Merge pull request #3178 from guillep/3157-Partial-Fix-Experiment-to-test-FreeType-Problem-backport

Fix for corrupted fonts in Pharo7

Author: guillep

src/FreeType-Tests/FreeTypeCacheTest.class.st

@@ -118,6 +118,59 @@ FreeTypeCacheTest >> testFreeTypeCacheEntry [
 	self assert: f = f3. "equality not based on nextLink"
 ]
 
+{ #category : #tests }
+FreeTypeCacheTest >> testGlyphAccessIsThreadSafe [
+	"This test tests that concurrent glyph access does not break FreeType's cache.
+	Basically the test renders a Rubric morph in concurrent green threads on a big string, and then we compare that the drawn morphs should be bit identical.
+	We have made some measurements and observed that putting three concurrent processes made the chance of hitting the bug to almost 94%.
+	We arrived to this 94% by (repeteadly) running this test 100 times and observing the number of broken cases (and calculating the average).
+	
+	By applying some probabilities, we concluded that running it just 5 times makes it highly reproducible.
+	
+	p := 0.94 asScaledDecimal.
+	hittingTheBug := 0.
+	notHittingTheBug := 1 - hittingTheBug.
+	4 timesRepeat: [ 
+		hittingTheBug := hittingTheBug + (notHittingTheBug * p).
+		notHittingTheBug := 1 - hittingTheBug ].
+	hittingTheBug.
+	
+	After 5 iterations, hittingTheBug = 0.99999969s8.
+	
+	Still, this test is weak in terms of dependencies because it depends in the rendering of Morphic and Rubrik.
+	However, trying to simplify it makes the loop inside the testBlock tighter producing less race conditions, and thus it makes the probability of the test drop from 94% to <40%.
+	"	
+
+	| iterations concurrencyLevel |
+	self timeLimit: 10 seconds.
+	iterations := 5.
+	concurrencyLevel := 3.
+	
+	iterations timesRepeat: [
+		 | sem text canvases testBlock |
+		sem := Semaphore new.
+		text := (String loremIpsum: 25*1024).
+		FreeTypeCache current removeAll.
+		canvases := OrderedCollection new.
+			
+		testBlock := [  | canvas |
+			canvas := FormCanvas extent: 1000@1000.
+			canvases add: canvas.
+			(RubScrolledTextMorph new)
+					setText: text;
+					font: StandardFonts codeFont;
+					bounds: (0@0 corner: canvas form extent);
+					fullDrawOn: canvas.
+			sem signal ].
+
+		concurrencyLevel timesRepeat: [ testBlock forkAt: 39 ].
+		concurrencyLevel timesRepeat: [ sem wait ].	
+	
+		self assert: (canvases collect: [ :each | each form bits ] as: Set) size equals: 1 ].
+
+
+]
+
 { #category : #tests }
 FreeTypeCacheTest >> testInstanceInitialization [
 	self assert: (cache instVarNamed: #maximumSize) = FreeTypeCache defaultMaximumSize.

src/FreeType/FreeTypeFont.class.st

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Class {
 		'cachedAscent',
 		'cachedDescent',
 		'subPixelPositioned',
-		'symbolFont'
+		'symbolFont',
+		'mutex'
 	],
 	#pools : [
 		'FT2Constants',
@@ -383,12 +384,13 @@ FreeTypeFont >> glyphOf: aCharacter colorValue: aColorValue mono: monoBoolean su
 		charCode: aCharacter asUnicode asInteger
 		type: ((1+sub) << 32) + aColorValue
 		ifAbsentPut: [
-			FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
-				glyphOf: aCharacter 
-				colorValue: aColorValue 
-				mono: monoBoolean 
-				subpixelPosition: sub 
-				font: self]
+			self mutex critical: [ 
+				FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
+					glyphOf: aCharacter 
+					colorValue: aColorValue 
+					mono: monoBoolean 
+					subpixelPosition: sub 
+					font: self]]
 
 
 ]
@@ -664,14 +666,21 @@ FreeTypeFont >> mode41GlyphOf: aCharacter colorValue: aColorValue mono: monoBool
 		charCode: aCharacter asUnicode asInteger
 		type: (FreeTypeCacheGlyph + sub)
 		ifAbsentPut: [
-			FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
-				mode41GlyphOf: aCharacter 
-				colorValue: aColorValue 
-				mono: monoBoolean 
-				subpixelPosition: sub 
-				font: self]
+			self mutex critical: [ 
+				FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
+					mode41GlyphOf: aCharacter 
+					colorValue: aColorValue 
+					mono: monoBoolean 
+					subpixelPosition: sub 
+					font: self]]
+
 
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+FreeTypeFont >> mutex [
 
+	^ mutex ifNil: [ mutex := Semaphore forMutualExclusion ]
 ]
 
 { #category : #measuring }
@@ -790,12 +799,13 @@ FreeTypeFont >> subGlyphOf: aCharacter colorValue: aColorValue mono: monoBoolean
 		charCode: aCharacter asUnicode asInteger
 		type: FreeTypeCacheGlyphLCD + sub
 		ifAbsentPut: [
-			FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
-				subGlyphOf: aCharacter 
-				colorValue: aColorValue 
-				mono: monoBoolean 
-				subpixelPosition: sub 
-				font: self]
+			self mutex critical: [ 
+				FreeTypeGlyphRenderer current
+					subGlyphOf: aCharacter 
+					colorValue: aColorValue 
+					mono: monoBoolean 
+					subpixelPosition: sub 
+					font: self]]
 
 
 ]