Support module precompilation

wasm/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 - All WASM modules and isntances use a singleton store, to enable sharing of
   memory and functions.
 - Add options to setup.dart for configuring the build.
+- Add Module.serialize and Module.deserialize.
+- Add bin/precompile.dart, which compiles and serializes wasm modules.
 
 ## 0.1.0+1
 

wasm/bin/module.g.def

@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ EXPORTS
    wasm_memorytype_delete
    wasm_memorytype_new
    wasm_module_delete
+   wasm_module_deserialize
    wasm_module_exports
    wasm_module_imports
    wasm_module_new
+   wasm_module_serialize
    wasm_store_delete
    wasm_store_new
    wasm_trap_delete

wasm/bin/precompile.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Precompiles and serializes a wasm module, so that it can be deserialized at
+// runtime using WasmModule.deserialize. This skips doing the compilation at
+// runtime, decreasing startup times.
+// Usage: dart run wasm:precompile wasm_module.wasm -o serialized
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:args/args.dart';
+import 'package:wasm/wasm.dart';
+
+void main(List<String> arguments) {
+  final parser = ArgParser()
+    ..addOption(
+      'out',
+      abbr: 'o',
+      help: 'Output file.',
+    )
+    ..addFlag(
+      'help',
+      abbr: 'h',
+      negatable: false,
+      help: 'Show this help.',
+    );
+  final args = parser.parse(arguments);
+
+  if (args['help'] as bool) {
+    print('Usage: dart run wasm:precompile wasm_module.wasm -o serialized\n');
+    print(parser.usage);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (args.rest.isEmpty) {
+    print('No input file.');
+    exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  final inFile = args.rest[0];
+  final outFile = args['out'] as String?;
+  if (outFile == null) {
+    print('No output file.');
+    exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  final inBytes = File(inFile).readAsBytesSync();
+  final mod = WasmModule(inBytes);
+  print('$inFile compiled successfully');
+
+  print('\n=== Wasm module info ===');
+  print(mod.describe());
+
+  final outBytes = mod.serialize();
+  File(outFile).writeAsBytesSync(outBytes);
+  print('$outFile written successfully');
+  return;
+}

wasm/lib/src/module.dart

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ class WasmModule {
   late final Pointer<WasmerModule> _module;
 
   /// Compile a module.
-  WasmModule(Uint8List data) {
-    _module = runtime.compile(this, data);
-  }
+  WasmModule(Uint8List data) : this._(data, false);
+
+  /// Deserialize a module. See [WasmModule.serialize] for more details.
+  WasmModule.deserialize(Uint8List data) : this._(data, true);
 
   /// Returns a [WasmInstanceBuilder] that is used to add all the imports that
   /// the module needs before instantiating it.
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ class WasmModule {
   WasmMemory createMemory(int pages, [int? maxPages]) =>
       WasmMemory._create(pages, maxPages);
 
+  /// Serialize the module to a [Uint8List].
+  ///
+  /// This buffer can be saved to a file, sent to another device, even with a
+  /// different CPU architecture, and then passed to [WasmModule.deserialize].
+  /// Doing so speeds up start up time, by skipping compilation.
+  Uint8List serialize() => runtime.serialize(_module);
+
   /// Returns a description of all of the module's imports and exports, for
   /// debugging.
   String describe() {
@@ -43,6 +51,10 @@ class WasmModule {
     }
     return description.toString();
   }
+
+  WasmModule._(Uint8List data, bool isSerialized) {
+    _module = runtime.loadModule(this, data, isSerialized);
+  }
 }
 
