MSR: Create instances of NSObjects and INativeObjects without using reflection #18519

simonrozsival · 2023-06-29T14:19:09Z

This PR adds lookup tables and factory methods for INativeObjects and NSObjects. These generated methods allow us to create instances of these objects without needing reflection.

stephen-hawley

Nifty idea, well done. I have some comments and some performance nits.

tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ManagedRegistrarLookupTablesStep.cs

stephen-hawley · 2023-06-29T19:47:47Z

tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ManagedRegistrarLookupTablesStep.cs

-			} else {
-				type.IsPublic = true;
+			} else if (!type.IsPublic) {
+				type.IsNotPublic = true;


I don't understand this. If it's not public, why are you marking it not public?

We need the type to be at least internal. Unless it's already public, we need to change its visibility attributes. There might be a better way to set the visibility modifier but this worked for me so far.

tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ManagedRegistrarLookupTablesStep.cs

src/Foundation/NSObject2.cs

Makefile

src/Foundation/NSObject2.cs

src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs

rolfbjarne · 2023-06-30T09:31:43Z

src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs

@@ -1368,6 +1455,25 @@ static void MissingCtor (IntPtr ptr, IntPtr klass, Type type, MissingCtorResolut
 			ctorArguments [1] = owns;

 			return (T?) ctor.Invoke (ctorArguments);
+
+#if NET
+			// This is a workaround for a compiler issue.


Are you going to leave me curious what this compiler issue is?

I think the comment is outdated. I was running into an issue where the compiler would crash when T.ConstructINativeObject or T.ConstructNSObject was called in the parent method but it was probably caused by something else (or it was in combination with some invalid IL that I generated during earlier stages of development). I don't observe the same crash now that I rebuilt it with "direct" calls to those methods. I'll get rid of the comment and I think I'll also remove the local function.

Update: I've been able to find the issue that led me to move the code into a separate function. Without T.ConstructINativeObject(...) being called from different function than Runtime.ConstructINativeObject<T>, for example calling CNContactFormatter.GetDescriptorForRequiredKeys (CNContactFormatterStyle.PhoneticFullName) causes a crashes with:

2023-06-30 17:11:06.854 MySingleView[90723:11572593] error: * Assertion at /Users/runner/work/1/s/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-generic-sharing.c:2283, condition `m_class_get_vtable (info->klass)' not met ================================================================= Native Crash Reporting ================================================================= Got a SIGABRT while executing native code. This usually indicates a fatal error in the mono runtime or one of the native libraries used by your application. ================================================================= ================================================================= Native stacktrace: ================================================================= 0x10362265c - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mono_dump_native_crash_info 0x1035e1578 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mono_handle_native_crash 0x1038001a0 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : sigabrt_signal_handler.cold.1 0x103621f10 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mono_runtime_setup_stat_profiler 0x18cd26a24 - /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib : _sigtramp 0x18ccf7c28 - /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib : pthread_kill 0x18cc05ae8 - /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib : abort 0x102e39bf0 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libxamarin-dotnet.dylib : _ZL14print_callbackPKci 0x10365e4b8 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : monoeg_g_logv_nofree 0x10365e570 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : monoeg_assertion_message 0x10365e5b4 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mono_assertion_message_unreachable 0x1035eaa8c - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : instantiate_info 0x1035e9900 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mini_instantiate_gshared_info 0x103595248 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MonoBundle/libmonosgen-2.0.dylib : mini_init_method_rgctx 0x1026c2acc - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : ObjCRuntime_Runtime_ConstructINativeObject_T_REF_intptr_bool_System_Type_ObjCRuntime_Runtime_MissingCtorResolution_intptr_System_RuntimeMethodHandle 0x1026c5788 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : ObjCRuntime_Runtime_GetINativeObject_T_REF_intptr_bool_System_Type_bool_intptr_System_RuntimeMethodHandle 0x1026c4860 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : ObjCRuntime_Runtime_GetINativeObject_T_REF_intptr_bool_System_Type_bool 0x1026c47e0 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : ObjCRuntime_Runtime_GetINativeObject_T_REF_intptr_bool_bool 0x1026c4768 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : ObjCRuntime_Runtime_GetINativeObject_T_REF_intptr_bool 0x1026b6448 - ./xamarin-macios/tests/dotnet/MySingleView/bin/Release/net7.0-maccatalyst/maccatalyst-arm64/MySingleView.app/Contents/MacOS/MySingleView : Contacts_CNContactFormatter_GetDescriptorForRequiredKeys_Contacts_CNContactFormatterStyle ...

The comment is still outdated and I'll try to change the wording of the workaround description.

Did you file an issue for this? Seems like an issue in the AOT compiler.

I haven't done that yet but I will create a follow-up compiler issue.

dotnet/runtime#90139

tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ManagedRegistrarLookupTablesStep.cs

src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs

src/ObjCRuntime/INativeObject.cs

tools/dotnet-linker/Steps/ManagedRegistrarLookupTablesStep.cs

dalexsoto

Looking good to me 👍

src/ObjCRuntime/Runtime.cs

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NativeAOT: Asking for Array<T> MethodTable dotnet/runtime#88287

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[Mono] Calling a virtual static method on an interface in Debug mode causes a crash dotnet/runtime#90139

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Research using an interface with a static abstract Create method for NSObject/INativeObject to avoid reflection #18327

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