async: implement default threaded backend using a thread pool. Backend selectable via @zml//async:impl flag (threaded or zigcoro). Provides workaround for environments where io_uring is unavailable.

async/BUILD.bazel

@@ -1,11 +1,51 @@
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "string_flag")
 load("@rules_zig//zig:defs.bzl", "zig_library")
 
+IMPL = [
+    "threaded",
+    "zigcoro",
+]
+
+string_flag(
+    name = "impl",
+    build_setting_default = "threaded",
+    values = IMPL,
+)
+
+[
+    config_setting(
+        name = "impl.{}".format(impl),
+        flag_values = {":impl": impl},
+    )
+    for impl in IMPL
+]
+
 zig_library(
-    name = "async",
+    name = "zigcoro",
-    main = "async.zig",
+    srcs = ["meta.zig"],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    import_name = "async",
+    main = "zigcoro.zig",
     deps = [
+        "@libxev//:xev",
         "@zigcoro//:libcoro",
+    ],
+)
+
+zig_library(
+    name = "threaded",
+    srcs = ["meta.zig"],
+    import_name = "async",
+    main = "threaded.zig",
+    deps = [
         "@libxev//:xev",
     ],
 )
+
+alias(
+    name = "async",
+    actual = select({
+        ":impl.threaded": ":threaded",
+        ":impl.zigcoro": ":zigcoro",
+    }),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)

async/meta.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn FnSignature(comptime func: anytype, comptime argsT: ?type) type {
+    return struct {
+        pub const FuncT = if (@TypeOf(func) == type) func else @TypeOf(func);
+        pub const ArgsT = blk: {
+            if (@typeInfo(FuncT).Fn.params.len == 0) {
+                break :blk @TypeOf(.{});
+            }
+            break :blk argsT orelse std.meta.ArgsTuple(FuncT);
+        };
+        pub const ReturnT = @TypeOf(@call(.auto, func, @as(ArgsT, undefined)));
+        pub const ReturnPayloadT = blk: {
+            break :blk switch (@typeInfo(ReturnT)) {
+                .ErrorUnion => |u| u.payload,
+                else => ReturnT,
+            };
+        };
+        pub const ReturnErrorSet: ?type = blk: {
+            break :blk switch (@typeInfo(ReturnT)) {
+                .ErrorUnion => |u| u.error_set,
+                else => null,
+            };
+        };
+    };
+}

