weakref subclass payload, and the pickler's stale pinned hooks - #1220
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`W_Weakref_new` gave the builtin `W_Weakref` payload only to the exact type and to a subclass adding no storage; every other subclass fell through to `w_instance_new` and stored `w_obj_weak` / `w_callable` / `w_hash` with `write_attr`, which writes the instance `__dict__`. A `__slots__` subclass has no dict, so all three stores were silent no-ops and the reference read back dead; a dict-bearing subclass exposed the three private names in `__dict__`. Take the payload branch for every subtype and return `tag_subclass_instance` for a non-exact type. `is_typed_weakref` is `py_type_check`, which compares the layout pointer, so the tagged instance still answers the payload accessors. The `w_instance_new` tail is removed. The payload had no `__slots__` carrier, so add `W_Weakref::w_slots` and the `slot_get` / `slot_set` / `slot_del` helpers the other native layouts use, and dispatch to them from `native_slot_get` / `native_slot_set` / `native_slot_del`. Adds `extra_tests/parity_tests/weakref_ref_subclass_layout.py`. On the darwin dynasm cpython_tests suite this turns `test_symtable`, `test_copy` and the `test_importlib` timeout from FAIL to PASS. Assisted-by: Claude
WalkthroughThe change adds native slot storage and dispatch for weak-reference subclasses. It also makes pickle callbacks and dispatch references relocation-aware during garbage collection. New parity tests cover weak-reference layouts and pickle dispatch behavior. ChangesWeak-reference subclass layouts
Pickle hook relocation safety
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Pickling can use a stale object reference when the buffer callback runs, potentially causing incorrect memoization or runtime failure. This should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant PythonSubclass
participant baseobjspace
participant W_Weakref
PythonSubclass->>baseobjspace: retrieve, assign, or delete a slot
baseobjspace->>W_Weakref: call weakref slot helper
W_Weakref-->>baseobjspace: return or update slot value
baseobjspace-->>PythonSubclass: complete slot operation
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participant Pickler
participant PickleCtx
participant PinnedRef
participant PythonHook
Pickler->>PickleCtx: request serialization hook
PickleCtx->>PinnedRef: retrieve current reference
PinnedRef-->>PickleCtx: return relocated callable or table
PickleCtx->>PythonHook: invoke hook or perform dispatch lookup
PythonHook-->>Pickler: return serialization result
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When a dict-bearing subclass forms a cycle through its instance dictionary (for example, r = R(target); r.self = r), this branch now returns a typed W_Weakref with no object-owned mapdict storage, so getdict places the dictionary in INSTANCE_DICT. Major collections treat every such dictionary as a root and trace its entries (mapdict.rs:5163-5169, 5269-5309), which marks r before the dead-owner pruner runs; consequently an external weakref.ref(r) never clears and the cycle leaks. Preserve the builtin weakref payload while retaining PyPy's generated, object-owned mapdict layout for dict-bearing subclasses rather than routing their storage through the side table.
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🤖 Codex parity reviewStatic analysis of this diff vs the local RPython/PyPy sources (commit cfcf140). Files in the reviewed diff1. Regressions to PyPy parity introduced by this patchNone. 2. Other mismatches introduced by this patchNone. 3. Pre-existing mismatches (already present before this patch)
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`pickle_core_impl` pins `pers_func`, `buffer_callback`, `dispatch_table` and
`reducer_override` as GC roots and then stored the value it pinned in
`PickleCtx`. Pinning keeps the object alive and lets the collector move it: the
shadow-stack slot is forwarded, the copy in the struct is not, so any minor
collection during `save()` left all four pointing at the forwarded-from address.
`dispatch_table_reduce` branches on `is_dict(dt)`, a layout test, so a stale
dispatch table failed it while its `w_class` still named `dict` and the lookup
fell through to the generic subscript:
TypeError: descriptor '__getitem__' for 'dict' objects doesn't apply to a 'dict' object
The memo, the file and the write callable in the same function already keep the
slot index and re-read through `shadow_stack_get`. Give the other four the same
treatment through a `PinnedRef` that pins a movable value and resolves it on
every access; `PY_NULL` and `None` are immovable and are held verbatim, so a
`None` `buffer_callback` and a `None` `dispatch_table` still reach the branches
that test for them.
Adds `extra_tests/parity_tests/pickle_dispatch_table_across_collection.py`,
which collects inside a `persistent_id` call mid-dump and then asserts the
dispatch table, `persistent_id` and `reducer_override` all still apply.
