Trait sgx_tstd::marker::Sync1.0.0[][src]

#[lang = "sync"]
pub unsafe auto trait Sync { }

Types for which it is safe to share references between threads.

This trait is automatically implemented when the compiler determines it's appropriate.

The precise definition is: a type T is Sync if and only if &T is Send. In other words, if there is no possibility of undefined behavior (including data races) when passing &T references between threads.

As one would expect, primitive types like u8 and f64 are all Sync, and so are simple aggregate types containing them, like tuples, structs and enums. More examples of basic Sync types include "immutable" types like &T, and those with simple inherited mutability, such as Box<T>, Vec<T> and most other collection types. (Generic parameters need to be Sync for their container to be Sync.)

A somewhat surprising consequence of the definition is that &mut T is Sync (if T is Sync) even though it seems like that might provide unsynchronized mutation. The trick is that a mutable reference behind a shared reference (that is, & &mut T) becomes read-only, as if it were a & &T. Hence there is no risk of a data race.

Types that are not Sync are those that have "interior mutability" in a non-thread-safe form, such as cell::Cell and cell::RefCell. These types allow for mutation of their contents even through an immutable, shared reference. For example the set method on Cell<T> takes &self, so it requires only a shared reference &Cell<T>. The method performs no synchronization, thus Cell cannot be Sync.

Another example of a non-Sync type is the reference-counting pointer rc::Rc. Given any reference &Rc<T>, you can clone a new Rc<T>, modifying the reference counts in a non-atomic way.

For cases when one does need thread-safe interior mutability, Rust provides atomic data types, as well as explicit locking via sync::Mutex and sync::RwLock. These types ensure that any mutation cannot cause data races, hence the types are Sync. Likewise, sync::Arc provides a thread-safe analogue of Rc.

Any types with interior mutability must also use the cell::UnsafeCell wrapper around the value(s) which can be mutated through a shared reference. Failing to doing this is undefined behavior. For example, transmute-ing from &T to &mut T is invalid.

See the Nomicon for more details about Sync.

Implementations on Foreign Types

impl !Sync for LocalWaker
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impl Sync for Waker
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impl Sync for Argument

impl Sync for FormatSpec

impl Sync for Alignment

impl Sync for Count

impl Sync for Position

impl Sync for stat

impl Sync for stat64

impl Sync for timeval

impl Sync for timespec

impl Sync for sockaddr

impl Sync for sockaddr_in

impl Sync for sockaddr_in6

impl Sync for sockaddr_un

impl Sync for sockaddr_storage

impl !Sync for addrinfo

impl Sync for sockaddr_nl

impl Sync for sockaddr_ll

impl Sync for fd_set

impl !Sync for tm

impl Sync for in_addr

impl Sync for in6_addr

impl Sync for ip_mreq

impl Sync for ipv6_mreq

impl !Sync for hostent

impl !Sync for iovec

impl Sync for pollfd

impl Sync for winsize

impl Sync for linger

impl !Sync for sigval

impl Sync for c_void

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