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The feed_event() function is called for every wasm binary instruction.
Let's optimize it by storing FunctionEnvironment object in
CraneliftFunctionCodeGenerator, rather than constructing it for every
feed_event() invocation.
This change reduces the time to run "ngix compile" benchmark by 68%:
Before:
nginx compile time: [1.4152 s 1.4186 s 1.4222 s]
Found 1 outliers among 10 measurements (10.00%)
1 (10.00%) high mild
After:
nginx compile time: [447.76 ms 448.32 ms 448.80 ms]
change: [-68.542% -68.440% -68.352%] (p = 0.00 < 0.05)
Performance has improved.
I assume some of the clone() calls are very expensive (Vec::clone(),
likely). I did see libc malloc()/free() high up in "perf top" profiles,
which are eliminted by this change.
I also looked into eliminating FunctionBuilder construction from
feed_event(). That turns out to be painful on lifetime rules because it
borrows bunch of other objects, so I am leaving it for someone who knows
the code better than I do.
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| dev-utils | ||
| emscripten | ||
| emscripten-tests | ||
| kernel-loader | ||
| kernel-net | ||
| llvm-backend | ||
| middleware-common | ||
| runtime | ||
| runtime-abi | ||
| runtime-c-api | ||
| runtime-core | ||
| singlepass-backend | ||
| spectests | ||
| wasi | ||
| wasi-tests | ||
| win-exception-handler | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| README.md | ||
Wasmer Libraries
Wasmer is modularized into different libraries, separated into three main sections:
Runtime
The core of Wasmer is the runtime, which provides the necessary abstractions to create a good user experience when embedding.
The runtime is divided into two main libraries:
- runtime-core: The main implementation of the runtime.
- runtime: Easy-to-use API on top of
runtime-core.
Integrations
The integration builds on the Wasmer runtime and allow us to run WebAssembly files compiled for different environments.
Wasmer intends to support different integrations:
- WASI: run WebAssembly files with the WASI ABI.
- Emscripten: run Emscripten-generated WebAssembly files, such as Lua or nginx.
- Go ABI: we will work on this soon! Want to give us a hand? ✋
- Blazor: research period, see tracking issue
Backends
The Wasmer runtime is designed to support multiple compiler backends, allowing the user to tune the codegen properties (compile speed, performance, etc) to best fit their use case.
Currently, we support multiple backends for compiling WebAssembly to machine code:
- singlepass-backend: Single pass backend - super fast compilation, slower runtime speed
- clif-backend: Cranelift backend - slower compilation, normal runtime speed
- llvm-backend: LLVM backend - slow compilation, native runtime speed