perf(runtime): lean allocation on the pairwise string-concat hot paths - #9118
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe runtime adds optimized short byte copies, changes integer formatting, and improves string padding initialization. String concatenation and append paths now scope and root handles only around operations that can allocate or collect. ChangesString performance paths
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The fallback concatenation path can use invalidated heap-string data if allocation moves the source string, potentially producing corrupted strings or a runtime crash. The PR should not merge until the operands are rooted and reloaded across that allocation. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant js_string_concat_value
participant string_storage_alloc_no_collect
participant RuntimeHandleScope
participant js_jsvalue_to_string
participant concat_byte_parts
js_string_concat_value->>string_storage_alloc_no_collect: Try number allocation without collection
string_storage_alloc_no_collect-->>js_string_concat_value: Return allocation result
js_string_concat_value->>RuntimeHandleScope: Root prefix on fallback
RuntimeHandleScope-->>js_string_concat_value: Reload prefix after allocation
js_string_concat_value->>js_jsvalue_to_string: Convert slow user value
js_jsvalue_to_string-->>js_string_concat_value: Return converted string
js_string_concat_value->>concat_byte_parts: Assemble string parts
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/string/concat.rs`:
- Line 220: Update the mixed-string concatenation paths around concat_byte_parts
to keep each heap-string StringHeader rooted across any allocation, preventing
str_bytes_from_jsvalue’s raw payload pointer from becoming stale before copying.
Apply the fix at both affected operands while preserving existing concatenation
behavior, and verify the regression with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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| match (l_str, r_str) { | ||
| (Some(l), None) => { | ||
| if let Some(r) = itoa_operand(r_value, &mut num_buf) { | ||
| return concat_byte_parts(l, r); |
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Root the heap-string operand before the heap allocation.
Lines 220 and 225 pass a raw payload pointer from str_bytes_from_jsvalue to concat_byte_parts. For a heap string, concat_byte_parts can call string_storage_alloc, which can collect and evacuate that string before copy_bytes_small reads the pointer. A mixed concatenation that exceeds the SSO limit can then copy stale memory or crash.
Keep a rooted StringHeader handle alive across allocation, or use a no-collect allocation with a rooted collecting fallback. Run the regression with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
As per coding guidelines, perry-runtime's tests are not parallel-safe — run them RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/string/concat.rs` at line 220, Update the
mixed-string concatenation paths around concat_byte_parts to keep each
heap-string StringHeader rooted across any allocation, preventing
str_bytes_from_jsvalue’s raw payload pointer from becoming stale before copying.
Apply the fix at both affected operands while preserving existing concatenation
behavior, and verify the regression with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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Three costs the `sample` profile attributed on the "id-" + i loop, all
removed without touching semantics:
1. Rooting (~7%): js_string_concat_value created a RuntimeHandleScope and
rooted the prefix unconditionally. The number arm now allocates through
string_storage_alloc_no_collect first — its Some contract ('the open
nursery block served this, nothing moved') keeps every raw prefix read
valid with no root at all. The block-boundary None fallback takes the
original rooted path, and the user-toString slow arm still always roots
(PerryTS#6655 unchanged).
2. libc calls for digit-sized copies (~24%): the prefix/digit/parts copies
went through ptr::copy_nonoverlapping with runtime lengths, which LLVM
emits as _platform_memmove PLT calls — for 3-byte copies. New
copy_bytes_small does overlapping-window chunk copies below 16 bytes.
A plain byte loop does NOT work: LLVM's loop-idiom pass recognises it
and re-emits the very memcpy call being avoided (verified in sample).
3. bzero for the alignment pad (~4%): zero_alignment_padding_tail memset
at most 7 bytes through the PLT. A pad of ≤8 with payload ≥8 is now one
unaligned 8-byte zero store over the allocation tail (may reach into
the payload's last bytes, which are uninitialized until the caller
writes them).
Probe (same box, interleaved): lit+int 27.8→18.5 ns (−33%), concat-compare
−33%, var+var −16%, template-int −11%; String(smallint)/lit+lit/append
flat. 264-line number-formatting differential vs node byte-identical.
