void QMetaObject::activate(QObject *sender, const QMetaObject *m, int local_signal_index,
                           void **argv)
{
    activate(sender, QMetaObjectPrivate::signalOffset(m), local_signal_index, argv);
    /* We just forward to the next function here. We pass the signal offset of
     * the meta object rather than the QMetaObject itself
     * It is split into two functions because QML internals will call the later. */
}

void QMetaObject::activate(QObject *sender, int signalOffset, int local_signal_index, void **argv)
{
    int signal_index = signalOffset + local_signal_index;

    /* The first thing we do is quickly check a bit-mask of 64 bits. If it is 0,
     * we are sure there is nothing connected to this signal, and we can return
     * quickly, which means emitting a signal connected to no slot is extremely
     * fast. */
    if (!sender->d_func()->isSignalConnected(signal_index))
        return; // nothing connected to these signals, and no spy

    /* ... Skipped some debugging and QML hooks, and some sanity check ... */

    /* We lock a mutex because all operations in the connectionLists are thread safe */
    QMutexLocker locker(signalSlotLock(sender));

    /* Get the ConnectionList for this signal.  I simplified a bit here. The real code
     * also refcount the list and do sanity checks */
    QObjectConnectionListVector *connectionLists = sender->d_func()->connectionLists;
    const QObjectPrivate::ConnectionList *list =
        &connectionLists->at(signal_index);

    QObjectPrivate::Connection *c = list->first;
    if (!c) continue;
    // We need to check against last here to ensure that signals added
    // during the signal emission are not emitted in this emission.
    QObjectPrivate::Connection *last = list->last;

    /* Now iterates, for each slot */
    do {
        if (!c->receiver)
            continue;

        QObject * const receiver = c->receiver;
        const bool receiverInSameThread = QThread::currentThreadId() == receiver->d_func()->threadData->threadId;

        // determine if this connection should be sent immediately or
        // put into the event queue
        if ((c->connectionType == Qt::AutoConnection && !receiverInSameThread)
            || (c->connectionType == Qt::QueuedConnection)) {
            /* Will basically copy the argument and post an event */
            queued_activate(sender, signal_index, c, argv);
            continue;
        } else if (c->connectionType == Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection) {
            /* ... Skipped ... */
            continue;
        }

        /* Helper struct that sets the sender() (and reset it backs when it
         * goes out of scope */
        QConnectionSenderSwitcher sw;
        if (receiverInSameThread)
            sw.switchSender(receiver, sender, signal_index);

        const QObjectPrivate::StaticMetaCallFunction callFunction = c->callFunction;
        const int method_relative = c->method_relative;
        if (c->isSlotObject) {
            /* ... Skipped....  Qt5-style connection to function pointer */
        } else if (callFunction && c->method_offset <= receiver->metaObject()->methodOffset()) {
            /* If we have a callFunction (a pointer to the qt_static_metacall
             * generated by moc) we will call it. We also need to check the
             * saved metodOffset is still valid (we could be called from the
             * destructor) */
            locker.unlock(); // We must not keep the lock while calling use code
            callFunction(receiver, QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, method_relative, argv);
            locker.relock();
        } else {
            /* Fallback for dynamic objects */
            const int method = method_relative + c->method_offset;
            locker.unlock();
            metacall(receiver, QMetaObject::InvokeMetaMethod, method, argv);
            locker.relock();
        }

        // Check if the object was not deleted by the slot
        if (connectionLists->orphaned) break;
    } while (c != last && (c = c->nextConnectionList) != 0);
}
 

結論(Conclusion)