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Release the pointer type's storage-info read lock before calling the pointed-to type's Python constructor for an implicit ctypes OUT parameter. The constructor may re-enter pointer type setup, which needs the same metadata's write lock. Retaining the selected type through the call preserves its lifetime.
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This addresses constructor reentrancy only; existing implicit-OUT from_param and array handling differences are separate. The constructor runs before FFI and can interact with earlier arguments. This change does not pin their buffers or resolve the pre-existing possibility of a later callback resizing storage after an address was captured.
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A CPython 3.15 libc time reproduction constructed a Structure whose __new__ calls the enclosing pointer type's set_type; the call completed and filled the output.
Retain the pointed-to type and release the pointer metadata lock before invoking its Python constructor, which may re-enter pointer setup.
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create_out_buffer now checks pointer subclasses independently of StgInfo. It constructs the prototype when one is available. Otherwise, it constructs the argument type.
The change releases the metadata lock before invoking the constructor. A targeted re-entry regression test would improve confidence, but no blocking defect remains identified.
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The title "Allow reentrant ctypes OUT construction" matches the main change. The PR changes how create_out_buffer in crates/vm/src/stdlib/_ctypes/function.rs handles pointer types. It releases the poi…
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The title "Allow reentrant ctypes OUT construction" matches the main change. The PR changes how create_out_buffer in crates/vm/src/stdlib/_ctypes/function.rs handles pointer types. It releases the pointer type's storage-info read lock before the pointed-to type's constructor runs for an implicit ctypes OUT parameter, so reentrant construction no longer deadlocks on the same metadata's write lock. The title is specific and accurate, and it does not describe unrelated work.
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Add a snippet that covers the pure-OUT POINTER(T) path.
The snippets in extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_ctypes*.py do not call a function with a pure-OUT POINTER(T) argtype. No snippet uses paramflags with direction 2, so the new create_out_buffer branch has no coverage.
The lock change matters only when the constructor of T writes the pointer type's own storage info. Ordinary construction of T does not do this. A snippet would need T.__init__ to call set_type on POINTER(T), then request the pure-OUT parameter. Without that re-entry, a regression that retains the read lock would not fail the snippet suite.
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Review comment at @crates/vm/src/stdlib/_ctypes/function.rs around lines 1317 -
1319:
Add a ctypes snippet that exercises the pure-OUT POINTER(T) path through
create_out_buffer: make T.__init__ call set_type on POINTER(T), then invoke a
function with that parameter marked direction 2 in paramflags. Ensure this
constructor re-entry occurs while the pointer type’s storage info is being
accessed, so the snippet detects a retained read lock.
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Review comments at @crates/vm/src/stdlib/_ctypes/function.rs:
- Around line 1317-1319: Add a ctypes snippet that exercises the pure-OUT
POINTER(T) path through create_out_buffer: make T.__init__ call set_type on
POINTER(T), then invoke a function with that parameter marked direction 2 in
paramflags. Ensure this constructor re-entry occurs while the pointer type’s
storage info is being accessed, so the snippet detects a retained read lock.
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Summary
Release the pointer type's storage-info read lock before calling the pointed-to type's Python constructor for an implicit ctypes OUT parameter. The constructor may re-enter pointer type setup, which needs the same metadata's write lock. Retaining the selected type through the call preserves its lifetime.
Scope
This addresses constructor reentrancy only; existing implicit-OUT
from_paramand array handling differences are separate. The constructor runs before FFI and can interact with earlier arguments. This change does not pin their buffers or resolve the pre-existing possibility of a later callback resizing storage after an address was captured.Validation
timereproduction constructed aStructurewhose__new__calls the enclosing pointer type'sset_type; the call completed and filled the output.Summary by CodeRabbit