4. memmove inside fast_itoa_u32 (~15% after 1-3 landed): the helper wrote
digits at the buffer END then buf.copy_within(start..32, 0) — a
runtime-length overlapping copy = one libc memmove per conversion,
inlined into both concat entry points. Now sizes first (ilog10) and
writes digits in place; no copy at all. lit+int 18.1→15.8 ns on top of
the first three.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01F1dt1jfzK2cheMZyus6y6p
The append entry opened a RuntimeHandleScope and rooted BOTH operands before deciding which arm runs — but the in-place arm (refcount==1, fits capacity: the amortized accumulator hot path) never allocates, so the two root_string_ptr calls were ~37% of an s += "ab" loop in sample. The scope+roots now live in the growth arm only, next to the allocation they protect. The in-place suffix copy also goes through copy_bytes_small (2-byte appends were one _platform_memmove PLT call each). grow_concat probe 15.4 -> 9.0 ns/op (-42%), every other shape flat. Append differential vs node (unique growth, alias-preservation, empty-dest reuse, cross-append surrogate re-pairing PerryTS#6728): identical. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01F1dt1jfzK2cheMZyus6y6p
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gc_store_site_inventory flagged `*dst = *src` in the concat byte-copy helper. Classified POINTER_FREE: it copies UTF-8 payload bytes into freshly allocated string storage, so the slot cannot hold a heap edge.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/string/concat.rs`:
- Line 275: Update the collecting fallback in the string concatenation path
around string_storage_alloc_no_collect and string_storage_alloc so every
heap-string operand remains rooted across allocation and its byte pointer is
reloaded afterward; alternatively copy operand bytes into owned storage before
allocation. Ensure copy_bytes_small never reads pre-allocation
str_bytes_from_jsvalue views after a GC-capable allocation, while preserving the
existing no-collect path.
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| // fallback is the collecting allocator this path always used. | ||
| let (ptr, data_ptr) = match crate::string::string_storage_alloc_no_collect(total_blen) { | ||
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Root heap-string operands across the collecting fallback.
When string_storage_alloc_no_collect returns None, this call uses string_storage_alloc, which invokes arena_alloc_gc. The raw operand pointers were obtained before allocation, but copy_bytes_small reads them afterward. A moved heap string can therefore produce stale bytes or a runtime crash.
Root and reload each heap-string operand across this fallback, or copy the bytes into owned storage before allocation. The no-collect branch does not protect the None branch.
Based on learnings, str_bytes_from_jsvalue byte views are invalid across allocation or GC cycles for heap strings. As per coding guidelines, run the regression with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/string/concat.rs` at line 275, Update the collecting
fallback in the string concatenation path around string_storage_alloc_no_collect
and string_storage_alloc so every heap-string operand remains rooted across
allocation and its byte pointer is reloaded afterward; alternatively copy
operand bytes into owned storage before allocation. Ensure copy_bytes_small
never reads pre-allocation str_bytes_from_jsvalue views after a GC-capable
allocation, while preserving the existing no-collect path.
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Merged, with two commits added (rustfmt, and a GC store-audit marker — below). The rooting argument is the load-bearing claim here, so that's where I spent the effort. Removing the unconditional Exercised against the #7154 instruments — a churn workload (interleaved concat with object allocation, a 3000-iteration growth chain, freshly-allocated prefixes, a user- Three seeds, exit 0 and node-identical on all three, 76,269 objects moved each. The quarantine and the evacuation verifier both stayed silent, which is the result that makes the no-root claim credible rather than merely plausible — a stale raw prefix read would have faulted precisely there. Also 27 number→string coercion shapes byte-identical (carried over from #9114's probe: Performance, interleaved best-of-3, 3M iterations:
The append row now beats node by 6x. The three-operand pairwise row barely moves, which tracks — it isn't the shape the four costs were attributed on. The added marker. One thing I chased and cleared, so you don't. My first dev-profile full-suite run on this branch failed Validation: runtime 2819 passed under both profiles (dev-profile exit 0, 0 abort markers), perry --bins 1066, fmt clean, |
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Stacked on #9114 (first commit here is that PR; review the second commit).