async/threaded.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const xev = @import("xev");
+
+const FnSignature = @import("meta.zig").FnSignature;
+
+pub fn Frame(comptime func: anytype) type {
+    const Signature = FnSignature(func, null);
+    return FrameEx(func, Signature.ArgsT);
+}
+
+pub fn FrameEx(comptime func: anytype, comptime argsT: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+        const Signature = FnSignature(func, argsT);
+        const Task = struct {
+            _task: xev.ThreadPool.Task = .{ .callback = &Self.run },
+            event: std.Thread.ResetEvent = .{},
+            args: Signature.ArgsT,
+            result: Signature.ReturnT = undefined,
+        };
+
+        _task: *Task,
+
+        fn run(task_: *xev.ThreadPool.Task) void {
+            const task: *Task = @alignCast(@fieldParentPtr("_task", task_));
+            task.result = @call(.auto, func, task.args);
+            task.event.set();
+        }
+
+        pub fn await_(self: *Self) Signature.ReturnT {
+            defer {
+                AsyncThread.current.mutex.lock();
+                AsyncThread.current.allocator.destroy(self._task);
+                AsyncThread.current.mutex.unlock();
+            }
+            self._task.event.wait();
+            return self._task.result;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn asyncc(comptime func: anytype, args: FnSignature(func, null).ArgsT) !FrameEx(func, @TypeOf(args)) {
+    return asyncGeneric(func, args);
+}
+
+pub fn asyncGeneric(comptime func: anytype, args: anytype) !FrameEx(func, @TypeOf(args)) {
+    const FrameT = FrameEx(func, @TypeOf(args));
+
+    AsyncThread.current.mutex.lock();
+    defer AsyncThread.current.mutex.unlock();
+
+    const task = try AsyncThread.current.allocator.create(FrameT.Task);
+    task.* = .{
+        .args = args,
+    };
+
+    AsyncThread.current.thread_pool.schedule(xev.ThreadPool.Batch.from(&task._task));
+    return .{ ._task = task };
+}
+
+pub fn callBlocking(comptime func: anytype, args: FnSignature(func, null).ArgsT) @TypeOf(callBlockingGeneric(func, args)) {
+    return callBlockingGeneric(func, args);
+}
+
+pub fn callBlockingGeneric(comptime func: anytype, args: anytype) FnSignature(func, @TypeOf(args)).ReturnT {
+    return @call(.auto, func, args);
+}
+
+pub fn sleep(ms: u64) !void {
+    std.time.sleep(ms * std.time.ns_per_ms);
+}
+
+pub const AsyncThread = struct {
+    var current: AsyncThread = undefined;
+
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    thread_pool: xev.ThreadPool,
+    mutex: std.Thread.Mutex,
+
+    pub fn main(allocator_: std.mem.Allocator, comptime func: anytype, args: anytype) !void {
+        current = .{
+            .allocator = allocator_,
+            .thread_pool = xev.ThreadPool.init(.{}),
+            .mutex = .{},
+        };
+
+        defer {
+            current.thread_pool.shutdown();
+            current.thread_pool.deinit();
+        }
+
+        return @call(.auto, func, args);
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn StdIn() !File {
+    return File.init(std.io.getStdIn()) catch @panic("Unable to open stdin");
+}
+
+pub fn StdOut() File {
+    return File.init(std.io.getStdOut()) catch @panic("Unable to open stdout");
+}
+
+pub fn StdErr() File {
+    return File.init(std.io.getStdErr()) catch @panic("Unable to open stderr");
+}
+
+pub const File = struct {
+    pub const SeekError = FnSignature(File.seekTo, null).ReturnErrorSet.? || FnSignature(File.seekBy, null).ReturnErrorSet.?;
+    pub const GetSeekPosError = SeekError || FnSignature(File.stat, null).ReturnErrorSet.?;
+    pub const Reader = std.io.GenericReader(File, FnSignature(File.read, null).ReturnErrorSet.?, File.read);
+    pub const Writer = std.io.GenericWriter(File, FnSignature(File.write, null).ReturnErrorSet.?, File.write);
+    pub const SeekableStream = std.io.SeekableStream(
+        File,
+        SeekError,
+        GetSeekPosError,
+        seekTo,
+        seekBy,
+        getPos,
+        getEndPos,
+    );
+
+    inner: std.fs.File,
+
+    fn asFile(self: File) std.fs.File {
+        return self.inner;
+    }
+
+    pub fn handle(self: File) std.fs.File.Handle {
+        return self.inner.handle;
+    }
+
+    pub fn init(file_: std.fs.File) !File {
+        return .{ .inner = file_ };
+    }
+
+    pub fn open(path: []const u8, flags: std.fs.File.OpenFlags) !File {
+        return init(try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, flags));
+    }
+
+    pub fn access(path: []const u8, flags: std.fs.File.OpenFlags) !void {
+        return try std.fs.cwd().access(path, flags);
+    }
+
+    pub fn read(self: File, buf: []u8) !usize {
+        return try self.inner.read(buf);
+    }
+
+    pub fn pread(self: File, buf: []u8, offset: u64) !usize {
+        return try self.inner.pread(buf, offset);
+    }
+
+    pub fn write(self: File, buf: []const u8) !usize {
+        return try self.inner.write(buf);
+    }
+
+    pub fn pwrite(self: File, buf: []const u8, offset: u64) !usize {
+        return try self.inner.pwrite(buf, offset);
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(self: File) !void {
+        return self.inner.close();
+    }
+
+    pub fn reader(self: File) Reader {
+        return .{ .context = self };
+    }
+
+    pub fn seekableStream(file: File) SeekableStream {
+        return .{ .context = file };
+    }
+
+    pub fn writer(self: File) Writer {
+        return .{ .context = self };
+    }
+
+    pub fn stat(self: File) !std.fs.File.Stat {
+        return try self.inner.stat();
+    }
+
+    pub fn seekBy(self: File, offset: i64) !void {
+        try self.inner.seekBy(offset);
+    }
+
+    pub fn seekTo(self: File, offset: u64) !void {
+        try self.inner.seekTo(offset);
+    }
+
+    pub fn getPos(self: File) !u64 {
+        return try self.inner.getPos();
+    }
+
+    pub fn getEndPos(self: File) !u64 {
+        return try self.inner.getEndPos();
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Mutex = std.Thread.Mutex;

async/zigcoro.zig

@@ -3,41 +3,7 @@ const xev = @import("xev");
 const libcoro = @import("libcoro");
 const aio = libcoro.asyncio;
 
