hyperlight-dev / hyperlight-dev/hyperlight
Gracefully handle host function errors in guest C-API
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 4.7k
- Forks
- 208
- Avg merge
- 1d 7h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 48
Description
If a C guest calls a host function which returns an error, the rust c-api will panic. This is not great
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the Rust C-API path used when a C guest calls a host function that returns an error. Reproduce the failure and follow the error propagation to identify where the panic occurs; done means the call reports the error gracefully without panicking.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, rust
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100