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diff --git a/Python/marshal.c b/Python/marshal.c
index cc17329..727605a 100644
--- a/Python/marshal.c
+++ b/Python/marshal.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
/* Write Python objects to files and read them back.
- This is intended for writing and reading compiled Python code only;
- a true persistent storage facility would be much harder, since
- it would have to take circular links and sharing into account. */
+ This is primarily intended for writing and reading compiled Python code,
+ even though dicts, lists, sets and frozensets, not commonly seen in
+ code objects, are supported.
+ Version 3 of this protocol properly supports circular links
+ and sharing. */
#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
@@ -31,16 +33,14 @@
#define TYPE_STOPITER 'S'
#define TYPE_ELLIPSIS '.'
#define TYPE_INT 'i'
-/* TYPE_INT64 is deprecated. It is not
- generated anymore, and support for reading it
- will be removed in Python 3.4. */
-#define TYPE_INT64 'I'
#define TYPE_FLOAT 'f'
#define TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT 'g'
#define TYPE_COMPLEX 'x'
#define TYPE_BINARY_COMPLEX 'y'
#define TYPE_LONG 'l'
#define TYPE_STRING 's'
+#define TYPE_INTERNED 't'
+#define TYPE_REF 'r'
#define TYPE_TUPLE '('
#define TYPE_LIST '['
#define TYPE_DICT '{'
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#define TYPE_UNKNOWN '?'
#define TYPE_SET '<'
#define TYPE_FROZENSET '>'
+#define FLAG_REF '\x80' /* with a type, add obj to index */
#define WFERR_OK 0
#define WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE 1
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ typedef struct {
PyObject *current_filename;
char *ptr;
char *end;
+ PyObject *refs; /* dict on marshal, list on unmarshal */
int version;
} WFILE;
@@ -158,13 +160,17 @@ w_pstring(const char *s, Py_ssize_t n, WFILE *p)
#endif
#define PyLong_MARSHAL_RATIO (PyLong_SHIFT / PyLong_MARSHAL_SHIFT)
+#define W_TYPE(t, p) do { \
+ w_byte((t) | flag, (p)); \
+} while(0)
+
static void
-w_PyLong(const PyLongObject *ob, WFILE *p)
+w_PyLong(const PyLongObject *ob, char flag, WFILE *p)
{
Py_ssize_t i, j, n, l;
digit d;
- w_byte(TYPE_LONG, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_LONG, p);
if (Py_SIZE(ob) == 0) {
w_long((long)0, p);
return;
@@ -201,10 +207,64 @@ w_PyLong(const PyLongObject *ob, WFILE *p)
} while (d != 0);
}
+static int
+w_ref(PyObject *v, char *flag, WFILE *p)
+{
+ PyObject *id;
+ PyObject *idx;
+
+ if (p->version < 3 || p->refs == NULL)
+ return 0; /* not writing object references */
+
+ /* if it has only one reference, it definitely isn't shared */
+ if (Py_REFCNT(v) == 1)
+ return 0;
+
+ id = PyLong_FromVoidPtr((void*)v);
+ if (id == NULL)
+ goto err;
+ idx = PyDict_GetItem(p->refs, id);
+ if (idx != NULL) {
+ /* write the reference index to the stream */
+ long w = PyLong_AsLong(idx);
+ Py_DECREF(id);
+ if (w == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+ goto err;
+ }
+ /* we don't store "long" indices in the dict */
+ assert(0 <= w && w <= 0x7fffffff);
+ w_byte(TYPE_REF, p);
+ w_long(w, p);
+ return 1;
+ } else {
+ int ok;
+ Py_ssize_t s = PyDict_Size(p->refs);
+ /* we don't support long indices */
+ if (s >= 0x7fffffff) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "too many objects");
+ goto err;
+ }
+ idx = PyLong_FromSsize_t(s);
+ ok = idx && PyDict_SetItem(p->refs, id, idx) == 0;
+ Py_DECREF(id);
+ Py_XDECREF(idx);
+ if (!ok)
+ goto err;
+ *flag |= FLAG_REF;
+ return 0;
+ }
+err:
+ p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static void
+w_complex_object(PyObject *v, char flag, WFILE *p);
+
static void
w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
{
- Py_ssize_t i, n;
+ char flag = '\0';
p->depth++;
@@ -229,24 +289,35 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
else if (v == Py_True) {
w_byte(TYPE_TRUE, p);
}
