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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_bitfields.py
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Expand Up @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ def test_ints(self):
setattr(b, name, i)
self.assertEqual(getattr(b, name), func(byref(b), name.encode('ascii')))

# bpo-46913: _ctypes/cfield.c h_get() has an undefined behavior
@support.skip_if_sanitizer(ub=True)
def test_shorts(self):
b = BITS()
name = "M"
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Fix undefined behaviour in ``_ctypes/cfield.c``.
8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
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Expand Up @@ -412,21 +412,23 @@ get_ulonglong(PyObject *v, unsigned long long *p)
#define NUM_BITS(x) ((x) >> 16)

/* Doesn't work if NUM_BITS(size) == 0, but it never happens in SET() call. */
#define BIT_MASK(type, size) (((((type)1 << (NUM_BITS(size) - 1)) - 1) << 1) + 1)
#define BIT_MASK(type, size) \
(assert(NUM_BITS(size) > 0), \
(((((type)1 << (NUM_BITS(size) - 1)) - 1) << 1) + 1))

/* This macro CHANGES the first parameter IN PLACE. For proper sign handling,
we must first shift left, then right.
*/
#define GET_BITFIELD(v, size) \
if (NUM_BITS(size)) { \
v <<= (sizeof(v)*8 - LOW_BIT(size) - NUM_BITS(size)); \
v *= 1ULL << (sizeof(v)*8 - LOW_BIT(size) - NUM_BITS(size)); \
v >>= (sizeof(v)*8 - NUM_BITS(size)); \
}

/* This macro RETURNS the first parameter with the bit field CHANGED. */
#define SET(type, x, v, size) \
(NUM_BITS(size) ? \
( ( (type)x & ~(BIT_MASK(type, size) << LOW_BIT(size)) ) | ( ((type)v & BIT_MASK(type, size)) << LOW_BIT(size) ) ) \
(type) ( ( (type)x & ~(BIT_MASK(type, size) * (1ULL << LOW_BIT(size))) ) | ( ((type)v & BIT_MASK(type, size)) * (1ULL << LOW_BIT(size) )) ) \
: (type)v)

#if SIZEOF_SHORT == 2
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