get all response body data from executor without allocations in core

build.zig

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
+    lib.linkLibC();
 
     // This declares intent for the executable to be installed into the
     // standard location when the user invokes the "install" step (the default

src/main-lib.zig

@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const testing = std.testing;
 
-export fn serve() void {
+const Response = extern struct {
-    const stdout_file = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+    ptr: [*]u8,
-    var bw = std.io.bufferedWriter(stdout_file);
+    len: usize,
-    const stdout = bw.writer();
+};
-    stdout.print(" 2 ", .{}) catch unreachable;
+
-    bw.flush() catch unreachable;
+var child_allocator = std.heap.raw_c_allocator; // raw allocator recommended for use in arenas
+var arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator = undefined;
+
+export fn handle_request() *Response {
+    arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(child_allocator);
+    var allocator = arena.allocator();
+    var al = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    var writer = al.writer();
+
+    writer.print(" 2.", .{}) catch unreachable;
+
+    // Cannot simply return &Blah. Need to assign to var first
+    var rc = &Response{
+        .ptr = al.items.ptr,
+        .len = al.items.len,
+    };
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/// having request_deinit allows for a general deinit as well
+export fn request_deinit() void {
+    std.log.debug("deinit", .{});
+    arena.deinit();
 }
 
 export fn add(a: i32, b: i32) i32 {

src/main.zig

@@ -2,16 +2,29 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
 const Watch = @import("Watch.zig");
-const serveFn = *const fn () void;
+const serveFn = *const fn () *ServeReturn;
+const requestDeinitFn = *const fn () void;
 
 const timeout = 250;
 
+const ServeReturn = extern struct {
+    ptr: [*]u8,
+    len: usize,
+};
+
+const FullReturn = struct {
+    response: []u8,
+    executor: *Executor,
+};
+
 const Executor = struct {
     path: [:0]const u8,
     library: ?*anyopaque = null,
     serveFn: ?serveFn = null,
+    requestDeinitFn: ?requestDeinitFn = null,
     watch: ?usize = null,
     reload_lock: bool = false,
+    in_request_lock: bool = false,
 };
 
 var executors = [_]Executor{
@@ -30,30 +43,58 @@ pub const std_options = struct {
         .{ .scope = .watch, .level = .info },
     };
 };
-const SERVE_FN_NAME = "serve";
+const SERVE_FN_NAME = "handle_request";
 const PORT = 8069;
 
-fn serve() !void {
+// TODO: writer as anytype is not going to survive across library boundaries...
+fn serve(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, response: *std.http.Server.Response) !*FullReturn {
+    var null_server = std.http.Server.init(allocator, .{});
+    defer null_server.deinit();
+    var data: [14]u8 = @constCast(&[_]u8{0x00} ** 14).*;
+    var child_response = std.http.Server.Response{
+        .server = &null_server,
+        .request = response.request,
+        .connection = .{
+            .conn = .{
+                .stream = .{ .handle = 0 },
+                .protocol = .plain,
+            },
+        },
+        .address = .{ .any = .{
+            .data = data,
+            .family = 0,
+        } },
+        .headers = response.headers,
+    };
+    _ = child_response;
     // if (some path routing thing) {
+    // TODO: Get request body into executor
+    // TODO: Get headers back from executor
+    // TODO: Get request headers into executor
+    const executor = try getExecutor(0);
+    executor.in_request_lock = true;
+    errdefer executor.in_request_lock = false;
+    // Call external library
+    var serve_result = executor.serveFn.?();
 
-    (try getExecutor(0))();
+    // Deal with results
-    // if (inx > 4) {
+    var slice: []u8 = serve_result.ptr[0..serve_result.len];
-    //     if (inx % 2 == 0)
+    var rc = &FullReturn{
-    //         (try getExecutor(0))()
+        .executor = executor,
-    //     else
+        .response = slice,
-    //         (try getExecutor(1))();
+    };
-    // }
+    return rc;
 }
-fn getExecutor(key: usize) !serveFn {
+fn getExecutor(key: usize) !*Executor {
     var executor = &executors[key];
-    if (executor.serveFn) |s| return s;
+    if (executor.serveFn != null) return executor;
 
     executor.library = blk: {
         if (executor.library) |l|
             break :blk l;
 
         while (executor.reload_lock) // system is reloading the library
-            std.time.sleep(1);
+            std.time.sleep(1 * std.time.ns_per_ms / 2);
 
         if (executor.library) |l| // check again to see where we are at
             break :blk l;
@@ -71,9 +112,15 @@ fn getExecutor(key: usize) !serveFn {
     if (serve_fn == null) return error.CouldNotLoadSymbolServe;
 
     executor.serveFn = @ptrCast(serveFn, serve_fn.?);
-    return executor.serveFn.?;
+    loadOptionalSymbols(executor);
+    return executor;
 }
 
