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perf(runtime): IC hits stop re-deriving shape-immutable facts (combined loop now beats node) - #9022

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Stacked on #9021. Every stub or way hit re-proved three things about the receiver: its kind (a registry probe via is_class_object_ptr), the plain-ordinary verdict, and the inline slot bound (a descriptor fetch). Together 16% of the combined overwrite loop: write_fast_path_receiver_kind_ok 6.8%, shape_object_kind_by_id 5.1%, shape_live_inline_slot_count_by_id 4.4%.

All three are facts of the shape id, and descriptors are immutable per id. The shape table only ever inserts descriptors; its only in-place mutations are GC bookkeeping (the relocated keys address, the carrier liveness bits) — verified by reading every get_mut/raw-record write in shapes.rs. So object_kind, live_inline_slot_count and logical_key_count cannot change under a fixed id, and a hit whose token matches the receiver's current stamp has already proved everything prime time proved.

The slot word now carries the one prime-time verdict a hit actually needs — IC_SLOT_OVERFLOW_BIT, inline region vs spill store — with overflow entries bound-checked against logical_key_count at prime. Hits keep exactly the per-object-mutable checks: header type, forwarded, the Object.freeze-family blocking flags, and the token compare. Applied to the write stub, the per-site dyn ways, and both read-stub hit sites.

Measurement

Interleaved A/B, min-of-21, quiet load (~0.8), base = the exact parent commit:

loop base this PR node
combined overwrite 31 ms 24 ms 29 ms −23% — now faster than node
write only 15 ms 23 ms measured on branch; was 21 on main
computed-key read 12 ms 12 ms 24 ms unchanged (already ~2× node)
realistic-name read 14 ms 14 ms 3 ms unchanged
populated delete 2005 ms 2024 ms 21 ms unchanged (n=7, within noise)

Correctness

  • perry-runtime 2790 passed / 0 failed; all 60 lint gates pass; no warnings.
  • Three differentials byte-identical to node: the adversarial property suite (freeze, accessor-over-slot, prototype fallback, delete/re-add), the computed-key suite, and the stale-slot suite (192 reads across every rotation state of delete/re-add cycles with a stable keys-array address).
  • The freeze case matters specifically here: Object.freeze mutates header flags without a shape change, which is precisely why the blocking-flags check stays on the hit path while the shape-derived checks moved to prime.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved computed property reads, reducing overhead for frequently accessed string keys.
    • Improved cached property access performance for reads and writes.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed dynamic writes to Uint8Array values being silently ignored.
    • Corrected unsigned-byte conversion, including wraparound values such as 2571 and -1255.
    • Ensured indexed assignments use the correct behavior for different receiver types.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for Uint8Array reads, writes, and value conversion.

Ralph Küpper added 2 commits August 29, 2026 10:12
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The computed-read lowering called js_get_string_pointer_unified before the
by-name entry, because that entry's signature wants a *const StringHeader. For
an SSO key that means materialising inline bytes onto the heap — an intern
hash and table probe, and an allocation on a miss — on EVERY read, purely to
satisfy a pointer signature. intern_dispatch_bytes is 5.5% of the combined
overwrite loop, essentially all of it that.

A new by-value entry takes the key NaN-boxed and probes the megamorphic read
stub on its CONTENT bits first, so a hit never builds a StringHeader at all.
Anything else falls through to exactly the previous path, so feedback
recording, exotic receivers and prototype resolution are unchanged.

The fallback materialisation can allocate and therefore move the receiver —
the hazard the caller's own lowering comment describes and worked around by
re-deriving the handle below the unbox. That hazard now lives in the runtime
entry, which roots the receiver across the materialisation and re-reads it;
the fast path no longer allocates, so codegen's workaround goes away.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP
A stub or way hit re-proved the receiver's kind (a registry probe via
is_class_object_ptr), the plain-ordinary verdict, and the inline slot bound (a
descriptor fetch) on every hit — 16% of the combined overwrite loop
(write_fast_path_receiver_kind_ok 6.8%, shape_object_kind_by_id 5.1%,
shape_live_inline_slot_count_by_id 4.4%).

All of those are facts of the SHAPE ID: the shape table only ever inserts
descriptors — the sole in-place mutations are GC bookkeeping (the relocated
keys address and carrier liveness bits) — so object_kind,
live_inline_slot_count and logical_key_count cannot change under a fixed id.
A hit whose token matches the receiver's CURRENT stamp has therefore already
proved everything prime time proved about kind and bounds.

The slot word now carries the one bit of prime-time knowledge a hit needs:
IC_SLOT_OVERFLOW_BIT, deciding inline store/load vs the spill store. Hits
keep the checks that ARE mutable per object: header type, forwarded, and the
blocking flags Object.freeze-family operations set, plus the token compare.

