nix_api_expr: add error handling to incref, decref

src/libexpr/nix_api_expr.cc

@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ std::unordered_map<
 
 std::mutex nix_refcount_lock;
 
-void nix_gc_incref(const void *p) {
+nix_err nix_gc_incref(nix_c_context *context, const void *p) {
+  if (context)
+    context->last_err_code = NIX_OK;
+  try {
     std::scoped_lock lock(nix_refcount_lock);
     auto f = nix_refcounts.find(p);
     if (f != nix_refcounts.end()) {
@@ -119,24 +122,38 @@ void nix_gc_incref(const void *p) {
       nix_refcounts[p] = 1;
     }
   }
+  NIXC_CATCH_ERRS
+}
 
-void nix_gc_decref(const void *p) {
+nix_err nix_gc_decref(nix_c_context *context, const void *p) {
+
+  if (context)
+    context->last_err_code = NIX_OK;
+  try {
     std::scoped_lock lock(nix_refcount_lock);
     auto f = nix_refcounts.find(p);
     if (f != nix_refcounts.end()) {
-    if (f->second == 1)
+      if (--f->second == 0)
         nix_refcounts.erase(f);
-    else
+    } else
-      f->second--;
+      throw std::runtime_error("nix_gc_decref: object was not referenced");
   }
-  // todo: else { throw? }
+  NIXC_CATCH_ERRS
 }
 
 void nix_gc_now() { GC_gcollect(); }
 
 #else
-void nix_gc_incref(const void *) {}
+void nix_gc_incref(nix_c_context *context, const void *) {
-void nix_gc_decref(const void *) {}
+  if (context)
+    context->last_err_code = NIX_OK;
+  return NIX_OK;
+}
+void nix_gc_decref(nix_c_context *context, const void *) {
+  if (context)
+    context->last_err_code = NIX_OK;
+  return NIX_OK;
+}
 void nix_gc_now() {}
 #endif
 

src/libexpr/nix_api_expr.h

@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ void nix_state_free(State *state);
  *
  * @param[in] object The object to keep alive
  */
-void nix_gc_incref(const void *);
+nix_err nix_gc_incref(nix_c_context *, const void *);
 /**
  * @brief Decrease the GC refcount
  *
  * @param[in] object The object to stop referencing
  */
-void nix_gc_decref(const void *);
+nix_err nix_gc_decref(nix_c_context *, const void *);
 
 /**
  * @brief Trigger the garbage collector manually

src/libexpr/nix_api_external.cc

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ExternalValue *nix_create_external_value(nix_c_context *context,
         (GC)
 #endif
             NixCExternalValue(*desc, v);
-    nix_gc_incref(ret);
+    nix_gc_incref(nullptr, ret);
     return (ExternalValue *)ret;
   }
   NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL

src/libexpr/nix_api_value.cc

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PrimOp *nix_alloc_primop(nix_c_context *context, PrimOpFun fun, int arity,
     if (args)
       for (size_t i = 0; args[i]; i++)
         p->args.emplace_back(*args);
-    nix_gc_incref(p);
+    nix_gc_incref(nullptr, p);
     return (PrimOp *)p;
   }
   NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Value *nix_alloc_value(nix_c_context *context, State *state) {
     context->last_err_code = NIX_OK;
   try {
     Value *res = state->state.allocValue();
-    nix_gc_incref(res);
+    nix_gc_incref(nullptr, res);
     return res;
   }
   NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Value *nix_get_list_byidx(nix_c_context *context, const Value *value,
     auto &v = check_value_not_null(value);
     assert(v.type() == nix::nList);
     auto *p = v.listElems()[ix];
-    nix_gc_incref(p);
+    nix_gc_incref(nullptr, p);
     return (Value *)p;
   }
   NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Value *nix_get_attr_byname(nix_c_context *context, const Value *value,
     nix::Symbol s = state->state.symbols.create(name);
     auto attr = v.attrs->get(s);
     if (attr) {
-      nix_gc_incref(attr->value);
+      nix_gc_incref(nullptr, attr->value);
       return attr->value;
     }
     nix_set_err_msg(context, NIX_ERR_KEY, "missing attribute");
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Value *nix_get_attr_byidx(nix_c_context *context, const Value *value,
     auto &v = check_value_not_null(value);
     const nix::Attr &a = (*v.attrs)[i];
     *name = ((const std::string &)(state->state.symbols[a.name])).c_str();
-    nix_gc_incref(a.value);
+    nix_gc_incref(nullptr, a.value);
     return a.value;
   }
   NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL