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Address slot members by byte offset - #8811
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Member cells now sit in the object allocation ahead of the extension header, so a slot read is one pointer instead of a boxed slice. A value stored in a slot is not marked published. With threading, only the value that leaves the slot is, so its free can wait out a reader. Without threading a slot read is a single incref. Assisted-by: Grok:4.7
A slot member's offset is the byte distance from the object to its inline pointer cell. Loads and stores, including the specialized instructions, use that address. A relative C offset is resolved by adding the object header and the type's basic size. Assisted-by: Grok:4.7
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In `@crates/capi/src/descrobject.rs`:
- Around line 148-156: Update PyMemberDef::build to reject PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET
before adjusting the member offset, and remove the relative-offset conversion
path. Also prevent MemberKind::Bool from reaching the pointer-cell slot accessor
unless it has a valid bool-specific access path.
In `@crates/vm/src/frame.rs`:
- Line 6384: Update the StoreAttrSlot specialization that reads the cached
offset as i16: only specialize when member_descr.slot_offset() fits in the
signed 16-bit range, so larger offsets use the non-specialized path.
In `@crates/vm/src/object/core.rs`:
- Around line 402-404: Update the slot-offset calculation used by the core slot
accessors so inherited descriptors resolve to the same logical slot in
compatible subclass layouts, even when subclasses add slots or a weakref prefix.
Ensure the adjusted address remains within the instance’s cell region before
using it for reads or writes.
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| let mut offset = self.offset; | ||
| let mut flags = self.flags; | ||
| if flags & PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET != 0 { | ||
| // type creation adds tp_basicsize and clears the flag before GetOne. | ||
| offset += (rustpython_vm::object::SIZEOF_PYOBJECT_HEAD + ty.slots.basicsize) as isize; | ||
| flags &= !PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET; | ||
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Reject PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET members until the slot layout supports them.
PyMemberDef::build converts a relative offset to a positive offset and uses MemberAccess::Slot. The slot accessor adds that offset to PyInner and casts the address to PyAtomicRef<PyObject>. Member cells are allocated and initialized only in the prefix before PyInner. Therefore, a relative member with offset = 0 can read PyInner memory as a pointer cell, and larger offsets can access memory outside the allocation. A setter can corrupt that memory.
MemberKind::Bool also reaches this pointer-cell path. T_INT and T_CHAR codes are rejected, but T_BOOL is accepted without an object-kind check.
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let Some(kind) = MemberKind::from_i32(self.type_code) else {
return Err(vm.new_system_error(format!(
"PyDescr_NewMember does not support member type code {}",
self.type_code
)));
};
+ if self.flags & PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET != 0 {
+ return Err(
+ vm.new_system_error("PyDescr_NewMember does not support Py_RELATIVE_OFFSET")
+ );
+ }
let mut offset = self.offset;
let mut flags = self.flags;
- if flags & PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET != 0 {
- // type creation adds tp_basicsize and clears the flag before GetOne.
- offset += (rustpython_vm::object::SIZEOF_PYOBJECT_HEAD + ty.slots.basicsize) as isize;
- flags &= !PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET;
- }
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In `@crates/capi/src/descrobject.rs` around lines 148 - 156, Update
PyMemberDef::build to reject PY_RELATIVE_OFFSET before adjusting the member
offset, and remove the relative-offset conversion path. Also prevent
MemberKind::Bool from reaching the pointer-cell slot accessor unless it has a
valid bool-specific access path.
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| if version_match { | ||
| let slot_offset = | ||
| self.code.instructions.read_cache_u16(cache_base + 3) as usize; | ||
| self.code.instructions.read_cache_u16(cache_base + 3) as i16 as isize; |
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Do not specialize stores with offsets outside the signed 16-bit range.
StoreAttrSlot stores an isize offset as u16 and reads it as i16. Python slot layouts and C member descriptors use isize offsets without an i16 range check. An out-of-range offset therefore becomes a different address, and owner.set_slot can write through an unrelated pointer.
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&& let Some(offset) = member_descr
.slot_offset()
+ .filter(|offset| i16::try_from(*offset).is_ok())
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In `@crates/vm/src/frame.rs` at line 6384, Update the StoreAttrSlot specialization
that reads the cached offset as i16: only specialize when
member_descr.slot_offset() fits in the signed 16-bit range, so larger offsets
use the non-specialized path.
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Cell 0 sits directly in front of the extension header. Further slots extend away from the object, so a member offset computed for a base class still addresses the same cell on a subclass. Assisted-by: Grok:4.7
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In `@crates/vm/src/object/core.rs`:
- Line 523: Update the member-cell offset calculation in the allocation path so
initialization targets the final member_count ×
size_of::<PyAtomicRef<PyObject>>() bytes of the padded slot region. Apply the
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On 32-bit targets an odd slot count is not a multiple of ObjExt's alignment. The padding now sits in front of the cells, so cell 0 stays immediately before the header. The non-threading slot load is also the function's return value. Assisted-by: Grok:4.7
A subclass that adds a weakref list no longer inserts it between ObjExt and the object, so inherited member offsets stay valid. Assisted-by: Grok:4.7
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Follow-up to #8804.
offsetis the byte distance from the object to that cell. Specialized loads and stores use the address. A relative C offset is resolved by adding the object header and the type's basic size.— commented by Grok 4.7
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__slots__attributes, including on objects that support weak references and when slots are located before extension data.