Prepare release for Wasmi v2.0.0-beta.9 (#2012)

* add changelog for Wasmi v2.0.0-beta.9

* bump Wasmi crate versions

Author: Robbepop

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@ Additionally we have an `Internal` section for changes that are of interest to d
 
 Dates in this file are formattes as `YYYY-MM-DD`.
 
+## `2.0.0-beta.9` - 2026-07-29
+
+### Internal
+
+- Add `inline` annotations to prevent spilling in some execution handlers.
+  - PRs: [#2008] [#2009]
+- Simplify fetching memory bytes in the executor. [#2010]
+  - This improves codegen for some `load` and `store` execution handlers.
+- Make the `Inst` type wrap usize on platforms with enough GPRs. [#2011]
+  - This improves performance on platforms such as `aarch64` (a.k.a Apple Silicon).
+
+[#2008]: https://github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/pull/2008
+[#2009]: https://github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/pull/2009
+[#2010]: https://github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/pull/2010
+[#2011]: https://github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/pull/2011
+
 ## `2.0.0-beta.8` - 2026-07-27
 
 ### Added
@@ -27,8 +43,6 @@ Dates in this file are formattes as `YYYY-MM-DD`.
 
 - Fix potential memory invadliation bug when tail calling host functions. [#1999]
 
-### Changed
-
 ### Internal
 
 - Added benchmark to test `call_indirect` performance. [#1993]

Cargo.lock

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Robin Freyler <robin.freyler@gmail.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi"
-version = "2.0.0-beta.8"
+version = "2.0.0-beta.9"
 rust-version = "1.86"
 edition = "2024"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ exclude = ["tests"]
 [workspace.dependencies]
 
 # Wasmi crates
-wasmi = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/wasmi", default-features = false }
-wasmi_wasi = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/wasi", default-features = false }
-wasmi_core = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/core", default-features = false }
-wasmi_ir = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/ir", default-features = false }
-wasmi_collections = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/collections", default-features = false }
-wasmi_wast = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/wast", default-features = false }
-wasmi_c_api_impl = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/c_api", default-features = false }
-wasmi_c_api_macros = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/c_api/macro" }
-wasmi_fuzz = { version = "2.0.0-beta.8", path = "crates/fuzz" }
+wasmi = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/wasmi", default-features = false }
+wasmi_wasi = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/wasi", default-features = false }
+wasmi_core = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/core", default-features = false }
+wasmi_ir = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/ir", default-features = false }
+wasmi_collections = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/collections", default-features = false }
+wasmi_wast = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/wast", default-features = false }
+wasmi_c_api_impl = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/c_api", default-features = false }
+wasmi_c_api_macros = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/c_api/macro" }
+wasmi_fuzz = { version = "2.0.0-beta.9", path = "crates/fuzz" }
 
 # wasm-tools dependencies
 wat = { version = "1.228.0", default-features = false }