 Pointer<WasmerTrap> _wasmFnImportTrampoline(

wasm/lib/src/runtime.g.dart

@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ class WasmRuntime {
   late final WasmerMemorytypeDeleteFn _memorytype_delete;
   late final WasmerMemorytypeNewFn _memorytype_new;
   late final WasmerModuleDeleteFn _module_delete;
+  late final WasmerModuleDeserializeFn _module_deserialize;
   late final WasmerModuleExportsFn _module_exports;
   late final WasmerModuleImportsFn _module_imports;
   late final WasmerModuleNewFn _module_new;
+  late final WasmerModuleSerializeFn _module_serialize;
   late final WasmerStoreDeleteFn _store_delete;
   late final WasmerStoreNewFn _store_new;
   late final WasmerTrapDeleteFn _trap_delete;
@@ -436,6 +438,10 @@ class WasmRuntime {
         _lib.lookupFunction<NativeWasmerModuleDeleteFn, WasmerModuleDeleteFn>(
       'wasm_module_delete',
     );
+    _module_deserialize = _lib.lookupFunction<NativeWasmerModuleDeserializeFn,
+        WasmerModuleDeserializeFn>(
+      'wasm_module_deserialize',
+    );
     _module_exports =
         _lib.lookupFunction<NativeWasmerModuleExportsFn, WasmerModuleExportsFn>(
       'wasm_module_exports',
@@ -448,6 +454,10 @@ class WasmRuntime {
         _lib.lookupFunction<NativeWasmerModuleNewFn, WasmerModuleNewFn>(
       'wasm_module_new',
     );
+    _module_serialize = _lib
+        .lookupFunction<NativeWasmerModuleSerializeFn, WasmerModuleSerializeFn>(
+      'wasm_module_serialize',
+    );
     _store_delete =
         _lib.lookupFunction<NativeWasmerStoreDeleteFn, WasmerStoreDeleteFn>(
       'wasm_store_delete',
@@ -511,9 +521,10 @@ class WasmRuntime {
     _set_finalizer_for_store(this, _store);
   }
 
-  Pointer<WasmerModule> compile(
+  Pointer<WasmerModule> loadModule(
     Object owner,
     Uint8List data,
+    bool isSerialized,
   ) {
     var dataPtr = calloc<Uint8>(data.length);
     for (var i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) {
@@ -523,16 +534,33 @@ class WasmRuntime {
     dataVec.ref.data = dataPtr;
     dataVec.ref.length = data.length;
 
-    var modulePtr = _module_new(_store, dataVec);
+    var modulePtr = isSerialized
+        ? _module_deserialize(_store, dataVec)
+        : _module_new(_store, dataVec);
 
     calloc.free(dataPtr);
     calloc.free(dataVec);
 
-    _checkNotEqual(modulePtr, nullptr, 'Wasm module compile failed.');
+    _checkNotEqual(
+      modulePtr,
+      nullptr,
+      'Wasm module ${isSerialized ? 'deserialization' : 'compilation'} failed.',
+    );
     _set_finalizer_for_module(owner, modulePtr);
     return modulePtr;
   }
 
+  Uint8List serialize(Pointer<WasmerModule> module) {
+    final outVec = calloc<WasmerByteVec>();
+    outVec.ref.data = nullptr;
+    outVec.ref.length = 0;
+    _module_serialize(module, outVec);
+    final result = Uint8List.fromList(outVec.ref.list);
+    _byte_vec_delete(outVec);
+    calloc.free(outVec);
+    return result;
+  }
+
   Pointer _externTypeToFuncOrGlobalType(
     int kind,
     Pointer<WasmerExterntype> extern,

wasm/lib/src/wasmer_api.g.dart

@@ -571,6 +571,12 @@ typedef WasmerMemorytypeNewFn = Pointer<WasmerMemorytype> Function(
 typedef NativeWasmerModuleDeleteFn = Void Function(Pointer<WasmerModule>);
 typedef WasmerModuleDeleteFn = void Function(Pointer<WasmerModule>);
 
+// wasm_module_deserialize
+typedef NativeWasmerModuleDeserializeFn = Pointer<WasmerModule> Function(
+    Pointer<WasmerStore>, Pointer<WasmerByteVec>);
+typedef WasmerModuleDeserializeFn = Pointer<WasmerModule> Function(
+    Pointer<WasmerStore>, Pointer<WasmerByteVec>);
+
 // wasm_module_exports
 typedef NativeWasmerModuleExportsFn = Void Function(
     Pointer<WasmerModule>, Pointer<WasmerExporttypeVec>);
@@ -589,6 +595,12 @@ typedef NativeWasmerModuleNewFn = Pointer<WasmerModule> Function(
 typedef WasmerModuleNewFn = Pointer<WasmerModule> Function(
     Pointer<WasmerStore>, Pointer<WasmerByteVec>);
 
