WasmLowering: Empty struct detection doesn't exist for ABI purposes, and should
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Descripción
The WebAssembly Basic C ABI (https://github.com/WebAssembly/tool-conventions/blob/main/BasicCABI.md) specifies that empty structs and unions are "ignored" for both parameters and returns. In WasmLowering.GetSignature, empty struct parameters are currently detected via
paramType.GetElementSize().AsInt == 0. However, .NET pads empty value types to a minimum size of 1 byte:
// MetadataFieldLayoutAlgorithm.cs:1177
// Pad the length of structs to be 1 if they are empty, so we have no zero-length structures
if (type.IsValueType && instanceSize == LayoutInt.Zero)
instanceSize = LayoutInt.One;
What needs to change
1. Detect empty structs by instance field count (0 non-static fields), no explicit layout.
2. Empty struct return/parameters should not contribute to the arguments of the function at the Wasm level.
3. This applies to all calling conventions (managed and unmanaged).
Location
src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/WasmLowering.cs — the GetSignature(MethodSignature, LoweringFlags) method.
Guía de contribución
Línea de trabajo
Start in src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/WasmLowering.cs at GetSignature(MethodSignature, LoweringFlags), then read the empty-value-type handling noted in MetadataFieldLayoutAlgorithm.cs:1177 and the linked Basic C ABI guidance. Done means empty structs with no non-static fields, including explicit-layout cases as specified, are omitted from WebAssembly parameters and returns for managed and unmanaged calling conventions.
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