mte/unikernel/duniverse/faraday/lib/faraday.mli
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(** Serialization primitives built for speed an memory-efficiency.
Faraday is a library for writing fast and memory-efficient serializers. Its
core type and related operation gives the user fine-grained control over
copying and allocation behavior while serializing user-defined types, and
presents the output in a form that makes it possible to use vectorized
write operations, such as the [writev][] system call, or any other platform
or application-specific output APIs.
A Faraday serializer manages an internal buffer and a queue of output
buffers. The output bufferes may be a sub range of the serializer's
internal buffer or one that is user-provided. Buffered writes such as
{!write_string}, {!write_char}, {!write_bigstring}, etc., copy the source
bytes into the serializer's internal buffer. Unbuffered writes such as
{!schedule_string}, {!schedule_bigstring}, etc., on the other hand perform
no copying. Instead, they enqueue the source bytes into the serializer's
write queue directly. *)
type bigstring =
(char, Bigarray.int8_unsigned_elt, Bigarray.c_layout) Bigarray.Array1.t
type t
(** The type of a serializer. *)
(** {2 Constructors} *)
val create : int -> t
(** [create len] creates a serializer with a fixed-length internal buffer of
length [len]. See the Buffered writes section for details about what happens
when [len] is not large enough to support a write. *)
val of_bigstring : bigstring -> t
(** [of_bigstring buf] creates a serializer, using [buf] as its internal
buffer. The serializer takes ownership of [buf] until the serializer has
been closed and flushed of all output. *)
(** {2 Buffered Writes}
A serializer manages an internal buffer for coalescing small writes. The
size of this buffer is determined when the serializer is created. If the
buffer does not contain sufficient space to service a caller's buffered
write, the serializer will allocate a new buffer of the sufficient size and
use it for the current and subsequent writes. The old buffer will be
garbage collected once all of its contents have been {!flush}ed. *)
val write_string : t -> ?off:int -> ?len:int -> string -> unit
(** [write_string t ?off ?len str] copies [str] into the serializer's
internal buffer. *)
val write_bytes : t -> ?off:int -> ?len:int -> Bytes.t -> unit
(** [write_bytes t ?off ?len bytes] copies [bytes] into the serializer's
internal buffer. It is safe to modify [bytes] after this call returns. *)
val write_bigstring : t -> ?off:int -> ?len:int -> bigstring -> unit
(** [write_bigstring t ?off ?len bigstring] copies [bigstring] into the
serializer's internal buffer. It is safe to modify [bigstring] after this
call returns. *)
val write_gen
: t
-> length:('a -> int)
-> blit:('a -> src_off:int -> bigstring -> dst_off:int -> len:int -> unit)
-> ?off:int
-> ?len:int
-> 'a -> unit
(** [write_gen t ~length ~blit ?off ?len x] copies [x] into the serializer's
internal buffer using the provided [length] and [blit] operations.
See {!Bigstring.blit} for documentation of the arguments. *)
val write_char : t -> char -> unit
(** [write_char t char] copies [char] into the serializer's internal buffer. *)
val write_uint8 : t -> int -> unit
(** [write_uint8 t n] copies the lower 8 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer. *)
(** Big endian serializers *)
module BE : sig
val write_uint16 : t -> int -> unit
(** [write_uint16 t n] copies the lower 16 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer in big-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint32 : t -> int32 -> unit
(** [write_uint32 t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
big-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint48 : t -> int64 -> unit
(** [write_uint48 t n] copies the lower 48 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer in big-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint64 : t -> int64 -> unit
(** [write_uint64 t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
big-endian byte order. *)
val write_float : t -> float -> unit
(** [write_float t n] copies the lower 32 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer in big-endian byte order. *)
val write_double : t -> float -> unit
(** [write_double t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
big-endian byte order. *)
end
(** Little endian serializers *)
module LE : sig
val write_uint16 : t -> int -> unit
(** [write_uint16 t n] copies the lower 16 bits of [n] into the
serializer's internal buffer in little-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint32 : t -> int32 -> unit
(** [write_uint32 t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
little-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint48 : t -> int64 -> unit
(** [write_uint48 t n] copies the lower 48 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer in little-endian byte order. *)
val write_uint64 : t -> int64 -> unit
(** [write_uint64 t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
little-endian byte order. *)
val write_float : t -> float -> unit
(** [write_float t n] copies the lower 32 bits of [n] into the serializer's
internal buffer in little-endian byte order. *)
val write_double : t -> float -> unit
(** [write_double t n] copies [n] into the serializer's internal buffer in
little-endian byte order. *)
end
(** {2 Unbuffered Writes}
Unbuffered writes do not involve copying bytes to the serializers internal
buffer. *)
val schedule_bigstring : t -> ?off:int -> ?len:int -> bigstring -> unit
(** [schedule_bigstring t ?off ?len bigstring] schedules [bigstring] to
be written the next time the serializer surfaces writes to the user.
