Use dynamic Lua state ownership instead of compile-time module cfg flag to allow

creating new VMs in module mode (and destructing them properly).

README.md

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ $ lua5.4 -e 'require("my_module").hello("world")'
 hello, world!
 ```
 
-On macOS, you need to set additional linker arguments. One option is to compile with `cargo rustc --release -- -C link-arg=-undefined -C link-arg=dynamic_lookup`, the other is to create a `.cargo/config` with the following content:
+On macOS, you need to set additional linker arguments. One option is to compile with `cargo rustc --release -- -C link-arg=-undefined -C link-arg=dynamic_lookup`, the other is to create a `.cargo/config.toml` with the following content:
 ``` toml
 [target.x86_64-apple-darwin]
 rustflags = [

src/state.rs

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ impl Lua {
     #[inline]
     pub unsafe fn init_from_ptr(state: *mut ffi::lua_State) -> Lua {
         Lua {
-            raw: RawLua::init_from_ptr(state),
+            raw: RawLua::init_from_ptr(state, false),
             collect_garbage: true,
         }
     }

src/state/extra.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const REF_STACK_RESERVE: c_int = 1;
 pub(crate) struct ExtraData {
     pub(super) lua: MaybeUninit<Lua>,
     pub(super) weak: MaybeUninit<WeakLua>,
+    pub(super) owned: bool,
 
     pub(super) registered_userdata: FxHashMap<TypeId, c_int>,
     pub(super) registered_userdata_mt: FxHashMap<*const c_void, Option<TypeId>>,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ExtraData {
 
     pub(super) safe: bool,
     pub(super) libs: StdLib,
-    #[cfg(feature = "module")]
+    // Used in module mode
     pub(super) skip_memory_check: bool,
 
     // Auxiliary thread to store references
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ pub(crate) struct ExtraData {
 impl Drop for ExtraData {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
-            #[cfg(feature = "module")]
-            self.lua.assume_init_drop();
+            if !self.owned {
+                self.lua.assume_init_drop();
+            }
 
             self.weak.assume_init_drop();
         }
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ impl ExtraData {
     #[cfg(any(feature = "lua51", feature = "luajit", feature = "luau"))]
     pub(super) const ERROR_TRACEBACK_IDX: c_int = 1;
 
-    pub(super) unsafe fn init(state: *mut ffi::lua_State) -> XRc<UnsafeCell<Self>> {
+    pub(super) unsafe fn init(state: *mut ffi::lua_State, owned: bool) -> XRc<UnsafeCell<Self>> {
         // Create ref stack thread and place it in the registry to prevent it
         // from being garbage collected.
         let ref_thread = mlua_expect!(
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ impl ExtraData {
         let extra = XRc::new(UnsafeCell::new(ExtraData {
             lua: MaybeUninit::uninit(),
             weak: MaybeUninit::uninit(),
+            owned,
             registered_userdata: FxHashMap::default(),
             registered_userdata_mt: FxHashMap::default(),
             last_checked_userdata_mt: (ptr::null(), None),
@@ -148,7 +151,6 @@ impl ExtraData {
             app_data: AppData::default(),
             safe: false,
             libs: StdLib::NONE,
-            #[cfg(feature = "module")]
             skip_memory_check: false,
             ref_thread,
             // We need some reserved stack space to move values in and out of the ref stack.
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ impl ExtraData {
             raw: XRc::clone(raw),
             collect_garbage: false,
         });
-        if cfg!(not(feature = "module")) {
+        if self.owned {
             XRc::decrement_strong_count(XRc::as_ptr(raw));
         }
         self.weak.write(WeakLua(XRc::downgrade(raw)));

src/state/raw.rs

@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ pub struct RawLua {
     pub(super) extra: XRc<UnsafeCell<ExtraData>>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "module"))]
 impl Drop for RawLua {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
+            if !(*self.extra.get()).owned {
+                return;
+            }
+
             let mem_state = MemoryState::get(self.main_state);
 
             ffi::lua_close(self.main_state);
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ impl RawLua {
             ffi::luau_codegen_create(state);
         }
 
-        let rawlua = Self::init_from_ptr(state);
+        let rawlua = Self::init_from_ptr(state, true);
         let extra = rawlua.lock().extra.get();
 
         mlua_expect!(
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ impl RawLua {
         rawlua
     }
 
-    pub(super) unsafe fn init_from_ptr(state: *mut ffi::lua_State) -> XRc<ReentrantMutex<Self>> {
+    pub(super) unsafe fn init_from_ptr(state: *mut ffi::lua_State, owned: bool) -> XRc<ReentrantMutex<Self>> {
         assert!(!state.is_null(), "Lua state is NULL");
         if let Some(lua) = Self::try_from_ptr(state) {
             return lua;
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ impl RawLua {
         );
 
         // Init ExtraData
-        let extra = ExtraData::init(main_state);
+        let extra = ExtraData::init(main_state, owned);
 
         // Register `DestructedUserdata` type
         get_destructed_userdata_metatable(main_state);
@@ -704,10 +707,7 @@ impl RawLua {
         // MemoryInfo is empty in module mode so we cannot predict memory limits
         match MemoryState::get(self.main_state) {
             mem_state if !mem_state.is_null() => (*mem_state).memory_limit() == 0,
-            #[cfg(feature = "module")]
             _ => (*self.extra.get()).skip_memory_check, // Check the special flag (only for module mode)
-            #[cfg(not(feature = "module"))]
-            _ => false,
         }
     }
 

tests/function.rs

@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ fn test_c_function() -> Result<()> {
     let lua = Lua::new();
 
     unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn c_function(state: *mut mlua::lua_State) -> std::os::raw::c_int {
-        let lua = Lua::init_from_ptr(state);
-        lua.globals().set("c_function", true).unwrap();
+        ffi::lua_pushboolean(state, 1);
+        ffi::lua_setglobal(state, b"c_function\0" as *const _ as *const _);
         0
     }
 

tests/module/loader/tests/load.rs

@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ fn test_module_multi_from_thread() -> Result<()> {
     .exec()
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_module_new_vm() -> Result<()> {
+    let lua = make_lua()?;
+    lua.load(
+        r#"
+        local mod = require("test_module.new_vm")
+        assert(mod.eval("return \"hello, world\"") == "hello, world")
+    "#,
+    )
+    .exec()
+}
+
 fn make_lua() -> Result<Lua> {
     let (dylib_path, dylib_ext, separator);
     if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {

tests/module/src/lib.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ fn test_module2(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     Ok(exports)
 }
 
+#[mlua::lua_module]
+fn test_module_new_vm(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
+    let eval = lua.create_function(|_, prog: String| {
+        let lua = Lua::new();
+        lua.load(prog).eval::<Option<String>>()
+    })?;
+
+    let exports = lua.create_table()?;
+    exports.set("eval", eval)?;
+    Ok(exports)
+}
+
 #[mlua::lua_module]
 fn test_module_error(_: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     Err("custom module error".into_lua_err())