iOS 源码分析 objc_msgSend class_getInstanceMethod class_getClassMethod 实现原理

消息转发我之前文章有写过，网上也有很多博客，但是消息转发的具体流程，方法查找的具体流程到底是什么样的呢，我们今天来看看源码，看看方法查找的具体流程到底是什么。

class_getInstanceMethod

当我们调用 这个方法，来查找某个类的实力的方法的时候，我们看看都干了什么事，其实 objc_msgSend 还有 class_getClassMethod 是一样的道理，最后都会调到这里，只不过可能前面不同,比如 objc_msgSend,会调用汇编的方法

Method class_getInstanceMethod(Class cls, SEL sel)
{
    if (!cls  ||  !sel) return nil;

    // This deliberately avoids +initialize because it historically did so.

    // This implementation is a bit weird because it's the only place that 
    // wants a Method instead of an IMP.

#warning fixme build and search caches
        
    // Search method lists, try method resolver, etc.
    lookUpImpOrNil(cls, sel, nil, 
                   NO/*initialize*/, NO/*cache*/, YES/*resolver*/);

#warning fixme build and search caches

    return _class_getMethod(cls, sel);
}

我们可以看到调用了lookUpImpOrNil 这个方法,而且苹果还给了注释，// Search method lists, try method resolver, etc.,搜索方法列表和方法解析器，都是什么呢？后面会讲到

/***********************************************************************
* lookUpImpOrNil.
* Like lookUpImpOrForward, but returns nil instead of _objc_msgForward_impcache
**********************************************************************/
IMP lookUpImpOrNil(Class cls, SEL sel, id inst, 
                   bool initialize, bool cache, bool resolver)
{
    IMP imp = lookUpImpOrForward(cls, sel, inst, initialize, cache, resolver);
    if (imp == _objc_msgForward_impcache) return nil;
    else return imp;
}

这个方法调用了另一个方法，关键实现都在这个方法里面

IMP lookUpImpOrForward(Class cls, SEL sel, id inst, 
                       bool initialize, bool cache, bool resolver)
{
    IMP imp = nil;
    bool triedResolver = NO;

    runtimeLock.assertUnlocked();

    // Optimistic cache lookup
    if (cache) {
        imp = cache_getImp(cls, sel);
        if (imp) return imp;
    }

    // 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();
    checkIsKnownClass(cls);

    if (!cls->isRealized()) {
        realizeClass(cls);
    }

    if (initialize  &&  !cls->isInitialized()) {
        runtimeLock.unlock();
        _class_initialize (_class_getNonMetaClass(cls, inst));
        runtimeLock.lock();
        // 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
    }

    
 retry:    
    runtimeLock.assertLocked();

    // Try this class's cache.

    imp = cache_getImp(cls, sel);
    if (imp) goto done;

    // Try this class's method lists.
    {
        Method meth = getMethodNoSuper_nolock(cls, sel);
        if (meth) {
            log_and_fill_cache(cls, meth->imp, sel, inst, cls);
            imp = meth->imp;
            goto done;
        }
    }

    // Try superclass caches and method lists.
    {
        unsigned attempts = unreasonableClassCount();
        for (Class curClass = cls->superclass;
             curClass != nil;
             curClass = curClass->superclass)
        {
            // Halt if there is a cycle in the superclass chain.
            if (--attempts == 0) {
                _objc_fatal("Memory corruption in class list.");
            }
            
            // Superclass cache.
            imp = cache_getImp(curClass, sel);
            if (imp) {
                if (imp != (IMP)_objc_msgForward_impcache) {
                    // Found the method in a superclass. Cache it in this class.
                    log_and_fill_cache(cls, imp, sel, inst, curClass);
                    goto done;
                }
                else {
                    // Found a forward:: entry in a superclass.
                    // Stop searching, but don't cache yet; call method 
                    // resolver for this class first.
                    break;
                }
            }
            
            // Superclass method list.
            Method meth = getMethodNoSuper_nolock(curClass, sel);
            if (meth) {
                log_and_fill_cache(cls, meth->imp, sel, inst, curClass);
                imp = meth->imp;
                goto done;
            }
        }
    }

    // No implementation found. Try method resolver once.

    if (resolver  &&  !triedResolver) {
        runtimeLock.unlock();
        _class_resolveMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        runtimeLock.lock();
        // Don't cache the result; we don't hold the lock so it may have 
        // changed already. Re-do the search from scratch instead.
        triedResolver = YES;
        goto retry;
    }

    // No implementation found, and method resolver didn't help. 
    // Use forwarding.

    imp = (IMP)_objc_msgForward_impcache;
    cache_fill(cls, sel, imp, inst);

 done:
    runtimeLock.unlock();

    return imp;
}

我们来一点一点分析，首先

    runtimeLock.assertUnlocked();

