objc之方法慢速查找流程分析

 lookUpImpOrForward底层源码分析

IMP lookUpImpOrForward(id inst, SEL sel, Class cls, int behavior){
    const IMP forward_imp = (IMP)_objc_msgForward_impcache;
    IMP imp = nil;
    Class curClass;

    runtimeLock.assertUnlocked();

    // Optimistic cache lookup
    if (fastpath(behavior & LOOKUP_CACHE)) {
        imp = cache_getImp(cls, sel);
        if (imp) goto done_nolock;
    }

    // runtimeLock is held during isRealized and isInitialized checking
    // to prevent races against concurrent realization.

    // runtimeLock is held during method search to make
    // method-lookup + cache-fill atomic with respect to method addition.
    // Otherwise, a category could be added but ignored indefinitely because
    // the cache was re-filled with the old value after the cache flush on
    // behalf of the category.

    runtimeLock.lock();

    // We don't want people to be able to craft a binary blob that looks like
    // a class but really isn't one and do a CFI attack.
    //
    // To make these harder we want to make sure this is a class that was
    // either built into the binary or legitimately registered through
    // objc_duplicateClass, objc_initializeClassPair or objc_allocateClassPair.
    //
    // TODO: this check is quite costly during process startup.
    checkIsKnownClass(cls);

    if (slowpath(!cls->isRealized())) {
        cls = realizeClassMaybeSwiftAndLeaveLocked(cls, runtimeLock);
        // runtimeLock may have been dropped but is now locked again
    }

    if (slowpath((behavior & LOOKUP_INITIALIZE) && !cls->isInitialized())) {
        cls = initializeAndLeaveLocked(cls, inst, runtimeLock);
        // runtimeLock may have been dropped but is now locked again

        // If sel == initialize, class_initialize will send +initialize and 
        // then the messenger will send +initialize again after this 
        // procedure finishes. Of course, if this is not being called 
        // from the messenger then it won't happen. 2778172
    }

    runtimeLock.assertLocked();
    curClass = cls;

    // The code used to lookpu the class's cache again right after
    // we take the lock but for the vast majority of the cases
    // evidence shows this is a miss most of the time, hence a time loss.
    //
    // The only codepath calling into this without having performed some
    // kind of cache lookup is class_getInstanceMethod().

    for (unsigned attempts = unreasonableClassCount();;) { //";;"表示死循环
        // curClass method list.
        Method meth = getMethodNoSuper_nolock(curClass, sel);
        if (meth) {
            imp = meth->imp;
            goto done;
        }

        if (slowpath((curClass = curClass->superclass) == nil)) {
            // No implementation found, and method resolver didn't help.
            // Use forwarding.
            imp = forward_imp;
            break;
        }

        // Halt if there is a cycle in the superclass chain.
        if (slowpath(--attempts == 0)) {
            _objc_fatal("Memory corruption in class list.");
        }

        // Superclass cache.
        imp = cache_getImp(curClass, sel); // cache_getImp - lookup - lookUpImpOrForward
        if (slowpath(imp == forward_imp)) {
            // Found a forward:: entry in a superclass.
            // Stop searching, but don't cache yet; call method
            // resolver for this class first.
            break;
        }
        if (fastpath(imp)) {
            // Found the method in a superclass. Cache it in this class.
            goto done;
        }
    }

    // No implementation found. Try method resolver once.

    if (slowpath(behavior & LOOKUP_RESOLVER)) {
        behavior ^= LOOKUP_RESOLVER;
        return resolveMethod_locked(inst, sel, cls, behavior);
    }

 done:
    log_and_fill_cache(cls, imp, sel, inst, curClass);
    runtimeLock.unlock();
 done_nolock:
    if (slowpath((behavior & LOOKUP_NIL) && imp == forward_imp)) {
        return nil;
    }
    return imp;
}

