Fix chip-repl write attribute for ARM64 Apple Platform devices (#25524)

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/Attribute.py

@@ -939,9 +939,9 @@ def WriteAttributes(future: Future, eventLoop, device, attributes: List[Attribut
     res = builtins.chipStack.Call(
         lambda: handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(
             ctypes.py_object(transaction), device,
-            ctypes.c_uint16(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs),
-            ctypes.c_uint16(0 if interactionTimeoutMs is None else interactionTimeoutMs),
-            ctypes.c_uint16(0 if busyWaitMs is None else busyWaitMs),
+            ctypes.c_size_t(0 if timedRequestTimeoutMs is None else timedRequestTimeoutMs),
+            ctypes.c_size_t(0 if interactionTimeoutMs is None else interactionTimeoutMs),
+            ctypes.c_size_t(0 if busyWaitMs is None else busyWaitMs),
             ctypes.c_size_t(len(attributes)), *writeargs)
     )
     if not res.is_success:
@@ -969,8 +969,8 @@ def WriteGroupAttributes(groupId: int, devCtrl: c_void_p, attributes: List[Attri
 
     return builtins.chipStack.Call(
         lambda: handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes(
-            ctypes.c_uint16(groupId), devCtrl,
-            ctypes.c_uint16(0 if busyWaitMs is None else busyWaitMs),
+            ctypes.c_size_t(groupId), devCtrl,
+            ctypes.c_size_t(0 if busyWaitMs is None else busyWaitMs),
             ctypes.c_size_t(len(attributes)), *writeargs)
     )
 
@@ -1108,6 +1108,18 @@ def Init():
 
         handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes.restype = PyChipError
         handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes.restype = PyChipError
+
+        # Both WriteAttributes and WriteGroupAttributes are variadic functions. As per ctype documentation
+        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html#calling-varadic-functions, it is critical that we
+        # specify the argtypes attribute for the regular, non-variadic, function arguments for this to work
+        # on ARM64 for Apple Platforms.
+        # TODO We could move away from a variadic function to one where we provide a vector of the
+        # attribute information we want written using a vector. This possibility was not implemented at the
+        # time where simply specified the argtypes, because of time constraints. This solution was quicker
+        # to fix the crash on ARM64 Apple platforms without a refactor.
+        handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes.argtypes = [py_object, c_void_p, c_size_t, c_size_t, c_size_t, c_size_t]
+        handle.pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes.argtypes = [c_size_t, c_void_p, c_size_t, c_size_t]
+
         setter.Set('pychip_WriteClient_InitCallbacks', None, [
                    _OnWriteResponseCallbackFunct, _OnWriteErrorCallbackFunct, _OnWriteDoneCallbackFunct])
         handle.pychip_ReadClient_Read.restype = PyChipError

src/controller/python/chip/clusters/attribute.cpp

@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ struct __attribute__((packed)) PyReadAttributeParams
 };
 
 // Encodes n attribute write requests, follows 3 * n arguments, in the (AttributeWritePath*=void *, uint8_t*, size_t) order.
-PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device, uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs,
-                                               uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs, uint16_t busyWaitMs, size_t n, ...);
-PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes(chip::GroupId groupId, chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl,
-                                                    uint16_t busyWaitMs, size_t n, ...);
+PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device, size_t timedWriteTimeoutMsSizeT,
+                                               size_t interactionTimeoutMsSizeT, size_t busyWaitMsSizeT, size_t n, ...);
+PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes(size_t groupIdSizeT, chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl,
+                                                    size_t busyWaitMsSizeT, size_t n, ...);
 PyChipError pychip_ReadClient_ReadAttributes(void * appContext, ReadClient ** pReadClient, ReadClientCallback ** pCallback,
                                              DeviceProxy * device, uint8_t * readParamsBuf, size_t n, size_t total, ...);
 }
@@ -325,11 +325,17 @@ void pychip_ReadClient_InitCallbacks(OnReadAttributeDataCallback onReadAttribute
     gOnReportEndCallback               = onReportEndCallback;
 }
 
-PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device, uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs,
-                                               uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs, uint16_t busyWaitMs, size_t n, ...)
+PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy * device, size_t timedWriteTimeoutMsSizeT,
+                                               size_t interactionTimeoutMsSizeT, size_t busyWaitMsSizeT, size_t n, ...)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
+    // The FFI from Python to C when calling a variadic function has issues when the regular, non-variadic, function
+    // arguments are unit16_t. As a result we pass these arguments as size_t and cast them to the expected uint16_t.
+    uint16_t timedWriteTimeoutMs  = static_cast<uint16_t>(timedWriteTimeoutMsSizeT);
+    uint16_t interactionTimeoutMs = static_cast<uint16_t>(interactionTimeoutMsSizeT);
+    uint16_t busyWaitMs           = static_cast<uint16_t>(busyWaitMsSizeT);
+
     std::unique_ptr<WriteClientCallback> callback = std::make_unique<WriteClientCallback>(appContext);
     std::unique_ptr<WriteClient> client           = std::make_unique<WriteClient>(
         app::InteractionModelEngine::GetInstance()->GetExchangeManager(), callback->GetChunkedCallback(),
@@ -383,11 +389,17 @@ PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteAttributes(void * appContext, DeviceProxy *
     return ToPyChipError(err);
 }
 
-PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes(chip::GroupId groupId, chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl,
-                                                    uint16_t busyWaitMs, size_t n, ...)
+PyChipError pychip_WriteClient_WriteGroupAttributes(size_t groupIdSizeT, chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl,
+                                                    size_t busyWaitMsSizeT, size_t n, ...)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
 
+    // The FFI from Python to C when calling a variadic function has issues when the regular, non-variadic, function
+    // arguments are unit16_t (which is the type for chip::GroupId). As a result we pass these arguments as size_t
+    // and cast them to the expected type here.
+    chip::GroupId groupId = static_cast<chip::GroupId>(groupIdSizeT);
+    uint16_t busyWaitMs   = static_cast<uint16_t>(busyWaitMsSizeT);
+
     chip::Messaging::ExchangeManager * exchangeManager = chip::app::InteractionModelEngine::GetInstance()->GetExchangeManager();
     VerifyOrReturnError(exchangeManager != nullptr, ToPyChipError(CHIP_ERROR_INCORRECT_STATE));