11510ec426
* Disallow values to cross stores
Lots of internals in the wasmtime-{jit,runtime} crates are highly
unsafe, so it's up to the `wasmtime` API crate to figure out how to make
it safe. One guarantee we need to provide is that values never cross
between stores. For example you can't take a function in one store and
move it over into a different instance in a different store. This
dynamic check can't be performed at compile time and it's up to
`wasmtime` to do the check itself.
This adds a number of checks, but not all of them, to the codebase for
now. This primarily adds checks around instantiation, globals, and
tables. The main hole in this is functions, where you can pass in
arguments or return values that are not from the right store. For now
though we can't compile modules with `anyref` parameters/returns anyway,
so we should be good. Eventually when that is supported we'll need to
put the guards in place.
Closes #958
* Clarify how values test they come from stores
* Allow null anyref to initialize tables
wasmtime
A standalone runtime for WebAssembly
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Installation
The Wasmtime CLI can be installed on Linux and macOS with a small install script:
$ curl https://wasmtime.dev/install.sh -sSf | bash
Windows or otherwise interested users can download installers and binaries directly from the GitHub Releases page.
Example
If you've got the Rust compiler installed then you can take some Rust source code:
fn main() {
println!("Hello, world!");
}
and compile/run it with:
$ rustup target add wasm32-wasi
$ rustc hello.rs --target wasm32-wasi
$ wasmtime hello.wasm
Hello, world!
Features
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Lightweight. Wasmtime is a standalone runtime for WebAssembly that scales with your needs. It fits on tiny chips as well as makes use of huge servers. Wasmtime can be embedded into almost any application too.
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Fast. Wasmtime is built on the optimizing Cranelift code generator to quickly generate high-quality machine code at runtime.
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Configurable. Whether you need to precompile your wasm ahead of time, generate code blazingly fast with Lightbeam, or interpret it at runtime, Wasmtime has you covered for all your wasm-executing needs.
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WASI. Wasmtime supports a rich set of APIs for interacting with the host environment through the WASI standard.
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Standards Compliant. Wasmtime passes the official WebAssembly test suite, implements the official C API of wasm, and implements future proposals to WebAssembly as well. Wasmtime developers are intimately engaged with the WebAssembly standards process all along the way too.
Documentation
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