iOS dealloc的底层调用实现

当我们在项目中调用dealloc方法的时候，它在底层到底做了哪些工作呢？

// Replaced by NSZombies
- (void)dealloc {
    _objc_rootDealloc(self);
}

void
_objc_rootDealloc(id obj)
{
    assert(obj);

    obj->rootDealloc();
}


inline void
objc_object::rootDealloc()
{
    if (isTaggedPointer()) return;  // fixme necessary?

    if (fastpath(isa.nonpointer  &&   //无指针指向
                 !isa.weakly_referenced  &&  //无弱引用
                 !isa.has_assoc  &&  //无关联对象
                 !isa.has_cxx_dtor  &&  //无cxx析构函数
                 !isa.has_sidetable_rc)) //无散列表引用计数
    {
        assert(!sidetable_present());
        free(this); //直接释放
    } 
    else {
        object_dispose((id)this);//则做其他操作
    }
}



/***********************************************************************
* object_dispose
* fixme
* Locking: none
**********************************************************************/
id 
object_dispose(id obj)
{
    if (!obj) return nil;

    objc_destructInstance(obj);    
    free(obj);

    return nil;
}



/***********************************************************************
* objc_destructInstance
* Destroys an instance without freeing memory. 
* Calls C++ destructors.
* Calls ARC ivar cleanup.
* Removes associative references.
* Returns `obj`. Does nothing if `obj` is nil.
**********************************************************************/
void *objc_destructInstance(id obj) 
{
    if (obj) {
        // Read all of the flags at once for performance.
        bool cxx = obj->hasCxxDtor();
        bool assoc = obj->hasAssociatedObjects();

        // This order is important.
        if (cxx) object_cxxDestruct(obj);//清楚成员变量
        if (assoc) _object_remove_assocations(obj);
        obj->clearDeallocating(); //将指向当前对象的若指针置为nil
    }
 
    return obj;
}

//内联函数 是否有cxx析构函数
inline bool
objc_object::hasCxxDtor()
{
    assert(!isTaggedPointer());
    if (isa.nonpointer) return isa.has_cxx_dtor;
    else return isa.cls->hasCxxDtor();
}

//内联函数 是否有关联对象
inline bool
objc_object::hasAssociatedObjects()
{
    if (isTaggedPointer()) return true;
    if (isa.nonpointer) return isa.has_assoc;
    return true;
}


/***********************************************************************
* object_cxxDestruct.
* Call C++ destructors on obj, if any.
* Uses methodListLock and cacheUpdateLock. The caller must hold neither.
**********************************************************************/
void object_cxxDestruct(id obj)
{
    if (!obj) return;
    if (obj->isTaggedPointer()) return;
    object_cxxDestructFromClass(obj, obj->ISA());
}


/***********************************************************************
* object_cxxDestructFromClass.
* Call C++ destructors on obj, starting with cls's 
*   dtor method (if any) followed by superclasses' dtors (if any), 
*   stopping at cls's dtor (if any).
* Uses methodListLock and cacheUpdateLock. The caller must hold neither.
**********************************************************************/
static void object_cxxDestructFromClass(id obj, Class cls)
{
    void (*dtor)(id);

    // Call cls's dtor first, then superclasses's dtors.

    for ( ; cls; cls = cls->superclass) {
        if (!cls->hasCxxDtor()) return; 
        dtor = (void(*)(id))
            lookupMethodInClassAndLoadCache(cls, SEL_cxx_destruct);
        if (dtor != (void(*)(id))_objc_msgForward_impcache) {
            if (PrintCxxCtors) {
                _objc_inform("CXX: calling C++ destructors for class %s", 
                             cls->nameForLogging());
            }
            (*dtor)(obj);
        }
    }
}

//移除关联对象
void _object_remove_assocations(id object) {
    vector< ObjcAssociation,ObjcAllocator<ObjcAssociation> > elements;
    {
        AssociationsManager manager;
        AssociationsHashMap &associations(manager.associations());
        if (associations.size() == 0) return;
        disguised_ptr_t disguised_object = DISGUISE(object);
        AssociationsHashMap::iterator i = associations.find(disguised_object);
        if (i != associations.end()) {
            // copy all of the associations that need to be removed.
            ObjectAssociationMap *refs = i->second;
            for (ObjectAssociationMap::iterator j = refs->begin(), end = refs->end(); j != end; ++j) {
                elements.push_back(j->second);
            }
            // remove the secondary table.
            delete refs;
            associations.erase(i);
        }
    }
    // the calls to releaseValue() happen outside of the lock.
    for_each(elements.begin(), elements.end(), ReleaseValue());
}



//内联函数  
inline void 
objc_object::clearDeallocating()
{
    if (slowpath(!isa.nonpointer)) {
        // Slow path for raw pointer isa.
        sidetable_clearDeallocating();
    }
    else if (slowpath(isa.weakly_referenced  ||  isa.has_sidetable_rc)) {
        // Slow path for non-pointer isa with weak refs and/or side table data.
        clearDeallocating_slow();
    }

    assert(!sidetable_present());
}


// Slow path of clearDeallocating() 
// for objects with nonpointer isa
// that were ever weakly referenced 
// or whose retain count ever overflowed to the side table.
NEVER_INLINE void
objc_object::clearDeallocating_slow()
{
    assert(isa.nonpointer  &&  (isa.weakly_referenced || isa.has_sidetable_rc));

