perf(runtime): resolve the param guard's per-object facts once per object (#8202) - #8242
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…ject `js_param_type_guard` re-derived three per-object facts for every descriptor field it looked up, and re-derived all of them again for every arm of a union — which tries its arms against the SAME value. None of that decided anything. - The accessor probe ran per field. `get_accessor_descriptor` per field per call costs a UTF-8 validation plus a key hash before its own #6759 prefilter can say no; `owner_may_have_descriptor_entries` answers "does this object own ANY accessor" from one meta word, and it is false for every ordinary object. Equivalent, not merely conservative: summary false implies `accessor_key_bits == 0`, so the per-key bit test could only have been false too, and a non-meta-capable owner still reports true and keeps the per-field probe. - The `keys_array` header was re-validated per field, so a two-field object paid for `try_read_gc_header` plus the whole length/capacity/ size arithmetic twice. `object_keys` resolves it once per object. - A union re-ran `plain_object` per arm, including the ShapeId probe that #8125 calls the object model's hottest lookup. A one-entry cache keyed on the NaN-box bits serves the retries; validation runs no JavaScript and allocates nothing, so nothing between two arms can move or mutate the object. Also hoists `table_end` into `Descriptor`, which `node` recomputed from `node_count` on every node visit. Measured on the 19-program corpus (instructions retired, best-of-5, interleaved, stdout/stderr byte-exact, peak RSS unchanged on every row): interp -1.51%, iso_miss -1.24%, all 17 other rows within 0.2%. This is a partial fix for #8202: a SKIPVAL arm prices the whole validator at -13.36% / -11.04%, so the residual reproduces, but its two headline mechanisms do not exist. The "768-byte GuardState init" is never paid (LLVM already elides the zero-init; the function opens `sub sp, sp, #0x470` plus a single `str xzr, [sp]`), and `Descriptor::parse` ablates to -0.26%. The remaining ~11pp is the interpretive walk itself, spread thin with no dominant term. Refs #8202, #8201, #8169.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe parameter type guard now caches descriptor boundaries, validated objects, key-array metadata, and accessor summaries. Field and union-arm validation reuses this data. Tests cover union-arm retries and accessor-shadowed fields. ChangesParameter guard optimization
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/param_type_guard.rs`:
- Around line 720-733: Update num_node_object and the analogous liar setup to
create and retain a RuntimeHandleScope across all allocating string operations.
Root the object as a NaN-boxed JSValue, reload that rooted value after string
allocation, and use the reloaded value for field writes and object-pointer
conversion instead of relying on the raw pointer local.
- Around line 110-125: Update the caches associated with validated_object and
ObjectKeys::Present so their raw heap pointers are registered as GC roots and
are reloaded or rebuilt after relocation. Do not rely on the current
no-allocation validation path to keep these pointers valid; ensure cache use
cannot retain stale ObjectHeader or keys_array pointers across collection.
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| /// The last object `plain_object` validated, keyed on the NaN-box bits it | ||
| /// came from (#8202). A union tries its arms against the SAME value, so | ||
| /// every arm past the first re-ran the whole validation — including the | ||
| /// shape-table probe, which is the object model's hottest lookup. Nothing | ||
| /// between two arms can invalidate it: validation runs no JavaScript and | ||
| /// allocates nothing, so no collection can move or mutate the object. | ||
| validated_object: Option<(u64, ValidObject)>, | ||
| } | ||
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| /// A `plain_object` result: the header, its address, and the live inline-slot | ||
| /// bound its ShapeId descriptor publishes. | ||
| #[derive(Clone, Copy)] | ||
| struct ValidObject { | ||
| object: *const ObjectHeader, | ||
| address: usize, | ||
| live_slots: usize, |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Register and relocate the new raw-pointer caches.
validated_object stores *const ObjectHeader. ObjectKeys::Present stores an interior pointer into keys_array. The GC cannot discover either pointer.
Register the cache roots in this commit. Reload or rebuild the cached pointers after relocation. Do not rely on the current no-allocation path as the cache safety mechanism.
As per coding guidelines: “A runtime-side cache of a raw heap pointer is a GC root, and the static checker cannot see it.” Based on learnings, raw Rust pointers are not GC roots or reliable pins across allocation.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/param_type_guard.rs` around lines 110 - 125, Update
the caches associated with validated_object and ObjectKeys::Present so their raw
heap pointers are registered as GC roots and are reloaded or rebuilt after
relocation. Do not rely on the current no-allocation validation path to keep
these pointers valid; ensure cache use cannot retain stale ObjectHeader or
keys_array pointers across collection.
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| fn num_node_object(num: f64) -> (*mut ObjectHeader, JSValue) { | ||
| let object = crate::object::js_object_alloc(0, 0); | ||
| let kind_key = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(b"kind".as_ptr(), 4); | ||
| let kind = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(b"num".as_ptr(), 3); | ||
| crate::object::js_object_set_field_by_name( | ||
| object, | ||
| kind_key, | ||
| crate::value::js_nanbox_string(kind as i64), | ||
| ); | ||
| let num_key = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(b"num".as_ptr(), 3); | ||
| crate::object::js_object_set_field_by_name(object, num_key, num); | ||
| let value = JSValue::from_bits(crate::value::js_nanbox_pointer(object as i64).to_bits()); | ||
| (object, value) | ||
| } |
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Root objects before creating JS strings.
num_node_object retains object after js_string_from_bytes calls. The liar setup has the same pattern. A collection during string allocation can relocate the object before the later field writes or NaN-box conversion.
