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perf(runtime): the last four per-element key scans resolve via the shape index (read loop −10.5%) - #8971

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#8936 and #8950 replaced the js_array_get + js_string_key_matches walks on the [[Set]], delete and [[Get]]-fallback paths. Four copies survived, all of them in miss fallbacks — which is exactly where they are most expensive, because a miss is also when the caches above them are cold.

The one that showed up in a profile: js_object_get_field_by_name's FAST LANE. Its read-plan cache is epoch-guarded and flushed on every GC and on descriptor / prototype / delete mutations, and its miss path was a full walk of up to 4096 keys. On a 500-key receiver that put js_string_key_matches at 9.6% self time in a computed-key read loop — second only to the entry function itself.

The other three: the write fast path's read-plan miss fallback, the write tail, and the read tail. Two of them walked via js_array_get, which additionally probes each index for a per-index accessor.

All four now call keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr — shape hash index first, raw dense-slot scan as its own fallback and correctness backstop. The two tail sites keep their original js_string_key_matches test as the gate, so the resolver can only narrow the candidate slot, never widen what is accepted.

Measurement

Interleaved A/B pairs, min-of-15, quiet load (~2.0), 16-core Linux host. Node on the same host in brackets:

loop main this PR
read only 38 ms (node 25) 34 ms −10.5% min, −18.6% mean
combined overwrite 79 ms (node 29) 77 ms −2.5% min, −13.2% mean
write only 44 ms (node 23) 43 ms −2.3%

The read-only loop is where this lands, and the combined loop shows why: there the write primes the read plan, so the read never reaches the miss path. Measuring the read lane alone first (before the other three sites) gave read 45 → 35 min / 75 → 53 mean, with the write loop bit-for-bit unchanged — which is the attribution check that the effect is coming from where the profile said.

The three non-lane sites were then measured separately against the read-lane-only build, and are individually small: write 45 → 44 min, combined 80 → 76 min, read unchanged. They are included because they are the same transformation on the same code path family, not because they carry the headline number.

Correctness

  • perry-runtime: 2779 passed / 0 failed.
  • Computed-key differential vs node — delete/re-add key ordering, Map/Set keys, the 5→6 byte SSO boundary, non-ASCII, floats, negatives, 1e21, numeric-looking keys: byte-identical.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Improved JavaScript object property-key lookups with faster indexed resolution.
    • Reduced execution time for read-heavy and combined read/write workloads.
    • Preserved existing property access behavior and compatibility.
  • Testing

    • Verified computed-key results match Node.js output.
    • All 2,779 tests passed.

Ralph Küpper added 2 commits August 28, 2026 18:23
…a scan

The read-plan cache's MISS path in js_object_get_field_by_name's fast lane was
an open-coded keys_array_slot + js_string_key_matches walk — up to key_count
string compares, run in full every time the epoch-guarded plan was flushed (on
each GC, and on descriptor / prototype / delete mutations). On a 500-key
receiver that put js_string_key_matches at 9.6% self time in a computed-key
read loop, second only to the entry itself.

Route it through the same keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr helper that PerryTS#8936 and
PerryTS#8950 put on the write, delete and [[Get]]-fallback paths: shape hash index
first, raw dense-slot scan as its own fallback and correctness backstop.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP
…e index

Same transformation as the read lane in the parent commit, applied to the
write fast path's read-plan miss fallback, the write tail, and the read tail.
Two of them ran js_array_get per key, which additionally probes for a
per-index accessor. Both tail sites keep their original js_string_key_matches
test as the gate, so the resolver can only narrow the candidate slot, never
widen what is accepted.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP
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The runtime replaces four linear property-key scans with keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr. Fast-path misses continue to record read plans. Tail paths retain js_string_key_matches as the acceptance check. The changelog records benchmarks and differential-test results.

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Property key lookup optimization

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Fast-path read-plan miss resolution
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/get_field_by_name.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/fast_paths.rs
Read and write fast-path cache misses use keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr. Read-plan recording and existing field or overflow access behavior remain unchanged.
Tail lookup resolution and validation
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/get_field_by_name_tail.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/tail.rs, changelog.d/8971-key-scan-kills-read-lane.md
Read and write tail paths narrow lookup to an indexed candidate and retain js_string_key_matches. The changelog documents benchmark and differential-test results.

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The last four per-element key scans on the property paths now resolve through
the shape hash index.

#8936 and #8950 replaced the `js_array_get` + `js_string_key_matches` walks on

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`for_loops_over_fallibles` is a `-D warnings` error, so the `warnings` job
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One fix pushed: two of the four replacements became for i in <Option>.map(…), and for_loops_over_fallibles is a -D warnings error, so the warnings job was red on this branch. Converted both to if let Some(i) = …; neither body uses continue/break, so it is a pure substitution.

On the substitution itself — all four sites route through keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr and keep the original js_string_key_matches test as the gate, so the byte-compare semantics that decided the old linear walk still decide the outcome; the index only changes which slot gets tested.

Worth noting for the record that this makes keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr load-bearing on four more paths, including js_object_get_field_by_name's fast lane. Its early guard is the one I tightened while landing #8936, from an open-coded (key as usize) < 0x10000 to addr_class::is_above_handle_band. That is the stricter of the two (the band is 0x100000), and it is correct rather than merely tighter: per CLAUDE.md a value below 0x100000 is a handle, not a heap pointer, so no real StringHeader can fall in the range the tightening now rejects.

Validation — runtime 2779/0, codegen 1341/0, stdlib 124/0 (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1); under PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE=1 PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION=1 the failing count is 16, the pre-existing set; scripts/run_lint_gates.sh 57 of 58 with the compile tier green after the fix — the exception is the pre-existing \${{ }} artifact (#8929).

One limit: I did not run the crates/perry/tests integration tier for this one. It is runtime-internal rather than an IR change, and the debug-profile build that tier needs costs ~23 GB, which I did not have. The −10.5% is also not re-measured.

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