-/// Normalize from a real tuple to a generic tuple. This is needed because
+const FnSignature = @import("meta.zig").FnSignature;
-/// real tuples are reifed tuples are not the same.
-fn NormalizedTuple(comptime T: type) type {
-    const ti = @typeInfo(T).Struct;
-    var types: [ti.fields.len]type = undefined;
-    inline for (ti.fields, 0..) |field, i| {
-        types[i] = field.type;
-    }
-    return std.meta.Tuple(&types);
-}
-
-pub fn FnSignature(comptime func: anytype, comptime argsT: ?type) type {
-    return struct {
-        pub const FuncT = if (@TypeOf(func) == type) func else @TypeOf(func);
-        pub const ArgsT = blk: {
-            if (@typeInfo(FuncT).Fn.params.len == 0) {
-                break :blk @TypeOf(.{});
-            }
-            break :blk argsT orelse std.meta.ArgsTuple(FuncT);
-        };
-        pub const ReturnT = @TypeOf(@call(.auto, func, @as(ArgsT, undefined)));
-        pub const ReturnPayloadT = blk: {
-            break :blk switch (@typeInfo(ReturnT)) {
-                .ErrorUnion => |u| u.payload,
-                else => ReturnT,
-            };
-        };
-        pub const ReturnErrorSet: ?type = blk: {
-            break :blk switch (@typeInfo(ReturnT)) {
-                .ErrorUnion => |u| u.error_set,
-                else => null,
-            };
-        };
-    };
-}
 
 pub fn Frame(comptime func: anytype) type {
     const Signature = FnSignature(func, null);
@@ -151,9 +117,7 @@ pub const AsyncThread = struct {
     loop: *xev.Loop,
     thread_pool: *xev.ThreadPool,
 
-    pub fn main(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime func: anytype, args: anytype) !FnSignature(func, NormalizedTuple(@TypeOf(args))).ReturnPayloadT {
+    pub fn main(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime func: anytype, args: anytype) !void {
-        const Signature = FnSignature(func, NormalizedTuple(@TypeOf(args)));
-
         var thread_pool = xev.ThreadPool.init(.{});
         defer {
             thread_pool.shutdown();
@@ -178,11 +142,7 @@ pub const AsyncThread = struct {
             .default_stack_size = 16 * 1024 * 1024,
         });
 
-        if (Signature.ReturnErrorSet) |_| {
+        return try aio.run(&executor, func, args, null);
-            return try aio.run(&executor, func, args, null);
-        } else {
-            return aio.run(&executor, func, args, null);
-        }
     }
 };
 
@@ -219,6 +179,10 @@ pub const File = struct {
         return .{ .handle = self.inner.file.fd };
     }
 
+    pub fn handle(self: File) std.fs.File.Handle {
+        return self.inner.file.fd;
+    }
+
     pub fn init(file_: std.fs.File) !File {
         return .{ .inner = aio.File.init(AsyncThread.current.executor, try xev.File.init(file_)) };
     }

zml/aio.zig

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ pub const MemoryMappedFile = struct {
             data_len,
             std.posix.PROT.READ,
             .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE },
-            file.inner.file.fd,
+            file.handle(),
             0,
         });
 

zml/module.zig

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub const CompilationContext = struct {
     _unique_id: u64 = 10000,
     _tracer: Tracer,
 
+    _previous: ?*CompilationContext = null,
     threadlocal var _current: ?*CompilationContext = null;
 
     const TensorToBlockArg = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Tensor._Id, struct { mlir.Value, Tensor._Donation });
@@ -95,12 +96,14 @@ pub const CompilationContext = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn activate(self: *CompilationContext) void {
+        self._previous = _current;
         _current = self;
     }
 
     pub fn deactivate(self: *CompilationContext) void {
         std.debug.assert(_current != null and _current.? == self);
-        _current = null;
+        _current = self._previous;
+        self._previous = null;
     }
 
     pub fn current() *CompilationContext {