https://github.com/gate-computer/wag

WebAssembly compiler implemented in Go
https://github.com/gate-computer/wag

aarch64 amd64 arm64 compiler go wasm webassembly x86-64

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WebAssembly compiler implemented in Go

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gate-computer/wag
• Owner: gate-computer
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2015-11-27T08:12:25.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-15T16:39:48.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-15T18:00:35.179Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: aarch64, amd64, arm64, compiler, go, wasm, webassembly, x86-64
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://pkg.go.dev/gate.computer/wag
• Size: 3.6 MB
• Stars: 189
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Wag is a [WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org) compiler implemented as a

[Go](https://golang.org) package.

- License: [3-clause BSD](LICENSE)

- Author: Timo Savola 

Features

--------

- The input is a wasm binary module.

- The output is machine code.

- It is only a compiler.  A runtime environment for the compiled program,

  including all import functions, needs to be implemented separately.  Wag has

  been developed for the [Gate](https://gate.computer/gate) runtime.

- Single-pass, fast ahead-of-time compilation.

- The generated code requires minimal runtime support; it's designed to be

  executed in an isolated environment.  Calling standard library ABIs is not

  directly supported.

- Supports snapshot-and-restore across compiler versions and CPU architectures.

- Supports breakpoint debugging via recompilation.

- Cross-compilation is supported via Go build tags.  If `wagamd64` is

  specified, the x86-64 code generator is used regardless of host architecture,

  and CPU feature detection is disabled with pessimistic assumptions.  Likewise

  for `wagarm64` (but feature detection is not currently used for ARM64 in any

  case).

Status

------

- Supports WebAssembly version 1 (wasm32).  No wasm extensions are supported.

- Supports x86-64 and ARM64 code generation.

- Generated x86-64 code requires SSE4.1 floating-point instructions (available

  since 2007).

Security

--------

[Spectre](https://spectreattack.com) variant 1: Out-of-bounds linear memory

access detection requires that addressable but unallocated memory is

inaccessible.  It naturally prevents conditional branch exploitation.

Spectre variant 2: On x86-64, [Retpoline](https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886)

is used to protect the runtime environment (although user programs shouldn't be

able to inject arbitrary addresses into the branch target buffer).

Testing

-------

Requires Linux, Make, Go, Python, [Capstone](https://www.capstone-engine.org),

and a recent version of [WABT](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt).

The applicable parts of the WebAssembly spec testsuite are run.  Code execution

tests are implemented in a separate Go module in the testsuite subdirectory (to

work around circular dependencies).  All tests can be run by checking out Git

submodules and running `make check`.