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We _must not_ trigger a GC when moving refs from host code into Wasm (e.g. returned from a host function or passed as arguments to a Wasm function). After insertion into the table, this reference is no longer rooted. If multiple references are being sent from the host into Wasm and we allowed GCs during insertion, then the following events could happen: * Reference A is inserted into the activations table. This does not trigger a GC, but does fill the table to capacity. * The caller's reference to A is removed. Now the only reference to A is from the activations table. * Reference B is inserted into the activations table. Because the table is at capacity, a GC is triggered. * A is reclaimed because the only reference keeping it alive was the activation table's reference (it isn't inside any Wasm frames on the stack yet, so stack scanning and stack maps don't increment its reference count). * We transfer control to Wasm, giving it A and B. Wasm uses A. That's a use after free. To prevent uses after free, we cannot GC when moving refs into the `VMExternRefActivationsTable` because we are passing them from the host to Wasm. On the other hand, when we are *cloning* -- as opposed to moving -- refs from the host to Wasm, then it is fine to GC while inserting into the activations table, because the original referent that we are cloning from is still alive and rooting the ref.
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 - [C++] - the
wasmtime-cpprepository - 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.