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//! FFI Deep Dive
//!
//! - **Date:** May 11, 2019
//! - **Subject:** Exposing Rust types and functions to C API consumers.
//! - [**download mp3**][mp3]
//! - [**script**][script]
//!
//! [mp3]: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/cdn.newrustacean.com/file/newrustacean/e031.mp3
//! [script]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/struct.script
//!
//! <audio style="width: 100%" title="e031: FFI Deep Dive" controls preload=metadata src="https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/cdn.newrustacean.com/file/newrustacean/e031.mp3"></audio>
//!
//! Show Notes
//! ----------
//!
//! It's impossible to make the declarations below follow the order I talked
//! through them on the recording without also making them horrible to read, so
//! just use this outline instead:
//!
//! 1. [`add_in_rust`][1]
//! 2. Strings
//! 1. [`concat_strings`][2]
//! 2. [`free_rust_string`][3]
//! 3. [`Point`][4]
//! 1. [`point_translate`][5]
//! 4. [`union`][6]
//! 5. [`OpaquePoint`][7]
//! 1. [`opaque_point_new`][8]
//! 2. [`opaque_point_translate`][9]
//! 3. [`opaque_point_free`][10]
//!
//! [1]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.add_in_rust.html
//! [2]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.concat_strings.html
//! [3]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.free_rust_string.html
//! [4]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/struct.Point.html
//! [5]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.point_translate.html
//! [6]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/unions/index.html
//! [7]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/struct.OpaquePoint.html
//! [8]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.opaque_point_new.html
//! [9]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.opaque_point_translate.html
//! [10]: https://newrustacean.com/show_notes/e031/fn.opaque_point_free.html
//!
//! ### Links
//!
//! - [Rust FFI Omnibus]
//! - [the repository for the show]
//! - [RFC #2195]
//!
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use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
use std::fmt::{Display, Error, Formatter};
use libc::{c_char, c_float, c_int};
#[doc = include_str!("../../docs/e031-script.md")]
pub struct Script;
/// The simplest possible example of exposing Rust functions via a C FFI.
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn add_in_rust(a: c_int, b: c_int) -> c_int {
a + b
}
/// Take two strings in and concatentate them without mutating either.
///
/// This allocates a new string, which *must* be deallocated by calling the
/// `free_rust_string` type exposed in this module.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This is *only* valid when the first and second pointers are not null (which
/// is checked) and when the char strings pointed to by the two pointers do not
/// overlap!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn concat_strings(
first: *const c_char,
second: *const c_char,
) -> *mut c_char {
let (first, second) = unsafe {
// Start by making sure the two strings are not null pointers (since C
// APIs don't actually give us any help with this).
assert!(!first.is_null());
assert!(!second.is_null());
// Then use `CString::from_ptr` to let Rust's own built-in smarts about
// how to convert from a pointer to a `c_char` do the conversion
// correctly. These are *not* the same as Rust `String`s, after all!
(
CStr::from_ptr(first).to_bytes(),
CStr::from_ptr(second).to_bytes(),
)
};
CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(&[&first[0..first.len()], &second[0..second.len()], b"\0"].concat())
.expect("should be possible to construct a new `CStr` from existing `CStr`s")
.to_owned()
.into_raw()
}
/// Free any string allocated by Rust.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This shows how you *could* allow an outside caller to free a Rust string. It
/// is only safe to do if you guarantee there are no other references to it!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn free_rust_string(to_free: *mut c_char) {
// If the pointer is already `null`, we're done here. (Don't double `free`!)
if to_free.is_null() {
return;
}
// If the pointer is not already null, we take ownership of it again with
// `from_raw` and then immediately free it by way of the inherent `Drop`.
unsafe {
let ptr = CString::from_raw(to_free);
drop(ptr);
}
}
/// A simple struct which we can expose to a C API. Note that it is `#[repr(C)]`!