我们知道objc快速查找流程是通过汇编从缓存里面查找，

realizeClassMaybeSwiftAndLeaveLocked下层

static Class
realizeClassMaybeSwiftMaybeRelock(Class cls, mutex_t& lock, bool leaveLocked)
{
    lock.assertLocked();

    if (!cls->isSwiftStable_ButAllowLegacyForNow()) {
        // Non-Swift class. Realize it now with the lock still held.
        // fixme wrong in the future for objc subclasses of swift classes
        realizeClassWithoutSwift(cls, nil);
        if (!leaveLocked) lock.unlock();
    } else {
        // Swift class. We need to drop locks and call the Swift
        // runtime to initialize it.
        lock.unlock();
        cls = realizeSwiftClass(cls);
        ASSERT(cls->isRealized());    // callback must have provoked realization
        if (leaveLocked) lock.lock();
    }

    return cls;
}

realizeClassWithoutSwift下层实现：
static Class realizeClassWithoutSwift(Class cls, Class previously)
{
    runtimeLock.assertLocked();

    class_rw_t *rw;
    Class supercls;
    Class metacls;

    if (!cls) return nil;
    if (cls->isRealized()) return cls;
    ASSERT(cls == remapClass(cls));

    // fixme verify class is not in an un-dlopened part of the shared cache?

    auto ro = (const class_ro_t *)cls->data();
    auto isMeta = ro->flags & RO_META;
    if (ro->flags & RO_FUTURE) {
        // This was a future class. rw data is already allocated.
        rw = cls->data();
        ro = cls->data()->ro();
        ASSERT(!isMeta);
        cls->changeInfo(RW_REALIZED|RW_REALIZING, RW_FUTURE);
    } else {
        // Normal class. Allocate writeable class data.
        rw = objc::zalloc<class_rw_t>();
        rw->set_ro(ro);
        rw->flags = RW_REALIZED|RW_REALIZING|isMeta;
        cls->setData(rw);
    }

#if FAST_CACHE_META
    if (isMeta) cls->cache.setBit(FAST_CACHE_META);
#endif

    // Choose an index for this class.
    // Sets cls->instancesRequireRawIsa if indexes no more indexes are available
    cls->chooseClassArrayIndex();

    if (PrintConnecting) {
        _objc_inform("CLASS: realizing class '%s'%s %p %p #%u %s%s",
                     cls->nameForLogging(), isMeta ? " (meta)" : "", 
                     (void*)cls, ro, cls->classArrayIndex(),
                     cls->isSwiftStable() ? "(swift)" : "",
                     cls->isSwiftLegacy() ? "(pre-stable swift)" : "");
    }

    // Realize superclass and metaclass, if they aren't already.
    // This needs to be done after RW_REALIZED is set above, for root classes.
    // This needs to be done after class index is chosen, for root metaclasses.
    // This assumes that none of those classes have Swift contents,
    //   or that Swift's initializers have already been called.
    //   fixme that assumption will be wrong if we add support
    //   for ObjC subclasses of Swift classes.
    supercls = realizeClassWithoutSwift(remapClass(cls->superclass), nil);
    metacls = realizeClassWithoutSwift(remapClass(cls->ISA()), nil);

#if SUPPORT_NONPOINTER_ISA
    if (isMeta) {
        // Metaclasses do not need any features from non pointer ISA
        // This allows for a faspath for classes in objc_retain/objc_release.
        cls->setInstancesRequireRawIsa();
    } else {
        // Disable non-pointer isa for some classes and/or platforms.
        // Set instancesRequireRawIsa.
        bool instancesRequireRawIsa = cls->instancesRequireRawIsa();
        bool rawIsaIsInherited = false;
        static bool hackedDispatch = false;

        if (DisableNonpointerIsa) {
            // Non-pointer isa disabled by environment or app SDK version
            instancesRequireRawIsa = true;
        }
        else if (!hackedDispatch  &&  0 == strcmp(ro->name, "OS_object"))
        {
            // hack for libdispatch et al - isa also acts as vtable pointer
            hackedDispatch = true;
            instancesRequireRawIsa = true;
        }
        else if (supercls  &&  supercls->superclass  &&
                 supercls->instancesRequireRawIsa())
        {
            // This is also propagated by addSubclass()
            // but nonpointer isa setup needs it earlier.
            // Special case: instancesRequireRawIsa does not propagate
            // from root class to root metaclass
            instancesRequireRawIsa = true;
            rawIsaIsInherited = true;
        }

        if (instancesRequireRawIsa) {
            cls->setInstancesRequireRawIsaRecursively(rawIsaIsInherited);
        }
    }
// SUPPORT_NONPOINTER_ISA
#endif

