feat!: add Rego Virtual Machine (RVM) implementation (#495)

* feat!: add Rego Virtual Machine (RVM) implementation

This commit introduces a register-based virtual machine for executing Rego
policies with bytecode-style instructions. Unlike the existing tree-walking
interpreter, the RVM compiles policies into instruction sequences that operate
on virtual registers, offering better performance and optimization potential.

Core Components:

Instruction Set Architecture:
- Define instruction types for data operations, control flow, and builtins
- Implement instruction parameter encoding and display formatting
- Add instruction parser with comprehensive test coverage

Virtual Machine Engine:
- Register-based execution model with program counter management
- Loop execution supporting iterators, comprehensions, and quantifiers
- Function call handling with argument evaluation and context management
- Rule evaluation with default value resolution and virtual data support
- Arithmetic and comparison operation implementations

Program Representation:
- Program listing builder with instruction sequencing
- Rule tree construction for organizing policy rules
- Binary and JSON serialization for compiled programs
- Recompilation support for program modification

Testing Infrastructure:
- Extensive YAML test suites covering all VM features
- Rust unit tests for VM execution and instruction parsing
- Test suites for loops, comprehensions, builtins, and control flow

BREAKING CHANGE: Introduces new VM execution path alongside interpreter

Signed-off-by: Anand Krishnamoorthi <anakrish@microsoft.com>

* docs: add detailed RVM architecture references

Introduce architecture.md explaining program artifacts, serialization, and runtime subsystems.
Document the full opcode catalog in instruction-set.md, including operands, parameter tables, and outcomes.
Walk through execution flow, stacks, and operational guidance in vm-runtime.md, tying the runtime to the new architecture docs.

