feat(format): parse H5T_STD_REF references and decode object references

HDF5 1.12 revised the reference datatype (class 7) in datatype message version
4: reference types 2-4 are the new H5T_STD_REF object / dataset-region /
attribute references. Datatype::parse rejected them with
InvalidReferenceType, so any dataset of that type was unreadable.

h5py cannot write this type, which is why it had never been tested. A real
file was produced by calling the libhdf5 bundled in the h5py wheel through
ctypes (H5T_STD_REF_g, H5Rcreate_object, H5Dwrite); the 2 KB result is
committed as tests/fixtures/std_ref_hdf5_2_0.h5 with its generator,
gen_std_ref.py.

- ReferenceType gains Object2, DatasetRegion2 and Attribute, accepted only
  from datatype version 4.
- read_object_references decodes Object2 elements: type(1) flags(1)
  token_size(1) token, zero-padded to the element size; the token is the
  target's object header address. A null reference decodes to the undefined
  address; an external reference, a wrong type byte or a token that doesn't
  fit is an error.

The fixture test follows both references and checks they resolve to the
objects they were created from.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
osobh
2026-09-19 14:24:04 -07:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5.1
parent 05c665a898
commit 52cfcf20b2
7 changed files with 258 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -1427,6 +1427,26 @@ pub fn read_object_references(
}
Ok(result)
}
Datatype::Reference {
ref_type: crate::datatype::ReferenceType::Object2,
size,
} => {
let elem_size = *size as usize;
if elem_size == 0 {
return Ok(Vec::new());
}
if !raw.len().is_multiple_of(elem_size) {
return Err(FormatError::DataSizeMismatch {
expected: 0,
actual: raw.len(),
});
}
raw.chunks_exact(elem_size)
.map(|element| {
decode_std_object_ref(element).map(|address| ObjectReference { address })
})
.collect()
}
_ => Err(FormatError::TypeMismatch {
expected: "Reference(Object)",
actual: datatype_name(datatype),
@@ -1434,6 +1454,46 @@ pub fn read_object_references(
}
}
/// Decode one `H5T_STD_REF` object reference as stored in a dataset:
/// `type(1) flags(1) token_size(1) token(token_size)`, zero-padded to the
/// element size. For a reference within the same file the token is the target
/// object's header address. An all-zero element is a null reference and
/// decodes to the undefined address (`u64::MAX`).
fn decode_std_object_ref(element: &[u8]) -> Result<u64, FormatError> {
const STD_REF_OBJECT: u8 = 2;
const FLAG_EXTERNAL: u8 = 0x01;
if element.iter().all(|&b| b == 0) {
return Ok(u64::MAX);
}
let [ref_type, flags, token_size, token @ ..] = element else {
return Err(FormatError::UnexpectedEof {
expected: 3,
available: element.len(),
});
};
if *ref_type != STD_REF_OBJECT {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidReferenceType(*ref_type));
}
if flags & FLAG_EXTERNAL != 0 {
// Carries a file name as well; nothing here follows those.
return Err(FormatError::TypeMismatch {
expected: "object reference within this file",
actual: "external object reference",
});
}
let n = *token_size as usize;
if n == 0 || n > 8 || n > token.len() {
return Err(FormatError::UnexpectedEof {
expected: 3 + n,
available: element.len(),
});
}
Ok(token[..n]
.iter()
.rev()
.fold(0u64, |addr, &byte| (addr << 8) | u64::from(byte)))
}
/// Read region references from raw bytes.
///
/// Region references encode a dataset selection (hyperslab, point list, etc.)
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@@ -36,8 +36,18 @@ pub enum CharacterSet {
/// Reference type.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
pub enum ReferenceType {
/// Legacy object reference: the target's object header address.
Object,
/// Legacy dataset region reference.
DatasetRegion,
/// `H5T_STD_REF` object reference (HDF5 1.12+, datatype message version
/// 4): a small header followed by an object token. Decoded by
/// `data_read::read_object_references`.
Object2,
/// `H5T_STD_REF` dataset region reference.
DatasetRegion2,
/// `H5T_STD_REF` attribute reference.
Attribute,
}
/// A member of a compound datatype.
@@ -424,9 +434,15 @@ impl Datatype {
7 => {
// Reference
let ref_type_val = bf0 & 0x0F;
let ref_type = match ref_type_val {
0 => ReferenceType::Object,
1 => ReferenceType::DatasetRegion,
// Datatype message version 4 (HDF5 1.12) revised this class:
// types 2-4 are the new `H5T_STD_REF` references, and the high
// nibble of the first flag byte carries their encoding version.
let ref_type = match (ref_type_val, version) {
(0, _) => ReferenceType::Object,
(1, _) => ReferenceType::DatasetRegion,
(2, 4..) => ReferenceType::Object2,
(3, 4..) => ReferenceType::DatasetRegion2,
(4, 4..) => ReferenceType::Attribute,
_ => return Err(FormatError::InvalidReferenceType(ref_type_val)),
};
Ok((Datatype::Reference { size, ref_type }, pos))
@@ -1563,6 +1579,28 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(err, FormatError::InvalidCharacterSet(2));
}
#[test]
fn test_reference_v4_std_ref_from_hdf5_2_0() {
// Datatype message of an H5T_STD_REF dataset written by HDF5 2.0:
// class 7, version 4, type 2 (object), encoding version 1, 18 bytes.
let bytes = [0x47, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00];
let (dt, consumed) = Datatype::parse(&bytes).unwrap();
assert_eq!(consumed, 8);
assert_eq!(
dt,
Datatype::Reference {
size: 18,
ref_type: ReferenceType::Object2
}
);
// The new types are only valid from datatype version 4.
let old_version = [0x37, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00];
assert_eq!(
Datatype::parse(&old_version).unwrap_err(),
FormatError::InvalidReferenceType(2)
);
}
#[test]
fn test_error_invalid_reference_type() {
let buf = build_dt_header(7, 1, [5, 0, 0], 8);
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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
"""Generate std_ref_hdf5_2_0.h5: a dataset of H5T_STD_REF (the reference
datatype introduced in HDF5 1.12, datatype message version 4) holding two
object references — to /target (a dataset) and /grp (a group).
h5py has no API for this type, so the file is written by calling the libhdf5
bundled in the h5py wheel directly through ctypes. Written with h5py 3.16.0 /
HDF5 2.0.0. Re-run only if the fixture ever needs regenerating:
python gen_std_ref.py std_ref_hdf5_2_0.h5
"""
import ctypes
import glob
import os
import sys
import h5py
import numpy as np
libdir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(h5py.__file__)), "h5py.libs")
libs = [p for p in glob.glob(os.path.join(libdir, "libhdf5*.so*")) if "_hl" not in os.path.basename(p)]
lib = ctypes.CDLL(libs[0])
lib.H5open()
hid = ctypes.c_int64
std_ref = hid.in_dll(lib, "H5T_STD_REF_g").value
lib.H5Screate_simple.restype = hid
lib.H5Screate_simple.argtypes = [ctypes.c_int, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint64), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint64)]
lib.H5Dcreate2.restype = hid
lib.H5Dcreate2.argtypes = [hid, ctypes.c_char_p, hid, hid, hid, hid, hid]
lib.H5Rcreate_object.argtypes = [hid, ctypes.c_char_p, hid, ctypes.c_void_p]
lib.H5Dwrite.argtypes = [hid, hid, hid, hid, hid, ctypes.c_void_p]
lib.H5Dclose.argtypes = [hid]
with h5py.File(sys.argv[1], "w", libver="latest") as f:
f.create_dataset("target", data=np.arange(5, dtype="<i4"))
f.create_group("grp")
fid = f.id.id
sid = lib.H5Screate_simple(1, (ctypes.c_uint64 * 1)(2), None)
did = lib.H5Dcreate2(fid, b"refs", std_ref, sid, 0, 0, 0)
refs = ((ctypes.c_ubyte * 64) * 2)() # H5R_ref_t is a 64-byte buffer
assert lib.H5Rcreate_object(fid, b"/target", 0, ctypes.byref(refs[0])) == 0
assert lib.H5Rcreate_object(fid, b"/grp", 0, ctypes.byref(refs[1])) == 0
assert lib.H5Dwrite(did, std_ref, 0, 0, 0, ctypes.byref(refs)) == 0
lib.H5Dclose(did)
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@@ -316,3 +316,97 @@ print('ok')
// Clean up
let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// H5T_STD_REF (HDF5 1.12+ references, datatype message version 4)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// `fixtures/std_ref_hdf5_2_0.h5` (see `gen_std_ref.py`) holds a dataset of
/// `H5T_STD_REF` with two object references, written by HDF5 2.0 itself. The
/// datatype used to be rejected with `InvalidReferenceType(2)`.