    SideTable& table = SideTables()[this];
    table.lock();
    if (isa.weakly_referenced) {
        weak_clear_no_lock(&table.weak_table, (id)this);
    }
    if (isa.has_sidetable_rc) {
        table.refcnts.erase(this);
    }
    table.unlock();
}

#endif

//散列表结构
struct SideTable {
    spinlock_t slock;
    RefcountMap refcnts;
    weak_table_t weak_table;

    SideTable() {
        memset(&weak_table, 0, sizeof(weak_table));
    }

    ~SideTable() {
        _objc_fatal("Do not delete SideTable.");
    }

    void lock() { slock.lock(); }
    void unlock() { slock.unlock(); }
    void forceReset() { slock.forceReset(); }

    // Address-ordered lock discipline for a pair of side tables.

    template<HaveOld, HaveNew>
    static void lockTwo(SideTable *lock1, SideTable *lock2);
    template<HaveOld, HaveNew>
    static void unlockTwo(SideTable *lock1, SideTable *lock2);
};


/** 
 * Called by dealloc; nils out all weak pointers that point to the 
 * provided object so that they can no longer be used.
 * 
 * @param weak_table 
 * @param referent The object being deallocated. 
 */
void 
weak_clear_no_lock(weak_table_t *weak_table, id referent_id) 
{
    objc_object *referent = (objc_object *)referent_id;

    weak_entry_t *entry = weak_entry_for_referent(weak_table, referent);
    if (entry == nil) {
        /// XXX shouldn't happen, but does with mismatched CF/objc
        //printf("XXX no entry for clear deallocating %p\n", referent);
        return;
    }

    // zero out references
    weak_referrer_t *referrers;
    size_t count;
    
    if (entry->out_of_line()) {
        referrers = entry->referrers;
        count = TABLE_SIZE(entry);
    } 
    else {
        referrers = entry->inline_referrers;
        count = WEAK_INLINE_COUNT;
    }
    
    for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
        objc_object **referrer = referrers[i];
        if (referrer) {
            if (*referrer == referent) {
                *referrer = nil;
            }
            else if (*referrer) {
                _objc_inform("__weak variable at %p holds %p instead of %p. "
                             "This is probably incorrect use of "
                             "objc_storeWeak() and objc_loadWeak(). "
                             "Break on objc_weak_error to debug.\n", 
                             referrer, (void*)*referrer, (void*)referent);
                objc_weak_error();
            }
        }
    }
    
    weak_entry_remove(weak_table, entry);
}



/** 
 * Return the weak reference table entry for the given referent. 
 * If there is no entry for referent, return NULL. 
 * Performs a lookup.
 *
 * @param weak_table 
 * @param referent The object. Must not be nil.
 * 
 * @return The table of weak referrers to this object. 
 */
static weak_entry_t *
weak_entry_for_referent(weak_table_t *weak_table, objc_object *referent)
{
    assert(referent); //referent不能为空

    weak_entry_t *weak_entries = weak_table->weak_entries;

    if (!weak_entries) return nil;

    size_t begin = hash_pointer(referent) & weak_table->mask;
    size_t index = begin;
    size_t hash_displacement = 0;
    while (weak_table->weak_entries[index].referent != referent) {
        index = (index+1) & weak_table->mask;
        if (index == begin) bad_weak_table(weak_table->weak_entries);
        hash_displacement++;
        if (hash_displacement > weak_table->max_hash_displacement) {
            return nil;
        }
    }
    
    return &weak_table->weak_entries[index];
}



//弱引用列表结构
/**
 * The global weak references table. Stores object ids as keys,
 * and weak_entry_t structs as their values.
 */
struct weak_table_t {
    weak_entry_t *weak_entries;
    size_t    num_entries;
    uintptr_t mask;
    uintptr_t max_hash_displacement;
};


//哈希表
/** 
 * Unique hash function for object pointers only.
 * 
 * @param key The object pointer
 * 
 * @return Size unrestricted hash of pointer.
 */
static inline uintptr_t hash_pointer(objc_object *key) {
    return ptr_hash((uintptr_t)key);
}


// Based on principles from http://locklessinc.com/articles/fast_hash/
// and evaluation ideas from http://floodyberry.com/noncryptohashzoo/
#if __LP64__
static inline uint32_t ptr_hash(uint64_t key)
{
    key ^= key >> 4;
    key *= 0x8a970be7488fda55;
    key ^= __builtin_bswap64(key);
    return (uint32_t)key;
}
#else
static inline uint32_t ptr_hash(uint32_t key)
{
    key ^= key >> 4;
    key *= 0x5052acdb;
    key ^= __builtin_bswap32(key);
    return key;
}
#endif

小结：
dealloc—>_objc_rootDealloc—>rootDealloc—>object_dispose—>objc_destructInstance—>free