Signed-off-by: Anand Krishnamoorthi <anakrish@microsoft.com>

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Signed-off-by: Anand Krishnamoorthi <anakrish@microsoft.com>
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
use crate::rvm::instructions::{ComprehensionBeginParams, ComprehensionMode};
use crate::value::Value;
use crate::Rc;
use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
use alloc::format;
use alloc::sync::Arc;
use alloc::vec::Vec;
use super::context::{ComprehensionContext, IterationState};
use super::errors::{Result, VmError};
use super::execution_model::{ExecutionFrame, ExecutionMode, FrameKind};
use super::machine::RegoVM;
impl RegoVM {
pub(super) fn execute_comprehension_begin(
&mut self,
params: &ComprehensionBeginParams,
) -> Result<()> {
match self.execution_mode {
ExecutionMode::RunToCompletion => {
self.execute_comprehension_begin_run_to_completion(params)
}
ExecutionMode::Suspendable => self.execute_comprehension_begin_suspendable(params),
}
}
fn execute_comprehension_begin_run_to_completion(
&mut self,
params: &ComprehensionBeginParams,
) -> Result<()> {
let initial_result = match params.mode {
ComprehensionMode::Set => Value::new_set(),
ComprehensionMode::Array => Value::new_array(),
ComprehensionMode::Object => Value::Object(Rc::new(BTreeMap::new())),
};
self.registers[params.result_reg as usize] = initial_result.clone();
let auto_iterate = params.collection_reg != params.result_reg;
let iteration_state = if auto_iterate {
let source_value = self.registers[params.collection_reg as usize].clone();
match source_value {
Value::Array(items) => {
if items.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Array { items, index: 0 })
}
}
Value::Object(obj) => {
if obj.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Object {
obj,
current_key: None,
first_iteration: true,
})
}
}
Value::Set(set) => {
if set.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Set {
items: set,
current_item: None,
first_iteration: true,
})
}
}
Value::Undefined => None,
Value::Null => None,
_ => None,
}
} else {
None
};
let mut has_iteration = false;
if let Some(state) = iteration_state.as_ref() {
has_iteration = self.setup_next_iteration(state, params.key_reg, params.value_reg)?;
}
let resume_pc = if auto_iterate {
params.comprehension_end as usize
} else {
params.comprehension_end.saturating_sub(1) as usize
};
let mut comprehension_context = ComprehensionContext {
mode: params.mode.clone(),
result_reg: params.result_reg,
key_reg: params.key_reg,
value_reg: params.value_reg,
body_start: params.body_start,
comprehension_end: params.comprehension_end,
iteration_state,
resume_pc,
};
if auto_iterate {
if has_iteration {
self.pc = params.body_start as usize - 1;
} else {
comprehension_context.iteration_state = None;
self.pc = params.comprehension_end as usize - 1;
}
}
self.comprehension_stack.push(comprehension_context);
Ok(())
}
fn execute_comprehension_begin_suspendable(
&mut self,
params: &ComprehensionBeginParams,
) -> Result<()> {
let initial_result = match params.mode {
ComprehensionMode::Set => Value::new_set(),
ComprehensionMode::Array => Value::new_array(),
ComprehensionMode::Object => Value::Object(Rc::new(BTreeMap::new())),
};
self.registers[params.result_reg as usize] = initial_result.clone();
let auto_iterate = params.collection_reg != params.result_reg;
let iteration_state = if auto_iterate {
let source_value = self.registers[params.collection_reg as usize].clone();
match source_value {
Value::Array(items) => {
if items.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Array { items, index: 0 })
}
}
Value::Object(obj) => {
if obj.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Object {
obj,
current_key: None,
first_iteration: true,
})
}
}
Value::Set(set) => {
if set.is_empty() {
None
} else {
Some(IterationState::Set {
items: set,
current_item: None,
first_iteration: true,
})
}
}
Value::Undefined => None,
Value::Null => None,
_ => None,
}
} else {
None
};
let has_iteration = if let Some(state) = iteration_state.as_ref() {
self.setup_next_iteration(state, params.key_reg, params.value_reg)?
} else {
false
};
let resume_pc = if auto_iterate {
params.comprehension_end as usize
} else {
params.comprehension_end.saturating_sub(1) as usize
};
let mut comprehension_context = ComprehensionContext {
mode: params.mode.clone(),
result_reg: params.result_reg,
key_reg: params.key_reg,
value_reg: params.value_reg,
body_start: params.body_start,
comprehension_end: params.comprehension_end,
iteration_state,
resume_pc,
};
