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feat(wasm): LABELLE_WASM_THREADS generates a threaded web build (labelle-web#24) - #818

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Step 2 of the labelle-web#24 implementation design: labelle-toolkit/labelle-web#24 (comment). It pairs with labelle-bgfx#199, the hook half.

What changes

A per-generation opt-in, shaped exactly like editor_preview:

  • Activation: LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1 (the web provider's path) or --wasm-threads (direct) sets ProjectConfig.wasm_threads, which is normalized OFF on every non-wasm platform.

On a threaded generation, the generated wasm build.zig:

  1. adds atomics + bulk_memory to the wasm32-emscripten target. Shared memory needs them on every object, and emcc can't add them at link time.
  2. walks the module graph and sets single_threaded = false on every module (a local struct, emitted after the linkLibrary calls so the backend archives are reached through link_objects). Zig defaults wasm to single-threaded even with +atomics: the spike's first try had atomics and still compiled single-threaded.
  3. passes .wasm_threads = true to post_wire, which links emcc -pthread -sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=4 (bgfx#199).

Without the flag the output is byte-identical: the header splits its print without changing bytes, and every addition is conditional.

Needs: a backend hook whose HookContext declares wasm_threads (bgfx#199) for threaded builds only. Like editor_preview, a too-old hook fails with "no field named 'wasm_threads'".

Verified

  • Unit tests: zig build test passes: 94/94 steps, 3839 passed, 16 skipped. New tests:
    • applyWasmThreads: wasm-only, env or flag
    • splice off → no thread markers; on → features, walk and hook field
    • the walk is ordered after linkLibrary and before post_wire
  • End to end through the CLI (a labelle init bgfx project with the web provider 0.3.2, pointed at this branch and the bgfx#199 branch):
    • LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1 labelle build --platform=wasm: the generated build has all 3 pieces, and a std.Thread worker ran 1.6 s of work while the game rendered 184 frames (Chromium, served with COOP/COEP).
    • The same project without the env var: none of the 3 pieces is generated, and the game reports single_threaded.

Next

Step 3 is labelle-web: the opt-in in the provider's config, the dual build (plain plus LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1), the loader picking the build at runtime, and COOP/COEP in serve.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01LpszrcSrLLijQcxxvgWyUQ

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  • New Features
    • Added optional threaded WebAssembly builds, enabled with --wasm-threads or the LABELLE_WASM_THREADS environment setting (1 or true).
    • Threading applies only to WebAssembly builds and remains disabled by default.
    • Enabled builds include the required WebAssembly thread capabilities and configure reachable modules for multi-threading.
    • Threading cannot be enabled through project configuration; use the command-line option or environment setting instead.

…lle-web#24)

A per-generation opt-in, shaped exactly like editor_preview:
LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1 or --wasm-threads sets ProjectConfig.wasm_threads,
normalized OFF on every non-wasm platform. On a threaded generation the
generated wasm build.zig:
- adds atomics + bulk_memory to the wasm32-emscripten target (shared
  memory needs them on every object; emcc can't add them at link time)
- walks the module graph after the backend archives are linked and sets
  single_threaded = false everywhere (Zig defaults wasm to single-threaded
  even with +atomics)
- passes .wasm_threads = true to the backend hook's post_wire, which links
  emcc -pthread (labelle-bgfx#199)
Without the flag the output is byte-identical.

End to end through the CLI (local bgfx#199 + this branch): the threaded
build ran a std.Thread worker for 1.6 s while the game rendered 184
frames (Chromium, COOP/COEP); the plain build stays single-threaded.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LpszrcSrLLijQcxxvgWyUQ
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Generation accepts an optional WebAssembly threads setting through the CLI or environment. For WebAssembly targets, code generation uses the setting to emit threading features and module wiring. Project configuration rejects wasm_threads = true.

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Threaded WebAssembly Generation

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Thread setting and normalization
src/config.zig, src/main.zig, src/root.zig, src/root/generate_phases.zig, src/plugin_params.zig
The project configuration adds a default-off thread setting. The generate command accepts --wasm-threads. Generation reads LABELLE_WASM_THREADS when the setting is not already enabled and forces the setting off for non-WASM platforms. Project configuration parsing rejects wasm_threads = true and accepts false. Tests cover environment values, platform behavior, explicit settings, and configuration parsing.
Threaded WebAssembly code generation
src/codegen/manifest_v2.zig, src/codegen/manifest_v2_splice/wasm.zig, src/build_files/build_zig.zig
The build passes the setting to the header renderer. When enabled, the generated target query adds WebAssembly atomics and bulk-memory features. The generated link output walks reachable modules and sets single_threaded to false. The post-wire hook receives the thread setting. Tests check the generated wiring and its ordering.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant cmdGenerate
  participant generate
  participant normalizeWasmThreads
  participant Environment
  participant build_zig
  participant renderWasmHeaderV2
  cmdGenerate->>generate: pass ProjectConfig
  generate->>normalizeWasmThreads: normalize mutable config
  opt Setting is not enabled and target is WebAssembly
    normalizeWasmThreads->>Environment: read LABELLE_WASM_THREADS
  end
  generate->>build_zig: use normalized config
  build_zig->>renderWasmHeaderV2: pass cfg.wasm_threads
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Review comments at @src/config.zig:
- Line 1405: Update parseProjectConfig to reject a project.labelle configuration
that specifies .wasm_threads, rather than passing that field through to
ProjectConfig parsing. Preserve wasm-thread activation through the existing
environment and CLI paths, including applyWasmThreads behavior for those
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…threaded

A threaded generation now declares b.option(bool, "wasm_threads") (default
true) and gates the target features, the module walk and the hook's
.wasm_threads on it at configure time. The web provider's export can then
build the non-isolated fallback from the SAME generated tree with
zig build -Dwasm_threads=false (its hook context has zig_executable and
target_dir but no assembler), instead of regenerating. A plain generation is
still byte-identical.

E2E: one LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1 generation -> default compile runs a worker
thread (isolated); -Dwasm_threads=false -> different wasm that runs
single-threaded on a non-isolated page.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LpszrcSrLLijQcxxvgWyUQ
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Pushed 594bc15: a threaded generation can now also build its own fallback. A threaded generation declares b.option(bool, "wasm_threads") (default true) and gates the target features, the module walk and the hook's .wasm_threads on it when the build is configured.

Why: the owner decided that export ships both variants (labelle-web#24). The web provider's export hook has zig_executable and target_dir but no assembler, so it can't regenerate. With this it runs zig build -Dwasm_threads=false on the same generated tree to get the single-threaded fallback. A plain (non-threaded) generation is still byte-identical.

End to end (local CLI + bgfx#199): one LABELLE_WASM_THREADS=1 generation, two builds:

  • default: the worker thread ran 1.56 s of work while the game rendered 184 frames (served with COOP/COEP)
  • -Dwasm_threads=false: a different game.wasm that runs single-threaded on a non-isolated page

Tests still pass: 94/94 steps, 3839 passed, 16 skipped.

…hreads

CodeRabbit on #818: .wasm_threads is per-generation (env / flag, set by the
web provider). In project.labelle it would generate a threaded build behind
the provider's back (no COOP/COEP, no fallback), so parseProjectConfig now
rejects it with where to turn threads on instead. --help lists
--wasm-threads.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LpszrcSrLLijQcxxvgWyUQ
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