+    {
+        *self.value.get()
+    }
+}

embassy-executor/src/spawner.rs

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ impl Spawner {
         poll_fn(|cx| {
             let task = raw::task_from_waker(cx.waker());
             let executor = unsafe { task.header().executor.get().unwrap_unchecked() };
+            let executor = unsafe { raw::Executor::wrap(executor) };
             Poll::Ready(Self::new(executor))
         })
         .await
@@ -130,9 +131,7 @@ impl Spawner {
     /// spawner to other threads, but the spawner loses the ability to spawn
     /// non-Send tasks.
     pub fn make_send(&self) -> SendSpawner {
-        SendSpawner {
-            executor: self.executor,
-        }
+        SendSpawner::new(&self.executor.inner)
     }
 }
 
@@ -145,14 +144,11 @@ impl Spawner {
 /// If you want to spawn non-Send tasks, use [Spawner].
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct SendSpawner {
-    executor: &'static raw::Executor,
+    executor: &'static raw::SyncExecutor,
 }
 
-unsafe impl Send for SendSpawner {}
-unsafe impl Sync for SendSpawner {}
-
 impl SendSpawner {
-    pub(crate) fn new(executor: &'static raw::Executor) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(executor: &'static raw::SyncExecutor) -> Self {
         Self { executor }
     }