fix: pr comments

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Gabriel Cruz 2026-07-06 11:10:54 -03:00
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5 changed files with 191 additions and 148 deletions

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@ -67,53 +67,6 @@ var libraryDeclared* {.compileTime.}: bool = false
# Library-wide default ABI, inherited by each annotation unless it overrides.
var currentDefaultABIFormat* {.compileTime.}: ABIFormat = ABIFormat.Cbor
const scalarPodTypeNames = [
"int", "int8", "int16", "int32", "int64", "uint", "uint8", "uint16", "uint32",
"uint64", "byte", "float", "float32", "float64", "bool",
]
## Fixed-width POD scalars that fit a single `uint64` slot and survive the
## async hop by value — the payload the scalar fast path inlines into the
## request (no heap copy). `cstring`/`string` are intentionally absent as
## *params*: they are pointers to caller memory the FFI thread reads later,
## so they'd need a copy, defeating the zero-alloc promise.
func isScalarParamTypeName*(name: string): bool =
## A param type eligible for the CBOR-free scalar fast path.
name in scalarPodTypeNames
func isScalarReturnTypeName*(name: string): bool =
## A return type eligible for the scalar fast path. Unlike params, a
## `string`/`cstring` return is fine: the handler produces the bytes and they
## ride back raw (like the error path), so no caller memory is aliased.
name in scalarPodTypeNames or name == "string" or name == "cstring"
func isScalarOnly*(p: FFIProcMeta): bool =
## True iff `p` is a plain `{.ffi.}` method whose every wire param and return
## is scalar — the whole signature crosses without CBOR or `_CWire`. Handles
## and raw pointers are excluded (a handle needs a ctx-registry round-trip;
## a pointer never crosses). Pure over the compile-time metadata.
if p.kind != FFIKind.FFI:
return false
if p.returnIsPtr or p.returnIsHandle:
return false
if not isScalarReturnTypeName(p.returnTypeName):
return false
for ep in p.extraParams:
if ep.isPtr or ep.isHandle or not isScalarParamTypeName(ep.typeName):
return false
true
func bindableProcs*(procs: seq[FFIProcMeta]): seq[FFIProcMeta] =
## The procs the foreign-binding generators emit for. Scalar-fast-path procs
## are dropped: their C export takes inline scalar args, not the CBOR
## `(reqCbor, reqCborLen)` shape the current codegen assumes, so emitting a
## CBOR caller for them would be wrong. Foreign codegen is a follow-up.
var kept: seq[FFIProcMeta] = @[]
for p in procs:
if not p.scalarFastPath:
kept.add(p)
kept
proc abiCodegenImplemented*(fmt: ABIFormat): bool =
## Whether `fmt` has a working proc-dispatch path. Only `Cbor` does today; the
## seam a future PR flips once the `c` dispatch path is wired.

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@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ type FFIThreadRequest* = object
reqId*: cstring ## Per-proc Req type name used to look up the handler.
data*: ptr UncheckedArray[byte] ## Owned CBOR-encoded request payload.