- else if (PyLong_CheckExact(v)) {
+ else if (!w_ref(v, &flag, p))
+ w_complex_object(v, flag, p);
+
+ p->depth--;
+}
+
+static void
+w_complex_object(PyObject *v, char flag, WFILE *p)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t i, n;
+
+ if (PyLong_CheckExact(v)) {
long x = PyLong_AsLong(v);
if ((x == -1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
PyLongObject *ob = (PyLongObject *)v;
PyErr_Clear();
- w_PyLong(ob, p);
+ w_PyLong(ob, flag, p);
}
else {
#if SIZEOF_LONG > 4
long y = Py_ARITHMETIC_RIGHT_SHIFT(long, x, 31);
if (y && y != -1) {
/* Too large for TYPE_INT */
- w_PyLong((PyLongObject*)v, p);
+ w_PyLong((PyLongObject*)v, flag, p);
}
else
#endif
{
- w_byte(TYPE_INT, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_INT, p);
w_long(x, p);
}
}
@@ -259,7 +330,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
return;
}
- w_byte(TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_BINARY_FLOAT, p);
w_string((char*)buf, 8, p);
}
else {
@@ -270,7 +341,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
return;
}
n = strlen(buf);
- w_byte(TYPE_FLOAT, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_FLOAT, p);
w_byte((int)n, p);
w_string(buf, n, p);
PyMem_Free(buf);
@@ -284,7 +355,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
return;
}
- w_byte(TYPE_BINARY_COMPLEX, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_BINARY_COMPLEX, p);
w_string((char*)buf, 8, p);
if (_PyFloat_Pack8(PyComplex_ImagAsDouble(v),
buf, 1) < 0) {
@@ -295,7 +366,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
}
else {
char *buf;
- w_byte(TYPE_COMPLEX, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_COMPLEX, p);
buf = PyOS_double_to_string(PyComplex_RealAsDouble(v),
'g', 17, 0, NULL);
if (!buf) {
@@ -319,7 +390,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
}
}
else if (PyBytes_CheckExact(v)) {
- w_byte(TYPE_STRING, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_STRING, p);
w_pstring(PyBytes_AS_STRING(v), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(v), p);
}
else if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(v)) {
@@ -330,12 +401,15 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
return;
}
- w_byte(TYPE_UNICODE, p);
+ if (p->version >= 3 && PyUnicode_CHECK_INTERNED(v))
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_INTERNED, p);
+ else
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_UNICODE, p);
w_pstring(PyBytes_AS_STRING(utf8), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(utf8), p);
Py_DECREF(utf8);
}
else if (PyTuple_CheckExact(v)) {
- w_byte(TYPE_TUPLE, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_TUPLE, p);
n = PyTuple_Size(v);
W_SIZE(n, p);
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -343,7 +417,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
}
}
else if (PyList_CheckExact(v)) {
- w_byte(TYPE_LIST, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_LIST, p);
n = PyList_GET_SIZE(v);
W_SIZE(n, p);
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
@@ -353,7 +427,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
else if (PyDict_CheckExact(v)) {
Py_ssize_t pos;
PyObject *key, *value;
- w_byte(TYPE_DICT, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_DICT, p);
/* This one is NULL object terminated! */
pos = 0;
while (PyDict_Next(v, &pos, &key, &value)) {
@@ -366,9 +440,9 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
PyObject *value, *it;
if (PyObject_TypeCheck(v, &PySet_Type))
- w_byte(TYPE_SET, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_SET, p);
else
- w_byte(TYPE_FROZENSET, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_FROZENSET, p);
n = PyObject_Size(v);
if (n == -1) {
p->depth--;
@@ -395,7 +469,7 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
}
else if (PyCode_Check(v)) {
PyCodeObject *co = (PyCodeObject *)v;
- w_byte(TYPE_CODE, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_CODE, p);
