概述

从本质上来看，其实说是不存在所谓的C++与lua的相互调用。lua是运行在C上的，简单来说lua的代码会被编译成字节码在被C语言的语法运行。在C++调用lua时，其实是解释运行lua文件编译出来的字节码。lua调用C++其实还是解释运行lua文件编译出来的字节码的语义是调用lua栈上的C++函数。

示例

来看下面这段代码：
C++

#include "Inc/lua.h"
#include "Inc/lauxlib.h"
#include "Inc/lualib.h"
#include "Inc/lobject.h"
}
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
int CAdd(lua_State* L)
{
	int a = lua_tonumber(L, 2);
	int b = lua_tonumber(L, 1);;
	int sum = a + b;
	lua_pushnumber(L, sum);
	return 1;
}
int main()
{
	lua_State* L = luaL_newstate();
	luaL_openlibs(L);
	lua_register(L, "CAdd", CAdd);
	int stat = luaL_loadfile(L, "Test.lua") | lua_pcall(L, 0, 0, 0);
	if (stat)
	{
		cout << "error" << endl;
	}
	else
	{
		cout << "succ" << endl;
	}
	lua_close(L);
	return 0;
}

lua

local x = CAdd(1, 2)
print("x = " .. tostring(x))

运行结果：

考虑上述C++代码luaL_loadfile去加载并调用lua，lua又调用了C++注册到lua虚拟机里的CAdd函数并正确打印了返回值，结果如图所示。到底发生了什么？

C++调用lua

C++调用lua时，是对lua代码进行编译生成字节码，在运行时对字节码使用C的语法解释运行。
对luaL_loadfile调试，跟到f_parser：

static void f_parser (lua_State *L, void *ud) {
  LClosure *cl;
  struct SParser *p = cast(struct SParser *, ud);
  int c = zgetc(p->z);  /* read first character */
  if (c == LUA_SIGNATURE[0]) {
    checkmode(L, p->mode, "binary");
    cl = luaU_undump(L, p->z, p->name);
  }
  else {
    checkmode(L, p->mode, "text");
    cl = luaY_parser(L, p->z, &p->buff, &p->dyd, p->name, c);
  }
  lua_assert(cl->nupvalues == cl->p->sizeupvalues);
  luaF_initupvals(L, cl);
}

简单来说，parser根据输入进行词法，语法分析进行编码生成闭包，然后推入栈中等待调用。来看几个用到的数据结构。
LClosure

typedef struct LClosure {
  ClosureHeader;
  struct Proto *p;
  UpVal *upvals[1];  //被捕获的外局部变量
} LClosure;

这是lua的闭包，此外还有CClosure是c的闭包，下面lua调用C++会提到，它们被Closure联合体包裹。

Proto

typedef struct Proto {
  CommonHeader;
  lu_byte numparams;  /* number of fixed parameters */
  lu_byte is_vararg;
  lu_byte maxstacksize;  /* number of registers needed by this function */
  int sizeupvalues;  /* size of 'upvalues' */
  int sizek;  /* size of 'k' */
  int sizecode;
  int sizelineinfo;
  int sizep;  /* size of 'p' */
  int sizelocvars;
  int linedefined;  /* debug information  */
  int lastlinedefined;  /* debug information  */
  TValue *k;  /* constants used by the function */
  Instruction *code;  //codes
  struct Proto **p;  /* functions defined inside the function */
  int *lineinfo;  /* map from opcodes to source lines (debug information) */
  LocVar *locvars;  /* information about local variables (debug information) */
  Upvaldesc *upvalues;  /* upvalue information */
  struct LClosure *cache;  /* last-created closure with this prototype */
  TString  *source;  /* used for debug information */
  GCObject *gclist;
} Proto;

Instruction *code;注意这个变量，这个变量就是指向我们编译后生成字节码数组的指针。

FuncState

typedef struct FuncState {
  Proto *f;  /* current function header */
  struct FuncState *prev;  /* enclosing function */
  struct LexState *ls;  /* lexical state */
  struct BlockCnt *bl;  /* chain of current blocks */
  int pc;  /* next position to code (equivalent to 'ncode') */
  int lasttarget;   /* 'label' of last 'jump label' */
  int jpc;  /* list of pending jumps to 'pc' */
  int nk;  /* number of elements in 'k' */
  int np;  /* number of elements in 'p' */
  int firstlocal;  /* index of first local var (in Dyndata array) */
  short nlocvars;  /* number of elements in 'f->locvars' */
  lu_byte nactvar;  /* number of active local variables */
  lu_byte nups;  /* number of upvalues */
  lu_byte freereg;  /* first free register */
} FuncState;

FuncState互相是嵌套的，外部FuncState保存了内部的部分信息，最外部的FuncState的f成员保存了编译的所有字节码，并传递给闭包LClosure。

编译lua流程

以加载lua脚本为例。

f_parser调用luaY_parser分析，并初始化Upvalues（外局部变量）。
luaY_parser 使用LexState包裹FuncState调用luaX_next进行进一步分析，其结果保存到Proto结构的code数组中，传递给LClosure并推入栈中。
luaX_next循环分析，依据词法，语法规则调用luaK_code生成字节码。
部分代码：

static void statement (LexState *ls) {
  int line = ls->linenumber;  /* may be needed for error messages */
  enterlevel(ls);
  switch (ls->t.token) {
    case ';': {  /* stat -> ';' (empty statement) */
      luaX_next(ls);  /* skip ';' */
      break;
    }
    case TK_IF: {  /* stat -> ifstat */
      ifstat(ls, line);
      break;
    }
    //.....................
 }
}

