3e516e784b
This fixes a subtle corner case exposed during fuzzing. If we have a bit
of CLIF like:
```
v0 = load.i64 ...
v1 = iadd.i64 v0, ...
v2 = do_other_thing v1
v3 = load.i64 v1
```
and if this is lowered using a machine backend that can merge loads into
ALU ops, *and* that has an addressing mode that can look through add
ops, then the following can happen:
1. We lower the load at `v3`. This looks backward at the address
operand tree and finds that `v1` is `v0` plus other things; it has an
addressing mode that can add `v0`'s register and the other things
directly; so it calls `put_value_in_reg(v0)` and uses its register in
the amode. At this point, the add producing `v1` has no references,
so it will not (yet) be codegen'd.
2. We lower `do_other_thing`, which puts `v1` in a register and uses it.
the `iadd` now has a reference.
3. We reach the `iadd` and, because it has a reference, lower it. Our
machine has the ability to merge a load into an ALU operation.
Crucially, *we think the load at `v0` is mergeable* because it has
only one user, the add at `v1` (!). So we merge it.
4. We reach the `load` at `v0` and because it has been merged into the
`iadd`, we do not separately codegen it. The register that holds `v0`
is thus never written, and the use of this register by the final load
(Step 1) will see an undefined value.
The logic error here is that in the presence of pattern matching that
looks through pure ops, we can end up with multiple uses of a value that
originally had a single use (because we allow lookthrough of pure ops in
all cases). In other words, the multiple-use-ness of `v1` "passes
through" in some sense to `v0`. However, the load sinking logic is not
aware of this.
The fix, I think, is pretty simple: we disallow an effectful instruction
from sinking/merging if it already has some other use when we look back
at it.
If we disallowed lookthrough of *any* op that had multiple uses, even
pure ones, then we would avoid this scenario; but earlier experiments
showed that to have a non-negligible performance impact, so (given that
we've worked out the logic above) I think this complexity is worth it.
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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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.
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 - Python - the
wasmtimePyPI package - .NET - the
WasmtimeNuGet package - Go - the
wasmtime-gorepository
Documentation
📚 Read the Wasmtime guide here! 📚
The wasmtime guide is the best starting point to learn about what Wasmtime can do for you or help answer your questions about Wasmtime. If you're curious in contributing to Wasmtime, it can also help you do that!.
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