Merge pull request #1570 from akka/wip-the-great-un-nulling-√

Removing the use of 'null' in LARS

akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SchedulerSpec.scala

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ trait SchedulerSpec extends BeforeAndAfterEach with DefaultTimeout with Implicit
           case Msg(ts) ⇒
             val now = System.nanoTime
             // Make sure that no message has been dispatched before the scheduled time (10ms) has occurred
-            if (now - ts < 5.millis.toNanos) throw new RuntimeException("Interval is too small: " + (now - ts))
+            if (now < ts) throw new RuntimeException("Interval is too small: " + (now - ts))
             ticks.countDown()
         }
       }))

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Scheduler.scala

@@ -276,16 +276,15 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
       case SchedulerException(msg) ⇒ throw new IllegalStateException(msg)
     }
 
-  private def execDirectly(t: TimerTask): Unit = {
+  override def close(): Unit = Await.result(stop(), getShutdownTimeout) foreach {
-    try t.run() catch {
+    task ⇒
-      case e: InterruptedException ⇒ throw e
+      try task.run() catch {
-      case _: SchedulerException   ⇒ // ignore terminated actors
+        case e: InterruptedException ⇒ throw e
-      case NonFatal(e)             ⇒ log.error(e, "exception while executing timer task")
+        case _: SchedulerException   ⇒ // ignore terminated actors
-    }
+        case NonFatal(e)             ⇒ log.error(e, "exception while executing timer task")
+      }
   }
 
-  override def close(): Unit = Await.result(stop(), getShutdownTimeout) foreach execDirectly
-
   override val maxFrequency: Double = 1.second / TickDuration
 
   /*
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
     }
 
   private val stopped = new AtomicReference[Promise[immutable.Seq[TimerTask]]]
-  def stop(): Future[immutable.Seq[TimerTask]] = {
+  private def stop(): Future[immutable.Seq[TimerTask]] = {
     val p = Promise[immutable.Seq[TimerTask]]()
     if (stopped.compareAndSet(null, p)) {
       // Interrupting the timer thread to make it shut down faster is not good since
@@ -341,25 +340,23 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
     }
 
     @tailrec
-    private def checkQueue(time: Long, pastExec: Boolean): Unit = queue.pollNode() match {
+    private def checkQueue(time: Long): Unit = queue.pollNode() match {
       case null ⇒ ()
       case node ⇒
-        if (node.value.ticks == 0) {
+        node.value.ticks match {
-          node.value.executeTask()
+          case 0 ⇒ node.value.executeTask()
-        } else {
+          case ticks ⇒
-          val futureTick = ((time + node.value.ticks * tickNanos - start) / tickNanos).toInt
+            val futureTick = ((
-          val offset = futureTick - tick
+              time - start + // calculate the nanos since timer start
-          val bucket = futureTick & wheelMask
+              (ticks * tickNanos) + // adding the desired delay
-          val isCurrent = (offset & wheelMask) == 0
+              tickNanos - 1 // rounding up
-          /*
+              ) / tickNanos).toInt // and converting to slot number
-           * if we enqueue into the current bucket after having executed its contents,
+            val offset = futureTick - tick
-           * we must correct for this because otherwise the task would execute one 
+            val bucket = futureTick & wheelMask
-           * rotation later than requested
+            node.value.ticks = offset
-           */
+            wheel(bucket).addNode(node)
-          node.value.ticks = if (pastExec && isCurrent) offset - WheelSize else offset
-          wheel(bucket).addNode(node)
         }
-        checkQueue(time, pastExec)
+        checkQueue(time)
     }
 
     override final def run =
@@ -388,11 +385,11 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
 