    // Update superclass and metaclass in case of remapping
    cls->superclass = supercls;
    cls->initClassIsa(metacls);

    // Reconcile instance variable offsets / layout.
    // This may reallocate class_ro_t, updating our ro variable.
    if (supercls  &&  !isMeta) reconcileInstanceVariables(cls, supercls, ro);

    // Set fastInstanceSize if it wasn't set already.
    cls->setInstanceSize(ro->instanceSize);

    // Copy some flags from ro to rw
    if (ro->flags & RO_HAS_CXX_STRUCTORS) {
        cls->setHasCxxDtor();
        if (! (ro->flags & RO_HAS_CXX_DTOR_ONLY)) {
            cls->setHasCxxCtor();
        }
    }

    // Propagate the associated objects forbidden flag from ro or from
    // the superclass.
    if ((ro->flags & RO_FORBIDS_ASSOCIATED_OBJECTS) ||
        (supercls && supercls->forbidsAssociatedObjects()))
    {
        rw->flags |= RW_FORBIDS_ASSOCIATED_OBJECTS;
    }

    // Connect this class to its superclass's subclass lists
    if (supercls) {
        addSubclass(supercls, cls);
    } else {
        addRootClass(cls);
    }

    // Attach categories
    methodizeClass(cls, previously);

    return cls;
}

cls->superclass = supercls，cls->initClassIsa(metacls); clas 是一个双向链表结构

通过什么方法查找方法最快速？

我们会想到二分查找方法,二分查找不需要一个一个的去匹配比较。

二分查找方法流程

/***********************************************************************
 * search_method_list_inline
 **********************************************************************/
ALWAYS_INLINE static method_t *
findMethodInSortedMethodList(SEL key, const method_list_t *list)
{
    ASSERT(list);

    const method_t * const first = &list->first;
    const method_t *base = first;
    const method_t *probe;
    uintptr_t keyValue = (uintptr_t)key;
    uint32_t count;

    for (count = list->count; count != 0; count >>= 1) {
        probe = base + (count >> 1);//遍历到中间位置

        uintptr_t probeValue = (uintptr_t)probe->name;

        if (keyValue == probeValue) { //当前要查找的keyValue等于当前遍历的probeValue,即已找到，
                                        直接返回(method_t *)probe;

         // `probe` is a match.
            // Rewind looking for the *first* occurrence of this value.
            // This is required for correct category overrides.
            while (probe > first && keyValue == (uintptr_t)probe[-1].name) {
                probe--;
            }
            return (method_t *)probe;
        }

        if (keyValue > probeValue) {
            base = probe + 1;
            count--;
        }
    }
    return nil;
}

为什么已经找到了还要移位操作？

while (probe > first && keyValue == (uintptr_t)probe[-1].name) {
    probe--;
}

因为所有的类方法首先会加载到内存里面，然后再添加分类方法。

ps：不断的进行二分查找:

if (keyValue > probeValue) {
            base = probe + 1;
            count--;
        }

 log_and_fill_cache内部实现

static voidlog_and_fill_cache(Class cls, IMP imp, SEL sel, id receiver, Class implementer)
{
#if SUPPORT_MESSAGE_LOGGING
    if (slowpath(objcMsgLogEnabled && implementer)) {
        bool cacheIt = logMessageSend(implementer->isMetaClass(), 
                                      cls->nameForLogging(),
                                      implementer->nameForLogging(), 
                                      sel);
        if (!cacheIt) return;
    }
#endif
    // objc_msgSend -> 二分查找自己 -> cache_fill -> objc_msgSend
    cache_fill(cls, sel, imp, receiver);
}

unrecognized selector sent to instance报错真面目

// Default forward handler halts the process.__attribute__((noreturn, cold)) void
objc_defaultForwardHandler(id self, SEL sel)
{
    _objc_fatal("%c[%s %s]: unrecognized selector sent to instance %p "
                "(no message forward handler is installed)", 
                class_isMetaClass(object_getClass(self)) ? '+' : '-', 
                object_getClassName(self), sel_getName(sel), self);
}