#[test]
fn std_ref_object_references_from_hdf5_2_0() {
use clawhdf5_format::data_layout::DataLayout;
use clawhdf5_format::dataspace::Dataspace;
use clawhdf5_format::group_v2::resolve_path_any;
use clawhdf5_format::message_type::MessageType;
use clawhdf5_format::object_header::ObjectHeader;
use clawhdf5_format::signature::find_signature;
use clawhdf5_format::superblock::Superblock;
let bytes: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/std_ref_hdf5_2_0.h5");
let sb = Superblock::parse(bytes, find_signature(bytes).unwrap()).unwrap();
let (os, ls) = (sb.offset_size, sb.length_size);
let refs_addr = resolve_path_any(bytes, &sb, "refs").unwrap();
let header = ObjectHeader::parse(bytes, refs_addr as usize, os, ls).unwrap();
let message = |t: MessageType| {
&header
.messages
.iter()
.find(|m| m.msg_type == t)
.unwrap()
.data
};
let (datatype, _) = Datatype::parse(message(MessageType::Datatype)).unwrap();
assert_eq!(
datatype,
Datatype::Reference {
size: 18,
ref_type: ReferenceType::Object2
}
);
let dataspace = Dataspace::parse(message(MessageType::Dataspace), ls).unwrap();
let layout = DataLayout::parse(message(MessageType::DataLayout), os, ls).unwrap();
let raw =
clawhdf5_format::data_read::read_raw_data(bytes, &layout, &dataspace, &datatype).unwrap();
assert_eq!(raw.len(), 2 * 18);
// The references point at the objects they were created from.
let refs = read_object_references(&raw, &datatype, os).unwrap();
let addresses: Vec<u64> = refs.iter().map(|r| r.address).collect();
assert_eq!(
addresses,
[
resolve_path_any(bytes, &sb, "target").unwrap(),
resolve_path_any(bytes, &sb, "grp").unwrap(),
]
);
// And what they point at is a real object header.
for address in addresses {
ObjectHeader::parse(bytes, address as usize, os, ls).unwrap();
}
}
#[test]
fn std_ref_decoding_rejects_malformed_elements() {
let dt = Datatype::Reference {
size: 18,
ref_type: ReferenceType::Object2,
};
let mut good = vec![0u8; 18];
good[..4].copy_from_slice(&[2, 0, 8, 0xb3]);
assert_eq!(
read_object_references(&good, &dt, 8).unwrap()[0].address,
0xb3
);
// Null reference.
assert_eq!(
read_object_references(&[0u8; 18], &dt, 8).unwrap()[0].address,
u64::MAX
);
for (what, patch) in [
("wrong reference type", (0usize, 3u8)),
("external flag", (1, 1)),
("token longer than the element", (2, 200)),
("zero-length token", (2, 0)),
] {
let mut bad = good.clone();
bad[patch.0] = patch.1;
assert!(read_object_references(&bad, &dt, 8).is_err(), "{what}");
}
// Not a whole number of elements.
assert!(read_object_references(&good[..17], &dt, 8).is_err());
}