What
Four costs a
sampleprofile attributed on the"id-" + iloop, removed from the pairwise concat hot paths without touching semantics:Rooting (~7% of the loop).
js_string_concat_valuecreated aRuntimeHandleScopeand rooted the prefix unconditionally at entry. The number arm now allocates throughstring_storage_alloc_no_collectfirst — itsSomecontract ("the open nursery block served this, nothing on the heap moved") keeps every raw prefix read valid with no root at all. The block-boundaryNonefallback takes the original rooted path, and the user-toStringslow arm still always roots (runtime: audit dynamic_arith operand rooting — raw NaN-boxed operands held across GC-capable to_numeric coercions (pre-existing, file-wide) #6655 unchanged).libc PLT calls for digit-sized copies (~24%). The prefix/digit/parts copies used
ptr::copy_nonoverlappingwith runtime lengths, which LLVM emits as_platform_memmovecalls — for 3-byte copies. Newcopy_bytes_smalldoes overlapping-window chunk copies below 16 bytes (u64/u32/u16 head+tail windows). A plain byte loop does NOT work here: LLVM's loop-idiom pass recognises it and re-emits the verymemcpycall being avoided — the intermediate build measured only −14% and itssamplestill showed_platform_memmoveunder the "inlined" loop.bzerofor the alignment pad (~4%).zero_alignment_padding_tailmemset at most 7 bytes through the PLT. A pad of ≤8 on a payload ≥8 is now one unaligned 8-byte zero store over the allocation tail (it may reach backward into the payload's last bytes, which are uninitialized until the caller writes them — same visible state).js_string_appendrooted both operands before choosing an arm (second commit) — but the in-place arm (refcount==1, fits capacity: the amortized accumulator path) never allocates; the tworoot_string_ptrcalls were ~37% of ans += "ab"loop. The scope+roots now live in the growth arm only, next to the allocation they protect, and the in-place suffix copy uses the same chunk-copy helper (2-byte appends were one memmove PLT call each). Append differential vs node (unique growth, alias preservation, empty-dest reuse, cross-append surrogate re-pairing runtime: pi TUI Enter (CR) keypress does not submit under perry — raw-stdin/Kitty keypress decode divergence (real pi interactive blocker) #6728): identical.memmove inside
fast_itoa_u32(~15% after 1–3 landed). The helper wrote digits at the buffer END and thenbuf.copy_within(start..32, 0)— a runtime-length overlapping copy, i.e. one libcmemmoveper conversion, inlined into both concat entry points (found by re-sampling the build with 1–3 applied). It now sizes first (ilog10) and writes digits in place; no copy at all.Also folded
js_string_concat_value_box's SSO-arm prefix/digit copies (runtime-lengthcopy_nonoverlapping→ same helper); those were the remaining memmoves in the 1-2-digit SSO iterations.Soundness note
While staring at raw-pointer-vs-alloc here I verified the existing design fact this leans on: an alloc-point nursery trigger in moving mode defers the copying minor to the next declared safepoint (
gc/policy.rs, phase 2/3 of the moving-GC project); a mid-expression collection is the conservative non-moving minor. A 2M-iteration young-operand concat churn underPERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1(and separately under seeded schedule fuzzing, 142k copying minors) runs clean on main and on this branch. Theno_collectarm doesn't rely on that global argument, only on its own local contract.Measurements
Mac mini (quiet host), 11 interleaved triples vs the #9114 branch, median ns/op (spread ≤0.2 on every row except lit+int's 2.8):
"id-" + (i & 255)a + b(two vars)`id-${i & 255}`String(i & 255)"id-" + "x"s += "ab"(grow)Cumulative vs main across the stack:
"id-" + i26.3→15.3 (−42%), template-int 54.6→19.5 (−64%),String(smallint)35.4→4.6 (beats node), compare 26.1→14.9 (−43%).Correctness
-D warnings0, codegen 1830/0, full runtime suite 2819 passed / 0 failed (native, single-threaded — no overlay needed now), lints clean, integration issue_8655 2/2 + issue_8690 3/3 + issue_8897 3/3.https://claude.ai/code/session_01F1dt1jfzK2cheMZyus6y6p
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