Turns `test_range` and `test_pickletools` from FAIL to PASS on the darwin
dynasm cpython_tests suite.
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For a dict-bearing subclass such as class R(weakref.ref): pass, tagging the fixed W_Weakref payload means getdict() cannot find a mapdict layout and stores the dictionary in the global INSTANCE_DICT side table. If the dictionary references its owner (r.me = r), the major root walker marks that dictionary unconditionally, the dictionary marks r, and the dead-owner pruner consequently never removes the entry; del r; gc.collect() therefore leaves the cycle and a weakref.ref(r) alive. Preserve the builtin fields in a generated user layout that appends PyPy's MapdictStorageMixin, rather than tagging the fixed payload and relying on the side table.
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In `@pyre/pyre-interpreter/src/module/_pickle/pickler.rs`:
- Around line 2085-2087: Root w_obj before invoking the buffer callback in the
pickler flow, since call_fn may trigger collection and relocate the PickleBuffer
wrapper. After the callback returns, reload w_obj from its shadow-stack slot
before the in-band pinning and memoize operations, ensuring both callback
argument use and memoization reference the relocated object.
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| let buffer_callback = ctx.buffer_callback.get(); | ||
| if !unsafe { pyre_object::is_none(buffer_callback) } { | ||
| let w_ret = call_fn(buffer_callback, &[w_obj])?; |
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Root w_obj before the buffer callback.
Line 2087 can run collection code. The callback can relocate the PickleBuffer wrapper. The in-band path then pins and memoizes the stale local w_obj pointer.
Root w_obj before the callback. Reload its shadow-stack slot for the callback argument and for memoize.
Proposed fix
let (data, readonly) = crate::module::__pypy__::interp_buffer::buffer_view(wrapped)?;
let mut in_band = true;
+ let _roots = pyre_object::gc_roots::push_roots();
+ pyre_object::gc_roots::pin_root(w_obj);
+ let obj_slot = pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_len() - 1;
let buffer_callback = ctx.buffer_callback.get();
if !unsafe { pyre_object::is_none(buffer_callback) } {
- let w_ret = call_fn(buffer_callback, &[w_obj])?;
+ let w_ret = call_fn(
+ buffer_callback,
+ &[pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_get(obj_slot)],
+ )?;
in_band = crate::baseobjspace::is_true(w_ret)?;
}
if in_band {
- let _roots = pyre_object::gc_roots::push_roots();
- pyre_object::gc_roots::pin_root(w_obj);
- let slot = pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_len() - 1;
if readonly {
save_raw_bytes(ctx, buf, &data)?;
} else {
save_raw_bytearray(buf, &data)?;
}
- memoize(ctx, buf, pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_get(slot));
+ memoize(ctx, buf, pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_get(obj_slot));
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| let buffer_callback = ctx.buffer_callback.get(); | |
| if !unsafe { pyre_object::is_none(buffer_callback) } { | |
| let w_ret = call_fn(buffer_callback, &[w_obj])?; | |
| let (data, readonly) = crate::module::__pypy__::interp_buffer::buffer_view(wrapped)?; | |
| let mut in_band = true; | |
| let _roots = pyre_object::gc_roots::push_roots(); | |
| pyre_object::gc_roots::pin_root(w_obj); | |
| let obj_slot = pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_len() - 1; | |
| let buffer_callback = ctx.buffer_callback.get(); | |
| if !unsafe { pyre_object::is_none(buffer_callback) } { | |
| let w_ret = call_fn( | |
| buffer_callback, | |
| &[pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_get(obj_slot)], | |
| )?; | |
| in_band = crate::baseobjspace::is_true(w_ret)?; | |
| } | |
| if in_band { | |
| if readonly { | |
| save_raw_bytes(ctx, buf, &data)?; | |
| } else { | |
| save_raw_bytearray(buf, &data)?; | |
| } | |
| memoize(ctx, buf, pyre_object::gc_roots::shadow_stack_get(obj_slot)); | |
| } |
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In `@pyre/pyre-interpreter/src/module/_pickle/pickler.rs` around lines 2085 -
2087, Root w_obj before invoking the buffer callback in the pickler flow, since
call_fn may trigger collection and relocate the PickleBuffer wrapper. After the
callback returns, reload w_obj from its shadow-stack slot before the in-band
pinning and memoize operations, ensuring both callback argument use and
memoization reference the relocated object.
