class Fiddle::Pointer
Fiddle::Pointer
is a class to handle C pointers
Public Class Methods
Get the underlying pointer for ruby object val
and return it as a Fiddle::Pointer
object.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_s_to_ptr(VALUE self, VALUE val) { VALUE ptr, wrap = val, vptr; if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cIO))){ rb_io_t *fptr; FILE *fp; GetOpenFile(val, fptr); fp = rb_io_stdio_file(fptr); ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(fp, 0, NULL); } else if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cString))){ char *str = StringValuePtr(val); wrap = val; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(str, RSTRING_LEN(val), NULL); } else if ((vptr = rb_check_funcall(val, id_to_ptr, 0, 0)) != Qundef){ if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(vptr, rb_cPointer)){ ptr = vptr; wrap = 0; } else{ rb_raise(rb_eFiddleDLError, "to_ptr should return a Fiddle::Pointer object"); } } else{ VALUE num = rb_Integer(val); if (num == val) wrap = 0; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(NUM2PTR(num), 0, NULL); } if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(ptr)->wrap[0] = wrap; return ptr; }
Examples¶ ↑
# Automatically freeing the pointer when the block is exited - recommended Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size, Fiddle::RUBY_FREE) do |pointer| ... end # Manually freeing but relying on the garbage collector otherwise pointer = Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size, Fiddle::RUBY_FREE) ... pointer.call_free # Relying on the garbage collector - may lead to unlimited memory allocated before freeing any, but safe pointer = Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size, Fiddle::RUBY_FREE) ... # Only manually freeing pointer = Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size) begin ... ensure Fiddle.free pointer end # No free function and no call to free - the native memory will leak if the pointer is garbage collected pointer = Fiddle::Pointer.malloc(size) ...
Allocate size
bytes of memory and associate it with an optional freefunc
.
If a block is supplied, the pointer will be yielded to the block instead of being returned, and the return value of the block will be returned. A freefunc
must be supplied if a block is.
If a freefunc
is supplied it will be called once, when the pointer is garbage collected or when the block is left if a block is supplied or when the user calls call_free
, whichever happens first. freefunc
must be an address pointing to a function or an instance of Fiddle::Function
.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_s_malloc(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE klass) { VALUE size, sym, obj, wrap = 0; long s; freefunc_t f; switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &size, &sym)) { case 1: s = NUM2LONG(size); f = NULL; break; case 2: s = NUM2LONG(size); f = get_freefunc(sym, &wrap); break; default: rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_s_malloc"); } obj = rb_fiddle_ptr_malloc(klass, s,f); if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(obj)->wrap[1] = wrap; if (rb_block_given_p()) { if (!f) { rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "a free function must be supplied to Fiddle::Pointer.malloc when it is called with a block"); } return rb_ensure(rb_yield, obj, rb_fiddle_ptr_call_free, obj); } else { return obj; } }
Create a new pointer to address
with an optional size
and freefunc
.
