From: ko1@...
Date: 2020-11-12T18:44:48+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:100819] [Ruby master Feature#17323] Ractor::LVar to provide ractor-local storage

Issue #17323 has been updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada).


marcandre (Marc-Andre Lafortune) wrote in #note-2:
> - deep-copying the cache is probably faster than having to recalculate part of it
> - more importantly, this would probably be the wrong solution if we had `SharedHash`:

it depends on the problem. per-ractor cache is faster to access because there are no synchronization overhead.

Anyway, cache is not a good example.

I wrote it in GH thread https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/3762#issuecomment-726227262


> I'm not sure it is a feasible example, but we can set separate configuration between ractors.

> Another idea is to provide unshareable, but similar to global variables, such as Random::DEFAULT which is discussed on https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17322.
> We can use LVar to implement Ractor::default.

Maybe we can study with the usage of `Thread#thread_variable_get(sym)`.

but not so many https://gist.github.com/ko1/c00020a2c06dceaf9fd5d930e721651e


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Feature #17323: Ractor::LVar to provide ractor-local storage
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17323#change-88459

* Author: ko1 (Koichi Sasada)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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Ruby supports thread and fiber local storage:

* `Thread#[sym]` provides *Fiber* local storage
* `Thread#thread_variable_get(sym)

These APIs can access other threads/fibers like that:

```ruby
th = Thread.new{
  Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:a, 10)
}
th.join
# access from main thread to child thread
p th.thread_variable_get(:a)
```

To make Ractor local storage, this kind of feature should not be allowed to protect isolation.

This ticket propose alternative API `Ractor::LVar` that allows to provide Ractor local variable.

```ruby
LV1 = Ractor::LVar.new

p LV1.value #=> nil # default value
LV1.value = 'hello' # can set unshareable objects because LVar is ractor local.

Ractor.new do
  LV1.value = 'world' # set Ractor local variable
end.take

p LV1.value #=> 'hello'


# Lvar.new can accept default_proc which should be isolated Proc.

LV2 = Ractor::LVar.new{ "x" * 4 }
p LV2.value #=> "xxxx"
LV2.value = 'yyy'

Ractor.new do
  p LV2.value #=> 'xxx'
end

p LV2.value #=> 'yyy'
```

This API doesn't support accessing from other ractors.

`Ractor::LVar` is from `Ractor::TVar`, but I have no strong opinion about it.
For example, `Ractor::LocalVariable` is longer and clearer.

Implementation: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/3762




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