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Summary

  • make nested stable-packed loop proofs path-sensitive: semantic calls dirty the active proof, while call-free paths reuse the admitted live receiver
  • revalidate a dirty receiver exactly at its next indexed read and side-exit through one generic read without replaying earlier effects in the iteration
  • cache repeated reads of the same guarded receiver[counter] value (the four arch[j] reads in Wolf ECS), invalidating the cache at every semantic call
  • preserve normal JavaScript behavior for getters, proxies, mutation, exceptions, captured bindings, and moving-GC relocation

Why

After #8837, noctjs/wolf-ecs/simple_iter still called js_packed_arraylike_loop_revalidate_live before every nested arch[j] read. The unchanged upstream kernel reads the same entity index four times per iteration, even though the successful proof remains valid on call-free paths.

This change keeps the proof and the first exact value locally. It does not retain a raw receiver or boxed pointer across a semantic call: the call emission choke points set a dirty bit first, and the next access reloads the rooted receiver and revalidates it. A failed revalidation performs the current source read through the generic path and rejoins, so prior getters/effects are never replayed.

Performance

Pinned Mac mini, unchanged noctjs/wolf-ecs/simple_iter, interleaved precompiled binaries, taskpolicy -t 0 -l 0, semantic projection checked on every process:

cohort control candidate improvement wins oracles
strict 11-pair complete mechanism 0.082878 ms/op 0.075566 ms/op 8.82% 11/11 30/30
quick 5-pair final first-read refinement 0.087091 ms/op 0.071131 ms/op 18.33% median 4/5 16/16

The final quick cohort was host-contended (two late spikes; high CV), so it is development evidence only. A fresh strict run was attempted but never admitted because the host could not sustain the documented 65% idle gate; no rejected samples are presented as strict evidence.

For context, the retained exact Node median is 0.004942 ms/op. This PR therefore removes a measured local cost but does not close the remaining gap. Native sampling attributes 704/730 samples to the generated system kernels; the next dominant target is repeated erased TypedArray kind/data/length dispatch on every component-column load/store.

Validation

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo check --release -p perry-codegen --all-targets
  • cargo test --release -p perry-codegen --lib active_stable_packed_proofs_are_dirtied_only_by_executed_non_intrinsic_calls -- --nocapture
  • cargo test --release -p perry --test issue_8773_closure_capture_packed_loops -- --nocapture (4/4; includes normal and forced-moving-GC executions)
  • cargo test --release -p perry --test issue_8774_argument_shape_clones --test issue_8775_imported_object_specialization -- --nocapture (4/4)
  • cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static
  • ./scripts/check_file_size.sh
  • git diff --check

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Improved performance for repeated indexed reads in nested packed-array loops.
    • Reuses safe cached reads when loop values remain unchanged.
    • Maintains correct behavior after calls, mutations, proxies, getters, exceptions, and garbage collection.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Added reliable fallback handling when cached or optimized reads become invalid.
    • Preserved accurate results for nested packed-array access across clean and modified execution paths.
  • Tests

    • Expanded regression coverage for cache reuse, invalidation, revalidation, and fallback behavior.

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Stable packed loop lowering now tracks receiver validity across calls, revalidates dirty receivers, and caches repeated indexed reads when analysis permits. Regression tests verify clean, dirtied, cached, and generic fallback paths.

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Stable packed loop revalidation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Revalidation slots and call invalidation
crates/perry-codegen/src/block.rs
RegCounter tracks nested revalidation slots. Eligible direct and indirect calls dirty active proofs, while intrinsics, shadow-stack operations, and write barriers preserve them.
Cache state and candidate analysis
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/stable_packed_loop.rs
Stable packed loop facts now store dirty state, live receivers, and repeated-read cache state. Candidate analysis rejects unsafe aliasing and mutation patterns.
Nested revalidation and repeated-read lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/stable_packed_loop.rs, crates/perry/tests/issue_8773_closure_capture_packed_loops.rs, changelog.d/8839-guarded-ecs-entity-index-cache.md
Lowering allocates cache and revalidation slots, handles cache hits and misses, performs exact generic fallback reads, and verifies generated IR and diagnostics for clean, dirty, and cached paths.