freefunc
will be called when the instance is garbage collected.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_initialize(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) { VALUE ptr, sym, size, wrap = 0, funcwrap = 0; struct ptr_data *data; void *p = NULL; freefunc_t f = NULL; long s = 0; if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &ptr, &size, &sym) >= 1) { VALUE addrnum = rb_Integer(ptr); if (addrnum != ptr) wrap = ptr; p = NUM2PTR(addrnum); } if (argc >= 2) { s = NUM2LONG(size); } if (argc >= 3) { f = get_freefunc(sym, &funcwrap); } if (p) { TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); if (data->ptr && data->free) { /* Free previous memory. Use of inappropriate initialize may cause SEGV. */ (*(data->free))(data->ptr); } data->wrap[0] = wrap; data->wrap[1] = funcwrap; data->ptr = p; data->size = s; data->free = f; } return Qnil; }
Get the underlying pointer for ruby object val
and return it as a Fiddle::Pointer
object.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_s_to_ptr(VALUE self, VALUE val) { VALUE ptr, wrap = val, vptr; if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cIO))){ rb_io_t *fptr; FILE *fp; GetOpenFile(val, fptr); fp = rb_io_stdio_file(fptr); ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(fp, 0, NULL); } else if (RTEST(rb_obj_is_kind_of(val, rb_cString))){ char *str = StringValuePtr(val); wrap = val; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(str, RSTRING_LEN(val), NULL); } else if ((vptr = rb_check_funcall(val, id_to_ptr, 0, 0)) != Qundef){ if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(vptr, rb_cPointer)){ ptr = vptr; wrap = 0; } else{ rb_raise(rb_eFiddleDLError, "to_ptr should return a Fiddle::Pointer object"); } } else{ VALUE num = rb_Integer(val); if (num == val) wrap = 0; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr_new(NUM2PTR(num), 0, NULL); } if (wrap) RPTR_DATA(ptr)->wrap[0] = wrap; return ptr; }
Public Instance Methods
Returns a new pointer instance that has been advanced n
bytes.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_plus(VALUE self, VALUE other) { void *ptr; long num, size; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self); size = RPTR_DATA(self)->size; num = NUM2LONG(other); return rb_fiddle_ptr_new((char *)ptr + num, size - num, 0); }
Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer
instance that is a dereferenced pointer for this pointer.
Analogous to the star operator in C.
Returns a new pointer instance that has been moved back n
bytes.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_minus(VALUE self, VALUE other) { void *ptr; long num, size; ptr = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self); size = RPTR_DATA(self)->size; num = NUM2LONG(other); return rb_fiddle_ptr_new((char *)ptr - num, size + num, 0); }
Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer
instance that is a reference pointer for this pointer.
Analogous to the ampersand operator in C.
Returns -1 if less than, 0 if equal to, 1 if greater than other
.
Returns nil if ptr
cannot be compared to other
.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_cmp(VALUE self, VALUE other) { void *ptr1, *ptr2; SIGNED_VALUE diff; if(!rb_obj_is_kind_of(other, rb_cPointer)) return Qnil; ptr1 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self); ptr2 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(other); diff = (SIGNED_VALUE)ptr1 - (SIGNED_VALUE)ptr2; if (!diff) return INT2FIX(0); return diff > 0 ? INT2NUM(1) : INT2NUM(-1); }
Returns true if other
wraps the same pointer, otherwise returns false.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_eql(VALUE self, VALUE other) { void *ptr1, *ptr2; if(!rb_obj_is_kind_of(other, rb_cPointer)) return Qfalse; ptr1 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(self); ptr2 = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(other); return ptr1 == ptr2 ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns integer stored at index.
If start and length are given, a string containing the bytes from start of length will be returned.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_aref(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) { VALUE arg0, arg1; VALUE retval = Qnil; size_t offset, len; struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); if (!data->ptr) rb_raise(rb_eFiddleDLError, "NULL pointer dereference"); switch( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &arg0, &arg1) ){ case 1: offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0); retval = INT2NUM(*((char *)data->ptr + offset)); break; case 2: offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0); len = NUM2ULONG(arg1); retval = rb_str_new((char *)data->ptr + offset, len); break; default: rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_aref()"); } return retval; }
Set the value at index
to int
.