Keep a RuntimeHandleScope alive across these allocations. Root the NaN-boxed object value and reload it before converting it back to an object pointer.
Based on learnings, raw Rust pointer locals are neither GC roots nor reliable pins across allocating operations.
Also applies to: 764-779
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/param_type_guard.rs` around lines 720 - 733, Update
num_node_object and the analogous liar setup to create and retain a
RuntimeHandleScope across all allocating string operations. Root the object as a
NaN-boxed JSValue, reload that rooted value after string allocation, and use the
reloaded value for field writes and object-pointer conversion instead of relying
on the raw pointer local.
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Partial fix for #8202. Runtime-only;
crates/perry-runtime/src/param_type_guard.rsis the only file touched.Read the last section before merging — #8202's premise is partly wrong, and I'd leave the issue open.
What this changes
Three per-object facts that
js_param_type_guardwas re-deriving per descriptor field, plus one per-union-arm repeat. None of them decided anything.1. The accessor probe ran per field. Reading an accessor would run user code, so a field shadowed by one must take the generic fallback. But the check was
get_accessor_descriptor(address, name)per field per guarded call, and even its own #6759 per-key prefilter costs astr::from_utf8plus a key hash before it can say no.owner_may_have_descriptor_entries(address, true)answers "does this object own ANY accessor" from a single meta word, and it isfalsefor every ordinary object.Exactly equivalent, not merely conservative:
false⟹accessor_key_bits == 0⟹bits & descriptor_key_bit(key) == 0for every key, which is what the per-field prefilter computes;metanull ⟹ both arefalse;true, and the per-field probe still runs.2. The
keys_arrayheader was re-validated per field.try_read_gc_header, the obj_type / forwarded test, and the length / capacity /required > sizearithmetic all ran again for each field looked up — a two-field object paid twice.object_keysresolves it once and the per-field lookup takes the resolved slice.Absent/Invalid/Presentreproduce the oldMissing/Invalid/ found outcomes exactly, andfield_count == 0never resolves keys at all, preserving the old "no field is ever queried" behaviour.3. A union re-validated the same object once per arm. Arms are tried against the SAME value, so every arm past the first re-ran
plain_objectin full — including the ShapeId probe, which #8125 calls the object model's hottest lookup. A one-entry cache keyed on the NaN-box bits serves the retries. Safe because nothing between two arms can invalidate it: validation runs no JavaScript, follows no prototypes, invokes no accessors and allocates nothing, so no collection can move or mutate the object mid-traversal. Same bits ⟹ same NaN-boxed pointer ⟹ same object.Plus
table_endhoisted intoDescriptor, whichnoderecomputed fromnode_counton every node visit.Measured
19-program corpus, instructions retired, best-of-5, interleaved arms, stdout and stderr byte-exact against
expected/on every row and every arm. Both arms share oneperrybinary and one object cache; only the linkedlibperry_runtime.a/libperry_stdlib.apair differs.Peak RSS measured separately, best-of-3: unchanged on every row (largest move 0.70% on
fib40, a single 16 KiB page).Why the issue should stay open
I measured the ceiling before and after, and the framing in #8202 does not survive it.
A SKIPVAL arm — descriptor validation replaced by
true, routing otherwise unchanged, all outputs byte-exact — prices the whole validator at07c8040bf:So the residual reproduces (#8202 quotes −11.3pp / −9.4pp). But two of its three named mechanisms are not real:
GuardStateinit" is never paid. Disassembling the base runtime,js_param_type_guardopenssub sp, sp, #0x470followed by a singlestr xzr, [sp]. LLVM already elides the[(0, 0); 64]zero-init. I built theMaybeUninitversion first and it measured −0.06% / −0.00% — a no-op, because there was nothing to remove. This claim also appears in perf(codegen): decide scalar parameter descriptors with the typed-abi leaf guards #8201's merged description and in aparam_guard.rsdoc comment ("~450 instructions per call — descriptor parse plus a 768-byteGuardStateinit"), so it is worth correcting there too.Descriptor::parseablates to −0.26% / −0.19%, so a parse-once descriptor cache (candidate 2) is chasing a quarter of a point — and on Darwin, where TLS access is a call, a keyed cache would plausibly cost more than the parse.Ablating the individual probes gives the decomposition (each dial best-of-3, outputs byte-exact):
The named fixed costs sum to under 2 of 13.4 points. The remaining ~11pp is the interpretive walk itself — union-arm iteration, key-string comparison, per-field dispatch — spread thin with no dominant term.
sampleconfirms the shape: hot leaves include_platform_memcmp, i.e. the per-field key compares.Two further notes for whoever picks up the rest:
peek(p: Parser)is cold, despite being named in the issue.interpparses three ~28-token programs 40 times, so the whole per-token walk runs ~200k times against a 13.8B-instruction program. The hot guard isasNum'sValueunion.asNum's descriptor is 123 nodes (peek's is 6). Any fix that caps work by descriptor node count needs to clear 123, not 64 — I lost a build to exactly that.So the ~11pp needs the issue's third candidate (caller-side static proofs, so a proven
evalNode -> asNum(l)bypasses the wrapper) or #8169's wrapper round-trip. A cheaper validator does not get there, and I'd retitle #8202 accordingly rather than close it on this PR.Refs #8202, #8201, #8169.
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