summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--Doc/using/configure.rst6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-22-13-01-20.gh-issue-84461.rsCiTH.rst3
-rw-r--r--Tools/wasm/README.md25
-rwxr-xr-xconfigure106
-rw-r--r--configure.ac84
5 files changed, 161 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index e7efd2b..057efa3 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ WebAssemby Options
.. versionadded:: 3.11
+.. cmdoption:: --enable-wasm-pthreads
+
+ Turn on pthreads support for WASM.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.11
+
Install Options
---------------
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-22-13-01-20.gh-issue-84461.rsCiTH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-22-13-01-20.gh-issue-84461.rsCiTH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1b8dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-22-13-01-20.gh-issue-84461.rsCiTH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add :option:`--enable-wasm-pthreads` to enable pthreads support for WASM
+builds. ``Emscripten/node`` no longer has threading enabled by default.
+Include additional file systems.
diff --git a/Tools/wasm/README.md b/Tools/wasm/README.md
index 9d3680a..83806f0 100644
--- a/Tools/wasm/README.md
+++ b/Tools/wasm/README.md
@@ -121,18 +121,27 @@ functions.
- The ``select`` module is limited. ``select.select()`` crashes the runtime
due to lack of exectfd support.
-## processes, threads, signals
+## processes, signals
- Processes are not supported. System calls like fork, popen, and subprocess
fail with ``ENOSYS`` or ``ENOSUP``.
- Signal support is limited. ``signal.alarm``, ``itimer``, ``sigaction``
are not available or do not work correctly. ``SIGTERM`` exits the runtime.
- Keyboard interrupt (CTRL+C) handling is not implemented yet.
-- Browser builds cannot start new threads. Node's web workers consume
- extra file descriptors.
- Resource-related functions like ``os.nice`` and most functions of the
``resource`` module are not available.
+## threading
+
+- Threading is disabled by default. The ``configure`` option
+ ``--enable-wasm-pthreads`` adds compiler flag ``-pthread`` and
+ linker flags ``-sUSE_PTHREADS -sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD``.
+- pthread support requires WASM threads and SharedArrayBuffer (bulk memory).
+ The Node.JS runtime keeps a pool of web workers around. Each web worker
+ uses several file descriptors (eventfd, epoll, pipe).
+- It's not advised to enable threading when building for browsers or with
+ dynamic linking support; there are performance and stability issues.
+
## file system
- Most user, group, and permission related function and modules are not
@@ -173,20 +182,16 @@ functions.
distutils, multiprocessing, dbm, tests and similar modules
are not shipped. All other modules are bundled as pre-compiled
``pyc`` files.
-- Threading is disabled.
- In-memory file system (MEMFS) is not persistent and limited.
- Test modules are disabled by default. Use ``--enable-test-modules`` build
test modules like ``_testcapi``.
## wasm32-emscripten in node
-Node builds use ``NODERAWFS``, ``USE_PTHREADS`` and ``PROXY_TO_PTHREAD``
-linker options.
+Node builds use ``NODERAWFS``.
-- Node RawFS allows direct access to the host file system.
-- pthread support requires WASM threads and SharedArrayBuffer (bulk memory).
- The runtime keeps a pool of web workers around. Each web worker uses
- several file descriptors (eventfd, epoll, pipe).
+- Node RawFS allows direct access to the host file system without need to
+ perform ``FS.mount()`` call.
# Hosting Python WASM builds
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 25e767b..f161e4e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ enable_framework
with_cxx_main
with_emscripten_target
enable_wasm_dynamic_linking
+enable_wasm_pthreads
with_suffix
enable_shared
with_static_libpython
@@ -1734,6 +1735,8 @@ Optional Features:
--enable-wasm-dynamic-linking
Enable dynamic linking support for WebAssembly
(default is no)
+ --enable-wasm-pthreads Enable pthread emulation for WebAssembly (default is
+ no)
--enable-shared enable building a shared Python library (default is
no)
--enable-profiling enable C-level code profiling with gprof (default is
@@ -6318,6 +6321,30 @@ fi
{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_wasm_dynamic_linking" >&5
$as_echo "$enable_wasm_dynamic_linking" >&6; }
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --enable-wasm-pthreads" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for --enable-wasm-pthreads... " >&6; }
+# Check whether --enable-wasm-pthreads was given.
