perf(gc): mirror the write barrier's dirty-page cache in a TSD-tagged process global (ECS round 4) - #8949
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… by the writer's TSD base The write barrier's dirty-page compare reached its per-thread cell through the hot-TLS chain — a global slot-index load, the pthread key, `mrs`, the TSD slot, then the cell: four dependent loads on every barrier call, and after the leaf entry the profile put the barrier's single hottest instruction on that chain (2.3% of an ECS frame on `mrs` and what waits on it). The cell stays the authority; every path that writes or clears it also writes a (page, owner) pair of process globals, owner being the writing thread's TSD base. A reader identifies itself with one `mrs` and two loads that do not depend on each other: if the owner is the calling thread the page word is its own last write, so the compare is exactly the cell's; otherwise it falls back to the cell. A torn read can only answer "not cached" for a page the reader owns (heaps are per thread, so another thread's page is never this thread's slot page) — the conservative direction. Darwin/aarch64 only; other targets keep the cell. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe runtime adds a Darwin aarch64 TSD-base reader and a process-global dirty-page cache mirror. Cache probes use the mirror first, while writes and invalidation keep the mirror synchronized with the thread-local cache. ChangesDirty-page cache mirror
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The Darwin/aarch64 write-barrier fast path adds a process-global dirty-page mirror keyed by thread identity. If thread and page state are reused after teardown, stale state could make a later worker skip required GC dirty-page marking; the mirror also does not follow the existing TLS fallback control. This bounded GC-correctness risk should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant WriteBarrier
participant Mirror
participant DarwinTSD
participant ThreadLocalCell
WriteBarrier->>Mirror: probe(page)
Mirror->>DarwinTSD: read TSD base
DarwinTSD-->>Mirror: owner base
Mirror-->>WriteBarrier: cache result or miss
WriteBarrier->>ThreadLocalCell: fallback read on mirror miss
WriteBarrier->>Mirror: publish(page) after marking
WriteBarrier->>Mirror: clear() during invalidation
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/dirty_page_cache.rs`:
- Around line 118-121: Ensure the dirty-page mirror is invalidated during worker
teardown before Darwin TSD state can be reused, so
dirty_page_cache::mirror::probe cannot accept stale OWNER/PAGE data;
alternatively replace the reused darwin_tsd::base identity with a non-reused
thread-lifetime token. Add a Darwin/AArch64 regression covering TSD reuse and
run it with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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| pub(super) fn probe(page: usize) -> Option<bool> { | ||
| let me = crate::tls_hot::darwin_tsd::base(); | ||
| if OWNER.load(Ordering::Relaxed) == me { | ||
| Some(PAGE.load(Ordering::Relaxed) == page) |
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rg -n -C 5 'dirty_page_cache|darwin_tsd|pub\(super\) fn invalidate|fn invalidate' crates/perry-runtime/src/gc crates/perry-runtime/src/tls_hot.rs crates/perry-runtime/src/state.rsRepository: PerryTS/perry
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printf '%s\n' '--- Darwin TSD base and TLS storage lifetime ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- worker exit ordering ---'
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Invalidate the mirror at worker teardown.
mirror::probe treats a matching darwin_tsd::base() as proof that global PAGE belongs to the current thread. Worker teardown does not call dirty_page_cache::invalidate(). If Darwin reuses that TSD base and page address, a new worker can receive a stale hit after the dirty stamp is cleared, causing the barrier to skip old_page_mark_dirty and lose remembered-set tracking. Clear the mirror during teardown or use a non-reused thread-lifetime token. Add a Darwin/AArch64 regression and run it with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/dirty_page_cache.rs` around lines 118 - 121,
Ensure the dirty-page mirror is invalidated during worker teardown before Darwin
TSD state can be reused, so dirty_page_cache::mirror::probe cannot accept stale
OWNER/PAGE data; alternatively replace the reused darwin_tsd::base identity with
a non-reused thread-lifetime token. Add a Darwin/AArch64 regression covering TSD
reuse and run it with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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Merged — but one thing in the safety argument is worth correcting, because it is load-bearing. The comment on A then probing for page What actually makes it safe is that arenas are thread-local bump allocation ( That distinction matters because the two have different failure conditions: if arena pages ever become shareable or recyclable across live threads, the current comment would still read as correct while the mechanism silently became unsound. Worth restating the invariant as "a thread only ever probes pages in its own arena" and, if you want belt-and-braces, Not blocking: I could not construct a reachable case on the current threading model. Validation (batched with #8948, #8950, #8951) — codegen 1337/0, runtime 2773/0; under |
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Darwin/aarch64 arm: the barrier suite passes on the Mac (73/73, mirror path exercised). Paired measurement (idle Mac mini, 9 alternating pairs, |
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One GC mechanism from the ECS round-4 chain, cut from current main. Suites on the isolated perrymaster gate:
barrier(73, serial) + runtime (2751). The Darwin/aarch64 path is exercised on the Mac (barrier suite + process oracles) and measured on the mini; both results follow in comments.mrs TPIDRRO_EL0and the dependent loads behind it: the per-thread cell is reached through the hot-TLS chain (global slot-index load → pthread key →mrs→ TSD slot → cell), four dependent loads on every barrier call. The cell stays the authority; every path that writes or clears it also writes a(page, owner)pair of process globals,ownerbeing the writing thread's TSD base (tls_hot::darwin_tsd::base(), the same non-puremrsdiscipline asget). A reader identifies itself with onemrsand two loads that do not depend on each other: if the owner is the calling thread, the page word is its own last write, so the compare is exactly the cell's; otherwise it falls back to the cell. A torn read across the two words can only answer "not cached" for a page the reader owns (heaps are per thread, so another thread's page is never this thread's slot page) — the conservative direction, which just takes the full path. Darwin/aarch64 only; other targets keep the cell. Behaviour is pinned by the existing dirty-page and barrier tests (the remembered set built is unchanged).https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
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