dataLen*: int
isScalar*: bool
## Set by `initScalar`: the payload rode inline in `scalarArgs` (no CBOR,
## no `data` buffer), so `deleteRequest` has nothing extra to free.
scalarArgs*: array[MaxScalarArgs, uint64]
## Scalar-fast-path args inlined in the envelope (one `ffiPackScalar` value
## per slot) so there's no per-call `c_malloc`. A plain array rather than a
@ -79,7 +76,6 @@ proc allocBaseRequest(
ret[].reqId = reqId.alloc()
ret[].data = nil
ret[].dataLen = 0
ret[].isScalar = false
ret[].next = nil
return ret
@ -169,7 +165,6 @@ proc initScalar*(
"initScalar: " & $args.len & " scalar args exceed MaxScalarArgs (" & $MaxScalarArgs &
")"
var ret = allocBaseRequest(callback, userData, reqId)
ret[].isScalar = true
for i in 0 ..< args.len:
ret[].scalarArgs[i] = args[i]
ret

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@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ../ffi_types
import ../ffi_thread_request
import ../codegen/[meta, string_helpers]
import ./c_macro_helpers
import ./ffi_scalar
when defined(ffiGenBindings):
import ../codegen/rust
import ../codegen/cpp
@ -1013,103 +1014,24 @@ macro ffi*(args: varargs[untyped]): untyped =
return newStmtList(helperProc, registerReq, ffiProc)
proc scalarPath(): NimNode =
## CBOR-free dispatch for an all-scalar `.ffi.` method. The C export packs
## its scalar args inline into the request (no envelope `c_malloc`, no CBOR
## encode); the FFI-thread handler unpacks them, runs the user body, and
## returns the result as raw bytes (see `ffiScalarRetBytes`). The Nim-facing
## helper is emitted unchanged so the proc stays directly callable from Nim.
let helperProc = buildAsyncHelperProc()
let ptrFFICtx =
nnkPtrTy.newTree(nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident("FFIContext"), libTypeName))
let scalarReqKey = camelName & "Req"
let reqIdent = genSym(nskLet, "ffiReq")
let ctxHandlerName = genSym(nskLet, "ffiCtxHandler")
let handlerBody = newStmtList()
handlerBody.add quote do:
let `reqIdent` = cast[ptr FFIThreadRequest](request)
let `ctxHandlerName` = cast[`ptrFFICtx`](reqHandler)
let helperCall = newTree(nnkCall, userProcName)
let ctxMyLib = newDotExpr(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, ctxHandlerName), ident("myLib"))
helperCall.add(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, ctxMyLib))
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
let argIdent = ident(extraParamNames[i])
let slot = nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
newDotExpr(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, reqIdent), ident("scalarArgs")), newLit(i)
)
handlerBody.add(
newLetStmt(
argIdent, newCall(ident("ffiUnpackScalar"), slot, extraParamTypes[i])
)
)
helperCall.add(argIdent)
let retValIdent = genSym(nskLet, "retVal")
handlerBody.add quote do:
let `retValIdent` = (await `helperCall`).valueOr:
return err($error)
return ok(ffiScalarRetBytes(`retValIdent`))
let seqByteResult = nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
ident("Future"),
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
ident("Result"),
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident("seq"), ident("byte")),
ident("string"),
),
)
let handlerProc = newProc(
name = newEmptyNode(),
params = @[
seqByteResult,
newIdentDefs(ident("request"), ident("pointer")),
newIdentDefs(ident("reqHandler"), ident("pointer")),
],
body = handlerBody,
pragmas = nnkPragma.newTree(ident("async")),
)
let registerAssign = newAssignment(
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident("registeredRequests"), newLit(scalarReqKey)),
handlerProc,
)
var scalarParams = @[
ident("cint"),
newIdentDefs(ident("ctx"), ctxType),
newIdentDefs(ident("callback"), ident("FFICallBack")),
newIdentDefs(ident("userData"), ident("pointer")),
]
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
scalarParams.add(newIdentDefs(ident(extraParamNames[i]), extraParamTypes[i]))
let ffiBody = newStmtList()
ffiBody.add buildCtxGuard()
let initScalarCall = newTree(
nnkCall,
newDotExpr(ident("FFIThreadRequest"), ident("initScalar")),
ident("callback"),
ident("userData"),
newDotExpr(newLit(scalarReqKey), ident("cstring")),
)
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
initScalarCall.add(newCall(ident("ffiPackScalar"), ident(extraParamNames[i])))
## The scalar fast path lives in `ffi_scalar`; here we only build the shared
## dispatch pieces (same helpers the usual path uses) and hand them over, so
## the base macro carries none of the inline pack/unpack machinery.
let reqPtrIdent = genSym(nskLet, "reqPtr")
ffiBody.add newLetStmt(reqPtrIdent, initScalarCall)
ffiBody.add buildSendAndReply(reqPtrIdent)
let ffiProc = buildCExportProc(scalarParams, ffiBody)