+if test "${enable_wasm_pthreads+set}" = set; then :
+ enableval=$enable_wasm_pthreads;
+ case $ac_sys_system in #(
+ Emscripten) :
+ ;; #(
+ WASI) :
+ as_fn_error $? "WASI threading is not implemented yet." "$LINENO" 5 ;; #(
+ *) :
+ as_fn_error $? "--enable-wasm-pthreads only applies to Emscripten and WASI" "$LINENO" 5
+ ;;
+esac
+
+else
+
+ enable_wasm_pthreads=missing
+
+fi
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_wasm_pthreads" >&5
+$as_echo "$enable_wasm_pthreads" >&6; }
+
{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --with-suffix" >&5
$as_echo_n "checking for --with-suffix... " >&6; }
@@ -7788,43 +7815,70 @@ then
fi
# WASM flags
-case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_emscripten_target in #(
- Emscripten/browser*) :
+case $ac_sys_system in #(
+ Emscripten) :
+
+ if test "x$Py_DEBUG" = xyes; then :
+ wasm_debug=yes
+else
+ wasm_debug=no
+fi
+
+ as_fn_append LDFLAGS_NODIST " -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sTOTAL_MEMORY=20971520"
+
+ as_fn_append LDFLAGS_NODIST " -sFORCE_FILESYSTEM -lidbfs.js -lnodefs.js -lproxyfs.js -lworkerfs.js"
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH"
- LINKFORSHARED="--preload-file=\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)"
if test "x$enable_wasm_dynamic_linking" = xyes; then :
as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " -sMAIN_MODULE"
fi
- WASM_ASSETS_DIR=".\$(prefix)"
- WASM_STDLIB="\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)/local/lib/python\$(VERSION)/os.py"
- if test "$Py_DEBUG" = 'true' -o "$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = "browser-debug"; then
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sASSERTIONS"
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -gsource-map --emit-symbol-map"
- else
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -O2 -g0"
- fi
- ;; #(
- Emscripten/node*) :
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sNODERAWFS -sUSE_PTHREADS"
- LINKFORSHARED="-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD -sEXIT_RUNTIME"
- if test "x$enable_wasm_dynamic_linking" = xyes; then :
+ if test "x$enable_wasm_pthreads" = xyes; then :
- as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " -sMAIN_MODULE"
+ as_fn_append CFLAGS_NODIST " -pthread"
+ as_fn_append LDFLAGS_NODIST " -sUSE_PTHREADS"
+ as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " -sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD"
+
+fi
+
+ case $ac_sys_emscripten_target in #(
+ browser*) :
+
+ if test "x$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = xbrowser-debug; then :
+ wasm_debug=yes
+fi
+ as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " --preload-file=\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)"
+ WASM_ASSETS_DIR=".\$(prefix)"
+ WASM_STDLIB="\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)/local/lib/python\$(VERSION)/os.py"
+ WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG="-gsource-map --emit-symbol-map"
+ ;; #(
+ node*) :
+
+ if test "x$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = xnode-debug; then :
+ wasm_debug=yes
+fi
+ as_fn_append LDFLAGS_NODIST " -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sNODERAWFS"
+ as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " -sEXIT_RUNTIME"
+ WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG="-gseparate-dwarf --emit-symbol-map"
+
+ ;; #(
+ *) :
+ ;;
+esac
+
+ if test "x$wasm_debug" = xyes; then :
+
+ as_fn_append LDFLAGS_NODIST " -sASSERTIONS"
+ as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " $WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG"
+
+else
+
+ as_fn_append LINKFORSHARED " -O2 -g0"
fi
- CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -pthread"
- if test "$Py_DEBUG" = 'true' -o "$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = "node-debug"; then
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sASSERTIONS"
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -gseparate-dwarf --emit-symbol-map"
- else
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -O2 -g0"
- fi
;; #(
- WASI/*) :
+ WASI) :
$as_echo "#define _WASI_EMULATED_SIGNAL 1" >>confdefs.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 82211f4..8683954 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1126,6 +1126,21 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([wasm-dynamic-linking],
])
AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_wasm_dynamic_linking])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --enable-wasm-pthreads])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([wasm-pthreads],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-wasm-pthreads],
+ [Enable pthread emulation for WebAssembly (default is no)])],
+[
+ AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
+ [Emscripten], [],
+ [WASI], [AC_MSG_ERROR([WASI threading is not implemented yet.])],
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-wasm-pthreads only applies to Emscripten and WASI])]
+ )
+], [
+ enable_wasm_pthreads=missing
+])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_wasm_pthreads])
+
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-suffix])
AC_ARG_WITH([suffix],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-suffix=SUFFIX], [set executable suffix to SUFFIX (default is empty, yes is mapped to '.exe')])],
@@ -1909,38 +1924,53 @@ then
fi
# WASM flags
-AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_emscripten_target],
- [Emscripten/browser*], [
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH"
- LINKFORSHARED="--preload-file=\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)"
+AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system],
+ [Emscripten], [
+ dnl build with WASM debug info if either Py_DEBUG is set or the target is
+ dnl node-debug or browser-debug.
