Use native packer to transfer globals into async env(s)

builtin/async/game.lua

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ dofile(gamepath .. "voxelarea.lua")
 
 -- Transfer of globals
 do
-	assert(core.transferred_globals)
-	local all = core.deserialize(core.transferred_globals, true)
+	local all = assert(core.transferred_globals)
 	core.transferred_globals = nil
 
 	-- reassemble other tables

builtin/game/misc.lua

@@ -262,5 +262,5 @@ function core.get_globals_to_transfer()
 		registered_items = copy_filtering(core.registered_items),
 		registered_aliases = core.registered_aliases,
 	}
-	return core.serialize(all)
+	return all
 end

src/script/common/c_packer.h

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void script_register_packer(lua_State *L, const char *regname,
 // Pack a Lua value
 PackedValue *script_pack(lua_State *L, int idx);
 // Unpack a Lua value (left on top of stack)
-// Note that this may modify the PackedValue, you can't reuse it!
+// Note that this may modify the PackedValue, reusability is not guaranteed!
 void script_unpack(lua_State *L, PackedValue *val);
 
 // Dump contents of PackedValue to stdout for debugging

src/script/scripting_server.cpp

@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ void ServerScripting::initAsync()
 		luaL_checktype(L, -1, LUA_TTABLE);
 		lua_getfield(L, -1, "get_globals_to_transfer");
 		lua_call(L, 0, 1);
-		luaL_checktype(L, -1, LUA_TSTRING);
-		getServer()->m_async_globals_data.set(readParam<std::string>(L, -1));
+		auto *data = script_pack(L, -1);
+		assert(!data->contains_userdata);
+		getServer()->m_async_globals_data.reset(data);
 		lua_pushnil(L);
 		lua_setfield(L, -3, "get_globals_to_transfer"); // unset function too
 		lua_pop(L, 2); // pop 'core', return value
@@ -183,8 +184,8 @@ void ServerScripting::InitializeAsync(lua_State *L, int top)
 	// globals data
 	lua_getglobal(L, "core");
 	luaL_checktype(L, -1, LUA_TTABLE);
-	std::string s = ModApiBase::getServer(L)->m_async_globals_data.get();
-	lua_pushlstring(L, s.c_str(), s.size());
+	auto *data = ModApiBase::getServer(L)->m_async_globals_data.get();
+	script_unpack(L, data);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "transferred_globals");
 	lua_pop(L, 1); // pop 'core'
 }

src/server.cpp

@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ Server::Server(
 	m_clients(m_con),
 	m_admin_chat(iface),
 	m_on_shutdown_errmsg(on_shutdown_errmsg),
-	m_async_globals_data(""),
 	m_modchannel_mgr(new ModChannelMgr())
 {
 	if (m_path_world.empty())

src/server.h

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct Lighting;
 class ServerThread;
 class ServerModManager;
 class ServerInventoryManager;
+struct PackedValue;
 
 enum ClientDeletionReason {
 	CDR_LEAVE,
@@ -388,8 +389,8 @@ public:
 	// Lua files registered for init of async env, pair of modname + path
 	std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> m_async_init_files;
 
-	// Serialized data transferred into async envs at init time
-	MutexedVariable<std::string> m_async_globals_data;
+	// Data transferred into async envs at init time
+	std::unique_ptr<PackedValue> m_async_globals_data;
 
 	// Bind address
 	Address m_bind_addr;