Bare-metal (zkVM guest) support for Constantine - #631
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defined(standalone) shims for platforms with no OS primitives: - sysrand: deterministic zero-fill stub (no OS CSPRNG; the zkVM circuit guarantees integrity, so side-channel blinding is unnecessary) - threadpool: route barriers/futexes/topology/threads to *_standalone single-hart implementations
Single-hart zkVM guest implementations: - panicoverride: trap loop instead of OS abort - barriers_standalone: N=1 barrier releases immediately - futexes_standalone: spin-wait degenerates to a fence with one worker - threads_standalone: createThread traps (spawn loop is empty at n=1) - topology_standalone: report one core / one available thread
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds freestanding ChangesFreestanding RISC-V support
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BuildTask
participant NimCompiler
participant StandaloneRuntime
participant newEmbedded
participant KZGContext
participant zkVMPrecompiles
BuildTask->>NimCompiler: compile rv64im with standalone defines
NimCompiler->>StandaloneRuntime: link freestanding headers, stdio, panic, and threading shims
NimCompiler->>newEmbedded: compile embedded KZG constructor
newEmbedded->>KZGContext: load full or verification-only embedded data
zkVMPrecompiles->>KZGContext: verify embedded KZG point evaluation
BuildTask->>BuildTask: run tests and rebuild archive
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new embedded KZG configurations are not validated in CI, and consumers can compile against APIs missing from the verification-only library and then fail at link time. Address both distribution and validation gaps before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Greptile SummaryAdds freestanding RV64IM support for single-hart zkVM guests, including an embedded KZG trusted setup, standalone runtime/platform substitutes, and raw secp256k1 verification and public-key recovery exports.
Confidence Score: 3/5The PR is not yet safe to merge because the new verification ABI accepts unvalidated signature encodings and the public C header does not expose the new ABI correctly. The raw verification function reduces unvalidated signature scalars before verification, allowing non-canonical encodings to reach the verifier, and the supported C header lacks both zkVM prototypes and the malformed-signature status they use. The previous missing-build-input, multi-thread hang, and embedded-constructor declaration findings are fixed in the current code; the predictable standalone CSPRNG finding was manually resolved after the implementation was changed to return failure. Files Needing Attention: constantine/ethereum_evm_precompiles.nim; include/constantine/protocols/ethereum_evm_precompiles.h Important Files Changed
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flowchart LR
Guest[C/C++ zkVM guest] --> ABI[Constantine accelerator ABI]
ABI --> Verify[secp256k1 verify]
ABI --> Recover[secp256k1 ecrecover]
ABI --> KZG[Embedded KZG context]
Verify --> ECDSA[ECDSA scalar verification]
Recover --> PubKey[Raw x/y public key]
KZG --> SRS[Compile-time embedded EIP-4844 SRS]
ABI --> Runtime[Single-hart standalone runtime]
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This task unconditionally invokes constantine/platforms/clang-rv64-standalone.sh, but that script and the later referenced constantine/platforms/standalone_stdio.c are absent from the repository. The initial chmod therefore fails before compilation, so make_lib_riscv64_freestanding cannot produce the advertised archive. Add both required build inputs to this change.
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Standalone still exposes constructors that accept an explicit thread count, but requesting more than one thread reaches this infinite loop. For example, ctt_threadpool_new(2) enters the worker-spawn loop, calls this shim, and never returns instead of rejecting the unsupported configuration. Validate or force a count of one at the standalone constructor boundary.
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| proc newEmbedded*(ctx: var ptr EthereumKZGContext): TrustedSetupStatus {.exportc: "ctt_eth_kzg_context_new_embedded", used.} = |
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ctt_eth_kzg_context_new_embedded is exported as the only KZG context constructor compiled for standalone, but no matching prototype was added to the public EIP-4844 header. A C or C++ zkVM guest using Constantine's supported headers therefore cannot call the constructor without an ad hoc declaration and will fail under compilers that reject undeclared functions. Add the constructor and its lifecycle documentation to the public header.
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The standalone sysrand/synchronization shims introduce concrete failure modes (e.g., infinite loops/hangs) and one new standalone override module is not wired into the build, so the freestanding target behavior is not yet reliably correct.
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Pull request overview
This PR adds --os:standalone (freestanding / no-OS / no-libc) build support so Constantine can be linked into a RISC-V zkVM guest, including a filesystem-free path for constructing an Ethereum KZG context via an embedded trusted setup.
