[Xcb] [PATCH v2] c_client.py: Add padding after full_sequence for certain XGE events.

Kenneth Graunke kenneth at whitecape.org
Sun Dec 29 20:50:21 PST 2013


With the advent of the Present extension, some events (such as
PresentCompleteNotify) now use native 64-bit types on the wire.

For XGE events, we insert an extra "uint32_t full_sequence" field
immediately after the first 32 bytes of data.  Normally, this causes the
subsequent fields to be shifted over by 4 bytes, and the structure to
grow in size by 4 bytes.  Everything works fine.

However, if event contains 64-bit extended fields, this may result in
the compiler adding an extra 4 bytes of padding so that those fields
remain properly aligned on 64-bit boundaries.  This causes the structure
to grow by 8 bytes, not 4.  Unfortunately, XCB doesn't realize this.
read_packet() fails to malloc enough memory to hold the event, and the
event processing code uses the wrong offsets.

To correct this, we add an additional uint32_t field (called "pad_fs")
just after full_sequence.

This breaks the ABI for 32-bit systems, but any affected code would have
been completely broken on 64-bit systems.  Thus, it's unlikely that
anyone will be affected.

v2: Check for /any/ extended fields where size == 8, not just the first.
    Also, only look for fields whose type is classified as "simple" to
    avoid triggering on struct fields whose size happens to add up to 8
    (such as pairs of uint32_t values).

Signed-off-by: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth at whitecape.org>
---
 src/c_client.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Keith,

You're right, of course - we have to look at all the extended fields,
not just the first one.

With that fixed, this patch now affects:
 - xcb_present_complete_notify_event_t (same as v1)
 - xcb_present_redirect_notify_event_t (new in v2)

diff --git a/src/c_client.py b/src/c_client.py
index 99fd307..937b4c7 100644
--- a/src/c_client.py
+++ b/src/c_client.py
@@ -2911,6 +2911,14 @@ def c_event(self, name):
                 full_sequence = Field(tcard32, tcard32.name, 'full_sequence', False, True, True)
                 idx = self.fields.index(field)
                 self.fields.insert(idx + 1, full_sequence)
+
+                # If the event contains any 64-bit extended fields, they need
+                # to remain aligned on a 64-bit boundary.  Adding full_sequence
+                # broke that; add an additional 32-bit pad to fix it.
+                if True in (f.type.size == 8 and f.type.is_simple for f in self.fields[(idx+2):]):
+                    pad_fs = Field(tcard32, tcard32.name, 'pad_fs', False, True, True)
+                    self.fields.insert(idx + 2, pad_fs)
+
                 break
 
     _c_type_setup(self, name, ('event',))
-- 
1.8.5.2



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