运行

编译代码后，便可对闭包进行解析运行了。调试代码上述 lua_pcall(L, 0, 0, 0) 代码，跟到luaD_call：

void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nResults) {
  if (++L->nCcalls >= LUAI_MAXCCALLS)
    stackerror(L);
  if (!luaD_precall(L, func, nResults))  /* is a Lua function? */
    luaV_execute(L);  /* call it */
  L->nCcalls--;
}
}

首先调用luaD_precall进行预备工作，lua_state扩展base_ci(CallInfo类型)数组创建一个新元素保存括虚拟机的指令指针（lua_state->savedpc）在内的调用堆栈的状态以便调用结束后恢复调用堆栈，并把指令指针指向该闭包的指令数组（Closure->p->codes）。
然后调用luaV_execute循环取出指令运行。。
luaV_execute解释执行部分代码:

void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
  CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
  LClosure *cl;
  TValue *k;
  StkId base;
  ci->callstatus |= CIST_FRESH;  /* fresh invocation of 'luaV_execute" */
 newframe:  /* reentry point when frame changes (call/return) */
  lua_assert(ci == L->ci);
  cl = clLvalue(ci->func);  /* local reference to function's closure */
  k = cl->p->k;  /* local reference to function's constant table */
  base = ci->u.l.base;  /* local copy of function's base */
  /* main loop of interpreter */
  for (;;) {
    Instruction i;
    StkId ra;
    vmfetch();
    vmdispatch (GET_OPCODE(i)) {
      vmcase(OP_MOVE) {
        setobjs2s(L, ra, RB(i));
        vmbreak;
      }
   	//............................
  }
}

CallInfo
函数执行时，lua_state通过CallInfo 数据结构了解函数的状态信息，并通过CallInfo组base_ci的上下生长来维护调用堆栈。

typedef struct CallInfo {
  StkId func;  /* function index in the stack */
  StkId	top;  /* top for this function */
  struct CallInfo *previous, *next;  /* dynamic call link */
  union {
    struct {  /* only for Lua functions */
      StkId base;  /* base for this function */
      const Instruction *savedpc;
    } l;
    struct {  /* only for C functions */
      lua_KFunction k;  /* continuation in case of yields */
      ptrdiff_t old_errfunc;
      lua_KContext ctx;  /* context info. in case of yields */
    } c;
  } u;
  ptrdiff_t extra;
  short nresults;  /* expected number of results from this function */
  unsigned short callstatus;
} CallInfo;

lua调用C++

lua调用C++，是上述C++调用lua时即c的语法解释运行lua代码生成的字节码的一种情况，即取出lua状态机全局表中的CClosure中的函数指针运行。
来看下向lua状态机注册C++函数lua_register

#define lua_pushcfunction(L,f)	lua_pushcclosure(L, (f), 0)
#define lua_register(L,n,f) (lua_pushcfunction(L, (f)), lua_setglobal(L, (n)))
LUA_API void lua_pushcclosure (lua_State *L, lua_CFunction fn, int n) {
  lua_lock(L);
  if (n == 0) {
    setfvalue(s2v(L->top), fn);
    api_incr_top(L);
  }
  else {
    CClosure *cl;
    api_checknelems(L, n);
    api_check(L, n <= MAXUPVAL, "upvalue index too large");
    cl = luaF_newCclosure(L, n);
    cl->f = fn;
    L->top -= n;
    while (n--) {
      setobj2n(L, &cl->upvalue[n], s2v(L->top + n));
      /* does not need barrier because closure is white */
    }
    setclCvalue(L, s2v(L->top), cl);
    api_incr_top(L);
    luaC_checkGC(L);
  }
  lua_unlock(L);
}

可以看到这里最终创建了一个CCloseure,包裹住lua_CFunction类型的函数指针并推入栈顶和放入全局表中。

typedef int (*lua_CFunction) (lua_State *L);
typedef struct CClosure {
  ClosureHeader;
  lua_CFunction f;
  TValue upvalue[1];  /* list of upvalues */
} CClosure;

可以看到CClosure包含了一个lua_CFunction类型的函数指针和upvalue的链表

解释运行调用语义

循环解释字节码语义的关于调用的部分

void luaV_execute (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci) {
//...
vmcase(OP_CALL) {
        int b = GETARG_B(i);
        int nresults = GETARG_C(i) - 1;
        if (b != 0)  /* fixed number of arguments? */
          L->top = ra + b;  /* top signals number of arguments */
        /* else previous instruction set top */
        ProtectNT(luaD_call(L, ra, nresults));
        vmbreak;
      }
//...
}

可以看到调用语义的解释调用了luaD_call

void luaD_call (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
  lua_CFunction f;
   retry:
  switch (ttypetag(s2v(func))) {
    case LUA_VCCL:  /* C closure */
      f = clCvalue(s2v(func))->f;
      goto Cfunc;
    case LUA_VLCF:  /* light C function */
      f = fvalue(s2v(func));
     Cfunc: {
      int n;  /* number of returns */
      CallInfo *ci = next_ci(L);
      checkstackp(L, LUA_MINSTACK, func);  /* ensure minimum stack size */
      ci->nresults = nresults;
      ci->callstatus = CIST_C;
      ci->top = L->top + LUA_MINSTACK;
      ci->func = func;
      L->ci = ci;
      lua_assert(ci->top <= L->stack_last);
      if (L->hookmask & LUA_MASKCALL) {
        int narg = cast_int(L->top - func) - 1;
        luaD_hook(L, LUA_HOOKCALL, -1, 1, narg);
      }
      lua_unlock(L);
      n = (*f)(L);  /* do the actual call */
      lua_lock(L);
      api_checknelems(L, n);
      luaD_poscall(L, ci, n);
      break;
    }
//...