    // Optimistic cache lookup
    if (cache) {
        imp = cache_getImp(cls, sel);
        if (imp) return imp;
    }

    // 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();
    checkIsKnownClass(cls);

首先将runtime锁解开，然后进行无锁缓存列表查找，cache_getImp 其实调用的是汇编方法，从代码上我们可以理解为，如果缓存列表中查到了 imp ，那么直接返回。

接着

if (!cls->isRealized()) {
        realizeClass(cls);
    }

检查类是否有初始化，如果没有初始化，那么初始化我们的类。

static Class realizeClassWithoutSwift(Class cls)
{
    runtimeLock.assertLocked();

    const class_ro_t *ro;
    class_rw_t *rw;
    Class supercls;
    Class metacls;
    bool isMeta;

    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?

    ro = (const class_ro_t *)cls->data();
    if (ro->flags & RO_FUTURE) {
        // This was a future class. rw data is already allocated.
        rw = cls->data();
        ro = cls->data()->ro;
        cls->changeInfo(RW_REALIZED|RW_REALIZING, RW_FUTURE);
    } else {
        // Normal class. Allocate writeable class data.
        rw = (class_rw_t *)calloc(sizeof(class_rw_t), 1);
        rw->ro = ro;
        rw->flags = RW_REALIZED|RW_REALIZING;
        cls->setData(rw);
    }

    isMeta = ro->flags & RO_META;

    rw->version = isMeta ? 7 : 0;  // old runtime went up to 6


    // 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));
    metacls = realizeClassWithoutSwift(remapClass(cls->ISA()));

#if SUPPORT_NONPOINTER_ISA
    // 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  &&  !(ro->flags & RO_META)  &&  
             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->setInstancesRequireRawIsa(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);

    return cls;
}

关于这块，我的前一篇文章，class的本质 中有写到，就是讲方法添加到我们类的方法列表中，并且也会递归创建我们的父类和元类，然后

imp = cache_getImp(cls, sel);
    if (imp) goto done;

在当前类的缓存中查找是否有 imp ，

 if (imp) goto done;

    // Try this class's method lists.
    {
        Method meth = getMethodNoSuper_nolock(cls, sel);
        if (meth) {
            log_and_fill_cache(cls, meth->imp, sel, inst, cls);
            imp = meth->imp;
            goto done;
        }
    }

如果缓存中没有，就去方法列表中查找

static method_t *
getMethodNoSuper_nolock(Class cls, SEL sel)
{
    runtimeLock.assertLocked();

    assert(cls->isRealized());
    // fixme nil cls? 
    // fixme nil sel?

    for (auto mlists = cls->data()->methods.beginLists(), 
              end = cls->data()->methods.endLists(); 
         mlists != end;
         ++mlists)
    {
        method_t *m = search_method_list(*mlists, sel);
        if (m) return m;
    }

    return nil;
}

static method_t *search_method_list(const method_list_t *mlist, SEL sel)
{
    int methodListIsFixedUp = mlist->isFixedUp();
    int methodListHasExpectedSize = mlist->entsize() == sizeof(method_t);
    
    if (__builtin_expect(methodListIsFixedUp && methodListHasExpectedSize, 1)) {
        return findMethodInSortedMethodList(sel, mlist);
    } else {
        // Linear search of unsorted method list
        for (auto& meth : *mlist) {
            if (meth.name == sel) return &meth;
        }
    }

#if DEBUG
    // sanity-check negative results
    if (mlist->isFixedUp()) {
        for (auto& meth : *mlist) {
            if (meth.name == sel) {
                _objc_fatal("linear search worked when binary search did not");
            }
        }
    }
#endif

    return nil;
}

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);
        
        uintptr_t probeValue = (uintptr_t)probe->name;
        
        if (keyValue == probeValue) {
            // `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;
}

利用的是二分查找，从方法列表中，如果找到了，返回 method_t,然后调用 log_and_fill_cache ，加入到他的缓存列表中去，以便于下次查找,接下来

   // Try superclass caches and method lists.
    {
        unsigned attempts = unreasonableClassCount();
        for (Class curClass = cls->superclass;
             curClass != nil;
             curClass = curClass->superclass)
        {

可以看到，去他的superClass 里面查找，

  
            // Superclass cache.
            imp = cache_getImp(curClass, sel);
            if (imp) {
                if (imp != (IMP)_objc_msgForward_impcache) {
                    // Found the method in a superclass. Cache it in this class.
                    log_and_fill_cache(cls, imp, sel, inst, curClass);
                    goto done;
                }
                else {
                    // Found a forward:: entry in a superclass.
                    // Stop searching, but don't cache yet; call method 
                    // resolver for this class first.
                    break;
                }
            }
            
            // Superclass method list.
            Method meth = getMethodNoSuper_nolock(curClass, sel);
            if (meth) {
                log_and_fill_cache(cls, meth->imp, sel, inst, curClass);
                imp = meth->imp;
                goto done;
            }