w_long(co->co_argcount, p);
w_long(co->co_kwonlyargcount, p);
w_long(co->co_nlocals, p);
@@ -421,15 +495,14 @@ w_object(PyObject *v, WFILE *p)
p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
return;
}
- w_byte(TYPE_STRING, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_STRING, p);
w_pstring(view.buf, view.len, p);
PyBuffer_Release(&view);
}
else {
- w_byte(TYPE_UNKNOWN, p);
+ W_TYPE(TYPE_UNKNOWN, p);
p->error = WFERR_UNMARSHALLABLE;
}
- p->depth--;
}
/* version currently has no effect for writing ints. */
@@ -440,6 +513,7 @@ PyMarshal_WriteLongToFile(long x, FILE *fp, int version)
wf.fp = fp;
wf.error = WFERR_OK;
wf.depth = 0;
+ wf.refs = NULL;
wf.version = version;
w_long(x, &wf);
}
@@ -451,8 +525,14 @@ PyMarshal_WriteObjectToFile(PyObject *x, FILE *fp, int version)
wf.fp = fp;
wf.error = WFERR_OK;
wf.depth = 0;
+ if (version >= 3) {
+ if ((wf.refs = PyDict_New()) == NULL)
+ return; /* caller mush check PyErr_Occurred() */
+ } else
+ wf.refs = NULL;
wf.version = version;
w_object(x, &wf);
+ Py_XDECREF(wf.refs);
}
typedef WFILE RFILE; /* Same struct with different invariants */
@@ -488,7 +568,7 @@ r_string(char *s, Py_ssize_t n, RFILE *p)
data->ob_type->tp_name);
}
else {
- read = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(data);
+ read = (int)PyBytes_GET_SIZE(data);
if (read > 0) {
if (read > n) {
PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
@@ -533,7 +613,7 @@ r_byte(RFILE *p)
static int
r_short(RFILE *p)
{
- register short x;
+ short x;
unsigned char buffer[2];
r_string((char *) buffer, 2, p);
@@ -547,7 +627,7 @@ r_short(RFILE *p)
static long
r_long(RFILE *p)
{
- register long x;
+ long x;
unsigned char buffer[4];
r_string((char *) buffer, 4, p);
@@ -562,42 +642,6 @@ r_long(RFILE *p)
return x;
}
-/* r_long64 deals with the TYPE_INT64 code. On a machine with
- sizeof(long) > 4, it returns a Python int object, else a Python long
- object. Note that w_long64 writes out TYPE_INT if 32 bits is enough,
- so there's no inefficiency here in returning a PyLong on 32-bit boxes
- for everything written via TYPE_INT64 (i.e., if an int is written via
- TYPE_INT64, it *needs* more than 32 bits).
-*/
-static PyObject *
-r_long64(RFILE *p)
-{
- PyObject *result = NULL;
- long lo4 = r_long(p);
- long hi4 = r_long(p);
-
- if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
-#if SIZEOF_LONG > 4
- long x = (hi4 << 32) | (lo4 & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
- result = PyLong_FromLong(x);
-#else
- unsigned char buf[8];
- int one = 1;
- int is_little_endian = (int)*(char*)&one;
- if (is_little_endian) {
- memcpy(buf, &lo4, 4);
- memcpy(buf+4, &hi4, 4);
- }
- else {
- memcpy(buf, &hi4, 4);
- memcpy(buf+4, &lo4, 4);
- }
- result = _PyLong_FromByteArray(buf, 8, is_little_endian, 1);
-#endif
- }
- return result;
-}
-
static PyObject *
r_PyLong(RFILE *p)
{
@@ -667,6 +711,62 @@ r_PyLong(RFILE *p)
return NULL;
}
+/* allocate the reflist index for a new object. Return -1 on failure */
+static Py_ssize_t
+r_ref_reserve(int flag, RFILE *p)
+{
+ if (flag) { /* currently only FLAG_REF is defined */
+ Py_ssize_t idx = PyList_Size(p->refs);
+ if (idx < 0)
+ return -1;
+ if (idx >= 0x7ffffffe) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "bad marshal data (index list too large)");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (PyList_Append(p->refs, Py_None) < 0)
+ return -1;
+ return idx;
+ } else
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* insert the new object 'o' to the reflist at previously
+ * allocated index 'idx'.
+ * 'o' can be NULL, in which case nothing is done.
+ * if 'o' was non-NULL, and the function succeeds, 'o' is returned.
+ * if 'o' was non-NULL, and the function fails, 'o' is released and
+ * NULL returned. This simplifies error checking at the call site since
+ * a single test for NULL for the function result is enough.
