feat(ext/ffi): Support read only global statics (#13662)

cli/dts/lib.deno.unstable.d.ts

@@ -176,9 +176,15 @@ declare namespace Deno {
     nonblocking?: NonBlocking;
   }
 
-  /** A foreign function interface descriptor */
+  export interface ForeignStatic<Type extends NativeType = NativeType> {
-  export interface ForeignFunctionInterface {
+    /** Name of the symbol, defaults to the key name in symbols object. */
-    [name: string]: ForeignFunction;
+    name?: string;
+    type: Exclude<Type, "void">;
+  }
+
+  /** A foreign library interface descriptor */
+  export interface ForeignLibraryInterface {
+    [name: string]: ForeignFunction | ForeignStatic;
   }
 
   /** All possible number types interfacing with foreign functions */
@@ -203,20 +209,23 @@ declare namespace Deno {
     },
   ];
 
-  /** Infers a foreign function */
+  /** Infers a foreign symbol */
-  type StaticForeignFunction<T extends ForeignFunction> = (
+  type StaticForeignSymbol<T extends ForeignFunction | ForeignStatic> =
+    T extends ForeignFunction ? (
       ...args: StaticForeignFunctionParameters<T["parameters"]>
     ) => ConditionalAsync<
       T["nonblocking"],
       StaticForeignFunctionResult<T["result"]>
-  >;
+    >
+      : T extends ForeignStatic ? StaticForeignFunctionResult<T["type"]>
+      : never;
 
   type ConditionalAsync<IsAsync extends boolean | undefined, T> =
     IsAsync extends true ? Promise<T> : T;
 
-  /** Infers a foreign function interface */
+  /** Infers a foreign library interface */
-  type StaticForeignFunctionInterface<T extends ForeignFunctionInterface> = {
+  type StaticForeignLibraryInterface<T extends ForeignLibraryInterface> = {
-    [K in keyof T]: StaticForeignFunction<T[K]>;
+    [K in keyof T]: StaticForeignSymbol<T[K]>;
   };
 
   type TypedArray =
@@ -313,9 +322,9 @@ declare namespace Deno {
   }
 
   /** A dynamic library resource */
-  export interface DynamicLibrary<S extends ForeignFunctionInterface> {
+  export interface DynamicLibrary<S extends ForeignLibraryInterface> {
-    /** All of the registered symbols along with functions for calling them */
+    /** All of the registered library along with functions for calling them */
-    symbols: StaticForeignFunctionInterface<S>;
+    symbols: StaticForeignLibraryInterface<S>;
     close(): void;
   }
 
@@ -323,7 +332,7 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    *
    * Opens a dynamic library and registers symbols
    */
-  export function dlopen<S extends ForeignFunctionInterface>(
+  export function dlopen<S extends ForeignLibraryInterface>(
     filename: string | URL,
     symbols: S,
   ): DynamicLibrary<S>;

ext/ffi/00_ffi.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     Uint8Array,
     BigInt,
     Number,
+    ObjectDefineProperty,
     ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf,
     TypeError,
   } = window.__bootstrap.primordials;
@@ -230,10 +231,47 @@
       this.#rid = core.opSync("op_ffi_load", { path, symbols });
 
       for (const symbol in symbols) {
+        if ("type" in symbols[symbol]) {
+          const type = symbols[symbol].type;
+          if (type === "void") {
+            throw new TypeError(
+              "Foreign symbol of type 'void' is not supported.",
+            );
+          }
+
+          const name = symbols[symbol].name || symbol;
+          let value = core.opSync(
+            "op_ffi_get_static",
+            {
+              rid: this.#rid,
+              name,
+              type,
+            },
+          );
+          if (type === "pointer" || type === "u64") {
+            value = unpackU64(value);
+            if (type === "pointer") {
+              value = new UnsafePointer(value);
+            }
+          } else if (type === "i64") {
+            value = unpackI64(value);
+          }
+          ObjectDefineProperty(
+            this.symbols,
+            symbol,
+            {
+              configurable: false,
+              enumerable: true,
+              value,
+              writable: false,
+            },
+          );
+          continue;
+        }
         const isNonBlocking = symbols[symbol].nonblocking;
         const types = symbols[symbol].parameters;
 
