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perf(runtime): one shape-descriptor lookup per dynamic write IC hit, not two - #8975

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object_shape_id runs a full shape-table lookup — and copies the whole ShapeDescriptor out of the table — purely to prove the stamped id is live, then throws the descriptor away. dyn_ic_try_store called it for the token compare and then looked the same id up again for the slot bound; both write re-prime sites did the same while already holding a descriptor.

It now reads the stamp straight off the header. In dyn_ic_try_store the token compare runs first, so a wrong-shape receiver costs a load and a compare with no table work at all, and the one lookup that supplies the slot bound doubles as the liveness proof: a stamp with no live descriptor returns None exactly where object_shape_id's 0 made the token compare fail before.

Measurement — and what it does not show

shape_descriptor_by_id was the largest single item in a computed-key write profile (10.5% at the time it was found). The mechanism is verified directly: in that loop it falls 7.01% → 3.49% of self time, and object_shape_id (1.32%) leaves the profile entirely.

The wall clock is a smaller story, and I would rather state it than round it up. Interleaved A/B, min-of-21, quiet load (~1.15), built from the exact parent commit and this commit in one run:

loop base this PR
write only 42 ms 40 ms −4.8% min, −2% mean
combined overwrite 71 ms 72 ms unchanged
read only 31 ms 31 ms unchanged (write-only change)

So: a small, mechanically-confirmed reduction on the loop it targets, and neutral elsewhere. It is worth having because it is strictly less work for identical semantics, not because it moves a headline number.

An earlier comparison of mine suggested −7% to −12%; that was against binaries built before #8970 and #8971 merged, so it was crediting this change with their gains. The table above is against the correct parent.

Correctness

  • perry-runtime: 2779 passed / 0 failed.
  • scripts/run_lint_gates.sh: all gates pass (ci_cargo_test_shard.py needs --total-shards 8, which passes when supplied).
  • Computed-key differential vs node — delete/re-add ordering, Map/Set keys, the SSO boundary, non-ASCII, floats, negatives, 1e21: byte-identical.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP

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  • Performance Improvements
    • Improved dynamic property writes by reducing shape lookups during inline-cache hits.
    • Wrong-shape writes now avoid unnecessary table work.
    • Write-only workloads show a measurable performance improvement, while overwrite and read performance remain unchanged.
  • Reliability
    • Preserved computed-key output with byte-identical results.

shape_descriptor_by_id was 10.5% of self time in a computed-key write loop —
the single largest item — and half of it was a duplicate. object_shape_id runs
a full table lookup and copies the whole ShapeDescriptor out purely to prove
the stamped id is live, then discards it; dyn_ic_try_store's bound check then
looked the same id up again, and both write re-prime sites did the same after
already holding a descriptor.

Read the stamp off the header instead. In try_store the token compare now runs
first, so a wrong-shape receiver costs a load and a compare with no table work
at all, and the single lookup that supplies the slot bound doubles as the
liveness proof: a stamp with no live descriptor returns None exactly where
object_shape_id's 0 made the token compare fail before. At the two re-prime
sites the descriptor is already in hand, so the token comes from the header
word directly.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP
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The write inline-cache paths now read shape stamps from object headers. Dynamic hits compare the stamp before table work and use one descriptor lookup for slot bounds and liveness. Static and dynamic miss paths use the same stamp-based token construction.

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Write inline-cache shape lookup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Stamp-based write IC lookup
crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/put_value.rs, changelog.d/8975-single-shape-lookup-per-ic-hit.md
dyn_ic_try_store compares the header stamp before table work and uses shape_descriptor_by_id for the slot bound and liveness check. Static and dynamic write-PIC miss paths derive tokens with object_shape_stamp. The changelog records profiling and benchmark results.

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The localized runtime optimization is supported by passing tests, lint gates, and differential checks; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains, though the performance baseline discrepancy should be corrected or explained.

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// ONE descriptor lookup, not two. `object_shape_id` runs a full lookup —
// and copies the whole `ShapeDescriptor` out of the table — purely to
// prove the stamped id is live, then throws the descriptor away; the bound
// check below then looked the SAME id up again. `shape_descriptor_by_id`
// was 10.5% of self time in a computed-key write loop, the single largest
// item, and half of that was this duplicate.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use one verified profile baseline.

This comment says shape_descriptor_by_id was 10.5% of self time. The PR summary and changelog.d/8975-single-shape-lookup-per-ic-hit.md report 7.01% before the change and 3.49% after it for the same computed-key write loop. Change 10.5% or identify the separate benchmark that produced it.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/put_value.rs` around lines 718 - 723, Update
the performance figures in the comment near shape_descriptor_by_id to use one
verified benchmark baseline consistent with the PR summary and changelog, or
identify the separate benchmark that produced 10.5%; keep the optimization
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On the substitution — the thing that had to hold is that a stale stamp still cannot drive a store, since object_shape_id's table lookup was what proved liveness. It does: a stale stamp can now pass the token compare, but shape_descriptor_by_id(stamp)? then returns None and dyn_ic_try_store bails. The rejection just moves one step later than object_shape_id's zero did — same outcome, one lookup instead of two.

Both priming sites check out too: each has a shape descriptor for the receiver already in scope above (supplying live_inline_slot_count / logical_key_count), so "the descriptor above already proves this stamp is live" is literally true rather than an assumption. And even if a token were primed from a stale stamp, the consumer rejects it at the descriptor lookup — the two halves fail safe independently.

Validation — runtime 2779/0, codegen 1341/0 (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 (the exception is the pre-existing Actions-expression artifact, #8929).

I also ran the crates/perry integration tier this time rather than caveat it. One suite fails — blocklist_addsubnet_prefix::block_list_add_subnet_respects_numeric_prefix — and it is not yours: it fails identically on pristine main. Filing that separately.

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Correction to my note above, so it does not mislead anyone reading this later.

I said the blocklist_addsubnet_prefix failure "fails identically on pristine main", implying a main-side red. That was my build scope, not a defect — and I have not filed an issue.

The test needs libperry_ext_net.a, and I had built only -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static. Perry's own warning said so plainly and I skimmed past it:

warning: net needs libperry_ext_net.a, which is not on disk … build the wrapper in the SAME cargo invocation as the stdlib archive

With the coherent set — cargo build -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static -p perry-ext-net — it is 1 passed / 0 failed on pristine main.

My A/B was doubly unreliable: the second arm reused the first arm's .a after switching commits, so it reported the stale-archive error rather than a result. Two artifacts stacked into something that looked like a real pre-existing failure.

Nothing changes for this PR — runtime 2779/0, codegen 1341/0, gates 57 of 58, and the integration tier is clean once built correctly.

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