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Two moving-GC storage bugs found while chasing
test_symtable. Both are "wrong data, not a crash".1.
weakref.refsubclasses lost the builtin payloadW_Weakref_newgave the builtinW_Weakrefpayload only to the exact type and to a subclass adding no storage. Every other subclass fell through tow_instance_newand stored the three interpreter-owned fields (w_obj_weak,w_callable,w_hash) withwrite_attr, which writes the Python-visible instance__dict__:A
__slots__subclass's reference was born dead — no instance dict, sowrite_attr'sif !w_dict.is_null()guard made all three stores silent no-ops.A dict-bearing subclass leaked the private names —
sorted(r.__dict__)gave['a', 'w_callable', 'w_hash', 'w_obj_weak'].weakref.KeyedRefis exactly the first shape, so everyWeakValueDictionaryentry read as dead. That is what broketest.test_symtable'stest_namespaces: the stdlibsymtable.SymbolTableFactorymemo is aWeakValueDictionary, sofind_block(top, "spam")andtop.lookup("spam").get_namespace()came back as two different wrapper objects.Fix. Take the payload branch for every subtype and return
tag_subclass_instancefor a non-exact type.is_typed_weakrefispy_type_check, which compares the layout pointer and notw_class, so a tagged instance still answers the payload accessors. Thew_instance_newtail is removed.The payload had no
__slots__carrier, which mades.key = 7raise'weakref.ReferenceType' object attribute 'key' is read-only— an identicalfloatsubclass stores fine becauseW_FloatObjectcarriesw_slots. SoW_Weakrefgainsw_slotsand theslots::slot_get/slot_set/slot_delhelpers the other native layouts already share, dispatched fromnative_slot_get/native_slot_set/native_slot_del. A plain subclass's__dict__needs nothing new.Proxies are untouched — they are not subclassable and keep the mapdict carrier.
2. The pickler kept pin-time addresses instead of shadow-stack slots
pickle_core_implpinspers_func,buffer_callback,dispatch_tableandreducer_overrideas GC roots, then stored the value it pinned inPickleCtx. Pinning keeps the object alive and lets the collector move it: the slot is forwarded, the copy in the struct is not. Any minor collection duringsave()left all four pointing at the forwarded-from address.dispatch_table_reducebranches onis_dict(dt), a layout (ob_type) test, so a stale dispatch table failed it while itsw_classstill nameddict, and the lookup fell through to the generic subscript:That message is the diagnosis: the owner name comes from the layout and the received name from
w_class, so the same name on both sides means the two disagree — a stale reference.Fix. The memo, the file and the write callable in the same function already keep the slot index and re-read through
shadow_stack_get(memo_slot's comment states the rule outright). Give the other four the same treatment via aPinnedRefthat pins a movable value and resolves it on every access;PY_NULLandNoneare immovable and held verbatim, so aNonebuffer_callbackand aNonedispatch_tablestill reach the branches that test for them.Verification
pyre/check.py --backend dynasm— ALL PASSED 427/427pyre/check.py --backend cranelift— ALL PASSED 427/427pyre/extra_tests/parity_tests/run.py— all pass on cpython/dynasm/craneliftcargo test --all --no-default-features --features dynasm— cleanTwo new parity fixtures, each verified to fail on the unfixed binary:
weakref_ref_subclass_layout.py— plain /__slots__ = ()/__slots__ = ("key",)subclasses: deref and death,__callback__firing, hash and equality, slot round-trip and deletion, private-name invisibility, and a tuple-keyedWeakValueDictionary.pickle_dispatch_table_across_collection.py— collects inside apersistent_idcall mid-dump, then asserts the dispatch table,persistent_idandreducer_overrideall still apply.cpython_testson darwin dynasm, against a control binary built from this PR's merge base:test_symtabletest_copy(weakvaluedict)test_importlibtest_pickletoolstest_rangetest_pickleOne row left, and it is not this PR's
test_pickle::test_newobj_genericfails on the merge base too (2/3 runs, same assertion). It is a different mechanism — the unpickledMyListgains an extra key it was never given ({'foo': 42} != {'foo': 42, 'bar': 'hello'}), i.e. a fresh builtin-subclass instance inheriting a dead sibling's__dict__from the address-keyedINSTANCE_DICTside table. That is already root-caused and fixed on another branch, so this PR leaves it alone.Measurement notes for reviewers
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pyre-interpreter/src/importing.rsresolves the stdlib fromcurrent_exe(), so a binary copied outsidetarget/release/runs a different suite (test_pickletools: 169 tests instead of 190) and a real failure reads as a pass. Swap arms intotarget/release/pyre-dynasmrather than comparing by path.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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