externref: implement stack map-based garbage collection
For host VM code, we use plain reference counting, where cloning increments
the reference count, and dropping decrements it. We can avoid many of the
on-stack increment/decrement operations that typically plague the
performance of reference counting via Rust's ownership and borrowing system.
Moving a `VMExternRef` avoids mutating its reference count, and borrowing it
either avoids the reference count increment or delays it until if/when the
`VMExternRef` is cloned.
When passing a `VMExternRef` into compiled Wasm code, we don't want to do
reference count mutations for every compiled `local.{get,set}`, nor for
every function call. Therefore, we use a variation of **deferred reference
counting**, where we only mutate reference counts when storing
`VMExternRef`s somewhere that outlives the activation: into a global or
table. Simultaneously, we over-approximate the set of `VMExternRef`s that
are inside Wasm function activations. Periodically, we walk the stack at GC
safe points, and use stack map information to precisely identify the set of
`VMExternRef`s inside Wasm activations. Then we take the difference between
this precise set and our over-approximation, and decrement the reference
count for each of the `VMExternRef`s that are in our over-approximation but
not in the precise set. Finally, the over-approximation is replaced with the
precise set.
The `VMExternRefActivationsTable` implements the over-approximized set of
`VMExternRef`s referenced by Wasm activations. Calling a Wasm function and
passing it a `VMExternRef` moves the `VMExternRef` into the table, and the
compiled Wasm function logically "borrows" the `VMExternRef` from the
table. Similarly, `global.get` and `table.get` operations clone the gotten
`VMExternRef` into the `VMExternRefActivationsTable` and then "borrow" the
reference out of the table.
When a `VMExternRef` is returned to host code from a Wasm function, the host
increments the reference count (because the reference is logically
"borrowed" from the `VMExternRefActivationsTable` and the reference count
from the table will be dropped at the next GC).
For more general information on deferred reference counting, see *An
Examination of Deferred Reference Counting and Cycle Detection* by Quinane:
https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/42030/2/hon-thesis.pdf
cc #929
Fixes #1804
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use crate::address_map::{ModuleAddressMap, ValueLabelsRanges};
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use crate::compilation::{Compilation, Relocations, Traps};
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use crate::compilation::{Compilation, Relocations, StackMaps, Traps};
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use cranelift_codegen::ir;
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use cranelift_entity::PrimaryMap;
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use cranelift_wasm::DefinedFuncIndex;
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct ModuleCacheData {
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value_ranges: ValueLabelsRanges,
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stack_slots: PrimaryMap<DefinedFuncIndex, ir::StackSlots>,
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traps: Traps,
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stack_maps: StackMaps,
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}
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/// A type alias over the module cache data as a tuple.
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@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ pub type ModuleCacheDataTupleType = (
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ValueLabelsRanges,
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PrimaryMap<DefinedFuncIndex, ir::StackSlots>,
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Traps,
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StackMaps,
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);
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struct Sha256Hasher(Sha256);
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@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ impl ModuleCacheData {
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value_ranges: data.3,
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stack_slots: data.4,
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traps: data.5,
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stack_maps: data.6,
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}
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}
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@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ impl ModuleCacheData {
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self.value_ranges,
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self.stack_slots,
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self.traps,
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self.stack_maps,
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)
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}
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}
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