+fn loadOptionalSymbols(executor: *Executor) void {
+    if (std.c.dlsym(executor.library.?, "request_deinit")) |s| {
+        executor.requestDeinitFn = @ptrCast(requestDeinitFn, s);
+    }
+}
 fn executorChanged(watch: usize) void {
     // NOTE: This will be called off the main thread
     log.debug("executor with watch {d} changed", .{watch});
@@ -81,6 +128,8 @@ fn executorChanged(watch: usize) void {
         if (executor.watch) |w| {
             if (w == watch) {
                 if (executor.library) |l| {
+                    while (executor.in_request_lock)
+                        std.time.sleep(1 * std.time.ns_per_ms / 2);
                     executor.reload_lock = true;
                     defer executor.reload_lock = false;
 
@@ -91,13 +140,15 @@ fn executorChanged(watch: usize) void {
                         log.warn("could not reload! error opening library", .{});
                         return;
                     };
-                    executor.serveFn = @ptrCast(serveFn, std.c.dlsym(executor.library.?, SERVE_FN_NAME));
+                    var symbol = std.c.dlsym(executor.library.?, SERVE_FN_NAME);
-                    if (executor.serveFn == null) {
+                    if (symbol == null) {
                         log.warn("could not reload! error finding symbol", .{});
                         if (std.c.dlclose(executor.library.?) != 0)
                             @panic("System unstable: Error after library open and cannot close");
                         return;
                     }
+                    executor.serveFn = @ptrCast(serveFn, symbol);
+                    loadOptionalSymbols(executor);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -164,36 +215,67 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     log.info("listening on port: {d}", .{server_port});
     if (builtin.os.tag == .linux)
         log.info("pid: {d}", .{std.os.linux.getpid()});
-    // install signal handler
-    var act = std.os.Sigaction{
-        .handler = .{ .sigaction = exitApplication },
-        .mask = std.os.empty_sigset,
-        .flags = (std.os.SA.SIGINFO | std.os.SA.RESTART | std.os.SA.RESETHAND),
-    };
 
-    try std.os.sigaction(std.os.SIG.INT, &act, null);
+    try installSignalHandler();
-    try std.os.sigaction(std.os.SIG.TERM, &act, null);
     while (true) {
         var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.c_allocator);
         defer arena.deinit();
+
+        processRequest(arena.allocator(), &server) catch |e| {
+            log.err("Unexpected error processing request: {any}", .{e});
+            if (@errorReturnTrace()) |trace| {
+                std.debug.dumpStackTrace(trace.*);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+fn processRequest(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, server: *std.http.Server) !void {
+    const max_header_size = 8192;
     const res = try server.accept(.{ .dynamic = max_header_size });
     defer res.deinit();
     defer res.reset();
     try res.wait();
 
-        const server_body: []const u8 = "message from server!\n";
+    // TODO: deal with this
-        res.transfer_encoding = .{ .content_length = server_body.len };
+    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+    const n = try res.readAll(&buf);
+    _ = n;
+
+    // TODO: we need to also have a defer statement to deinit whatever happens
+    // with the executor library. This will also add a race condition where
+    // we could have a memory leak if the executor reloads in the middle of a
+    // request. We may want to add a new spinlock on the reload thread to
+    // avoid reloading in the middle of a request, which would be generally
+    // bad anyway
+    const errstr = "Internal Server Error\n";
+    var errbuf: [errstr.len]u8 = undefined;
+    var response_bytes = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&errbuf, errstr, .{});
+
+    var full_response = serve(allocator, res) catch |e| brk: {
+        res.status = .internal_server_error;
+        // TODO: more about this particular request
+        log.err("Unexpected error from executor processing request: {any}", .{e});
+        if (@errorReturnTrace()) |trace| {
+            std.debug.dumpStackTrace(trace.*);
+        }
+        break :brk null;
+    };
+    defer {
+        if (full_response) |f| {
+            if (f.executor.requestDeinitFn) |d| d();
+            f.executor.in_request_lock = false;
+        }
+    }
+    if (full_response) |f|
+        response_bytes = f.response;
+    res.transfer_encoding = .{ .content_length = response_bytes.len };
     try res.headers.append("content-type", "text/plain");
     try res.headers.append("connection", "close");
     try res.do();
-
+    _ = try res.writer().writeAll(response_bytes);
-        var buf: [128]u8 = undefined;
-        const n = try res.readAll(&buf);
-        _ = n;
-        _ = try res.writer().writeAll(server_body);
     try res.finish();
 }
-}
 
 test {
     // To run nested container tests, either, call `refAllDecls` which will