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* Don't copy `VMBuiltinFunctionsArray` into each `VMContext` This is another PR along the lines of "let's squeeze all possible performance we can out of instantiation". Before this PR we would copy, by value, the contents of `VMBuiltinFunctionsArray` into each `VMContext` allocated. This array of function pointers is modestly-sized but growing over time as we add various intrinsics. Additionally it's the exact same for all `VMContext` allocations. This PR attempts to speed up instantiation slightly by instead storing an indirection to the function array. This means that calling a builtin intrinsic is a tad bit slower since it requires two loads instead of one (one to get the base pointer, another to get the actual address). Otherwise though `VMContext` initialization is now simply setting one pointer instead of doing a `memcpy` from one location to another. With some macro-magic this commit also replaces the previous implementation with one that's more `const`-friendly which also gets us compile-time type-checks of libcalls as well as compile-time verification that all libcalls are defined. Overall, as with #3739, the win is very modest here. Locally I measured a speedup from 1.9us to 1.7us taken to instantiate an empty module with one function. While small at these scales it's still a 10% improvement! * Review comments
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, 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 or usewasmtimeConan package - [C++] - the
wasmtime-cpprepository or usewasmtime-cppConan package - 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!
It's Wasmtime.