# Registered (not just skipped) so the compile-time metadata stays
# introspectable; `bindableProcs` drops it from foreign codegen.
var scalarMeta = procMeta
scalarMeta.scalarFastPath = true
ffiProcRegistry.add(scalarMeta)
return newStmtList(helperProc, registerAssign, ffiProc)
buildScalarPath(
helperProc = buildAsyncHelperProc(),
ctxGuard = buildCtxGuard(),
reqPtrIdent = reqPtrIdent,
sendAndReply = buildSendAndReply(reqPtrIdent),
userProcName = userProcName,
cExportProcName = cExportProcName,
cExportName = cExportName,
ctxType = ctxType,
camelName = camelName,
extraParamNames = extraParamNames,
extraParamTypes = extraParamTypes,
procMeta = procMeta,
)
if abiFormat == ABIFormat.C and not scalarEligible:
gateABIFormat(abiFormat, "`.ffi.` proc")

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@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
## CBOR-free scalar fast path for all-scalar `{.ffi: "abi = c".}` methods.
##
## Kept out of the base `ffi` macro so the usual CBOR/async dispatch path in
## `ffi_macro.nim` stays simple: the macro only decides eligibility
## (`isScalarOnly`) and, when it applies, hands the whole codegen to
## `buildScalarPath`.
##
## A scalar proc's C export takes its scalar args directly (no
## `reqCbor`/`reqCborLen`), packs them inline into the request (no envelope
## `c_malloc`, no CBOR), and the FFI-thread handler unpacks them, runs the user
## body, and returns the result as raw bytes (`ffiScalarRetBytes`).
import std/macros
import ../codegen/meta
const scalarPodTypeNames = [
"int", "int8", "int16", "int32", "int64", "uint", "uint8", "uint16", "uint32",
"uint64", "byte", "float", "float32", "float64", "bool",
]
## Fixed-width POD scalars that fit a single `uint64` slot and survive the
## async hop by value — the payload the scalar fast path inlines into the
## request (no heap copy). `cstring`/`string` are intentionally absent as
## *params*: they are pointers to caller memory the FFI thread reads later,
## so they'd need a copy, defeating the zero-alloc promise.
func isScalarParamTypeName*(name: string): bool =
## A param type eligible for the CBOR-free scalar fast path.
name in scalarPodTypeNames
func isScalarReturnTypeName*(name: string): bool =
## A return type eligible for the scalar fast path. Unlike params, a
## `string`/`cstring` return is fine: the handler produces the bytes and they
## ride back raw (like the error path), so no caller memory is aliased.
name in scalarPodTypeNames or name == "string" or name == "cstring"
func isScalarOnly*(p: FFIProcMeta): bool =
## True iff `p` is a plain `{.ffi.}` method whose every wire param and return
## is scalar — the whole signature crosses without CBOR or `_CWire`. Handles
## and raw pointers are excluded (a handle needs a ctx-registry round-trip;
## a pointer never crosses). Pure over the compile-time metadata.
if p.kind != FFIKind.FFI:
return false
if p.returnIsPtr or p.returnIsHandle:
return false
if not isScalarReturnTypeName(p.returnTypeName):
return false
for ep in p.extraParams:
if ep.isPtr or ep.isHandle or not isScalarParamTypeName(ep.typeName):