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The optimization may return a stale indexed value when a nested conditional statement writes through an alias that the cache analysis does not inspect, potentially producing incorrect application behavior; merge should wait for this correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant StablePackedLoop
  participant LlBlock
  participant StablePackedReadCache
  participant RuntimeCall
  StablePackedLoop->>LlBlock: lower nested indexed read
  LlBlock->>StablePackedReadCache: check counter and validity
  StablePackedReadCache-->>StablePackedLoop: return cached value or miss
  StablePackedLoop->>RuntimeCall: revalidate receiver or perform fallback read
  RuntimeCall-->>StablePackedLoop: return validated receiver or indexed value
  LlBlock->>StablePackedReadCache: dirty cache after eligible call
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crates/perry-codegen/src/block.rs (1)

320-331: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the proof-preserving callee set an explicit allowlist.

The guard uses three name prefixes. Any future runtime symbol that starts with js_shadow_ or js_write_barrier silently inherits proof-preserving status, and a mistake here produces a stale receiver address instead of a compile error. The soundness argument in the doc comment applies to the specific families that exist today, not to the prefix.

Prefer an explicit symbol set, or keep the prefix and add a test that pins the current membership.

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     fn dirty_stable_packed_revalidations_before_call(&mut self, direct_callee: Option<&str>) {
-        if direct_callee.is_some_and(|callee| {
-            callee.starts_with("llvm.")
-                || callee.starts_with("js_shadow_")
-                || callee.starts_with("js_write_barrier")
-        }) {
+        if direct_callee.is_some_and(callee_preserves_stable_packed_proof) {
             return;
         }

Then define the predicate next to a const PROOF_PRESERVING_CALLEES: &[&str] list, keeping only llvm. as a prefix rule.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/block.rs` around lines 320 - 331, Update
dirty_stable_packed_revalidations_before_call so only the explicitly supported
js_shadow_ and js_write_barrier runtime symbols are treated as proof-preserving,
while retaining llvm. as the prefix rule. Define the allowlist through a nearby
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/stable_packed_loop.rs`:
- Around line 246-257: Update body_blocks_repeated_read_cache to inspect nested
statement bodies, including Stmt::If and other compound statements, so aliasing
stores such as call-free IndexSet operations invalidate repeated-read caching;
for any statement kind that cannot be safely traversed, return true and fail
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/block.rs`:
- Around line 320-331: Update dirty_stable_packed_revalidations_before_call so
only the explicitly supported js_shadow_ and js_write_barrier runtime symbols
are treated as proof-preserving, while retaining llvm. as the prefix rule.
Define the allowlist through a nearby PROOF_PRESERVING_CALLEES constant and
predicate, and use it in the existing guard.
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Comment on lines +246 to +257
/// Whether any admitted body statement can directly invalidate the cache.
fn body_blocks_repeated_read_cache(ctx: &FnCtx<'_>, body: &[Stmt]) -> bool {
body.iter().any(|stmt| match stmt {
Stmt::Let {
init: Some(expr), ..
}
| Stmt::Expr(expr)
| Stmt::Throw(expr)
| Stmt::Return(Some(expr)) => expr_blocks_repeated_read_cache(ctx, expr),
_ => false,
})
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Traverse nested statements before enabling repeated-read caching.

body_blocks_repeated_read_cache skips stores inside Stmt::If and other nested statements. A call-free IndexSet that aliases the cached receiver can therefore leave the cache clean, so a later read may return a stale value. Recurse through nested statement bodies or fail closed for untraversed kinds.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/stable_packed_loop.rs` around lines 246 - 257,
Update body_blocks_repeated_read_cache to inspect nested statement bodies,
including Stmt::If and other compound statements, so aliasing stores such as
call-free IndexSet operations invalidate repeated-read caching; for any
statement kind that cannot be safely traversed, return true and fail closed.

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proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 26, 2026
* docs: design Node-API host

* perf: reuse guarded ECS entity indices

* fix(runtime): reject oversized generic slice results

* perf: specialize guarded ECS typed columns

* chore: batch-landing fixes (per-arm GC store markers, index_set packed-loop split)

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Kuepper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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Landed on main via the #8847 batch.

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