+// wasm_module_serialize
+typedef NativeWasmerModuleSerializeFn = Void Function(
+    Pointer<WasmerModule>, Pointer<WasmerByteVec>);
+typedef WasmerModuleSerializeFn = void Function(
+    Pointer<WasmerModule>, Pointer<WasmerByteVec>);
+
 // wasm_store_delete
 typedef NativeWasmerStoreDeleteFn = Void Function(Pointer<WasmerStore>);
 typedef WasmerStoreDeleteFn = void Function(Pointer<WasmerStore>);

wasm/test/corrupted_error_test.dart

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void main() {
       () => WasmModule(data),
       throwsWasmError(
         allOf(
-          contains('Wasm module compile failed.'),
+          contains('Wasm module compilation failed.'),
           contains('Validation error: Bad magic number (at offset 0)'),
         ),
       ),

wasm/test/serialize_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Test that we can serialize and deserialize a wasm module.
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:wasm/wasm.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('serializing and deserializing module', () {
+    // int64_t square(int64_t n) { return n * n; }
+    final data = Uint8List.fromList([
+      0x00, 0x61, 0x73, 0x6d, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x06, 0x01, 0x60, //
+      0x01, 0x7e, 0x01, 0x7e, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x04, 0x05, 0x01, 0x70,
+      0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x03, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x06, 0x08, 0x01, 0x7f,
+      0x01, 0x41, 0x80, 0x88, 0x04, 0x0b, 0x07, 0x13, 0x02, 0x06, 0x6d, 0x65,
+      0x6d, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x79, 0x02, 0x00, 0x06, 0x73, 0x71, 0x75, 0x61, 0x72,
+      0x65, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0a, 0x09, 0x01, 0x07, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00,
+      0x7e, 0x0b,
+    ]);
+
+    final mod = WasmModule(data);
+    final serialized = mod.serialize();
+
+    final inst = WasmModule.deserialize(serialized).builder().build();
+    final fn = inst.lookupFunction('square');
+    final n = fn(1234) as int;
+    expect(n, 1234 * 1234);
+  });
+
+  test('deserializing module from file', () {
+    // int64_t square(int64_t n) { return n * n; }
+    final serialized = File('test/test_files/serialized').readAsBytesSync();
+    final inst = WasmModule.deserialize(serialized).builder().build();
+    final fn = inst.lookupFunction('square');
+    final n = fn(1234) as int;
+    expect(n, 1234 * 1234);
+  });
+}

wasm/tool/generate_ffi_boilerplate.py

@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ def declareType(name, withCopy=True):
 WASM_API_EXTERN own wasm_trap_t* wasm_trap_new(wasm_store_t* store, const wasm_message_t*);
 WASM_API_EXTERN void wasm_trap_message(const wasm_trap_t*, own wasm_message_t* out);
 WASM_API_EXTERN wasm_valkind_t wasm_valtype_kind(const wasm_valtype_t*);
+WASM_API_EXTERN void wasm_module_serialize(const wasm_module_t*, own wasm_byte_vec_t* out);
+WASM_API_EXTERN own wasm_module_t* wasm_module_deserialize(wasm_store_t*, const wasm_byte_vec_t*);
 
 wasi_config_t* wasi_config_new(const uint8_t* program_name);
 wasi_env_t* wasi_env_new(wasi_config_t* config);

wasm/tool/runtime_template.dart.t

@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ class WasmRuntime {
     _set_finalizer_for_store(this, _store);
   }
 
-  Pointer<WasmerModule> compile(
+  Pointer<WasmerModule> loadModule(
     Object owner,
     Uint8List data,
+    bool isSerialized,
   ) {
     var dataPtr = calloc<Uint8>(data.length);
     for (var i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) {
@@ -44,16 +45,33 @@ class WasmRuntime {
     dataVec.ref.data = dataPtr;
     dataVec.ref.length = data.length;
 
-    var modulePtr = _module_new(_store, dataVec);
+    var modulePtr = isSerialized
+        ? _module_deserialize(_store, dataVec)
+        : _module_new(_store, dataVec);
 
     calloc.free(dataPtr);
     calloc.free(dataVec);
 
-    _checkNotEqual(modulePtr, nullptr, 'Wasm module compile failed.');
+    _checkNotEqual(
+      modulePtr,
+      nullptr,
+      'Wasm module ${isSerialized ? 'deserialization' : 'compilation'} failed.',
+    );
     _set_finalizer_for_module(owner, modulePtr);
     return modulePtr;
   }
 
+  Uint8List serialize(Pointer<WasmerModule> module) {
+    final outVec = calloc<WasmerByteVec>();
+    outVec.ref.data = nullptr;
+    outVec.ref.length = 0;
+    _module_serialize(module, outVec);
+    final result = Uint8List.fromList(outVec.ref.list);
+    _byte_vec_delete(outVec);
+    calloc.free(outVec);
+    return result;
+  }
+
   Pointer _externTypeToFuncOrGlobalType(
     int kind,
     Pointer<WasmerExterntype> extern,