New submission from Hood Chatham <roberthoodchat...@gmail.com>:
On wasm targets, `test_code` fails. It's because of a bad function pointer
cast. The problematic code is as follows:
```py
import ctypes
py = ctypes.pythonapi
freefunc = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(None, ctypes.c_voidp)
RequestCodeExtraIndex = py._PyEval_RequestCodeExtraIndex
RequestCodeExtraIndex.argtypes = (freefunc,)
RequestCodeExtraIndex.restype = ctypes.c_ssize_t
SetExtra = py._PyCode_SetExtra
SetExtra.argtypes = (ctypes.py_object, ctypes.c_ssize_t, ctypes.c_voidp)
SetExtra.restype = ctypes.c_int
LAST_FREED = None
def myfree(ptr):
global LAST_FREED
LAST_FREED = ptr
FREE_FUNC = freefunc(myfree)
FREE_INDEX = RequestCodeExtraIndex(FREE_FUNC)
# Verify that the provided free function gets invoked
# when the code object is cleaned up.
f = eval('lambda:42')
SetExtra(f.__code__, FREE_INDEX, ctypes.c_voidp(100))
del f # crashes!!
```
The problem: `freefunc = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(None, ctypes.c_voidp)` declares a
function with signature `int f(void*)`. However, the definition of `freefunc`
is `void f(void*)`. These function signatures do not agree, and trying to make
the call crashes.
Due to a bug(?) ctypes can produce closures that have `void` return type but it
can't produce simple functions with void return type.
Closures code: checks if `restype == Py_None` and if so gives the callback a
void return type
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/main/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c#L381
Direct call code: calls `_ctypes_get_ffi_type` which never returns
`ffi_type_void`:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/b183f486493e7e4c332566392ef18c6b346a6561/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c#L1212
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components: ctypes
messages: 416526
nosy: christian.heimes, hoodchatham
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: ctypes mishandles `void` return type
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