return false
true
func bindableProcs*(procs: seq[FFIProcMeta]): seq[FFIProcMeta] =
## The procs the foreign-binding generators emit for. Scalar-fast-path procs
## are dropped: their C export takes inline scalar args, not the CBOR
## `(reqCbor, reqCborLen)` shape the current codegen assumes, so emitting a
## CBOR caller for them would be wrong. Foreign codegen is a follow-up.
var kept: seq[FFIProcMeta] = @[]
for p in procs:
if not p.scalarFastPath:
kept.add(p)
kept
proc buildScalarPath*(
helperProc, ctxGuard, reqPtrIdent, sendAndReply: NimNode,
userProcName, cExportProcName: NimNode,
cExportName: string,
ctxType: NimNode,
camelName: string,
extraParamNames: seq[string],
extraParamTypes: seq[NimNode],
procMeta: FFIProcMeta,
): NimNode {.compileTime.} =
## Emits the scalar-fast-path codegen for one `.ffi.` proc. The generic
## dispatch pieces (`helperProc`, `ctxGuard`, `sendAndReply`) are built by the
## caller from the same shared helpers the usual path uses, so this only owns
## the scalar-specific inline pack / unpack / raw-bytes wiring.
let scalarReqKey = camelName & "Req"
let reqIdent = genSym(nskLet, "ffiReq")
let ctxHandlerName = genSym(nskLet, "ffiCtxHandler")
let handlerBody = newStmtList()
handlerBody.add quote do:
let `reqIdent` = cast[ptr FFIThreadRequest](request)
let `ctxHandlerName` = cast[`ctxType`](reqHandler)
let helperCall = newTree(nnkCall, userProcName)
let ctxMyLib = newDotExpr(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, ctxHandlerName), ident("myLib"))
helperCall.add(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, ctxMyLib))
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
let argIdent = ident(extraParamNames[i])
let slot = nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
newDotExpr(newTree(nnkDerefExpr, reqIdent), ident("scalarArgs")), newLit(i)
)
handlerBody.add(
newLetStmt(argIdent, newCall(ident("ffiUnpackScalar"), slot, extraParamTypes[i]))
)
helperCall.add(argIdent)
let retValIdent = genSym(nskLet, "retVal")
handlerBody.add quote do:
let `retValIdent` = (await `helperCall`).valueOr:
return err($error)
return ok(ffiScalarRetBytes(`retValIdent`))
let seqByteResult = nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
ident("Future"),
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(
ident("Result"),
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident("seq"), ident("byte")),
ident("string"),
),
)
let handlerProc = newProc(
name = newEmptyNode(),
params = @[
seqByteResult,
newIdentDefs(ident("request"), ident("pointer")),
newIdentDefs(ident("reqHandler"), ident("pointer")),
],
body = handlerBody,
pragmas = nnkPragma.newTree(ident("async")),
)
let registerAssign = newAssignment(
nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident("registeredRequests"), newLit(scalarReqKey)),
handlerProc,
)
var scalarParams = @[
ident("cint"),
newIdentDefs(ident("ctx"), ctxType),
newIdentDefs(ident("callback"), ident("FFICallBack")),
newIdentDefs(ident("userData"), ident("pointer")),
]
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
scalarParams.add(newIdentDefs(ident(extraParamNames[i]), extraParamTypes[i]))
let ffiBody = newStmtList()
ffiBody.add ctxGuard
let initScalarCall = newTree(
nnkCall,
newDotExpr(ident("FFIThreadRequest"), ident("initScalar")),
ident("callback"),
ident("userData"),
newDotExpr(newLit(scalarReqKey), ident("cstring")),
)
for i in 0 ..< extraParamNames.len:
initScalarCall.add(newCall(ident("ffiPackScalar"), ident(extraParamNames[i])))
ffiBody.add newLetStmt(reqPtrIdent, initScalarCall)
ffiBody.add sendAndReply
let ffiProc = newProc(
name = postfix(cExportProcName, "*"),
params = scalarParams,
body = ffiBody,
pragmas = newTree(
nnkPragma,
ident("dynlib"),
newTree(nnkExprColonExpr, ident("exportc"), newStrLitNode(cExportName)),
ident("cdecl"),
newTree(nnkExprColonExpr, ident("raises"), newTree(nnkBracket)),
),
)
# Registered (not just skipped) so the compile-time metadata stays
# introspectable; `bindableProcs` drops it from foreign codegen.
var scalarMeta = procMeta
scalarMeta.scalarFastPath = true
ffiProcRegistry.add(scalarMeta)
newStmtList(helperProc, registerAssign, ffiProc)

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@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import unittest2
import results
import ffi
import ffi/codegen/meta
import ffi/internal/ffi_scalar
type ScalarLib = object
base: int