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self-test-checkers is red on main, and has been for anyone who looks: four files declare raw thread_local! blocks that #7469's policy requires be crate::perry_thread_local! unless deliberately recorded as cold.

crates/perry-runtime/src/process/node_module/source_map.rs: 1 raw block(s), none allowed.
crates/perry-runtime/src/dyn_eval/interp.rs: gained raw blocks (1 recorded, 2 found).
crates/perry-runtime/src/module_require.rs: 1 raw block(s), none allowed.
crates/perry-runtime/src/node_vm.rs: 1 raw block(s), none allowed.

I hit it because it fails on my own unrelated PR (#8197); it is not caused by either.

Converted, not recorded cold — and why that is the right side of the choice

The checker offers two resolutions, and picking the wrong one records a false fact. All four are hot by the policy's own criterion:

  • source_map.rs and node_vm.rs hold GC roots: scan_roots and scan_vm_roots_mut walk them on every collection. node_vm.rs has 11 further .with() sites.
  • dyn_eval/interp.rs's top-level block is the AST-node → fn-id registry, and its own comment says it evaluates many times per request ("ajv validators run per request").
  • module_require.rs's PENDING_REQUIRE_PARENT is per-require() resolution state.

One block deliberately left raw

interp.rs has a second block at line 269 — a one-shot REGISTERED: Cell<bool> guard inside a function. That one is genuinely cold, and it is the one thread_local_cold_allowlist.json already records for that file. Converting it too would drop the file's raw count to 0 and make the recorded entry stale, which the checker also fails on ("a stale allowlist entry is an entry nobody has to justify any more"). So the count stays 1 and the entry stays justified.

Validation

  • scripts/check_thread_locals.py: FAILED → OK: 224 hot declarations, 130 raw blocks in 91 recorded cold files, capacity 768
  • cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib: 2514 passed
  • cargo fmt --check clean

Four one-line changes; no behaviour change — perry_thread_local! is documented as same syntax, same .with() at every call site.

No version bump.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Improved management of frequently accessed runtime-local state.
    • Reduced overhead for thread-local access across evaluation, module loading, VM state, and source-map handling.
  • Documentation

    • Added a changelog entry describing the runtime-local storage improvements.

Ralph Küpper added 2 commits August 16, 2026 11:39
`self-test-checkers` is red on main: four files declare raw
`thread_local!` blocks that #7469's policy requires be
`crate::perry_thread_local!` unless recorded as cold. All four are hot
by the policy's own criterion:

- node_module/source_map.rs and node_vm.rs hold GC roots that
  scan_roots / scan_vm_roots_mut walk on EVERY collection (node_vm has
  11 further .with() sites);
- dyn_eval/interp.rs's top-level block is the AST-node -> fn-id
  registry, whose own comment says it evaluates many times per request
  (ajv validators);
- module_require.rs's PENDING_REQUIRE_PARENT is per-require state.

Converted rather than recorded cold, which is what the checker's
message asks for and what the access pattern justifies. interp.rs's
SECOND block is left raw on purpose: it is a one-shot `REGISTERED`
flag, genuinely cold, and it is the one the allowlist already records
for that file — converting it too would make the recorded count stale.

Gate goes from FAILED to `OK: 224 hot declarations, 130 raw blocks in
91 recorded cold files`. perry-runtime --lib: 2514 passed.
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Four runtime thread_local! declarations now use crate::perry_thread_local!. Stored state and initialization remain unchanged. The changelog documents the conversions and the retained cold REGISTERED block.

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Runtime thread-local declarations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Migrate runtime TLS declarations
crates/perry-runtime/src/dyn_eval/interp.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/module_require.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/node_vm.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/process/node_module/source_map.rs, changelog.d/8199-hot-thread-locals.md
Four runtime thread-local declarations now use crate::perry_thread_local!. Their stored state and initialization remain unchanged. The changelog documents the conversions and the retained cold REGISTERED block.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e030e

This PR only changes four thread-local declarations to the project-supported macro, with no intended behavior change. It is mergeable with owner awareness to confirm serialized runtime-test execution and record the checker, test, and formatting results in the changelog.

Possibly related PRs

  • PerryTS/perry#7474: Both PRs optimize frequently accessed runtime thread-local state.
  • PerryTS/perry#7758: This PR continues the conversion to the perry_thread_local! macro introduced there.
  • PerryTS/perry#7824: Both PRs convert production thread_local! declarations to crate::perry_thread_local!.

Suggested labels: bug

Suggested reviewers: thehypnoo

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the four hot thread-local conversions and the self-test-checker issue they address.
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1-15: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add validation results to the changelog fragment.

Based on learnings: changelog.d/ fragments should include a long-form root-cause explanation, affected file paths, and validation notes. This fragment includes the first two items but does not record the thread-local checker, serialized runtime test, or cargo fmt --check result. Add the validation notes after confirming the test command used RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.

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+- `self-test-checkers`: passed
+- `RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib`: 2514 tests passed
+- `cargo fmt --check`: passed
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In `@changelog.d/8199-hot-thread-locals.md` around lines 1 - 15, Add validation
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existing explanation, recording the thread-local checker result, serialized
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  • crates/perry-runtime/src/node_vm.rs
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Verified locally by running the job's own four steps, rather than reading CI:

python3 scripts/tls_budget_check.py --self-test    → self-test: the checker rejects all 8 failure modes
bash   scripts/tls_budget_gate.sh  --self-test     → self-test: pre-attach liveness and sample-status checks reject both failure modes
python3 scripts/check_thread_locals.py --self-test → self-test: the checker can fail in all six directions
python3 scripts/check_thread_locals.py            → thread-local policy OK: 224 hot declarations,
                                                     130 raw blocks in 91 recorded cold files, capacity 768

That last line is the one that was FAILED on main before this change.

Also: cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib 2514 passed, cargo check -p perry -p perry-stdlib clean (the macro is a drop-in, so downstream compile is the thing worth confirming), cargo fmt --check clean.

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