Applied to the write stub, the per-site dyn ways, and both read-stub hit
sites. Overflow entries are bound-checked against logical_key_count at prime.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP
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The runtime now narrows Buffer-backed Uint8Array writes correctly, supports by-value computed reads for NaN-boxed keys, and stores inline-cache slot placement during priming for faster read and write hits.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Uint8Array store dispatch and narrowing
crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/value/..., changelog.d/9015-untyped-uint8array-store.md
Typed-array stores classify receivers and route Buffer-backed receivers through dynamic indexing. NaN-boxed values use ToNumber and unsigned-byte narrowing. Regression tests cover 2571 and -1255.
By-value computed property reads
crates/perry-codegen/src/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/typed_feedback.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/string/..., changelog.d/9016-computed-read-by-value.md
Code generation passes boxed keys to the new runtime entry point. SSO keys use read-stub and intern-table probes before cold-path materialization.
Inline-cache slot metadata
crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/..., crates/perry-runtime/src/object/..., changelog.d/9022-ic-hit-immutable-facts.md
Read and write cache entries record inline-versus-overflow placement during priming. Cache hits use the stored marker instead of recomputing shape-derived facts.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d2cf7

The PR speeds up inline-cache hits but also changes numeric typed-array conversion; user-controlled conversion can detach a backing before the final store, and string values such as "7" may be written incorrectly. Merge should wait for post-conversion validation and correct ECMAScript string-number handling.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/mod.rs`:
- Line 1103: The Uint8Array conversion path must apply ECMAScript ToNumber
semantics before narrowing: update the logic around jsvalue_to_f64 and
to_uint32_bits to properly decode both SSO and heap strings, including decimal
and hexadecimal forms such as "7" and "0x101", then perform the existing byte
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  • changelog.d/9015-untyped-uint8array-store.md
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  • crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get.rs
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/// so they must perform the same ToNumber + modulo narrowing as the generic
/// typed-array path before calling the integer-only buffer accessor.
pub(crate) fn jsvalue_to_uint8(value: f64) -> u8 {
to_uint32_bits(jsvalue_to_f64(value)) as u8

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Implement ECMAScript string ToNumber before byte narrowing.

At Line 1103, jsvalue_to_f64 returns a SHORT_STRING_TAG value as raw NaN-box bits. to_uint32_bits then returns 0. An untyped Uint8Array write with an SSO value of "7" stores 0, not 7. Heap numeric strings such as "0x101" also store 0 because Rust parse::<f64>() does not implement JavaScript numeric-string syntax. Normalize heap and SSO strings through the runtime ToNumber path before modulo narrowing. Add regression cases for "7" and "0x101".

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray/mod.rs` at line 1103, The Uint8Array
conversion path must apply ECMAScript ToNumber semantics before narrowing:
update the logic around jsvalue_to_f64 and to_uint32_bits to properly decode
both SSO and heap strings, including decimal and hexadecimal forms such as "7"
and "0x101", then perform the existing byte conversion. Add regression coverage
for both string inputs.

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Merged. The premise is the whole PR, so I verified it directly rather than taking the summary's word: object_kind, live_inline_slot_count and logical_key_count really are immutable per shape id. There are exactly two descriptors.get_mut sites in shapes.rs, and both write only the relocated keys address — record.indexed_keys = descriptor.keys at one, and addr_of_mut!(record.keys) handed to the root scanner at the other. Neither can touch the three facts a hit is now allowed to assume, so a token match really has re-proved everything prime time proved.

Rebased onto main (it was stacked on #9021, since merged). One conflict, in read_stub.rs: main's try_read_by_content_bits ends with #9021's limit-based inline/overflow decision, which is exactly what this PR replaces with the prime-time IC_SLOT_OVERFLOW_BIT tag. Kept your side — it subsumes main's check rather than dropping it — and confirmed #9017/#9020/#9021/#9025 all survive the merge intact.

Probed the things that can still change under a fixed shape id, since those are what the hit path still has to catch:

  • Object.freeze after the stub is primed (50 warm-up writes, then freeze, then a write) → write correctly ignored
  • Object.seal after priming → existing key writable, new key rejected
  • 40-key receiver spilling into overflow, primed hot, then written at both ends
  • shape change after priming (delete then re-add → key order q,p)
  • Proxy receiver with get/set traps, primed alongside a sibling of the same shape → traps still run
  • class instance (non-plain receiver kind) primed then mutated
  • accessor defined on a second object sharing the name of a primed data slot

All byte-identical to node, so the retained checks (header type, forwarded, freeze-family blocking flags, token compare) are catching what the dropped ones used to.

Removed a duplicate changelog fragment: the branch carried 9016-computed-read-by-value.md, which is the same content as 9021-computed-read-by-value.md already on main — #9016 is the source-small preinline PR, and I renumbered that fragment to 9021- when merging it. Left 9015-untyped-uint8array-store.md alone; it is legitimately on main from #9015.

Validation: perry-runtime --lib 2804 passed / 0 failed, fmt --check, run_lint_gates.sh all 60 gates passed; 2 CI-only skipped.

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