Changes:
- Adds
standaloneshims for threadpool primitives (threads/topology/futexes/barriers) and gates OS-dependent code paths (e.g., stdio/file IO). - Adds an embedded KZG trusted setup loader + a new C ABI constructor (
ctt_eth_kzg_context_new_embedded) and updates exports to gate file-based constructors undernot defined(standalone). - Adds a Nimble task + clang wrapper for building an rv64im freestanding static library.
File summaries
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| constantine/threadpool/threadpool.nim | Imports standalone thread primitives when defined(standalone). |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/topology.nim | Routes topology queries to a standalone backend under defined(standalone). |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/topology_standalone.nim | Implements a 1-core/1-thread topology shim for freestanding targets. |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/threads_standalone.nim | Provides a placeholder Thread API for single-hart standalone builds. |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/futexes.nim | Adds a standalone futex backend selection/export. |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/futexes_standalone.nim | Implements a bare-metal futex shim using atomics. |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/barriers.nim | Adds a standalone barrier backend selection/export. |
| constantine/threadpool/primitives/barriers_standalone.nim | Implements a single-hart barrier shim. |
| constantine/platforms/fileio.nim | Gates stdio/file operations out entirely under defined(standalone). |
| constantine/ethereum_evm_precompiles.nim | Re-exports newEmbedded for KZG and gates file-based constructors under not defined(standalone). |
| constantine/ethereum_eip4844_kzg.nim | Exports newEmbedded and gates file-based constructors under not defined(standalone). |
| constantine/csprngs/sysrand.nim | Adds a standalone sysrand stub implementation. |
| constantine/commitments_setups/ethereum_kzg_srs.nim | Refactors point deserialization, gates file loading on non-standalone, adds embedded trusted setup loader + newEmbedded. |
| constantine.nimble | Adds make_lib_riscv64_freestanding task and archive re-indexing with llvm-ar. |
| bindings/panicoverride.nim | Adds a panic override module intended for standalone trap behavior. |
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| const kzgSetupEmbedded = staticRead("trusted_setup_ethereum_kzg4844_reference.dat") |
| proc init*(syncBarrier: var SyncBarrier, threadCount: cint) {.inline.} = | ||
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In `@constantine/commitments_setups/ethereum_kzg_srs.nim`:
- Around line 501-504: Ensure the embedded trusted setup consumed by
loadEmbedded uses LF-only line endings so its fixed length and offsets remain
valid; either enforce LF-only EOL handling for the .dat input or normalize CRLF
before the existing kzgSetupEmbedded length check.
In `@constantine/csprngs/sysrand.nim`:
- Around line 163-166: Update sysrand so it does not report success after
filling the buffer with zeros: provide deterministic non-zero, range-valid
entropy that lets randomFieldElement and the retry loop in ecdsa progress, or
route standalone callers around sysrand. Preserve the freestanding deterministic
behavior while ensuring sampled values are not perpetually zero or out of range.
- Line 165: Update the zeroMem call in the standalone branch to pass
Natural(len) instead of len, preserving the existing buffer-clearing behavior
while satisfying zeroMem’s Natural parameter type.
In `@constantine/platforms/fileio.nim`:
- Line 60: Update the CTT_THREADPOOL_METRICS output path in the threadpool
metrics code to avoid emitting c_printf and c_fflush for standalone builds, or
provide equivalent standalone declarations/implementations. Keep the existing
metrics behavior for non-standalone builds and preserve the KZG loader’s
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In `@constantine/platforms/include/standalone/string.h`:
- Around line 8-12: Provide freestanding implementations for all five symbols
declared in string.h: memcpy, memmove, memset, memcmp, and strlen, ensuring they
link without libc for the standalone target. If implementations are
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| rSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray( 96, 128-1), bigEndian) | ||
| sSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray(128, 160-1), bigEndian) | ||
| signature.r = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(rSig) | ||
| signature.s = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(sSig) |
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The new verification entry point converts caller-supplied r and s with Fr.fromBig, which reduces values modulo the curve order. Because verifyImpl assumes the signature was already validated, an out-of-range encoding such as r + n or s + n can be treated as its canonical counterpart and potentially verify successfully. Zero values also reach an inversion path that was not designed for unvalidated signatures. Reject zero and values greater than or equal to the secp256k1 order before conversion, as the adjacent recovery entry point does.
| rSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray( 96, 128-1), bigEndian) | |
| sSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray(128, 160-1), bigEndian) | |
| signature.r = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(rSig) | |
| signature.s = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(sSig) | |
| rSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray( 96, 128-1), bigEndian) | |
| sSig.unmarshal(input.toOpenArray(128, 160-1), bigEndian) | |
| let n = Fr[Secp256k1].getModulus() | |
| if bool(rSig.isZero()) or bool(sSig.isZero()) or | |
| not bool(rSig < n) or not bool(sSig < n): | |
| return cttEVM_MalformedSignature | |
| signature.r = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(rSig) | |
| signature.s = Fr[Secp256k1].fromBig(sSig) |
| func eth_zkvm_secp256k1_verify*(r: var openArray[byte], | ||
| input: openArray[byte]): CttEVMStatus {.libPrefix: prefix_ffi, meter.} = |
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The new zkVM functions and their cttEVM_MalformedSignature result are absent from the public C header. The public ctt_evm_status enum and its string table omit the new status, and neither zkVM function has a prototype. A C or C++ guest using Constantine's supported headers therefore cannot call these exports without ad hoc declarations and cannot correctly interpret every status they return. Add the enum member, status string, function prototypes, and ABI documentation to include/constantine/protocols/ethereum_evm_precompiles.h.
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367-367: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winClean the nimcache before rebuilding the archive.
Deleting the archive does not remove stale
.ofiles fromnimcache/libconstantine_riscv64_freestanding. The wildcard on Line 367 can still add obsolete objects and symbols to the new archive after a reused build. Clean the dedicated nimcache before the Nim compile, or collect only objects produced by the current build.This remains the stale-object part of the previous archive-contamination finding.
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258-258: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winBroken Authentication (CWE-1076)
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Document the input preconditions on the public
verifyImpl.
verifyImpldoes not validatesignature.r,signature.s, orpublicKey. Document that callers must provide a non-neutral point in the prime-order subgroup and canonical scalars in[1, n-1]. Theeth_zkvm_secp256k1_verifycaller reducesrandsmodulo the curve order, so it does not enforce the scalar precondition.♻️ Proposed doc addition
): bool = ## Verify a given `signature` for a `message` using the given `publicKey`. + ## + ## Preconditions, which this proc does NOT check: + ## - `publicKey` is on the curve, in the prime-order subgroup, and not the + ## neutral element. + ## - `signature.r` and `signature.s` are canonical scalars in `[1, n-1]`. # 1. Compute w = s⁻¹🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@constantine/ethereum_evm_precompiles.nim`:
- Around line 1512-1516: In eth_zkvm_secp256k1_verify, validate the unmarshaled
rSig and sSig scalars before constructing signature, rejecting zero or values
greater than or equal to the curve order n with cttEVM_MalformedSignature;
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In `@constantine/signatures/ecdsa.nim`:
- Line 258: Document the public verifyImpl preconditions: callers must supply a
non-neutral publicKey in the prime-order subgroup and canonical signature.r and
signature.s scalars in the inclusive range [1, n-1]. Note that
eth_zkvm_secp256k1_verify reduces r and s modulo the curve order and therefore
does not enforce these preconditions.
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42-45: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftShip a mode-matched header with the RV64 library.
make_lib_riscv64_freestandingbuilds with-d:CTT_KZG_VERIFICATION_ONLY, whilemake_headersdoes not record this mode. Without the define,constantine.hexposes PeerDAS declarations such asctt_eth_kzg_compute_cells, but the verification-only library does not export them. A consumer can therefore compile successfully and fail at link time. Generate and ship a per-library config header, or provide a mode-specific include directory. Do not use one shared config header for both full and verification-only archives.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@include/constantine.h`:
- Around line 42-45: Update the header-generation and RV64 freestanding
packaging flow around constantine.h and make_lib_riscv64_freestanding so the
verification-only archive ships and uses a mode-matched config header or include
directory with CTT_KZG_VERIFICATION_ONLY defined. Keep the full archive’s
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…recompile fix: BN254 pairing precompile bypass
Summary
Add a freestanding RV64IM build of Constantine for bare-metal zkVM guests, a
compile-time–embedded Ethereum KZG trusted setup (removing the only filesystem /
stdio dependency and with it the picolibc link), single-hart runtime substitutes, and
two new secp256k1 raw-primitive exports needed to serve the
zkvm-standards C accelerator ABI.
