Python & Ctypes: Passing a struct to a function as a pointer to get back data

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Here’s a working example. It looks like you are passing the wrong type to the function.

Test DLL Code (“cl /W4 /LD x.c” on Windows)

#include <stdio.h>

#define SMBUS_API __declspec(dllexport)
#define SMB_MAX_DATA_SIZE 5

typedef void* SMBUS_HANDLE;

typedef struct _SMB_REQUEST
{
    unsigned char Address;
    unsigned char Command;
    unsigned char BlockLength;
    unsigned char Data[SMB_MAX_DATA_SIZE];
} SMB_REQUEST;

SMBUS_API int SmBusReadByte(SMBUS_HANDLE handle,SMB_REQUEST *request)
{
    unsigned char i;
    for(i = 0; i < request->BlockLength; i++)
        request->Data[i] = i;
    return request->BlockLength;
}

SMBUS_API SMBUS_HANDLE OpenSmbus(void)
{
    return (void*)0x12345678;
}

Python code

from ctypes import *
SMB_MAX_DATA_SIZE = 5
ARRAY5 = c_ubyte * SMB_MAX_DATA_SIZE

class SMB_REQUEST(Structure):
    _fields_ = [
        ("Address", c_ubyte),
        ("Command", c_ubyte),
        ("BlockLength", c_ubyte),
        ("Data", ARRAY5)]

smbus_read_byte = CDLL('x').SmBusReadByte
smbus_read_byte.argtypes = [c_void_p,POINTER(SMB_REQUEST)]
smbus_read_byte.restype = c_int
open_smbus = CDLL('x').OpenSmbus
open_smbus.argtypes = []
open_smbus.restype = c_void_p

handle = open_smbus()
print 'handle = %08Xh' % handle

smb_request = SMB_REQUEST(1,2,5)

print 'returned =',smbus_read_byte(handle,byref(smb_request))
print 'Address=",smb_request.Address
print "Command =',smb_request.Command
print 'BlockLength=",smb_request.BlockLength
for i,b in enumerate(smb_request.Data):
    print "Data[%d] = %02Xh' % (i,b)

Output

handle = 12345678h
returned = 5
Address = 1
Command = 2
BlockLength = 5
Data[0] = 00h
Data[1] = 01h
Data[2] = 02h
Data[3] = 03h
Data[4] = 04h

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