+ AS_VAR_IF([Py_DEBUG], [yes], [wasm_debug=yes], [wasm_debug=no])
+
+ dnl Start with 20 MB and allow to grow
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LDFLAGS_NODIST], [" -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sTOTAL_MEMORY=20971520"])
+
+ dnl Include file system support
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LDFLAGS_NODIST], [" -sFORCE_FILESYSTEM -lidbfs.js -lnodefs.js -lproxyfs.js -lworkerfs.js"])
+
AS_VAR_IF([enable_wasm_dynamic_linking], [yes], [
AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" -sMAIN_MODULE"])
])
- WASM_ASSETS_DIR=".\$(prefix)"
- WASM_STDLIB="\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)/local/lib/python\$(VERSION)/os.py"
- dnl separate-dwarf does not seem to work in Chrome DevTools Support.
- if test "$Py_DEBUG" = 'true' -o "$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = "browser-debug"; then
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sASSERTIONS"
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -gsource-map --emit-symbol-map"
- else
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -O2 -g0"
- fi
- ],
- [Emscripten/node*], [
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sNODERAWFS -sUSE_PTHREADS"
- LINKFORSHARED="-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD -sEXIT_RUNTIME"
- AS_VAR_IF([enable_wasm_dynamic_linking], [yes], [
- AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" -sMAIN_MODULE"])
+
+ AS_VAR_IF([enable_wasm_pthreads], [yes], [
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([CFLAGS_NODIST], [" -pthread"])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LDFLAGS_NODIST], [" -sUSE_PTHREADS"])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" -sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD"])
+ ])
+
+ AS_CASE([$ac_sys_emscripten_target],
+ [browser*], [
+ AS_VAR_IF([ac_sys_emscripten_target], [browser-debug], [wasm_debug=yes])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" --preload-file=\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)"])
+ WASM_ASSETS_DIR=".\$(prefix)"
+ WASM_STDLIB="\$(WASM_ASSETS_DIR)/local/lib/python\$(VERSION)/os.py"
+ dnl separate-dwarf does not seem to work in Chrome DevTools Support.
+ WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG="-gsource-map --emit-symbol-map"
+ ],
+ [node*], [
+ AS_VAR_IF([ac_sys_emscripten_target], [node-debug], [wasm_debug=yes])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LDFLAGS_NODIST], [" -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sNODERAWFS"])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" -sEXIT_RUNTIME"])
+ WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG="-gseparate-dwarf --emit-symbol-map"
+ ]
+ )
+
+ AS_VAR_IF([wasm_debug], [yes], [
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LDFLAGS_NODIST], [" -sASSERTIONS"])
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" $WASM_LINKFORSHARED_DEBUG"])
+ ], [
+ AS_VAR_APPEND([LINKFORSHARED], [" -O2 -g0"])
])
- CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -pthread"
- if test "$Py_DEBUG" = 'true' -o "$ac_sys_emscripten_target" = "node-debug"; then
- LDFLAGS_NODIST="$LDFLAGS_NODIST -sASSERTIONS"
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -gseparate-dwarf --emit-symbol-map"
- else
- LINKFORSHARED="$LINKFORSHARED -O2 -g0"
- fi
],
- [WASI/*], [
+ [WASI], [
AC_DEFINE([_WASI_EMULATED_SIGNAL], [1], [Define to 1 if you want to emulate signals on WASI])
AC_DEFINE([_WASI_EMULATED_GETPID], [1], [Define to 1 if you want to emulate getpid() on WASI])
AC_DEFINE([_WASI_EMULATED_PROCESS_CLOCKS], [1], [Define to 1 if you want to emulate process clocks on WASI])