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Introduce infrastructure to use multiple arguments in instructions. Pass them as a vector to the helper function.

Apply this infrastructure for task instruction to allow differentiate tasks with random arguments. Instead of passing a flag, allow to pass a task argument as it is, and introduce another helper random_string. Along the way allow to have helpers without arguments.

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  • New Features

    • Tasks can receive space-separated arguments when executed.
    • Random string values can be generated and passed to tasks.
    • Example workloads demonstrate passing generated values to tasks.
  • Bug Fixes

    • No-argument tasks no longer receive an unintended empty argument.
    • Task scripts with fixed, random, or omitted arguments execute reliably.
  • Changes

    • Dynamic instructions now require parentheses and arguments.
    • Values can include underscores.

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The parser and rule application now normalize task arguments, including argument-free calls. LLVM generation passes variable-length arguments to the runtime, which supports null and generated string arguments. Workloads and tests cover generated, absent, and fixed multi-word arguments.

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Task argument execution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and normalize task arguments
src/script/grammar.peg, src/script/ast.rs, src/script/rules.rs
Dynamic calls require arguments, values allow underscores, and argument-free tasks receive an Arg::Null placeholder.
Build and execute runtime arguments
src/worker/script.rs
LLVM calls use temporary argument vectors. The runtime accepts nullable arguments, splits supplied text on whitespace, and registers random_string().
Validate task call forms
workloads/*, src/main.rs
Workloads pass generated strings. Tests execute prepared task calls with generated, absent, and fixed multi-word arguments.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ScriptParser
  participant apply_work_rules
  participant jit_instruction
  participant random_string
  participant task
  participant Process
  ScriptParser->>apply_work_rules: parse and normalize task arguments
  apply_work_rules->>jit_instruction: pass prepared argument vector
  jit_instruction->>random_string: generate string argument
  random_string-->>jit_instruction: return string pointer
  jit_instruction->>task: pass task name and arguments
  task->>Process: execute whitespace-separated arguments
  Process-->>task: return exit code
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Suggested reviewers: joukovirtanen, molter73

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b7bb3

Task arguments now flow through parsing, code generation, and the runtime, and the tests exercise generated, absent, and fixed multi-word arguments. One generated cleanup call does not match the argument list its runtime declares, which can behave unpredictably when a script worker runs; it is a small, localized fix worth making before merge, and nothing else blocks this change.

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Description check ✅ Passed The description directly covers multiple instruction arguments, vector passing, task argument handling, the random_string helper, and helpers without arguments.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/script/grammar.peg`:
- Line 20: Update the dynamic helper parsing around dynamicName so randomPath
and randomString only match when their names are not followed by an identifier
character, preventing prefixed names such as random_string_value from being
partially consumed while preserving valid helper calls.

In `@src/script/rules.rs`:
- Around line 14-15: Update apply_task_rules and the JIT task argument handling
so task(stub) preserves zero arguments instead of creating an empty Arg::Const
that becomes a child argument; if the ABI requires a placeholder, carry an
explicit argument count and ensure Command::args receives no arguments.

In `@src/worker/script.rs`:
- Line 125: Update the argument construction in the task process invocation to
use whitespace-aware splitting instead of splitting on a literal space, so an
empty normalized task produces no process arguments while preserving parsing of
non-empty arguments.
- Around line 460-464: Update the true and false constants registered by
ScriptWorker::new so Arg::Var values match the pointer-width type expected by
runtime calls such as RUNTIME["debug"], or introduce a boolean runtime type that
rejects booleans for pointer-only helpers; preserve correct boolean semantics
while preventing i1 arguments from being passed as iptr parameters.
- Around line 489-491: Update ScriptWorker::jit_instruction and the
RUNTIME["task"] declaration so task calls support the full
Instruction::Task.args vector without passing more operands than the callee
accepts; adopt an ABI with an explicit argument count and pointer array, or
consolidate arguments into a single supported representation, while preserving
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In `@src/worker/script.rs`:
- Line 277: Update the call-building logic around into_raw_parts so the LLVM
argument values remain in a local Vec while LLVMBuildCall2 executes, passing
that vector’s pointer and length without transferring ownership or leaking its
allocation.
- Around line 318-319: Validate the dynamic helper argument count before
constructing the LLVM call in the helper-call flow around get_arg_value and
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Introduce infrastructure to use multiple arguments in instructions. Pass
them as a vector to the helper function.

Apply this infrastructure for task instruction to allow differentiate
tasks with random arguments. Instead of passing a flag, allow to pass a
task argument as it is, and introduce another helper random_string.
Along the way allow to have helpers without arguments.
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In `@src/main.rs`:
- Around line 308-310: Update the test around new_script_worker and run_payload
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Comment thread src/main.rs
Mark `args` rule non-optional in dynamic variables, since it will
enforce parethnesis, while still having optional arguments inside.

Add `_` to the constants.

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LGTM! Just a few comments but nothing that should prevent merging.

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#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
pub enum Arg {
/// Null constant
Null {},

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Rust allows empty variants, like None.

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Null {},
Null,

Comment thread src/worker/script.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +124 to +131
if !args.is_null() {
let args = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(args) };
debug!("Task {:?} {:?}", name, args);

task.args(args.to_str().unwrap().split(' '));
} else {
debug!("Task {:?}, null", name);
}

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If you change .split(' ') to .split_whitespace() you should be able to simplify this a bit to something like:

let args = if !args.is_null() {
    unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(args) }
} else {
    c""
};
let task = Command::new(name.to_str().unwrap())
    .args(args.to_str().unwrap().split_whitespace())
    .status()
    .expect("Failed to execute task");

This would work because split_whitespace() returns no elements when the string is empty and .args() will immediately return on an iterator that returns no elements without changing the command.

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Comment on lines +278 to +300
@@ -256,16 +292,30 @@ impl ScriptWorker {
ctx.builder,
*func_type,
*func,
&mut arg_ptr,
1,
args_ref,
args_len.try_into().unwrap(),
name.as_ptr() as *const _,
);

let _ = Vec::from_raw_parts(args_ref, args_len, args_cap);

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Since the vector is immediately reconstructed before returning, your probably safe to not disassemble it in the first place, something like this should work:

    fn jit_instruction(name: &CStr, args: Vec<Arg>, ctx: &BuildContext) {
        let mut args = args
            .iter()
            .map(|a| Self::get_arg_value(a.clone(), ctx))
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();

        let (func, func_type) = ctx
            .module_runtime
            .get(name.to_str().expect("Couldn't convert name to string"))
            .unwrap();

        unsafe {
            LLVMBuildCall2(
                ctx.builder,
                *func_type,
                *func,
                args.as_mut_ptr(),
                args.len() as u32,
                name.as_ptr() as *const _,
            );
        }
    }

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Comment on lines +338 to +342
let (args_ref, args_len, args_cap) = args
.iter()
.map(|a| Self::get_arg_value(a.clone(), ctx))
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.into_raw_parts();

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Same as my previous comment, we can probably keep the vector here as well.

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558-558: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the required cleanup argument.

LLVMBuildCall2 permits this signature mismatch, so LLVM does not report a verification error when ScriptWorker is created. When the generated main executes, it calls cleanup with zero arguments even though cleanup declares one pointer argument. LLVM gives mismatched non-variadic calls target-specific behavior, which may be undefined. Pass Arg::Null to match the registered signature.

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-            Self::jit_instruction(c"cleanup", vec![], &ctx);
+            Self::jit_instruction(c"cleanup", vec![Arg::Null], &ctx);
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In `@src/worker/script.rs` at line 558, Update the cleanup invocation in
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