Add support for unregistering of custom meta types.

This patch addresses a specific Qml problem, where the meta types list
will grow indefinitely when unloading and reloading Qml components over
and over (in an failed effort to save memory).

The implementation is not specific to Qml though, but will cater to all
use-cases where registered types may not live until the application's
termination.

Change-Id: Ic0224dcd19aeb559715ef088b22a30509be2456b
Reviewed-by: Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@theqtcompany.com>

1 files changed, 57 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
index d4a69ee4b9..3b70ef92ed 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp
@@ -872,13 +872,17 @@ static inline int qMetaTypeStaticType(const char *typeName, int length)
     \internal
     Similar to QMetaType::type(), but only looks in the custom set of
     types, and doesn't lock the mutex.
+    The extra \a firstInvalidIndex parameter is an easy way to avoid
+    iterating over customTypes() a second time in registerNormalizedType().
 */
-static int qMetaTypeCustomType_unlocked(const char *typeName, int length)
+static int qMetaTypeCustomType_unlocked(const char *typeName, int length, int *firstInvalidIndex = 0)
 {
     const QVector<QCustomTypeInfo> * const ct = customTypes();
     if (!ct)
         return QMetaType::UnknownType;
 
+    if (firstInvalidIndex)
+        *firstInvalidIndex = -1;
     for (int v = 0; v < ct->count(); ++v) {
         const QCustomTypeInfo &customInfo = ct->at(v);
         if ((length == customInfo.typeName.size())
@@ -887,6 +891,8 @@ static int qMetaTypeCustomType_unlocked(const char *typeName, int length)
                 return customInfo.alias;
             return v + QMetaType::User;
         }
+        if (firstInvalidIndex && (*firstInvalidIndex < 0) && customInfo.typeName.isEmpty())
+            *firstInvalidIndex = v;
     }
     return QMetaType::UnknownType;
 }
@@ -907,6 +913,39 @@ int QMetaType::registerType(const char *typeName, Deleter deleter,
 
 /*!
     \internal
+    \since 5.5
+
+    Unregisters the user type with the given \a typeId and all its aliases.
+    Returns \c true if the type was unregistered or \c false otherwise.
+
+    This function was added for QML to be able to deregister types after
+    they are unloaded to prevent an infinite increase in custom types for
+    applications that are unloading/reloading components often.
+ */
+bool QMetaType::unregisterType(int type)
+{
+    QWriteLocker locker(customTypesLock());
+    QVector<QCustomTypeInfo> *ct = customTypes();
+
+    // check if user type
+    if ((type < User) || ((type - User) >= ct->size()))
+        return false;
+
+    // only types without Q_DECLARE_METATYPE can be unregistered
+    if (ct->data()[type - User].flags & WasDeclaredAsMetaType)
+        return false;
+
+    // invalidate type and all its alias entries
+    for (int v = 0; v < ct->count(); ++v) {
+        if (((v + User) == type) || (ct->at(v).alias == type))
+            ct->data()[v].typeName.clear();
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+/*!
+    \internal
     \since 5.0
 
     Registers a user type for marshalling, with \a typeName, a \a
@@ -977,8 +1016,10 @@ int QMetaType::registerNormalizedType(const NS(QByteArray) &normalizedTypeName,
     int previousFlags = 0;
     if (idx == UnknownType) {
         QWriteLocker locker(customTypesLock());
+        int posInVector = -1;
         idx = qMetaTypeCustomType_unlocked(normalizedTypeName.constData(),
-                                           normalizedTypeName.size());
+                                           normalizedTypeName.size(),
+                                           &posInVector);
         if (idx == UnknownType) {
             QCustomTypeInfo inf;
             inf.typeName = normalizedTypeName;
@@ -992,8 +1033,13 @@ int QMetaType::registerNormalizedType(const NS(QByteArray) &normalizedTypeName,
             inf.size = size;
             inf.flags = flags;
             inf.metaObject = metaObject;
-            idx = ct->size() + User;
-            ct->append(inf);
+            if (posInVector == -1) {
+                idx = ct->size() + User;
+                ct->append(inf);
+            } else {
+                idx = posInVector + User;
+                ct->data()[posInVector] = inf;
+            }
             return idx;
         }
 
@@ -1075,14 +1121,19 @@ int QMetaType::registerNormalizedTypedef(const NS(QByteArray) &normalizedTypeNam
 
     if (idx == UnknownType) {
         QWriteLocker locker(customTypesLock());
+        int posInVector = -1;
         idx = qMetaTypeCustomType_unlocked(normalizedTypeName.constData(),
-                                               normalizedTypeName.size());
+                                               normalizedTypeName.size(),
+                                               &posInVector);
 
         if (idx == UnknownType) {
             QCustomTypeInfo inf;
             inf.typeName = normalizedTypeName;
             inf.alias = aliasId;
-            ct->append(inf);
+            if (posInVector == -1)
+                ct->append(inf);
+            else
+                ct->data()[posInVector] = inf;
             return aliasId;
         }
     }