Memory Manipulation

In this example, we'll present how to manipulate the linear memory with the APIs defined in wasmedge_sdk::Memory.

The code in the following example is verified on

wasmedge-sdk v0.5.0

wasmedge-sys v0.10.0

wasmedge-types v0.3.0

Wasm module

Before talking about the code, let's first see the wasm module we use in this example. In the wasm module, a linear memory of 1-page (64KiB) size is defined; in addition, three functions are exported from this module: get_at, set_at, and mem_size.


(module
  (type $mem_size_t (func (result i32)))
  (type $get_at_t (func (param i32) (result i32)))
  (type $set_at_t (func (param i32) (param i32)))

  # A memory with initial size of 1 page
  (memory $mem 1)

  (func $get_at (type $get_at_t) (param $idx i32) (result i32)
    (i32.load (local.get $idx)))

  (func $set_at (type $set_at_t) (param $idx i32) (param $val i32)
    (i32.store (local.get $idx) (local.get $val)))

  (func $mem_size (type $mem_size_t) (result i32)
    (memory.size))
  
  # Exported functions
  (export "get_at" (func $get_at))
  (export "set_at" (func $set_at))
  (export "mem_size" (func $mem_size))
  (export "memory" (memory $mem)))

Next, we'll demonstrate how to manipulate the linear memory by calling the exported functions.

Load and Register Module

Let's start off by getting all imports right away so you can follow along


#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
// please add this feature if you're using rust of version < 1.63
// #![feature(explicit_generic_args_with_impl_trait)]

use wasmedge_sdk::{params, wat2wasm, Executor, Module, Store, WasmVal};
}

To load a Module, wasmedge-sdk defines two methods:

from_file loads a wasm module from a file, and meanwhile, validates the loaded wasm module.
from_bytes loads a wasm module from an array of in-memory bytes, and meanwhile, validates the loaded wasm module.

Here we use Module::from_bytes method to load our wasm module from an array of in-memory bytes.


#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
let wasm_bytes = wat2wasm(
        r#"
(module
  (type $mem_size_t (func (result i32)))
  (type $get_at_t (func (param i32) (result i32)))
  (type $set_at_t (func (param i32) (param i32)))

  (memory $mem 1)

  (func $get_at (type $get_at_t) (param $idx i32) (result i32)
    (i32.load (local.get $idx)))

  (func $set_at (type $set_at_t) (param $idx i32) (param $val i32)
    (i32.store (local.get $idx) (local.get $val)))

  (func $mem_size (type $mem_size_t) (result i32)
    (memory.size))

  (export "get_at" (func $get_at))
  (export "set_at" (func $set_at))
  (export "mem_size" (func $mem_size))
  (export "memory" (memory $mem)))
"#
    .as_bytes(),
)?;

// loads a wasm module from the given in-memory bytes
let module = Module::from_bytes(None, &wasm_bytes)?;
}

The module returned by Module::from_bytes is a compiled module, also called AST Module in WasmEdge terminology. To use it in WasmEdge runtime environment, we need to instantiate the AST module. We use Store::register_named_module API to achieve the goal.


#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
// create an executor
let mut executor = Executor::new(None, None)?;

// create a store
let mut store = Store::new()?;

// register the module into the store
let extern_instance = store.register_named_module(&mut executor, "extern", &module)?;
}

In the code above, we register the AST module into a Store, in which the module is instantiated, and as a result, a module instance named extern is returned.

Memory

In the previous section, we get an instance by registering a compiled module into the runtime environment. Now we retrieve the memory instance from the module instance, and make use of the APIs defined in Memory to manipulate the linear memory.


#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
// get the exported memory instance
let mut memory = extern_instance
    .memory("memory")
    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("failed to get memory instance named 'memory'"))?;

// check memory size
assert_eq!(memory.size(), 1);
assert_eq!(memory.data_size(), 65536);

// grow memory size
memory.grow(2)?;
assert_eq!(memory.size(), 3);
assert_eq!(memory.data_size(), 3 * 65536);

// get the exported functions: "set_at" and "get_at"
let set_at = extern_instance
    .func("set_at")
    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::Error::msg("Not found exported function named 'set_at'."))?;
let get_at = extern_instance
    .func("get_at")
    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::Error::msg("Not found exported function named 'get_at`."))?;

// call the exported function named "set_at"
let mem_addr = 0x2220;
let val = 0xFEFEFFE;
set_at.call(&mut executor, params!(mem_addr, val))?;

// call the exported function named "get_at"
let returns = get_at.call(&mut executor, params!(mem_addr))?;
assert_eq!(returns[0].to_i32(), val);

// call the exported function named "set_at"
let page_size = 0x1_0000;
let mem_addr = (page_size * 2) - std::mem::size_of_val(&val) as i32;
let val = 0xFEA09;
set_at.call(&mut executor, params!(mem_addr, val))?;

// call the exported function named "get_at"
let returns = get_at.call(&mut executor, params!(mem_addr))?;
assert_eq!(returns[0].to_i32(), val);
}

The comments in the code explain the meaning of the code sample above, so we don't describe more.

The complete code of this example can be found in memory.rs.

WasmEdge Runtime

Memory Manipulation

Wasm module

Load and Register Module

Memory