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* Change some `VMContext` pointers to `()` pointers This commit is motivated by my work on the component model implementation for imported functions. Currently all context pointers in wasm are `*mut VMContext` but with the component model my plan is to make some pointers instead along the lines of `*mut VMComponentContext`. In doing this though one worry I have is breaking what has otherwise been a core invariant of Wasmtime for quite some time, subtly introducing bugs by accident. To help assuage my worry I've opted here to erase knowledge of `*mut VMContext` where possible. Instead where applicable a context pointer is simply known as `*mut ()` and the embedder doesn't actually know anything about this context beyond the value of the pointer. This will help prevent Wasmtime from accidentally ever trying to interpret this context pointer as an actual `VMContext` when it might instead be a `VMComponentContext`. Overall this was a pretty smooth transition. The main change here is that the `VMTrampoline` (now sporting more docs) has its first argument changed to `*mut ()`. The second argument, the caller context, is still configured as `*mut VMContext` though because all functions are always called from wasm still. Eventually for component-to-component calls I think we'll probably "fake" the second argument as the same as the first argument, losing track of the original caller, as an intentional way of isolating components from each other. Along the way there are a few host locations which do actually assume that the first argument is indeed a `VMContext`. These are valid assumptions that are upheld from a correct implementation, but I opted to add a "magic" field to `VMContext` to assert this in debug mode. This new "magic" field is inintialized during normal vmcontext initialization and it's checked whenever a `VMContext` is reinterpreted as an `Instance` (but only in debug mode). My hope here is to catch any future accidental mistakes, if ever. * Use a VMOpaqueContext wrapper * Fix typos
wasmtime
A standalone runtime for WebAssembly
A Bytecode Alliance project
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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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Fast. Wasmtime is built on the optimizing Cranelift code generator to quickly generate high-quality machine code either at runtime or ahead-of-time. Wasmtime's runtime is also optimized for cases such as efficient instantiation, low-overhead transitions between the embedder and wasm, and scalability of concurrent instances.
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Secure. Wasmtime's development is strongly focused on the correctness of its implementation with 24/7 fuzzing donated by Google's OSS Fuzz, leveraging Rust's API and runtime safety guarantees, careful design of features and APIs through an RFC process, a security policy in place for when things go wrong, and a release policy for patching older versions as well. We follow best practices for defense-in-depth and known protections and mitigations for issues like Spectre. Finally, we're working to push the state-of-the-art by collaborating with academic researchers to formally verify critical parts of Wasmtime and Cranelift.
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Configurable. Wastime supports a rich set of APIs and build time configuration to provide many options such as further means of restricting WebAssembly beyond its basic guarantees such as its CPU and Memory consumption. Wasmtime also runs in tiny environments all the way up to massive servers with many concurrent instances.
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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.
Language Support
You can use Wasmtime from a variety of different languages through embeddings of the implementation:
- Rust - the
wasmtimecrate - C - the
wasm.h,wasi.h, andwasmtime.hheaders or usewasmtimeConan package - C++ - the
wasmtime-cpprepository or usewasmtime-cppConan package - Python - the
wasmtimePyPI package - .NET - the
WasmtimeNuGet package - Go - the
wasmtime-gorepository
Documentation
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