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feat(runtime-core-tests) Introduce the new wasmer-runtime-core-tests crate #916

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Extracted from #882.

This non-publishable new crate contains a test suite for the
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but it aims to be extended in a close future.

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but it aims to be extended in a close future.
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916: feat(runtime-core-tests) Introduce the new `wasmer-runtime-core-tests` crate r=Hywan a=Hywan

Extracted from #882.

This non-publishable new crate contains a test suite for the
`wasmer-runtime-core` crate. So far, the test suite is rather small,
but it aims to be extended in a close future.

Co-authored-by: Ivan Enderlin <[email protected]>
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917: feat(runtime-core) Host function without a `vm::Ctx` argument r=Hywan a=Hywan

Extracted from #882.
~Includes #916. Must not be merged until #916 lands in `master`.~
~If you want to compare only the different commits, see https://github.com/Hywan/wasmer/compare/feat-runtime-core-tests...Hywan:feat-runtime-core-host-function-without-vmctx?expand=1.~

This patch updates the `ExternalFunction` implementation to support host functions (aka imported functions) without having an explicit `vm::Ctx` argument.

It is thus possible to write:

```rust
fn add_one(x: i32) -> i32 {
    x + 1
}

let import_object = imports! {
    "env" => {
        "add_one" => func!(add_one);
    },
};
```

The previous form is still working though:

```rust
fn add_one(_: &mut vm::Ctx, x: i32) -> i32 {
    x + 1
}
```

The backends aren't modified. It means that the pointer to `vm::Ctx` is still inserted in the stack, but it is not used when the function doesn't need it.

We thought this is an acceptable trade-off.

About the C API. It has not check to ensure the type signature. Since the pointer to `vm::Ctx` is always inserted, the C API can digest host functions with or without a `vm::Ctx` argument. The C API uses [the `Export` + `FuncPointer` API](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/blob/cf5b3cc09eff149ce415bd81846d84b2d2cdf3a3/lib/runtime-c-api/src/import/mod.rs#L630-L653) instead of going through the `Func` API (which is modified by this API), which is only possible since the C API only receives an opaque function pointer. Conclusion is: We can't ensure anything on the C side, but it will work with or without the `vm::Ctx` argument in theory.

Co-authored-by: Ivan Enderlin <[email protected]>
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925: feat(runtime-core) Support closures with a captured environment as host functions r=Hywan a=Hywan

Reboot of #882 and #219.

For the moment, host functions (aka imported functions) can be regular function pointers, or (as a side-effect) closures without a captured environment. This PR extends the support of host functions to closures with a captured environment. This is required for many other features (incl. the Python integration, the Ruby integration, WebAssembly Interface Types [see #787], and so on).

This PR is the culmination of previous ones, notably #915, #916 and #917. 

### General idea

The user-defined host function is wrapped inside a `wrap` function. This wrapper function initially receives a `vm::Ctx` as its first argument, which is passed to the host function when necessary. The patch keeps this behavior but it comes from `vm::FuncCtx`, which is a new structure. A `vm::FuncCtx` is held by `vm::ImportedFunc` such as:

```rust
#[repr(C)]
pub struct ImportedFunc {
    pub(crate) func: *const Func,
    pub(crate) func_ctx: NonNull<FuncCtx>,
}
```

where `vm::FuncCtx` is:

```rust
#[repr(C)]
pub struct FuncCtx {
    pub(crate) vmctx: NonNull<Ctx>,
    pub(crate) func_env: Option<NonNull<FuncEnv>>,
}
```

where `vm::FuncEnv` is:

```rust
#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct FuncEnv(pub(self) *mut c_void);
```

i.e. a raw opaque pointer.

So the wrapper function of a host function receives a `vm::Ctx`, which is used to find out the associated `FuncCtx` (by using the import backing), which holds `vm::FuncEnv`. It holds a pointer to the closure captured environment.

### Implementation details

#### How to get a pointer to a closure captured environment

A closure with a captured environment has a memory size greater than zero. This is how we detect it:

```rust
if mem::size_of::<Self>() != 0 { … }
```

To get a pointer to its captured environment, we use this statement:

```rust
NonNull::new(Box::into_raw(Box::new(self))).map(NonNull::cast)
```

(in `typed_func.rs`, in the `wrap` functions).

To reconstruct the closure based on the pointer, we use this statement:

```rust
let func: &FN = {
    let func: NonNull<FN> = func_env.cast();
    &*func.as_ptr()
};
```

That's basically how it works. And that's the core idea of this patch.