+ */
+static PyObject *
+r_ref_insert(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t idx, int flag, RFILE *p)
+{
+ if (o != NULL && flag) { /* currently only FLAG_REF is defined */
+ if (PyList_SetItem(p->refs, idx, o) < 0) {
+ Py_DECREF(o); /* release the new object */
+ return NULL;
+ } else {
+ Py_INCREF(o); /* a reference for the list */
+ }
+ }
+ return o;
+}
+
+/* combination of both above, used when an object can be
+ * created whenever it is seen in the file, as opposed to
+ * after having loaded its sub-objects.
+ */
+static PyObject *
+r_ref(PyObject *o, int flag, RFILE *p)
+{
+ if (o != NULL && flag) { /* currently only FLAG_REF is defined */
+ if (PyList_Append(p->refs, o) < 0) {
+ Py_DECREF(o); /* release the new object */
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ return o;
+}
static PyObject *
r_object(RFILE *p)
@@ -674,10 +774,18 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
/* NULL is a valid return value, it does not necessarily means that
an exception is set. */
PyObject *v, *v2;
+ Py_ssize_t idx = 0;
long i, n;
- int type = r_byte(p);
+ int type, code = r_byte(p);
+ int flag;
PyObject *retval;
+ if (code == EOF) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
+ "EOF read where object expected");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
p->depth++;
if (p->depth > MAX_MARSHAL_STACK_DEPTH) {
@@ -686,13 +794,15 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
return NULL;
}
- switch (type) {
+ flag = code & FLAG_REF;
+ type = code & ~FLAG_REF;
- case EOF:
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
- "EOF read where object expected");
- retval = NULL;
- break;
+#define R_REF(O) do{\
+ if (flag) \
+ O = r_ref(O, flag, p);\
+} while (0)
+
+ switch (type) {
case TYPE_NULL:
retval = NULL;
@@ -726,14 +836,12 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
case TYPE_INT:
n = r_long(p);
retval = PyErr_Occurred() ? NULL : PyLong_FromLong(n);
- break;
-
- case TYPE_INT64:
- retval = r_long64(p);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
case TYPE_LONG:
retval = r_PyLong(p);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
case TYPE_FLOAT:
@@ -754,6 +862,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
if (dx == -1.0 && PyErr_Occurred())
break;
retval = PyFloat_FromDouble(dx);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
}
@@ -771,6 +880,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
retval = PyFloat_FromDouble(x);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
}
@@ -804,6 +914,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
if (c.imag == -1.0 && PyErr_Occurred())
break;
retval = PyComplex_FromCComplex(c);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
}
@@ -830,6 +941,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
retval = PyComplex_FromCComplex(c);
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
}
@@ -855,9 +967,11 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
retval = v;
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
case TYPE_UNICODE:
+ case TYPE_INTERNED:
{
char *buffer;
@@ -871,19 +985,31 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
retval = NULL;
break;
}
- buffer = PyMem_NEW(char, n);
- if (buffer == NULL) {
- retval = PyErr_NoMemory();
- break;
- }
- if (r_string(buffer, n, p) != n) {
+ if (n != 0) {
+ buffer = PyMem_NEW(char, n);
+ if (buffer == NULL) {
+ retval = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ break;
+ }
+ if (r_string(buffer, n, p) != n) {
+ PyMem_DEL(buffer);
+ retval = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+ v = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(buffer, n, "surrogatepass");
PyMem_DEL(buffer);
+ }
+ else {
+ v = PyUnicode_New(0, 0);
+ }
+ if (v == NULL) {
retval = NULL;
break;
}
- v = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(buffer, n, "surrogatepass");
- PyMem_DEL(buffer);
+ if (type == TYPE_INTERNED)
+ PyUnicode_InternInPlace(&v);
retval = v;
+ R_REF(retval);
break;
}
@@ -899,6 +1025,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
v = PyTuple_New(n);
+ R_REF(v);
if (v == NULL) {
retval = NULL;
break;
@@ -930,6 +1057,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
v = PyList_New(n);
+ R_REF(v);
if (v == NULL) {
retval = NULL;
break;
