Remove the lightbeam backend (#3390)

This commit removes the Lightbeam backend from Wasmtime as per [RFC 14].
This backend hasn't received maintenance in quite some time, and as [RFC
14] indicates this doesn't meet the threshold for keeping the code
in-tree, so this commit removes it.

A fast "baseline" compiler may still be added in the future. The
addition of such a backend should be in line with [RFC 14], though, with
the principles we now have for stable releases of Wasmtime. I'll close
out Lightbeam-related issues once this is merged.

[RFC 14]: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/rfcs/pull/14

crates/c-api/Cargo.toml

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ cap-std = { version = "0.19.1", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ['jitdump', 'wat', 'wasi', 'cache']
-lightbeam = ["wasmtime/lightbeam"]
 jitdump = ["wasmtime/jitdump"]
 cache = ["wasmtime/cache"]
 wasi = ['wasi-common', 'wasi-cap-std-sync', 'wasmtime-wasi', 'cap-std']

crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/config.h

@@ -26,19 +26,13 @@ typedef uint8_t wasmtime_strategy_t;
  * The default value is #WASMTIME_STRATEGY_AUTO.
  */
 enum wasmtime_strategy_enum { // Strategy
-  /// Wasmtime will automatically determine whether to use Cranelift or
-  /// Lightbeam, and currently it will always pick Cranelift. This default may
-  /// change over time though.
+  /// Automatically picks the compilation backend, currently always defaulting
+  /// to Cranelift.
   WASMTIME_STRATEGY_AUTO,
 
-  /// Indicates that Cranelift will unconditionally use Cranelift to compile
+  /// Indicates that Wasmtime will unconditionally use Cranelift to compile
   /// WebAssembly code.
   WASMTIME_STRATEGY_CRANELIFT,
-
-  /// Indicates that Cranelift will unconditionally use Lightbeam to compile
-  /// WebAssembly code. Note that Lightbeam isn't always enabled at compile
-  /// time, and if that's the case an error will be returned.
-  WASMTIME_STRATEGY_LIGHTBEAM,
 };
 
 /**

crates/c-api/src/config.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ wasmtime_c_api_macros::declare_own!(wasm_config_t);
 pub enum wasmtime_strategy_t {
     WASMTIME_STRATEGY_AUTO,
     WASMTIME_STRATEGY_CRANELIFT,
-    WASMTIME_STRATEGY_LIGHTBEAM,
 }
 
 #[repr(u8)]
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_config_strategy_set(
     let result = c.config.strategy(match strategy {
         WASMTIME_STRATEGY_AUTO => Strategy::Auto,
         WASMTIME_STRATEGY_CRANELIFT => Strategy::Cranelift,
-        WASMTIME_STRATEGY_LIGHTBEAM => Strategy::Lightbeam,
     });
     handle_result(result, |_cfg| {})
 }