let next_pc = if auto_iterate {
if has_iteration {
params.body_start as usize
} else {
comprehension_context.iteration_state = None;
params.comprehension_end as usize
}
} else {
self.pc + 1
};
let return_pc = comprehension_context.resume_pc;
let frame = ExecutionFrame::new(
next_pc,
FrameKind::Comprehension {
return_pc,
context: comprehension_context,
},
);
self.execution_stack.push(frame);
Ok(())
}
pub(super) fn execute_comprehension_yield(
&mut self,
value_reg: u8,
key_reg: Option<u8>,
) -> Result<()> {
match self.execution_mode {
ExecutionMode::RunToCompletion => {
self.execute_comprehension_yield_run_to_completion(value_reg, key_reg)
}
ExecutionMode::Suspendable => {
self.execute_comprehension_yield_suspendable(value_reg, key_reg)
}
}
}
fn execute_comprehension_yield_run_to_completion(
&mut self,
value_reg: u8,
key_reg: Option<u8>,
) -> Result<()> {
let mut comprehension_context = if let Some(context) = self.comprehension_stack.pop() {
context
} else {
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension")),
});
};
let value_to_add = self.registers[value_reg as usize].clone();
let key_value = if let Some(key_reg) = key_reg {
Some(self.registers[key_reg as usize].clone())
} else if matches!(comprehension_context.mode, ComprehensionMode::Object) {
Some(self.registers[comprehension_context.key_reg as usize].clone())
} else {
None
};
let result_reg = comprehension_context.result_reg as usize;
let current_result = self.registers[result_reg].clone();
let mode = comprehension_context.mode.clone();
let updated_result = match (mode, current_result) {
(ComprehensionMode::Set, Value::Set(set)) => {
let mut new_set = set.as_ref().clone();
new_set.insert(value_to_add);
Value::Set(crate::Rc::new(new_set))
}
(ComprehensionMode::Array, Value::Array(arr)) => {
let mut new_arr = arr.as_ref().to_vec();
new_arr.push(value_to_add);
Value::Array(crate::Rc::new(new_arr))
}
(ComprehensionMode::Object, Value::Object(obj)) => {
if let Some(key) = key_value {
let mut new_obj = obj.as_ref().clone();
new_obj.insert(key, value_to_add);
Value::Object(crate::Rc::new(new_obj))
} else {
self.comprehension_stack.push(comprehension_context);
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("Object comprehension requires key")),
});
}
}
(_mode, other) => {
self.comprehension_stack.push(comprehension_context);
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration { value: other });
}
};
self.registers[result_reg] = updated_result;
if let Some(iter_state) = comprehension_context.iteration_state.as_mut() {
match iter_state {
IterationState::Object { current_key, .. } => {
let tracked_key =
if comprehension_context.key_reg != comprehension_context.value_reg {
self.registers[comprehension_context.key_reg as usize].clone()
} else {
self.registers[comprehension_context.value_reg as usize].clone()
};
*current_key = Some(tracked_key);
}
IterationState::Set { current_item, .. } => {
*current_item =
Some(self.registers[comprehension_context.value_reg as usize].clone());
}
IterationState::Array { .. } => {}
}
iter_state.advance();
let has_next = self.setup_next_iteration(
iter_state,
comprehension_context.key_reg,
comprehension_context.value_reg,
)?;
if has_next {
self.pc = comprehension_context.body_start as usize - 1;
} else {
comprehension_context.iteration_state = None;
self.pc = comprehension_context.comprehension_end as usize - 1;
}
}
self.comprehension_stack.push(comprehension_context);
Ok(())
}
fn execute_comprehension_yield_suspendable(
&mut self,
value_reg: u8,
key_reg: Option<u8>,
) -> Result<()> {
let comprehension_index = (0..self.execution_stack.len())
.rev()
.find(|&idx| {
self.execution_stack
.get(idx)
.is_some_and(|frame| matches!(frame.kind, FrameKind::Comprehension { .. }))
})
.ok_or(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension")),
})?;
let (iteration_state_snapshot, key_reg_idx, value_reg_idx, body_start, comprehension_end) = {
let frame = self.execution_stack.get_mut(comprehension_index).ok_or(
VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension")),
},
)?;
match &mut frame.kind {
FrameKind::Comprehension { context, .. } => {
let value_to_add = self.registers[value_reg as usize].clone();
let key_value = if let Some(key_reg) = key_reg {
Some(self.registers[key_reg as usize].clone())
} else if matches!(context.mode, ComprehensionMode::Object) {
Some(self.registers[context.key_reg as usize].clone())
} else {
None
};
let result_reg_idx = context.result_reg as usize;
let current_result = self.registers[result_reg_idx].clone();
let mode = context.mode.clone();