[bigstring] is not copied in this process, so [bigstring] should only be
modified after [t] has been {!flush}ed. *)
(** {2 Querying A Serializer's State} *)
val free_bytes_in_buffer : t -> int
(** [free_bytes_in_buffer t] returns the free space, in bytes, of the
serializer's write buffer. If a [write_*] call has a length that exceeds
this value, the serializer will allocate a new buffer that will replace the
serializer's internal buffer for that and subsequent calls. *)
val has_pending_output : t -> bool
(** [has_pending_output t] is [true] if [t]'s output queue is non-empty. It may
be the case that [t]'s queued output is being serviced by some other thread
of control, but has not yet completed. *)
val pending_bytes : t -> int
(** [pending_bytes t] is the size of the next write, in bytes, that [t] will
surface to the caller as a [`Writev]. *)
(** {2 Control Operations} *)
val yield : t -> unit
(** [yield t] causes [t] to delay surfacing writes to the user, instead
returning a [`Yield]. This gives the serializer an opportunity to collect
additional writes before sending them to the underlying device, which will
increase the write batch size.
As one example, code may want to call this function if it's about to
release the OCaml lock and perform a blocking system call, but would like
to batch output across that system call. To hint to the thread of control
that is performing the writes on behalf of the serializer, the code might
call [yield t] before releasing the lock. *)
val flush : t -> (unit -> unit) -> unit
(** [flush t f] registers [f] to be called when all prior writes have been
successfully completed. If [t] has no pending writes, then [f] will be
called immediately. If {!yield} was recently called on [t], then the effect
of the [yield] will be ignored so that client code has an opportunity to
write pending output, regardless of how it handles [`Yield] operations. *)
module Flushed_reason : sig
(** Indicates why a flush callback was called. *)
type t =
| Shift
(** [shift t] was called, normally indicating that bytes were written successfully. *)
| Drain
(** [drain t] was called, normally indicating that the downstream consumer of [t]'s
bytes stopped accepting new input. *)
| Nothing_pending
(** Passed to [f] when [flush_with_reason t f] is called when there is not any pending
output, so [t] is considered immediately flushed. *)
end
val flush_with_reason : t -> (Flushed_reason.t -> unit) -> unit
(** [flush_with_reason t f] is like [flush t f], but [f] is suppplied with the reason that
the callback was triggered. *)
val close : t -> unit
(** [close t] closes [t]. All subsequent write calls will raise, and any
pending or subsequent {!yield} calls will be ignored. If the serializer has
any pending writes, user code will have an opportunity to service them
before it receives the [Close] operation. Flush callbacks will continue to
be invoked while output is {!shift}ed out of [t] as needed. *)
val is_closed : t -> bool
(** [is_closed t] is [true] if [close] has been called on [t] and [false]
otherwise. A closed [t] may still have pending output. *)
val shift : t -> int -> unit
(** [shift t n] removes the first [n] bytes in [t]'s write queue. Any flush
callbacks registered with [t] within this span of the write queue will be
called. *)
val drain : t -> int
(** [drain t] removes all pending writes from [t], returning the number of
bytes that were enqueued to be written and freeing any scheduled
buffers in the process. *)
(** {2 Running}
Low-level operations for runing a serializer. For production use-cases,
consider the Async and Lwt support that this library includes before
attempting to use this these operations directly. *)
type 'a iovec =
{ buffer : 'a
; off : int
; len : int }
(** A view into {!iovec.buffer} starting at {!iovec.off} and with length
{!iovec.len}. *)
type operation = [
| `Writev of bigstring iovec list
| `Yield
| `Close ]
(** The type of operations that the serialier may wish to perform.
{ul
{li [`Writev iovecs]: Write the bytes in {!iovecs}s reporting the actual
number of bytes written by calling {!shift}. You must accurately report the
number of bytes written. Failure to do so will result in the same bytes being
surfaced in a [`Writev] operation multiple times.}
{li [`Yield]: Yield to other threads of control, waiting for additional
output before procedding. The method for achieving this is
application-specific, but once complete, the caller can proceed with
serialization by simply making another call to {!val:operation} or
{!serialize}.}
{li [`Close]: Serialization is complete. No further output will generated.
The action to take as a result, if any, is application-specific.}} *)
val operation : t -> operation
(** [operation t] is the next operation that the caller must perform on behalf
of the serializer [t]. Users should consider using {!serialize} before this
function. See the documentation for the {!type:operation} type for details
on how callers should handle these operations. *)
val serialize : t -> (bigstring iovec list -> [`Ok of int | `Closed]) -> [`Yield | `Close]
(** [serialize t writev] sufaces the next operation of [t] to the caller,
handling a [`Writev] operation with [writev] function and performing an
additional bookkeeping on the caller's behalf. In the event that [writev]
indicates a partial write, {!serialize} will call {!yield} on the
serializer rather than attempting successive [writev] calls. *)
(** {2 Convenience Functions}
These functions are included for testing, debugging, and general
development. They are not the suggested way of driving a serializer in a
production setting. *)
val serialize_to_string : t -> string
(** [serialize_to_string t] runs [t], collecting the output into a string and
returning it. [serialzie_to_string t] immediately closes [t] and ignores
any calls to {!yield} on [t]. *)
val serialize_to_bigstring : t -> bigstring
(** [serialize_to_string t] runs [t], collecting the output into a bigstring
and returning it. [serialzie_to_bigstring t] immediately closes [t] and
ignores any calls to {!yield} on [t]. *)