弱引用在oc中被经常用到的，用__weak修饰的对象不会引用计数+1,不会被强引用。
那么__weak是怎么做到的呢，苹果在底层对__weak做了啥？ now show code：
id objc_initWeak(id *location, id newObj)
{
if (!newObj) {
*location = nil;
return nil;
}
return storeWeak<DontHaveOld, DoHaveNew, DoCrashIfDeallocating>
(location, (objc_object*)newObj);
}
看源码发现，__weak调用了objc_initWeak这个方法，然后在函数体内又调用了storeWeak 这个函数，那么storeWeak是啥样的呢？
static id storeWeak(id *location, objc_object *newObj)
{
assert(haveOld || haveNew);
if (!haveNew) assert(newObj == nil);
Class previouslyInitializedClass = nil;
id oldObj;
SideTable *oldTable;
SideTable *newTable;
// Acquire locks for old and new values.
// Order by lock address to prevent lock ordering problems.
// Retry if the old value changes underneath us.
retry:
if (haveOld) {
oldObj = *location;
oldTable = &SideTables()[oldObj];
} else {
oldTable = nil;
}
if (haveNew) {
newTable = &SideTables()[newObj];
} else {
newTable = nil;
}
SideTable::lockTwo<haveOld, haveNew>(oldTable, newTable);
if (haveOld && *location != oldObj) {
SideTable::unlockTwo<haveOld, haveNew>(oldTable, newTable);
goto retry;
}
// Prevent a deadlock between the weak reference machinery
// and the +initialize machinery by ensuring that no
// weakly-referenced object has an un-+initialized isa.
if (haveNew && newObj) {
Class cls = newObj->getIsa();
if (cls != previouslyInitializedClass &&
!((objc_class *)cls)->isInitialized())
{
SideTable::unlockTwo<haveOld, haveNew>(oldTable, newTable);
_class_initialize(_class_getNonMetaClass(cls, (id)newObj));
// If this class is finished with +initialize then we're good.
// If this class is still running +initialize on this thread
// (i.e. +initialize called storeWeak on an instance of itself)
// then we may proceed but it will appear initializing and
// not yet initialized to the check above.
// Instead set previouslyInitializedClass to recognize it on retry.
previouslyInitializedClass = cls;
goto retry;
}
}
// Clean up old value, if any.
if (haveOld) {
weak_unregister_no_lock(&oldTable->weak_table, oldObj, location);
}
// Assign new value, if any.
if (haveNew) {
newObj = (objc_object *)
weak_register_no_lock(&newTable->weak_table, (id)newObj, location,
crashIfDeallocating);
// weak_register_no_lock returns nil if weak store should be rejected
// Set is-weakly-referenced bit in refcount table.
if (newObj && !newObj->isTaggedPointer()) {
newObj->setWeaklyReferenced_nolock();
}
// Do not set *location anywhere else. That would introduce a race.
*location = (id)newObj;
}
else {
// No new value. The storage is not changed.
}
SideTable::unlockTwo<haveOld, haveNew>(oldTable, newTable);
return (id)newObj;
}
这里重点看一下第58行到76行的2个函数：weak_unregister_no_lock、weak_register_no_lock。
id weak_register_no_lock(weak_table_t *weak_table, id referent_id,
id *referrer_id, bool crashIfDeallocating)
{
objc_object *referent = (objc_object *)referent_id;
objc_object **referrer = (objc_object **)referrer_id;
if (!referent || referent->isTaggedPointer()) return referent_id;
// ensure that the referenced object is viable
bool deallocating;
if (!referent->ISA()->hasCustomRR()) {
deallocating = referent->rootIsDeallocating();
}
else {
BOOL (*allowsWeakReference)(objc_object *, SEL) =
(BOOL(*)(objc_object *, SEL))
object_getMethodImplementation((id)referent,
SEL_allowsWeakReference);
if ((IMP)allowsWeakReference == _objc_msgForward) {
return nil;
}
deallocating =
! (*allowsWeakReference)(referent, SEL_allowsWeakReference);
}
if (deallocating) {
if (crashIfDeallocating) {
_objc_fatal("Cannot form weak reference to instance (%p) of "
"class %s. It is possible that this object was "
"over-released, or is in the process of deallocation.",
(void*)referent, object_getClassName((id)referent));
} else {
return nil;
}
}
/*这里是重点关注的代码，通过referent到weak_table里去找。
1. 判断之前是否已经有弱引用过了，如果有则能找到entry，那么就把当前的若引用添加到entry里。
2.若该对象是第一次被引用，则创建entry对象，并把当前的引用添加进去，
判断weak_table是否到达3/4的容量界限，超过界限则2倍扩容weak_table。
最后把当前新建的entry对象管理到weak_table表中
*/
weak_entry_t *entry;
if ((entry = weak_entry_for_referent(weak_table, referent))) {
append_referrer(entry, referrer);
}
else {
weak_entry_t new_entry(referent, referrer);
weak_grow_maybe(weak_table);
weak_entry_insert(weak_table, &new_entry);
}
// Do not set *referrer. objc_storeWeak() requires that the
// value not change.
return referent_id;
}
weak_unregister_no_lock：如果当前的引用referrer_id有引用过其他对象，则会把之前的引用关系在weak_table中删除。
void weak_unregister_no_lock(weak_table_t *weak_table, id referent_id,
id *referrer_id)
{
objc_object *referent = (objc_object *)referent_id;
objc_object **referrer = (objc_object **)referrer_id;
weak_entry_t *entry;
if (!referent) return;
if ((entry = weak_entry_for_referent(weak_table, referent))) {
remove_referrer(entry, referrer);
bool empty = true;
if (entry->out_of_line() && entry->num_refs != 0) {
empty = false;
}
else {
for (size_t i = 0; i < WEAK_INLINE_COUNT; i++) {
if (entry->inline_referrers[i]) {
empty = false;
break;
}
}
}
if (empty) {
weak_entry_remove(weak_table, entry);
}
}
// Do not set *referrer = nil. objc_storeWeak() requires that the
// value not change.
}
由此可见，__weak在底层只是做了一次weak_table表存储引用关系而已，并没有其他操作。(没有retian、没有引用计数器+1)
当对象执行dealloc方法的时候，在delloc方法中会去把当前对象的weak_table中的weak_entry_t清除掉，并把引用对象置为nil。流程图如下：
__weak流程图.png
盗用网上大神的图，侵权必删
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