#[repr(C)]
pub struct Point {
/// x position -- made `pub` to indicate that we're exposing it to C!
pub x: f32,
/// y position -- made `pub` to indicate that we're exposing it to C!
pub y: f32,
}
impl Point {
fn translate(&mut self, by_x: f32, by_y: f32) {
self.x += by_x;
self.y += by_y;
}
}
/// Expose an interface for C API callers to call the `Point` impl.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This is only safe if there are no references to `point`!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn point_translate(point: *mut Point, by_x: c_float, by_y: c_float) {
let point = unsafe {
assert!(!point.is_null());
&mut *point
};
// Note that if this wasn't safe, because for some reason `c_float` did not
// match `f32`, the compiler would tell us.
point.translate(by_x, by_y);
}
/// A struct identical to `Point`, but which is *not* `#[repr(C)]`!
///
/// The layout here is intentionally left in Rust's own representation, and we
/// do *not* expose the internals in `e031.h`.
pub struct OpaquePoint {
x: f32,
y: f32,
}
impl OpaquePoint {
fn translate(&mut self, by_x: f32, by_y: f32) {
self.x += by_x;
self.y += by_y;
}
}
impl Display for OpaquePoint {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> Result<(), Error> {
write!(f, "`{}, {}`", self.x, self.y)
}
}
/// Expose an interface for C API callers to call the `OpaquePoint` impl.
///
/// This implementation is *identical* to the implementation of the `Point`
/// above. The only difference is that the C side doesn't get access to the
/// internal structure of the type… which is we want.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This is only safe if there are no references to `point`!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn opaque_point_translate(
point: *mut OpaquePoint,
by_x: c_float,
by_y: c_float,
) {
let point = unsafe {
assert!(!point.is_null());
&mut *point
};
// Note that if this wasn't safe, because for some reason `c_float` did not
// match `f32`, the compiler would tell us.
point.translate(by_x, by_y);
}
#[no_mangle]
pub extern "C" fn opaque_point_new(x: c_float, y: c_float) -> *mut OpaquePoint {
Box::into_raw(Box::new(OpaquePoint { x, y }))
}
/// # Safety
///
/// This is only safe if there are no references to `point`!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn opaque_point_describe(point: *mut OpaquePoint) -> *mut c_char {
let point = unsafe {
assert!(!point.is_null());
&mut *point
};
CString::new(format!("{}", point))
.expect("always safe to get `CString` from `String`")
.into_raw()
}
/// Safely drops the `OpaquePoint` instance.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This is only safe if there are no references to `point`!
#[no_mangle]
pub unsafe extern "C" fn opaque_point_free(point: *mut OpaquePoint) {
if point.is_null() {
return;
}
unsafe {
drop(Box::from_raw(point));
};
}
/// Demonstrate unions! Combines an `enum` and a `union` into a `struct` that
/// acts mostly like a regular Rust `enum`.
pub mod unions {
/// Builds an instance of `Either`, a manually-managed "tagged union" type.
///
/// If you read the body, you'll notice that we're not *helped* in any way
/// by Rust like we are with normal `enum` types.
pub fn demo_union() {
// Here, we construct the type correctly.
let either = Either::<i32, Wrapped<u32>> {
tag: Tag::Left,
value: EitherValue { left: 42 },
};
// But notice that the compiler doesn't help us! Comment out the
// following lines and see that it still *compiles* just fine... but is
// very much *not* correct semantically: we have a `Left` tag with a
// `right` value!
// let bad_either = Either::<i32, Wrapped<u32>> {
// tag: Tag::Left,
// value: EitherValue { right: Wrapped(42) },
// };
unsafe {
match either {
Either {
tag: Tag::Left,
value: EitherValue { left },
} => {
dbg!(left);
}
Either {
tag: Tag::Right,
value: EitherValue { right },
} => {
dbg!(right);
}
}
}
}
/// For tagging the type in `Either`. See the body of `demo_union`.
#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
pub enum Tag {
Left,
Right,
}
/// A simple type designed to demo unions. See the body of `demo_union`.
#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
pub struct Wrapped<T: Copy + Clone>(T);
/// A union, to be used as the inner value for `Either`.
pub union EitherValue<L: Copy, R: Copy> {
left: L,
right: R,
}
/// Uses an `enum` and a `union` to get close to a regular Rust enum.
///
/// Roughly, because the compiler won't check you for exhaustiveness, or
/// even make sure you're using the tag and value pair the way you should!
pub struct Either<L: Copy, R: Copy> {
pub tag: Tag,
pub value: EitherValue<L, R>,
}
}