As a side effect, we have removed an undefined behavior (UB) in 2 places: The `mem::transmute(&())` has been removed (it was used to get the function pointer of `FN`). The transmute is replaced by `FuncEnv`, which provides a unified API, erasing the difference between host functions as closures with a captured environment, and host functions as function pointer. For a reason I ignore, the UB wasn't showing himself until this PR and a modification in the Singlepass backend. But now it's fixed.

#### Impact on `Backing`

After the modification on the `typed_func` and the `vm` modules, this is the other core idea of this patch: Updating the `backing` module so that `vm::ImportedFunc` replaces `vm::Ctx` by `vm::FuncCtx`.

When creating `vm::ImportedFunc`, a new `vm::FuncCtx` is created and its pointer is used. We are purposely leaking `vm::FuncCtx` so that the pointer is always valid. Hence the specific `Drop` implementation on `ImportBacking` to dereference the pointer, and to drop it properly.

#### Impact on the backends

Since the structure of `vm::ImportedFunc` has changed, backends must be updated. We must deref `FuncCtx` to reach its `vmctx` field.

#### Impact on `Instance`

Because `vm::ImportedFunc` has changed, it has a minor impact on the `instance` module, nothing crazy though.

Co-authored-by: Ivan Enderlin <[email protected]>
bors bot added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 12, 2019
925: feat(runtime-core) Support closures with a captured environment as host functions r=Hywan a=Hywan

Reboot of #882 and #219.

For the moment, host functions (aka imported functions) can be regular function pointers, or (as a side-effect) closures without a captured environment. This PR extends the support of host functions to closures with a captured environment. This is required for many other features (incl. the Python integration, the Ruby integration, WebAssembly Interface Types [see #787], and so on).

This PR is the culmination of previous ones, notably #915, #916 and #917. 

### General idea

The user-defined host function is wrapped inside a `wrap` function. This wrapper function initially receives a `vm::Ctx` as its first argument, which is passed to the host function when necessary. The patch keeps this behavior but it comes from `vm::FuncCtx`, which is a new structure. A `vm::FuncCtx` is held by `vm::ImportedFunc` such as:

```rust
#[repr(C)]
pub struct ImportedFunc {
    pub(crate) func: *const Func,
    pub(crate) func_ctx: NonNull<FuncCtx>,
}
```

where `vm::FuncCtx` is:

```rust
#[repr(C)]
pub struct FuncCtx {
    pub(crate) vmctx: NonNull<Ctx>,
    pub(crate) func_env: Option<NonNull<FuncEnv>>,
}
```

where `vm::FuncEnv` is:

```rust
#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct FuncEnv(pub(self) *mut c_void);
```

i.e. a raw opaque pointer.

So the wrapper function of a host function receives a `vm::Ctx`, which is used to find out the associated `FuncCtx` (by using the import backing), which holds `vm::FuncEnv`. It holds a pointer to the closure captured environment.

### Implementation details

#### How to get a pointer to a closure captured environment

A closure with a captured environment has a memory size greater than zero. This is how we detect it:

```rust
if mem::size_of::<Self>() != 0 { … }
```

To get a pointer to its captured environment, we use this statement:

```rust
NonNull::new(Box::into_raw(Box::new(self))).map(NonNull::cast)
```

(in `typed_func.rs`, in the `wrap` functions).

To reconstruct the closure based on the pointer, we use this statement:

```rust
let func: &FN = {
    let func: NonNull<FN> = func_env.cast();
    &*func.as_ptr()
};
```

That's basically how it works. And that's the core idea of this patch.

As a side effect, we have removed an undefined behavior (UB) in 2 places: The `mem::transmute(&())` has been removed (it was used to get the function pointer of `FN`). The transmute is replaced by `FuncEnv`, which provides a unified API, erasing the difference between host functions as closures with a captured environment, and host functions as function pointer. For a reason I ignore, the UB wasn't showing himself until this PR and a modification in the Singlepass backend. But now it's fixed.

#### Impact on `Backing`

After the modification on the `typed_func` and the `vm` modules, this is the other core idea of this patch: Updating the `backing` module so that `vm::ImportedFunc` replaces `vm::Ctx` by `vm::FuncCtx`.

When creating `vm::ImportedFunc`, a new `vm::FuncCtx` is created and its pointer is used. We are purposely leaking `vm::FuncCtx` so that the pointer is always valid. Hence the specific `Drop` implementation on `ImportBacking` to dereference the pointer, and to drop it properly.

#### Impact on the backends

Since the structure of `vm::ImportedFunc` has changed, backends must be updated. We must deref `FuncCtx` to reach its `vmctx` field.

#### Impact on `Instance`

Because `vm::ImportedFunc` has changed, it has a minor impact on the `instance` module, nothing crazy though.

Co-authored-by: Ivan Enderlin <[email protected]>
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