Make bolts work without alloc

.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo test
       - name: Test libafl no_std
         run: cd libafl && cargo test --no-default-features
+      - name: Test libafl_bolts no_std no_alloc
+        run: cd libafl_bolts && cargo test --no-default-features
       - name: Test libafl_targets no_std
         run: cd libafl_targets && cargo test --no-default-features
 
@@ -285,6 +287,8 @@ jobs:
       run: cd ./libafl && cargo test --no-default-features 
     - name: libafl armv6m-none-eabi (32 bit no_std) clippy
       run: cd ./libafl && cargo clippy --target thumbv6m-none-eabi --no-default-features
+    - name: Build no_std no_alloc bolts
+      run: cd ./libafl_bolts && cargo +nightly build -Zbuild-std=core --target aarch64-unknown-none --no-default-features -v --release && cd ../
 
   build-docker:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

libafl/Cargo.toml

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 bytecount = "0.6.3"
 
 [dependencies]
-libafl_bolts = { version = "0.10.1", path = "../libafl_bolts", default-features = false }
+libafl_bolts = { version = "0.10.1", path = "../libafl_bolts", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 libafl_derive = { version = "0.10.1", path = "../libafl_derive", optional = true }
 
 rustversion = "1.0"

libafl/build.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[rustversion::nightly]
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=unstable_feature");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=nightly");
 }
 
 #[rustversion::not(nightly)]

libafl/src/lib.rs

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Welcome to `LibAFL`
 #![allow(incomplete_features)]
 #![no_std]
 // For `type_eq`
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(specialization))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(specialization))]
 // For `type_id` and owned things
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(intrinsics))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(intrinsics))]
 // For `std::simd`
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(portable_simd))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(portable_simd))]
 #![warn(clippy::cargo)]
 #![allow(ambiguous_glob_reexports)]
 #![deny(clippy::cargo_common_metadata)]

libafl/src/observers/mod.rs

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ pub mod concolic;
 pub mod value;
 
 // Rust is breaking this with 'error: intrinsic safety mismatch between list of intrinsics within the compiler and core library intrinsics for intrinsic `type_id`' and so we disable this component for the moment
-//#[cfg(unstable_feature)]
+//#[cfg(nightly)]
 //pub mod owned;
-//#[cfg(unstable_feature)]
+//#[cfg(nightly)]
 //pub use owned::*;
 use alloc::{
     string::{String, ToString},

libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ edition = "2021"
 categories = ["development-tools::testing", "emulators", "embedded", "os", "no-std"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["std", "derive", "llmp_compression", "llmp_small_maps", "rand_trait", "prelude", "gzip", "serdeany_autoreg"]
-std = ["serde_json", "serde_json/std", "hostname", "nix", "serde/std", "once_cell", "uuid", "byteorder", "backtrace", "uds", "serial_test"] # print, env, launcher ... support
+default = ["std", "derive", "llmp_compression", "llmp_small_maps", "rand_trait", "prelude", "gzip", "serdeany_autoreg", "alloc"]
+std = ["serde_json", "serde_json/std", "hostname", "nix", "serde/std", "once_cell", "uuid", "byteorder", "backtrace", "uds", "serial_test", "alloc"] # print, env, ... support
+alloc = ["serde/alloc",  "hashbrown", "postcard", "erased-serde/alloc", "ahash"] # Enables all features that allocate in no_std
 derive = ["libafl_derive"] # provide derive(SerdeAny) macro.
 rand_trait = ["rand_core"] # If set, libafl's rand implementations will implement `rand::Rng`
-python = ["pyo3"]
+python = ["pyo3", "std"]
 prelude = [] # Expose libafl::prelude for access without additional using directives
 cli = ["clap"]  # expose libafl_bolts::cli for easy commandline parsing
-qemu_cli = ["cli"] # Commandline flags for qemu-based fuzzers
+qemu_cli = ["cli"] # Commandline flagr for qemu-based fuzzers
 frida_cli = ["cli"] # Commandline flags for frida-based fuzzers
 errors_backtrace = ["backtrace"]
 gzip = ["miniz_oxide"] # Enables gzip compression in certain parts of the lib
@@ -28,10 +29,10 @@ gzip = ["miniz_oxide"] # Enables gzip compression in certain parts of the lib
 serdeany_autoreg = ["ctor"] # Automatically register all `#[derive(SerdeAny)]` types at startup.
 
 # LLMP features
-llmp_bind_public = [] # If set, llmp will bind to 0.0.0.0, allowing cross-device communication. Binds to localhost by default.
-llmp_compression = ["gzip"] # llmp compression using GZip
-llmp_debug = [] # Enables debug output for LLMP
-llmp_small_maps = [] # reduces initial map size for llmp
+llmp_bind_public = ["alloc"] # If set, llmp will bind to 0.0.0.0, allowing cross-device communication. Binds to localhost by default.
+llmp_compression = ["alloc", "gzip"] # llmp compression using GZip
+llmp_debug = ["alloc"] # Enables debug output for LLMP
+llmp_small_maps = ["alloc"] # reduces initial map size for llmp
 
 [build-dependencies]
 rustversion = "1.0"
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@ libafl_derive = { version = "0.10.1", optional = true, path = "../libafl_derive"
 
 rustversion = "1.0"
 tuple_list = { version = "0.1.3" }
-hashbrown =  { version = "0.14", features = ["serde", "ahash"], default-features=false } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
+hashbrown =  { version = "0.14", features = ["serde", "ahash"], default-features=false, optional = true } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["xxh3"] } # xxh3 hashing for rust
-serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] } # serialization lib
-erased-serde = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] } # erased serde
-postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"] } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
+serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] } # serialization lib
+erased-serde = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, optional = true } # erased serde
+postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"], optional = true } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
 num_enum = { version = "0.5.7", default-features = false }
-ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features=false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
+ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features=false, optional = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
 backtrace = {version = "0.3", optional = true} # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
 
 ctor = { optional = true, version = "0.2" }

libafl_bolts/build.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[rustversion::nightly]
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=unstable_feature");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=nightly");
 }
 