-        this.symbols[symbol] = (...args) => {
+        const fn = (...args) => {
           const { parameters, buffers } = prepareArgs(types, args);
 
           if (isNonBlocking) {
@@ -266,6 +304,17 @@
             return result;
           }
         };
+
+        ObjectDefineProperty(
+          this.symbols,
+          symbol,
+          {
+            configurable: false,
+            enumerable: true,
+            value: fn,
+            writable: false,
+          },
+        );
       }
     }
 

ext/ffi/lib.rs

@@ -118,6 +118,19 @@ impl DynamicLibraryResource {
 
     Ok(())
   }
+
+  fn get_static(&self, symbol: String) -> Result<*const c_void, AnyError> {
+    // By default, Err returned by this function does not tell
+    // which symbol wasn't exported. So we'll modify the error
+    // message to include the name of symbol.
+    match unsafe { self.lib.symbol::<*const c_void>(&symbol) } {
+      Ok(value) => Ok(Ok(value)),
+      Err(err) => Err(generic_error(format!(
+        "Failed to register symbol {}: {}",
+        symbol, err
+      ))),
+    }?
+  }
 }
 
 pub fn init<P: FfiPermissions + 'static>(unstable: bool) -> Extension {
@@ -128,6 +141,7 @@ pub fn init<P: FfiPermissions + 'static>(unstable: bool) -> Extension {
     ))
     .ops(vec![
       ("op_ffi_load", op_sync(op_ffi_load::<P>)),
+      ("op_ffi_get_static", op_sync(op_ffi_get_static)),
       ("op_ffi_call", op_sync(op_ffi_call)),
       ("op_ffi_call_nonblocking", op_async(op_ffi_call_nonblocking)),
       ("op_ffi_call_ptr", op_sync(op_ffi_call_ptr)),
@@ -351,10 +365,28 @@ struct ForeignFunction {
   result: NativeType,
 }
 
+// ForeignStatic's name and type fields are read and used by
+// serde_v8 to determine which variant a ForeignSymbol is.
+// They are not used beyond that and are thus marked with underscores.
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct ForeignStatic {
+  #[serde(rename(deserialize = "name"))]
+  _name: Option<String>,
+  #[serde(rename(deserialize = "type"))]
+  _type: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+enum ForeignSymbol {
+  ForeignFunction(ForeignFunction),
+  ForeignStatic(ForeignStatic),
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 struct FfiLoadArgs {
   path: String,
-  symbols: HashMap<String, ForeignFunction>,
+  symbols: HashMap<String, ForeignSymbol>,
 }
 
 // `path` is only used on Windows.
@@ -458,9 +490,16 @@ where
     symbols: HashMap::new(),
   };
 
-  for (symbol, foreign_fn) in args.symbols {
+  for (symbol, foreign_symbol) in args.symbols {
+    match foreign_symbol {
+      ForeignSymbol::ForeignStatic(_) => {
+        // No-op: Statics will be handled separately and are not part of the Rust-side resource.
+      }
+      ForeignSymbol::ForeignFunction(foreign_fn) => {
         resource.register(symbol, foreign_fn)?;
       }
+    }
+  }
 
   Ok(state.resource_table.add(resource))
 }
@@ -631,6 +670,71 @@ async fn op_ffi_call_ptr_nonblocking(
     .unwrap()
 }
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct FfiGetArgs {
+  rid: ResourceId,
+  name: String,
+  r#type: NativeType,
+}
+
+fn op_ffi_get_static(
+  state: &mut deno_core::OpState,
+  args: FfiGetArgs,
+  _: (),
+) -> Result<Value, AnyError> {
+  let resource = state
+    .resource_table
+    .get::<DynamicLibraryResource>(args.rid)?;
+
+  let data_ptr = resource.get_static(args.name)? as *const u8;
+
+  Ok(match args.r#type {
+    NativeType::Void => {
+      unreachable!();
+    }
+    NativeType::U8 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const u8) })
+    }
+    NativeType::I8 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const i8) })
+    }
+    NativeType::U16 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const u16) })
+    }
+    NativeType::I16 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const i16) })
+    }
+    NativeType::U32 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const u32) })
+    }
+    NativeType::I32 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const i32) })
+    }
+    NativeType::U64 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const u64) })
+    }
+    NativeType::I64 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const i64) })
+    }
+    NativeType::USize => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const usize) })
+    }
+    NativeType::ISize => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const isize) })
+    }
+    NativeType::F32 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const f32) })
+    }
+    NativeType::F64 => {
+      json!(unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(data_ptr as *const f64) })
+    }
+    NativeType::Pointer => {
+      json!(U32x2::from(data_ptr as *const u8 as u64))
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 fn op_ffi_call(
   state: &mut deno_core::OpState,
   args: FfiCallArgs,

