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Module: Fiddle

Overview

A libffi wrapper for Ruby.

Description

Fiddle is an extension to translate a foreign function interface (FFI) with ruby.

It wraps / libffi, a popular C library which provides a portable interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language.

Example

Here we will use Fiddle::Function} to wrap {floor(3) from libm

require 'fiddle'

libm = Fiddle.dlopen('/lib/libm.so.6')

floor = Fiddle::Function.new(
  libm['floor'],
  [Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE],
  Fiddle::TYPE_DOUBLE
)

puts floor.call(3.14159) #=> 3.0

Constant Summary

Class Attribute Summary

Class Method Summary

  • .dlopen(library) ⇒ Fiddle mod_func

    Creates a new handler that opens library, and returns an instance of Handle.

  • .dlunwrap(addr) mod_func

    Returns the hexadecimal representation of a memory pointer address addr

  • .dlwrap(val) mod_func

    Returns a memory pointer of a function's hexadecimal address location val

  • .free(addr) mod_func

    Free the memory at address addr

  • .malloc(size) mod_func

    Allocate size bytes of memory and return the integer memory address for the allocated memory.

  • .realloc(addr, size) mod_func

    Change the size of the memory allocated at the memory location addr to size bytes.

Class Attribute Details

.last_error (rw)

Returns the last Error of the current executing Thread or nil if none

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# File 'ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb', line 20



def self.last_error
  Thread.current[:__FIDDLE_LAST_ERROR__]
end


  








  

    .last_error=(error)   (rw)
  



  

    

Sets the last Error of the current executing Thread to error


  



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# File 'ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb', line 25



def self.last_error= error
  Thread.current[:__DL2_LAST_ERROR__] = error
  Thread.current[:__FIDDLE_LAST_ERROR__] = error
end


  








  

    .win32_last_error   (rw)
  



  

    

Returns the last win32 Error of the current executing Thread or nil if none


  



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# File 'ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb', line 9



def self.win32_last_error
  Thread.current[:__FIDDLE_WIN32_LAST_ERROR__]
end


  








  

    .win32_last_error=(error)   (rw)
  



  

    

Sets the last win32 Error of the current executing Thread to error


  



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# File 'ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb', line 14



def self.win32_last_error= error
  Thread.current[:__FIDDLE_WIN32_LAST_ERROR__] = error
end


  







Class Method Details



  

    .dlopen(library)  ⇒ Fiddle  (mod_func)  



  

    

Creates a new handler that opens library, and returns an instance of ::Fiddle::Handle.



If nil is given for the library, Handle::DEFAULT is used, which is the equivalent to RTLD_DEFAULT. See man 3 dlopen for more.



lib = Fiddle.dlopen(nil)



The default is dependent on OS, and provide a handle for all libraries already loaded. For example, in most cases you can use this to access libc functions, or ruby functions like rb_str_new.



See Handle.new for more.


  



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# File 'ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb', line 45



def dlopen library
  Fiddle::Handle.new library
end


  








  

    .dlunwrap(addr)   (mod_func)  



  

    

Returns the hexadecimal representation of a memory pointer address addr



Example:



lib = Fiddle.dlopen('/lib64/libc-2.15.so')
#=> #<Fiddle::Handle:0x00000001342460>

lib['strcpy'].to_s(16)
#=> "7f59de6dd240"

Fiddle.dlunwrap(Fiddle.dlwrap(lib['strcpy'].to_s(16)))
#=> "7f59de6dd240"


  









  

    .dlwrap(val)   (mod_func)  



  

    

Returns a memory pointer of a function's hexadecimal address location val



Example:



lib = Fiddle.dlopen('/lib64/libc-2.15.so')
#=> #<Fiddle::Handle:0x00000001342460>

Fiddle.dlwrap(lib['strcpy'].to_s(16))
#=> 25522520


  









  

    .free(addr)   (mod_func)  



  

    

Free the memory at address addr


  









  

    .malloc(size)   (mod_func)  



  

    

Allocate size bytes of memory and return the integer memory address for the allocated memory.


  









  

    .realloc(addr, size)   (mod_func)  



  

    

Change the size of the memory allocated at the memory location addr to size bytes.  Returns the memory address of the reallocated memory, which may be different than the address passed in.