然后和上面一样，先去父类的缓存中查找，如果查找到了，添加到父类的缓存列表中去

如果在父类中也没有查找到，就进行到下一步，消息转发机制

 if (resolver  &&  !triedResolver) {
        runtimeLock.unlock();
        resolveMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        runtimeLock.lock();
        // Don't cache the result; we don't hold the lock so it may have 
        // changed already. Re-do the search from scratch instead.
        triedResolver = YES;
        goto retry;
    }

static void resolveMethod(Class cls, SEL sel, id inst)
{
    runtimeLock.assertUnlocked();
    assert(cls->isRealized());

    if (! cls->isMetaClass()) {
        // try [cls resolveInstanceMethod:sel]
        resolveInstanceMethod(cls, sel, inst);
    } 
    else {
        // try [nonMetaClass resolveClassMethod:sel]
        // and [cls resolveInstanceMethod:sel]
        resolveClassMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        if (!lookUpImpOrNil(cls, sel, inst, 
                            NO/*initialize*/, YES/*cache*/, NO/*resolver*/)) 
        {
            resolveInstanceMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        }
    }
}

其实就是判断是否实现了，resolveInstanceMethod 和 resolveClassMethod 方法，里面其实调用的还是 objc_msgSend,查看是否实现了这个方法,如果是 resolveClassMethod 会瞎按查找是否实现了 class method，然后在尝试查找一次 resolveInstanceMethod,如果没有会在 retry 一次,如果这个方法还没有实现，没关系，还有下一步

    // No implementation found, and method resolver didn't help. 
    // Use forwarding.

    imp = (IMP)_objc_msgForward_impcache;
    cache_fill(cls, sel, imp, inst);

其实就是判断是否实现了 forwardInvocation 这个方法，如果找到就添加到当前缓存中去，

这就是我们整个方法查找的过程

我们在深入探索一下 resolveMethod 这个方法，当我们不是元类的时候，会调用这个方法

static void _class_resolveInstanceMethod(Class cls, SEL sel, id inst)
{
    Class met = cls->ISA();
    if (! lookUpImpOrNil(cls->ISA(), SEL_resolveInstanceMethod, cls, 
                         NO/*initialize*/, YES/*cache*/, NO/*resolver*/)) 
    {
        // Resolver not implemented.
        return;
    }

    BOOL (*msg)(Class, SEL, SEL) = (typeof(msg))objc_msgSend;
    bool resolved = msg(cls, SEL_resolveInstanceMethod, sel);

    // Cache the result (good or bad) so the resolver doesn't fire next time.
    // +resolveInstanceMethod adds to self a.k.a. cls
    IMP imp = lookUpImpOrNil(cls, sel, inst, 
                             NO/*initialize*/, YES/*cache*/, NO/*resolver*/);

    if (resolved  &&  PrintResolving) {
        if (imp) {
            _objc_inform("RESOLVE: method %c[%s %s] "
                         "dynamically resolved to %p", 
                         cls->isMetaClass() ? '+' : '-', 
                         cls->nameForLogging(), sel_getName(sel), imp);
        }
        else {
            // Method resolver didn't add anything?
            _objc_inform("RESOLVE: +[%s resolveInstanceMethod:%s] returned YES"
                         ", but no new implementation of %c[%s %s] was found",
                         cls->nameForLogging(), sel_getName(sel), 
                         cls->isMetaClass() ? '+' : '-', 
                         cls->nameForLogging(), sel_getName(sel));
        }
    }
}

这个方法首先会检测，是否实现了 SEL_resolveInstanceMethod 这个方法，也就是 resolveInstanceMethod ，,会沿着继承链一直上找，知道找到nsobject，如果我们实现了，会通过调用 objc_msgSend 向我们的类发送消息，调用这个方法，然后接下来，会 lookUpImpOrNil
调用这个方法，因为我们可能在 那个方法里面动态添加方法，这时候再去查找，就能查找到了,如果继承连都没有找到，这时候会走我们的消息转发流程，也就是 forward，这个苹果是闭源的，会为我们再次调用此意 resolveInstanceMethod

我们再看是元类的情况下

 else {
        // try [nonMetaClass resolveClassMethod:sel]
        // and [cls resolveInstanceMethod:sel]
        resolveClassMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        if (!lookUpImpOrNil(cls, sel, inst, 
                            NO/*initialize*/, YES/*cache*/, NO/*resolver*/)) 
        {
            resolveInstanceMethod(cls, sel, inst);
        }
    }

首先会调用 resolveClassMethod,然后发送消息，如果找不到，因为按照继承连最后都会找到 nsobject，元类的父类为根源类，根源类通过isa也是指向自己，而根源类的父类为 nsobject，所以，看源码，最后是去nsobject调用了 resolveInstanceMethod 这个方法。