Replace msgpack with bitsery

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ There are a few things that should be done before making this public, including:
   rewrite some parts of it to make it clearer.
 - Document what this has been tested on and what does or does not work.
 - Document wine32 support.
-- Swap out msgpack for bitsery and update the architecture section.
 - Forward audio events.
 - Forward host callback calls back to the native VST host.
 - Forward the values from the Windows VST plugin's `AEffect` struct.
@@ -31,7 +30,10 @@ the following dependencies:
 - gcc (tested using GCC 9.2)
 - A Wine installation with `wiengcc` and the development headers.
 - Boost
-- [msgpack-c](git@github.com:msgpack/msgpack-c.git)
+
+The following dependencies are included as a Meson wrap:
+
+- bitsery
 
 The project can then be compiled as follows:
 
@@ -104,15 +106,13 @@ follows:
    - Calls from the native VST host to the plugin's `process()` and
      `processReplacing()` functions. Both functions get forwarded to the Windows
      VST plugin through the Wine VST host using a single socket.
-   - TODO: This is missing updates to the AEffect struct.
 
    The first step when passing through any of these function calls over a socket
    is to serialize the function's parameters as binary data. Both request and
    the corresponding response objects for all of these function calls can be
    found in `src/common/communication.h`, along with functions to read and write
-   these objects over streams and sockets. Right now we're using `msgpack`, but
+   these objects over streams and sockets. The actual binary serialization is
-   this should be switched out for [bitsery](https://github.com/fraillt/bitsery)
+   handled using [bitsery](https://github.com/fraillt/bitsery).
-   for lower overhead serialization.
 
 6. The Wine VST host loads the Windows VST plugin and starts forwarding messages
    over the sockets described above.

meson.build

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ endif
 
 boost_dep = dependency('boost', modules : ['filesystem'])
 bitsery_dep = subproject('bitsery').get_variable('bitsery_dep')
-msgpack_dep = dependency('msgpack')
 threads_dep = dependency('threads')
 # The built in threads dependency does not know how to handle winegcc
 wine_threads_dep = declare_dependency(link_args : '-lpthread')
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ shared_library(
   ],
   native : true,
   include_directories : include_dir,
-  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, msgpack_dep, threads_dep],
+  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, threads_dep],
   link_args : ['-ldl']
 )
 
@@ -48,6 +47,6 @@ executable(
   ],
   native : false,
   include_directories : include_dir,
-  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, msgpack_dep, wine_threads_dep],
+  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, wine_threads_dep],
   link_args : []
 )

src/common/communication.h

@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <bitsery/adapter/buffer.h>
+#include <bitsery/bitsery.h>
+#include <bitsery/ext/std_optional.h>
+#include <bitsery/traits/array.h>
+#include <bitsery/traits/string.h>
+
 #include <boost/asio/buffer.hpp>
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <msgpack.hpp>
 #include <optional>
 
 /**
@@ -29,6 +34,25 @@
  */
 constexpr size_t max_string_length = 128;
 
+/**
+ * The buffer size in bytes used for all buffers for sending and recieving
+ * messages.
+ *
+ * TODO: This should probably depend on the type. 512 bytes is way too much for
+ *       events, and probably not enough for sending audio.
+ */
+constexpr size_t buffer_size = 512;
+
+// Types used for serialization and deserialization with bitsery.
+template <std::size_t N>
+using Buffer = std::array<u_int8_t, N>;
+
+template <std::size_t N>
+using OutputAdapter = bitsery::OutputBufferAdapter<Buffer<N>>;
+
+template <std::size_t N>
+using InputAdapter = bitsery::InputBufferAdapter<Buffer<N>>;
+
 /**
  * An event as dispatched by the VST host. These events will get forwarded to
  * the VST host process running under Wine. The fields here mirror those
@@ -49,7 +73,18 @@ struct Event {
      */
     std::optional<std::string> data;
 
