Hardened access to boxed value

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Simon Lübeß
2026-09-19 23:47:01 +02:00
parent 14c1568e98
commit f62adf8390
+15 -15
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@@ -685,6 +685,15 @@ internal static unsafe partial class ScriptGlue
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Layout stand-in to get a reference to the contents of a boxed value type via <see cref="Unsafe.As{T}(object)"/>.
/// Never instantiated.
/// </summary>
private sealed class RawData
{
public byte Data;
}
public static void Serialization_SerializeField(IntPtr serializationContext, SerializationType type, string fieldName, object? valueObject, string? fullTypeName)
{
StringView fieldNameConverted;
@@ -744,25 +753,16 @@ internal static unsafe partial class ScriptGlue
default:
if (valueObject is not null)
{
// This is probably the dirtiest piece of C# Code, that I have ever seen.
// We first take a pointer the Object (which itself is a reference type -> object* is a double pointer!)
// We then dereference this double pointer, which gives us a pointer to the objects internals.
// These are Header (64bit), Method Table (64bit), and the objects content (at least another 64bit)
// I believe, that the actual reference points to the method table however and not the header (compare gcenv.object.h)
// Below we calculate a pointer to the objects contents by adding the size of a pointer.
#pragma warning disable CS8500 // This takes the address of, gets the size of, or declares a pointer to a managed type
object?* objectRef = &valueObject;
// Skip Object Header (IntPtr) + Method Table (IntPtr)
byte* valueRef = (byte*)*(IntPtr*)objectRef + sizeof(IntPtr);
float* fRef = (float*)(void*)valueRef;
// valueObject is a boxed value type. An object reference points to the method table pointer, the boxed value starts right behind it.
// That's exactly where the first field of RawData lives, so reinterpreting the box gives us a reference to the first byte of the value.
// We have to pin it: During the native call this thread is in preemptive mode and a GC is free to move the box.
fixed (byte* valueRef = &Unsafe.As<RawData>(valueObject).Data)
{
_engineFunctions.Serialization_SerializeField((void*)serializationContext, type, &fieldNameConverted, valueRef, &fullTypeNameConverted);
}
}
break;
}
//StringView.FreeNativeMemory(fieldNameConverted);
//StringView.FreeNativeMemory(fullTypeNameConverted);
}
public static void Serialization_SerializeValueType<T>(IntPtr serializationContext, SerializationType type, string fieldName, in T value, string? fullTypeName) where T : unmanaged