@@ -951,6 +1079,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
case TYPE_DICT:
v = PyDict_New();
+ R_REF(v);
if (v == NULL) {
retval = NULL;
break;
@@ -986,6 +1115,16 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
break;
}
v = (type == TYPE_SET) ? PySet_New(NULL) : PyFrozenSet_New(NULL);
+ if (type == TYPE_SET) {
+ R_REF(v);
+ } else {
+ /* must use delayed registration of frozensets because they must
+ * be init with a refcount of 1
+ */
+ idx = r_ref_reserve(flag, p);
+ if (idx < 0)
+ Py_CLEAR(v); /* signal error */
+ }
if (v == NULL) {
retval = NULL;
break;
@@ -1008,6 +1147,8 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
}
Py_DECREF(v2);
}
+ if (type != TYPE_SET)
+ v = r_ref_insert(v, idx, flag, p);
retval = v;
break;
@@ -1029,6 +1170,12 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
int firstlineno;
PyObject *lnotab = NULL;
+ idx = r_ref_reserve(flag, p);
+ if (idx < 0) {
+ retval = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+
v = NULL;
/* XXX ignore long->int overflows for now */
@@ -1094,6 +1241,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
code, consts, names, varnames,
freevars, cellvars, filename, name,
firstlineno, lnotab);
+ v = r_ref_insert(v, idx, flag, p);
code_error:
Py_XDECREF(code);
@@ -1109,6 +1257,23 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
retval = v;
break;
+ case TYPE_REF:
+ n = r_long(p);
+ if (n < 0 || n >= PyList_GET_SIZE(p->refs)) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "bad marshal data (invalid reference)");
+ retval = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+ v = PyList_GET_ITEM(p->refs, n);
+ if (v == Py_None) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "bad marshal data (invalid reference)");
+ retval = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+ Py_INCREF(v);
+ retval = v;
+ break;
+
default:
/* Bogus data got written, which isn't ideal.
This will let you keep working and recover. */
@@ -1214,7 +1379,11 @@ PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromFile(FILE *fp)
rf.current_filename = NULL;
rf.depth = 0;
rf.ptr = rf.end = NULL;
+ rf.refs = PyList_New(0);
+ if (rf.refs == NULL)
+ return NULL;
result = r_object(&rf);
+ Py_DECREF(rf.refs);
return result;
}
@@ -1229,7 +1398,11 @@ PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromString(char *str, Py_ssize_t len)
rf.ptr = str;
rf.end = str + len;
rf.depth = 0;
+ rf.refs = PyList_New(0);
+ if (rf.refs == NULL)
+ return NULL;
result = r_object(&rf);
+ Py_DECREF(rf.refs);
return result;
}
@@ -1248,7 +1421,13 @@ PyMarshal_WriteObjectToString(PyObject *x, int version)
wf.error = WFERR_OK;
wf.depth = 0;
wf.version = version;
+ if (version >= 3) {
+ if ((wf.refs = PyDict_New()) == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ } else
+ wf.refs = NULL;
w_object(x, &wf);
+ Py_XDECREF(wf.refs);
if (wf.str != NULL) {
char *base = PyBytes_AS_STRING((PyBytesObject *)wf.str);
if (wf.ptr - base > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
@@ -1320,6 +1499,8 @@ marshal_load(PyObject *self, PyObject *f)
* Make a call to the read method, but read zero bytes.
* This is to ensure that the object passed in at least
* has a read method which returns bytes.
+ * This can be removed if we guarantee good error handling
+ * for r_string()
*/
data = _PyObject_CallMethodId(f, &PyId_read, "i", 0);
if (data == NULL)
@@ -1335,7 +1516,11 @@ marshal_load(PyObject *self, PyObject *f)
rf.fp = NULL;
rf.readable = f;
rf.current_filename = NULL;
- result = read_object(&rf);
+ if ((rf.refs = PyList_New(0)) != NULL) {
+ result = read_object(&rf);
+ Py_DECREF(rf.refs);
+ } else
+ result = NULL;
}
Py_DECREF(data);
return result;
@@ -1392,8 +1577,11 @@ marshal_loads(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
rf.ptr = s;
rf.end = s + n;
rf.depth = 0;
+ if ((rf.refs = PyList_New(0)) == NULL)
+ return NULL;
result = read_object(&rf);
PyBuffer_Release(&p);
+ Py_DECREF(rf.refs);
return result;
}
@@ -1433,6 +1621,7 @@ Variables:\n\
version -- indicates the format that the module uses. Version 0 is the\n\
historical format, version 1 shares interned strings and version 2\n\
uses a binary format for floating point numbers.\n\
+ Version 3 shares common object references (New in version 3.4).\n\
\n\
Functions:\n\
\n\