WebAssembly / WebAssembly/WASI
Drop explicit preopens
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Description
Given WASI's CloudABI heritage I understand why preopens currently are the way that they are.
But they feel like something that should be just an host implementation detail. Ie. could the following also work?:
Remove
get-directories: func() -> list<tuple<descriptor, string>>
in exchange for:
instance-root-directory: func() -> descriptor
which returns a single directory that represents the "default filesystem". In similar vein to:
- wasi-clocks/instance-monotonic-clock
- wasi-clocks/instance-wall-clock
- wasi-network/instance-network
By default this is an empty directory. But the host can "mount" specific external directories/files into it. Exactly how the contents of this "filesystem" are populated (preopened or not), would be of concern only to the host, not the client application / libc.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the issue discussion and compare the proposed instance-root-directory interface with the existing get-directories interface and the listed wasi-clocks and wasi-network instance interfaces. Done means reaching a maintainer-approved design for whether preopens should be hidden and clearly defining the proposed host/client contract.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- backend-api-design, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100