let updated_result = match (mode, current_result) {
(ComprehensionMode::Set, Value::Set(set)) => {
let mut new_set = set.as_ref().clone();
new_set.insert(value_to_add);
Value::Set(crate::Rc::new(new_set))
}
(ComprehensionMode::Array, Value::Array(arr)) => {
let mut new_arr = arr.as_ref().to_vec();
new_arr.push(value_to_add);
Value::Array(crate::Rc::new(new_arr))
}
(ComprehensionMode::Object, Value::Object(obj)) => {
if let Some(key) = key_value {
let mut new_obj = obj.as_ref().clone();
new_obj.insert(key, value_to_add);
Value::Object(crate::Rc::new(new_obj))
} else {
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from(
"Object comprehension requires key",
)),
});
}
}
(_mode, other) => {
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration { value: other });
}
};
self.registers[result_reg_idx] = updated_result;
if let Some(iter_state) = context.iteration_state.as_mut() {
match iter_state {
IterationState::Object { current_key, .. } => {
let tracked_key = if context.key_reg != context.value_reg {
self.registers[context.key_reg as usize].clone()
} else {
self.registers[context.value_reg as usize].clone()
};
*current_key = Some(tracked_key);
}
IterationState::Set { current_item, .. } => {
*current_item =
Some(self.registers[context.value_reg as usize].clone());
}
IterationState::Array { .. } => {}
}
iter_state.advance();
}
(
context.iteration_state.clone(),
context.key_reg,
context.value_reg,
context.body_start,
context.comprehension_end,
)
}
_ => {
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension")),
});
}
}
};
if let Some(state) = iteration_state_snapshot.as_ref() {
let has_next = self.setup_next_iteration(state, key_reg_idx, value_reg_idx)?;
if has_next {
if let Some(frame) = self.execution_stack.get_mut(comprehension_index) {
frame.pc = body_start as usize;
self.frame_pc_overridden = true;
}
} else if let Some(frame) = self.execution_stack.get_mut(comprehension_index) {
if let FrameKind::Comprehension { context, .. } = &mut frame.kind {
context.iteration_state = None;
}
frame.pc = comprehension_end as usize;
self.frame_pc_overridden = true;
}
}
Ok(())
}
pub(super) fn execute_comprehension_end(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
match self.execution_mode {
ExecutionMode::RunToCompletion => self.execute_comprehension_end_run_to_completion(),
ExecutionMode::Suspendable => self.execute_comprehension_end_suspendable(),
}
}
fn execute_comprehension_end_run_to_completion(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
if let Some(_context) = self.comprehension_stack.pop() {
Ok(())
} else {
Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension context")),
})
}
}
fn execute_comprehension_end_suspendable(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
let mut unwound_frames: Vec<ExecutionFrame> = Vec::new();
loop {
let frame = match self.execution_stack.pop() {
Some(frame) => frame,
None => {
// Restore any frames we already unwound before propagating the error.
while let Some(restored) = unwound_frames.pop() {
self.execution_stack.push(restored);
}
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from("No active comprehension context")),
});
}
};
let ExecutionFrame {
pc: frame_pc,
kind: frame_kind,
} = frame;
match frame_kind {
FrameKind::Comprehension {
return_pc: _,
context,
} => {
let raw_target = context.resume_pc;
let resume_pc = if raw_target <= self.pc {
self.pc.saturating_add(1)
} else if raw_target == self.pc.saturating_add(1) {
raw_target
} else {
raw_target.saturating_sub(1)
};
if let Some(parent) = self.execution_stack.last_mut() {
parent.pc = resume_pc;
}
while let Some(restored) = unwound_frames.pop() {
self.execution_stack.push(restored);
}
return Ok(());
}
FrameKind::Loop { return_pc, context } => {
if let Some(parent) = self.execution_stack.last_mut() {
parent.pc = return_pc;
}
// Keep the loop frame available so we can restore it if we discover a mismatch.
unwound_frames.push(ExecutionFrame::new(
frame_pc,
FrameKind::Loop { return_pc, context },
));
}
other_kind => {
let message = format!(
"Mismatched comprehension frame: frame={:?} stack_depth={} unwound_loops={}",
&other_kind,
self.execution_stack.len(),
unwound_frames.len()
);
// Put the unexpected frame back on the stack along with any loops we unwound.
self.execution_stack
.push(ExecutionFrame::new(frame_pc, other_kind));
while let Some(restored) = unwound_frames.pop() {
self.execution_stack.push(restored);
}
return Err(VmError::InvalidIteration {
value: Value::String(Arc::from(message.into_boxed_str())),
});
}
}
}
}
}