-    MSGPACK_DEFINE(opcode, index, value, option, data)
+    template <typename S>
+    void serialize(S& s) {
+        s.value4b(opcode);
+        s.value4b(index);
+        // Hard coding pointer sizes to 8 bytes should be fine, right? Even if
+        // we're hosting a 32 bit plugin the native VST plugin will still use 64
+        // bit large pointers.
+        s.value8b(value);
+        s.value4b(option);
+        s.ext(data, bitsery::ext::StdOptional(),
+              [](S& s, auto& v) { s.text1b(v, max_string_length); });
+    }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -68,15 +103,18 @@ struct EventResult {
 
     // TODO: Add missing return value fields;
 
-    MSGPACK_DEFINE(return_value, data)
+    template <typename S>
+    void serialize(S& s) {
+        s.value8b(return_value);
+        s.ext(data, bitsery::ext::StdOptional(),
+              [](S& s, auto& v) { s.text1b(v, max_string_length); });
+    }
 };
 
 /**
- * Serialize an object and write it to a stream. This function prefixes the
+ * Serialize an object using bitsery and write it to a socket.
- * output with the length of the serialized object in bytes since msgpack
- * doesn't handle this on its own.
  *
- * @param stream An ostream that can be written to.
+ * @param socket The Boost.Asio socket to write to.
  * @param object The object to write to the stream.
  *
  * @relates read_object
@@ -84,29 +122,37 @@ struct EventResult {
 template <typename T, typename Socket>
 inline void write_object(Socket& socket, const T& object) {
     // TODO: Reuse buffers
-    // TODO: Use boost's buffers directly after switching to bitsery
+    Buffer<buffer_size> buffer;
-    msgpack::sbuffer buffer;
+    auto length =
-    msgpack::pack(buffer, object);
+        bitsery::quickSerialization<OutputAdapter<buffer_size>>(buffer, object);
 
-    socket.send(boost::asio::buffer(buffer.data(), buffer.size()));
+    socket.send(boost::asio::buffer(buffer, length));
 }
 
 /**
- * Deserialize an object by reading it from a stream. This should be used
+ * Deserialize an object by reading it from a socket. This should be used
- * together with `write_object`. This will block until the object is
+ * together with `write_object`. This will block until the object is available.
- available.
  *
- * @param stream The stream to read from.
+ * @param socket The Boost.Asio socket to read from.
- * @throw msgpack::type_error If the conversion to an object was not successful.
+ * @throw std::runtime_error If the conversion to an object was not successful.
  *
  * @relates write_object
  */
 template <typename T, typename Socket>
 inline T read_object(Socket& socket) {
-    // TODO: Reuse buffers, also this is way too large right now
+    // TODO: Reuse buffers
-    // TODO: Use boost's buffers directly after switching to bitsery
+    Buffer<buffer_size> buffer;
-    char buffer[4096];
     auto message_length = socket.receive(boost::asio::buffer(buffer));
 
-    return msgpack::unpack(buffer, message_length).get().convert();
+    T object;
+    auto [_, success] =
+        bitsery::quickDeserialization<InputAdapter<buffer_size>>(
+            {buffer.begin(), message_length}, object);
+
+    if (!success) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Deserialization failure in call:" +
+                                 std::string(__PRETTY_FUNCTION__));
+    }
+
+    return object;
 }

src/plugin/bridge.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <boost/process/io.hpp>
 #include <boost/process/search_path.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <msgpack.hpp>
 #include <random>
 
 #include "../common/communication.h"

src/wine-host/native-includes.h

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// Libraries like Boost and msgpack think we're compiling on Windows or using a
+// Libraries like Boost and bitsery think we're compiling on Windows or using a
 // MSVC toolchain. This will cause them to make assumptions about the way
 // certain types are defined, which headers are available and which features to
 // disable (i.e. POSIX specific features). The only way around this I could
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@
 #undef __WIN32__
 #undef _WIN64
 
+#include <bitsery/bitsery.h>
+
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/local/stream_protocol.hpp>
-#include <msgpack.hpp>
 
 #pragma pop_macro("WIN32")
 #pragma pop_macro("_WIN32")