use eyre::Result; use tinywasm::{types::FuncRef, Extern, FuncContext, Imports, Module, Store}; use wat; fn main() -> Result<()> { by_func_ref_passed()?; by_func_ref_returned()?; Ok(()) } /// example of passing wasm functions (as funcref) to imported host function /// and imported host function calling them fn by_func_ref_passed() -> Result<()> { // a module with: // imported function "host.call_this" that accepts a callback // exported wasm function "tell_host_to_call" that calls "host.call_this" with wasm functions $add and $sub // wasm functions $add and $sub and imported function $mul used as callbacks // (just to show that imported functions can be referenced too) // exported wasm function "call_binop_by_ref" is a proxy used by host to call func-references of type (i32, i32)->i32 const WASM: &str = r#" (module (import "host" "call_this" (func $host_callback_caller (param funcref))) (import "host" "mul" (func $host_mul (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32))) (func $tell_host_to_call (export "tell_host_to_call") (call $host_callback_caller (ref.func $add)) (call $host_callback_caller (ref.func $sub)) (call $host_callback_caller (ref.func $host_mul)) ) (type $binop (func (param i32 i32) (result i32))) (table 3 funcref) (elem (i32.const 0) $add $sub $host_mul) ;; function can only be taken reference of if it's added to a table (func $add (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32) local.get $x local.get $y i32.add ) (func $sub (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32) local.get $x local.get $y i32.sub ) (table $callback_register 1 funcref) (func (export "call_binop_by_ref") (param funcref i32 i32) (result i32) (table.set $callback_register (i32.const 0) (local.get 0)) (call_indirect $callback_register (type $binop) (local.get 1)(local.get 2)(i32.const 0)) ) ) "#; let wasm = wat::parse_str(WASM).expect("failed to parse wat"); let module = Module::parse_bytes(&wasm)?; let mut store = Store::default(); let mut imports = Imports::new(); // import host function that takes callbacks and calls them imports.define( "host", "call_this", Extern::typed_func(|mut ctx: FuncContext<'_>, fn_ref: FuncRef| -> tinywasm::Result<()> { let proxy_caller = ctx.module().exported_func::<(FuncRef, i32, i32), i32>(ctx.store(), "call_binop_by_ref")?; // call callback we got as argument using call_binop_by_ref let res = proxy_caller.call(ctx.store_mut(), (fn_ref, 5, 3))?; println!("(funcref {fn_ref:?})(5,3) results in {res}"); Ok(()) }), )?; // import host.mul function (one of the functions whose references are taken) imports.define( "host", "mul", Extern::typed_func(|_, args: (i32, i32)| -> tinywasm::Result { Ok(args.0 * args.1) }), )?; let instance = module.instantiate(&mut store, Some(imports))?; let caller = instance.exported_func::<(), ()>(&mut store, "tell_host_to_call")?; // call the tell_host_to_call caller.call(&mut store, ())?; // interesting detail is that neither $add $sub $mul were exported, // but with a little help from proxy "call_binop_by_ref" references to them host was able to call them Ok(()) } /// example of returning wasm function as callback to host function /// and host function calling it fn by_func_ref_returned() -> Result<()> { // a module with: // an exported function "what_should_host_call" that returns 3 funcrefs // wasm functions $add and $sub and imported function $mul used as callbacks // (just to show that imported functions can be referenced too) // exported wasm function "call_binop_by_ref" is a proxy used by host to call func-references of type (i32, i32)->i32 const WASM: &str = r#" (module (import "host" "mul" (func $host_mul (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32))) (type $binop (func (param i32 i32) (result i32))) (table 3 funcref) (elem (i32.const 0) $add $sub $host_mul) (func $add (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32) local.get $x local.get $y i32.add ) (func $sub (param $x i32) (param $y i32) (result i32) local.get $x local.get $y i32.sub ) (func $ref_to_funcs (export "what_should_host_call") (result funcref funcref funcref) (ref.func $add) (ref.func $sub) (ref.func $host_mul) ) (table $callback_register 1 funcref) (func $call (export "call_binop_by_ref") (param funcref i32 i32) (result i32) (table.set $callback_register (i32.const 0) (local.get 0)) (call_indirect $callback_register (type $binop) (local.get 1)(local.get 2)(i32.const 0)) ) ) "#; let wasm = wat::parse_str(WASM).expect("failed to parse wat"); let module = Module::parse_bytes(&wasm)?; let mut store = Store::default(); let mut imports = Imports::new(); // import host.mul function (one of the possible operations) imports.define( "host", "mul", Extern::typed_func(|_, args: (i32, i32)| -> tinywasm::Result { Ok(args.0 * args.1) }), )?; let instance = module.instantiate(&mut store, Some(imports))?; { // ask module what should we call let funcrefs = { let address_getter = instance.exported_func::<(), (FuncRef, FuncRef, FuncRef)>(&mut store, "what_should_host_call")?; address_getter.call(&mut store, ())? }; let proxy_caller = instance.exported_func::<(FuncRef, i32, i32), i32>(&mut store, "call_binop_by_ref")?; for (idx, func_ref) in [funcrefs.0, funcrefs.1, funcrefs.2].iter().enumerate() { // call those funcrefs via "call_binop_by_ref" let res = proxy_caller.call(&mut store, (*func_ref, 5, 3))?; println!("at idx: {idx} funcref {func_ref:?}(5,3) results in {res}"); } } Ok(()) }