     @tailrec final def nextTick(): Unit = {
       val time = clock()
-      val sleepTime = start + tick * tickNanos - time
+      val sleepTime = start + (tick * tickNanos) - time
 
       if (sleepTime > 0) {
         // check the queue before taking a nap
-        checkQueue(time, pastExec = false)
+        checkQueue(time)
         waitNanos(sleepTime)
       } else {
         val bucket = tick & wheelMask
@@ -414,9 +411,6 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
         executeBucket()
         wheel(bucket) = putBack
 
-        // check the queue now so that ticks==0 tasks can execute immediately
-        checkQueue(clock(), pastExec = true)
-
         tick += 1
       }
       stopped.get match {
@@ -432,7 +426,7 @@ class LightArrayRevolverScheduler(config: Config,
 }
 
 object LightArrayRevolverScheduler {
-  private val taskOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset(classOf[TaskHolder].getDeclaredField("task"))
+  private[this] val taskOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset(classOf[TaskHolder].getDeclaredField("task"))
 
   private class TaskQueue extends AbstractNodeQueue[TaskHolder]
 
@@ -448,17 +442,14 @@ object LightArrayRevolverScheduler {
     extends TimerTask {
 
     @tailrec
-    private final def extractTask(cancel: Boolean): Runnable = {
+    private final def extractTask(replaceWith: Runnable): Runnable =
       task match {
-        case null | CancelledTask ⇒ null // null means expired
+        case t @ (ExecutedTask | CancelledTask) ⇒ t
-        case x ⇒
+        case x                                  ⇒ if (unsafe.compareAndSwapObject(this, taskOffset, x, replaceWith)) x else extractTask(replaceWith)
-          if (unsafe.compareAndSwapObject(this, taskOffset, x, if (cancel) CancelledTask else null)) x
-          else extractTask(cancel)
       }
-    }
 
-    private[akka] final def executeTask(): Boolean = extractTask(cancel = false) match {
+    private[akka] final def executeTask(): Boolean = extractTask(ExecutedTask) match {
-      case null | CancelledTask ⇒ false
+      case ExecutedTask | CancelledTask ⇒ false
       case other ⇒
         try {
           executionContext execute other
@@ -469,28 +460,27 @@ object LightArrayRevolverScheduler {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
+    // This should only be called in execDirectly
-     * utility method to directly run the task, e.g. as clean-up action
+    override def run(): Unit = extractTask(ExecutedTask).run()
-     */
-    def run(): Unit = extractTask(cancel = false) match {
-      case null ⇒
-      case r    ⇒ r.run()
-    }
 
-    override def cancel(): Boolean = extractTask(cancel = true) != null
+    override def cancel(): Boolean = extractTask(CancelledTask) match {
+      case ExecutedTask | CancelledTask ⇒ false
+      case _                            ⇒ true
+    }
 
     override def isCancelled: Boolean = task eq CancelledTask
   }
 
-  private val CancelledTask = new Runnable { def run = () }
+  private[this] val CancelledTask = new Runnable { def run = () }
+  private[this] val ExecutedTask = new Runnable { def run = () }
 
-  private val NotCancellable = new TimerTask {
+  private val NotCancellable: TimerTask = new TimerTask {
     def cancel(): Boolean = false
     def isCancelled: Boolean = false
     def run(): Unit = ()
   }
 
-  private val InitialRepeatMarker = new Cancellable {
+  private val InitialRepeatMarker: Cancellable = new Cancellable {
     def cancel(): Boolean = false
     def isCancelled: Boolean = false
   }

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/dsl/Inbox.scala

@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ trait Inbox { this: ActorDSL.type ⇒
         import context.dispatcher
         if (currentDeadline.isEmpty) {
           currentDeadline = Some((next, context.system.scheduler.scheduleOnce(next.timeLeft, self, Kick)))
-        } else if (currentDeadline.get._1 != next) {
+        } else {
+          // must not rely on the Scheduler to not fire early (for robustness)
           currentDeadline.get._2.cancel()
           currentDeadline = Some((next, context.system.scheduler.scheduleOnce(next.timeLeft, self, Kick)))
         }