 #[rustversion::not(nightly)]

libafl_bolts/src/lib.rs

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ Welcome to `LibAFL`
 #![allow(incomplete_features)]
 #![no_std]
 // For `type_eq`
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(specialization))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(specialization))]
 // For `type_id` and owned things
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(intrinsics))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(intrinsics))]
 // For `std::simd`
-#![cfg_attr(unstable_feature, feature(portable_simd))]
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(portable_simd))]
+// For `core::error`
+#![cfg_attr(nightly, feature(error_in_core))]
 #![warn(clippy::cargo)]
 #![allow(ambiguous_glob_reexports)]
 #![deny(clippy::cargo_common_metadata)]
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ Welcome to `LibAFL`
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate std;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[macro_use]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub extern crate alloc;
@@ -98,10 +101,11 @@ pub mod launcher {}
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate libafl_derive;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::string::{FromUtf8Error, String};
 use core::{
     array::TryFromSliceError,
-    fmt,
+    fmt::{self, Display},
     num::{ParseIntError, TryFromIntError},
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
@@ -110,6 +114,21 @@ use std::{env::VarError, io};
 #[cfg(feature = "libafl_derive")]
 pub use libafl_derive::SerdeAny;
 
+/// We need some sort of "[`String`]" for errors in `no_alloc`...
+/// We can only support `'static` without allocator, so let's do that.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "alloc"))]
+type String = &'static str;
+
+/// We also need a non-allocating format...
+/// This one simply returns the `fmt` string.
+/// Good enough for simple errors, for anything else, use the `alloc` feature.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "alloc"))]
+macro_rules! format {
+    ($fmt:literal) => {{
+        $fmt
+    }};
+}
+
 /// We need fixed names for many parts of this lib.
 pub trait Named {
     /// Provide the name of this element.
@@ -276,7 +295,7 @@ impl Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
+impl Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::Serialize(s, b) => {
@@ -339,6 +358,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
 }
 
 /// Stringify the postcard serializer error
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl From<postcard::Error> for Error {
     fn from(err: postcard::Error) -> Self {
         Self::serialize(format!("{err:?}"))
@@ -368,39 +388,46 @@ impl From<io::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl From<FromUtf8Error> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: FromUtf8Error) -> Self {
         Self::unknown(format!("Could not convert byte / utf-8: {err:?}"))
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl From<VarError> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: VarError) -> Self {
         Self::empty(format!("Could not get env var: {err:?}"))
     }
 }
 
 impl From<ParseIntError> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: ParseIntError) -> Self {
         Self::unknown(format!("Failed to parse Int: {err:?}"))
     }
 }
 
 impl From<TryFromIntError> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: TryFromIntError) -> Self {
         Self::illegal_state(format!("Expected conversion failed: {err:?}"))
     }
 }
 
 impl From<TryFromSliceError> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: TryFromSliceError) -> Self {
         Self::illegal_argument(format!("Could not convert slice: {err:?}"))
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
 impl From<windows::core::Error> for Error {
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
     fn from(err: windows::core::Error) -> Self {
         Self::unknown(format!("Windows API error: {err:?}"))
     }
@@ -422,9 +449,12 @@ impl From<pyo3::PyErr> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+#[cfg(all(not(nightly), feature = "std"))]
 impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 
+#[cfg(nightly)]
+impl core::error::Error for Error {}
+
 /// The purpose of this module is to alleviate imports of many components by adding a glob import.
 #[cfg(feature = "prelude")]
 pub mod prelude {
@@ -439,6 +469,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn external_current_millis() -> u64 {
     1000
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod anymap;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub mod build_id;
@@ -454,18 +485,22 @@ pub mod core_affinity;
 pub mod cpu;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub mod fs;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod llmp;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "std", unix))]
 pub mod minibsod;
 pub mod os;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod ownedref;
 pub mod rands;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 pub mod serdeany;
 pub mod shmem;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub mod staterestore;
 pub mod tuples;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::{iter::Iterator, ops::AddAssign, time};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
@@ -499,6 +534,7 @@ pub trait AsMutSlice {
     fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [Self::Entry];
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl<T> AsSlice for Vec<T> {
     type Entry = T;
 
@@ -507,6 +543,7 @@ impl<T> AsSlice for Vec<T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 impl<T> AsMutSlice for Vec<T> {
     type Entry = T;
 
@@ -653,6 +690,7 @@ pub fn current_milliseconds() -> u64 {
 }
 
 /// Format a `Duration` into a HMS string
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 #[must_use]
 pub fn format_duration_hms(duration: &time::Duration) -> String {
     let secs = duration.as_secs();
@@ -802,9 +840,9 @@ pub mod bolts_prelude {
     pub use super::minibsod::*;
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use super::staterestore::*;
-    pub use super::{
-        anymap::*, cpu::*, llmp::*, os::*, ownedref::*, rands::*, serdeany::*, shmem::*, tuples::*,
-    };
+    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+    pub use super::{anymap::*, llmp::*, ownedref::*, rands::*, serdeany::*, shmem::*, tuples::*};
+    pub use super::{cpu::*, os::*, rands::*};
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "python")]