add manual interface for borrowing a GuestPtr (#40)

* add manual interface for borrowing a GuestPtr

* add manual borrow checking methods for slice and str as well

* update test to use borrow_slice

crates/runtime/src/borrow.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::region::Region;
-use crate::GuestError;
+use crate::{GuestError, GuestPtr, GuestType};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct GuestBorrows {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl GuestBorrows {
         !self.borrows.iter().all(|b| !b.overlaps(r))
     }
 
-    pub fn borrow(&mut self, r: Region) -> Result<(), GuestError> {
+    pub(crate) fn borrow(&mut self, r: Region) -> Result<(), GuestError> {
         if self.is_borrowed(r) {
             Err(GuestError::PtrBorrowed(r))
         } else {
@@ -25,6 +25,41 @@ impl GuestBorrows {
             Ok(())
         }
     }
+
+    /// Borrow the region of memory pointed to by a `GuestPtr`. This is required for safety if
+    /// you are dereferencing `GuestPtr`s while holding a reference to a slice via
+    /// `GuestPtr::as_raw`.
+    pub fn borrow_pointee<'a, T>(&mut self, p: &GuestPtr<'a, T>) -> Result<(), GuestError>
+    where
+        T: GuestType<'a>,
+    {
+        self.borrow(Region {
+            start: p.offset(),
+            len: T::guest_size(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Borrow the slice of memory pointed to by a `GuestPtr<[T]>`. This is required for safety if
+    /// you are dereferencing the `GuestPtr`s while holding a reference to another slice via
+    /// `GuestPtr::as_raw`. Not required if using `GuestPtr::as_raw` on this pointer.
+    pub fn borrow_slice<'a, T>(&mut self, p: &GuestPtr<'a, [T]>) -> Result<(), GuestError>
+    where
+        T: GuestType<'a>,
+    {
+        let (start, elems) = p.offset();
+        let len = T::guest_size()
+            .checked_mul(elems)
+            .ok_or_else(|| GuestError::PtrOverflow)?;
+        self.borrow(Region { start, len })
+    }
+
+    /// Borrow the slice of memory pointed to by a `GuestPtr<str>`. This is required for safety if
+    /// you are dereferencing the `GuestPtr`s while holding a reference to another slice via
+    /// `GuestPtr::as_raw`. Not required if using `GuestPtr::as_raw` on this pointer.
+    pub fn borrow_str(&mut self, p: &GuestPtr<str>) -> Result<(), GuestError> {
+        let (start, len) = p.offset();
+        self.borrow(Region { start, len })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

tests/wasi.rs

@@ -129,11 +129,13 @@ impl crate::wasi_snapshot_preview1::WasiSnapshotPreview1 for WasiCtx {
 
         let mut bc = GuestBorrows::new();
         let mut slices: Vec<&'_ mut [u8]> = Vec::new();
+        // Mark the iov elements as borrowed, to ensure that they does not
+        // overlap with any of the as_raw regions.
+        bc.borrow_slice(&iovs).expect("borrow iovec array");
         for iov_ptr in iovs.iter() {
-            let iov: types::Iovec = iov_ptr
-                .expect("iovec element pointer is valid")
-                .read()
-                .expect("read iovec element");
+            let iov_ptr = iov_ptr.expect("iovec element pointer is valid");
+
+            let iov: types::Iovec = iov_ptr.read().expect("read iovec element");
             let base: GuestPtr<u8> = iov.buf;
             let len: u32 = iov.buf_len;
             let buf: GuestPtr<[u8]> = base.as_array(len);