test_ffi/src/lib.rs

@@ -112,3 +112,14 @@ pub extern "C" fn get_add_u32_ptr() -> *const c_void {
 pub extern "C" fn get_sleep_blocking_ptr() -> *const c_void {
   sleep_blocking as *const c_void
 }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static static_u32: u32 = 42;
+
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct Structure {
+  _data: u32,
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static static_ptr: Structure = Structure { _data: 42 };

test_ffi/tests/ffi_types.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ const remote = Deno.dlopen(
     method17: { parameters: [], result: "usize", nonblocking: true },
     method18: { parameters: [], result: "pointer" },
     method19: { parameters: [], result: "pointer", nonblocking: true },
+    static1: { type: "usize" },
+    static2: { type: "pointer" },
+    static3: { type: "usize" },
+    static4: { type: "isize" },
+    static5: { type: "u8" },
+    static6: { type: "u16" },
+    static7: { type: "u32" },
+    static8: { type: "u64" },
+    static9: { type: "i8" },
+    static10: { type: "i16" },
+    static11: { type: "i32" },
+    static12: { type: "i64" },
+    static13: { type: "f32" },
+    static14: { type: "f64" },
   } as const,
 );
 
@@ -121,3 +135,46 @@ const fnptr = new Deno.UnsafeFnPointer(
 // @ts-expect-error: Invalid argument
 fnptr.call(null, null);
 fnptr.call(0, null);
+
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static1_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static1;
+const static1_right: number = remote.symbols.static1;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static2_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static2;
+const static2_right: Deno.UnsafePointer = remote.symbols.static2;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static3_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static3;
+const static3_right: number = remote.symbols.static3;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static4_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static4;
+const static4_right: number = remote.symbols.static4;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static5_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static5;
+const static5_right: number = remote.symbols.static5;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static6_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static6;
+const static6_right: number = remote.symbols.static6;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static7_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static7;
+const static7_right: number = remote.symbols.static7;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static8_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static8;
+const static8_right: number = remote.symbols.static8;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static9_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static9;
+const static9_right: number = remote.symbols.static9;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static10_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static10;
+const static10_right: number = remote.symbols.static10;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static11_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static11;
+const static11_right: number = remote.symbols.static11;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static12_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static12;
+const static12_right: number = remote.symbols.static12;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static13_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static13;
+const static13_right: number = remote.symbols.static13;
+// @ts-expect-error: Invalid member type
+const static14_wrong: null = remote.symbols.static14;
+const static14_right: number = remote.symbols.static14;

test_ffi/tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ fn basic() {
     true\n\
     Before\n\
     true\n\
+    Static u32: 42\n\
+    Static ptr: true\n\
+    Static ptr value: 42\n\
     After\n\
     true\n\
     Correct number of resources\n";

test_ffi/tests/test.js

@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ const dylib = Deno.dlopen(libPath, {
     parameters: [],
     result: "pointer",
   },
+  "static_u32": {
+    type: "u32",
+  },
+  "static_ptr": {
+    type: "pointer",
+  },
 });
 
 dylib.symbols.printSomething();
@@ -201,6 +207,14 @@ dylib.symbols.sleep_nonblocking(100).then(() => {
 console.log("Before");
 console.log(performance.now() - start < 100);
 
+console.log("Static u32:", dylib.symbols.static_u32);
+console.log(
+  "Static ptr:",
+  dylib.symbols.static_ptr instanceof Deno.UnsafePointer,
+);
+const view = new Deno.UnsafePointerView(dylib.symbols.static_ptr);
+console.log("Static ptr value:", view.getUint32());
+
 function cleanup() {
   dylib.close();