secp256k1 raw-primitive exports (new)
The zkvm-standards C accelerator interface
exposes secp256k1 as raw cryptographic primitives, not as the EVM precompile
forms — the accelerator contract deliberately diverges from the EVM:
Both take a pre-hashed 32-byte digest (no hash function runs), and both operate
on raw public-key coordinates. As the standard notes for ecrecover: "The function as
defined on the Ethereum layer returns an address. We return a public key and the user
will need to call Keccak manually." Constantine's existing
eth_evm_ecrecoverdoesthe EVM-precompile thing instead — it keccaks the recovered key and returns the
truncated 20-byte address, and it reads
vas a 32-byte big-endian value in{0,1,27,28}. Neither matches the accelerator ABI. This PR adds a distincteth_zkvmfamily (noteth_evm, since these are accelerator primitives, notprecompiles):
constantine/signatures/ecdsa.nim— export the previously privateverifyImpl(verification math over a scalar message hash,
w = s⁻¹; R = (z·w)·G + (r·w)·Q).constantine/ethereum_ecdsa_signatures.nim— addverifyFromDigest, an FFIwrapper over a
Fr[Secp256k1]message scalar (ctt_eth_ecdsa_verifyFromDigest).constantine/ethereum_evm_precompiles.nim— two byte-level entries:eth_zkvm_secp256k1_verify(ctt_eth_zkvm_secp256k1_verify): 160-byteinput
digest ‖ x ‖ y ‖ r ‖ s(big-endian) → 1-byte0/1output.Coordinates are hand-parsed (32-byte BE) because the existing
fromRawCoordshelper only supports the EIP-padded BLS12-381/BN254 fields; out-of-range
coordinates are rejected with
cttEVM_IntLargerThanModulusand the point atinfinity / off-curve points with
cttEVM_PointNotOnCurve(secp256k1 hascofactor 1, so on-curve implies the prime-order subgroup).
eth_zkvm_secp256k1_ecrecover(ctt_eth_zkvm_secp256k1_ecrecover):97-byte input
digest ‖ recid ‖ r ‖ s(recid a bare0/1byte, not the32-byte padded
v) → 64-byte outputx ‖ y, no Keccak. Rejectsnon-canonical signatures —
r/sequal to zero or ≥ the curve order, and aneutral-point (failed) recovery — with
cttEVM_MalformedSignature, restoringthe strictness a host-side ECDSA verifier enforces that the lenient
recoverPubkeyFromDigestalone does not.Freestanding RV64IM build
constantine.nimble—make_lib_riscv64_freestandingtask: cross-compiles abare-metal rv64im static archive via
--cpu:riscv64 --os:standalone. Rebuilds thearchive with
llvm-ar(Nim's hostar/ranlibclobbers a foreign-arch index) andremoves any prior archive first so stale members can't survive.
constantine/platforms/clang-rv64-standalone.sh— Clang driver shim supplying thetarget triple + freestanding flags.
constantine/platforms/standalone_stdio.c— minimal no-console stdio backing forthe Nim runtime's OOM path.
constantine/platforms/include/standalone/— declaration-only freestanding headers(
string.h,stdlib.h,alloca.h); implementations are provided by the embedder'sprover-system link contract (compiler_rt / allocator), not by Constantine.
Compile-time embedded KZG SRS (opt-in)
The guest has no filesystem, so the trusted setup cannot be
load_from_file.constantine/commitments_setups/ethereum_kzg_srs.nimnow embeds the EIP-4844reference setup at compile time (
staticRead) and parses it by fixed-width slicing(no stdio), exposed as
ctt_eth_kzg_context_new_embedded. This is gated behind-d:CTT_EMBEDDED_KZG: thestaticReadonly fires in a live branch, so buildsthat don't pass the define neither read nor embed the ~807KB SRS. Declared in the
public
include/constantine/protocols/ethereum_eip4844_kzg.h.Gating fileio/stdio out of the standalone build (the embedded path replaces it) is
what allows dropping the picolibc dependency entirely.
Single-hart runtime substitutes
constantine/csprngs/sysrand.nim— standalonesysrandreports failure and zeroesthe buffer (never hands out predictable bytes as if secure); returning
falsekeeps rejection-sampling loops (e.g. ECDSA nonce generation) from spinning forever.
constantine/threadpool/threadpool.nim—ctt_threadpool_newrejects anynum_threads != 1up front understandalone(a single-hart guest supports exactlyone thread) instead of entering the worker-spawn loop;
metricsoutput is gated offunder
standalone(no stdio).constantine/threadpool/primitives/barriers_standalone.nim—initassertsthreadCount == 1.constantine/threadpool/primitives/futexes_standalone.nim—wait()degenerates toan acquire fence (callers already wrap it in their own retry loop).
bindings/panicoverride.nim— standalone panic/rawoutput as{.compilerproc.}so apanic traps in place rather than calling a nonexistent OS
abort(); included bybindings/lib_constantine.nimunder--os:standalone.Build reproducibility
.gitattributes— pin the embedded.dattoeol=lf; the fixed-width slicingassumes single-byte LF terminators, so a CRLF checkout (Windows
core.autocrlf)would otherwise shift offsets and break
loadEmbedded.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Bug Fixes
Tests