Or, set the memory at start
until length
with the contents of string
, the memory from dl_cptr
, or the memory pointed at by the memory address addr
.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_aset(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) { VALUE arg0, arg1, arg2; VALUE retval = Qnil; size_t offset, len; void *mem; struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); if (!data->ptr) rb_raise(rb_eFiddleDLError, "NULL pointer dereference"); switch( rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &arg0, &arg1, &arg2) ){ case 2: offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0); ((char*)data->ptr)[offset] = NUM2UINT(arg1); retval = arg1; break; case 3: offset = NUM2ULONG(arg0); len = NUM2ULONG(arg1); if (RB_TYPE_P(arg2, T_STRING)) { mem = StringValuePtr(arg2); } else if( rb_obj_is_kind_of(arg2, rb_cPointer) ){ mem = rb_fiddle_ptr2cptr(arg2); } else{ mem = NUM2PTR(arg2); } memcpy((char *)data->ptr + offset, mem, len); retval = arg2; break; default: rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_aset()"); } return retval; }
Call the free function for this pointer. Calling more than once will do nothing. Does nothing if there is no free function attached.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_call_free(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *pdata; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, pdata); fiddle_ptr_free_ptr(pdata); return Qnil; }
Returns true if other
wraps the same pointer, otherwise returns false.
Get the free function for this pointer.
Returns a new instance of Fiddle::Function
.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_free_get(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *pdata; VALUE address; VALUE arg_types; VALUE ret_type; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, pdata); if (!pdata->free) return Qnil; address = PTR2NUM(pdata->free); ret_type = INT2NUM(TYPE_VOID); arg_types = rb_ary_new(); rb_ary_push(arg_types, INT2NUM(TYPE_VOIDP)); return rb_fiddle_new_function(address, arg_types, ret_type); }
Set the free function for this pointer to function
in the given Fiddle::Function
.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_free_set(VALUE self, VALUE val) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); data->free = get_freefunc(val, &data->wrap[1]); return Qnil; }
Returns if the free function for this pointer has been called.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_freed_p(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *pdata; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, pdata); return pdata->freed ? Qtrue : Qfalse; }
Returns a string formatted with an easily readable representation of the internal state of the pointer.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_inspect(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return rb_sprintf("#<%"PRIsVALUE":%p ptr=%p size=%ld free=%p>", RB_OBJ_CLASSNAME(self), (void *)data, data->ptr, data->size, (void *)data->free); }
Returns true
if this is a null pointer.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_null_p(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return data->ptr ? Qfalse : Qtrue; }
Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer
instance that is a dereferenced pointer for this pointer.
Analogous to the star operator in C.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_ptr(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(*((void**)(data->ptr)),0,0); }
Returns a new Fiddle::Pointer
instance that is a reference pointer for this pointer.
Analogous to the ampersand operator in C.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_ref(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return rb_fiddle_ptr_new(&(data->ptr),0,0); }
Get the size of this pointer.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_size_get(VALUE self) { return LONG2NUM(RPTR_DATA(self)->size); }
Set the size of this pointer to size
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_size_set(VALUE self, VALUE size) { RPTR_DATA(self)->size = NUM2LONG(size); return size; }
Returns the integer memory location of this pointer.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_to_i(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return PTR2NUM(data->ptr); }
Returns the pointer contents as a string.
When called with no arguments, this method will return the contents until the first NULL byte.
When called with len
, a string of len
bytes will be returned.
See to_str
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_to_s(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; VALUE arg1, val; int len; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &arg1)) { case 0: val = rb_str_new2((char*)(data->ptr)); break; case 1: len = NUM2INT(arg1); val = rb_str_new((char*)(data->ptr), len); break; default: rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_to_s"); } return val; }
Returns the pointer contents as a string.
When called with no arguments, this method will return the contents with the length of this pointer’s size
.
When called with len
, a string of len
bytes will be returned.
See to_s
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; VALUE arg1, val; int len; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); switch (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &arg1)) { case 0: val = rb_str_new((char*)(data->ptr),data->size); break; case 1: len = NUM2INT(arg1); val = rb_str_new((char*)(data->ptr), len); break; default: rb_bug("rb_fiddle_ptr_to_str"); } return val; }
Cast this pointer to a ruby object.
static VALUE rb_fiddle_ptr_to_value(VALUE self) { struct ptr_data *data; TypedData_Get_Struct(self, struct ptr_data, &fiddle_ptr_data_type, data); return (VALUE)(data->ptr); }