fix(hir,codegen): x ?? null with an unknown left no longer costs the local its GC root - #9135
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In `@crates/perry-hir/src/monomorph/infer.rs`:
- Around line 114-116: Update the coalescing branch in monomorph inference
around infer_expr_type so nullable union operands are combined with the right
operand via analysis::coalesce_type instead of returning the left union
unchanged. Preserve the existing Type::Null/Type::Void handling and return None
when either required inferred type is unavailable.
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Handle nullable-union operands in monomorph inference.
When infer_expr_type resolves a call as Type::Union([Type::Number, Type::Null]), this branch returns that union for call() ?? "x" and skips the right operand. A generic call using this expression can therefore be specialized without Type::String. Apply analysis::coalesce_type here and preserve None when required inference is unavailable.
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In `@crates/perry-hir/src/monomorph/infer.rs` around lines 114 - 116, Update the
coalescing branch in monomorph inference around infer_expr_type so nullable
union operands are combined with the right operand via analysis::coalesce_type
instead of returning the left union unchanged. Preserve the existing
Type::Null/Type::Void handling and return None when either required inferred
type is unavailable.
…e local its GC root `const masks = opts?.masks ?? null` in a Three.js world builder read from-space on the first copying minor: SIGBUS under PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1, silent garbage otherwise. Two defects, one rule. 1. Both copies of the `??` type rule — `analysis/value_types.rs` (`infer_logical_type`) and `lower_types.rs` (`infer_type_from_expr`) — answered the RIGHT operand's type whenever the left was unknown. Optional chaining lowers its left to an `Any`-typed conditional, so the binding was declared `Null`. `unknown ?? null` is unknown, not `null`. 2. `collectors/pointer_locals.rs` distrusts declared types (#7846) and proves pointer-ness from the initializer, but `expr_value_type` had no `Logical` arm, so the `??` fell to the generic `infer_expr_type` fallback, got `Null`, and the local lost its shadow slot: a plain `alloca double` across the loop poll, never retyped to `ptr addrspace(1)`, nothing for `root_reload` to reload. An explicit `number[] | null` annotation changed nothing; a plain ternary was rooted, because the `Conditional` arm fails closed. Fix both halves: a shared `coalesce_type` (unknown left stays unknown, nullish left takes the right, a nullable union gains the right's members), the same rule in `monomorph/infer.rs`, and an explicit `Logical` arm in the collector that requires both operands to classify. Pinned by unit tests on the exact HIR the trace printed, a lowering test, and a registered `test_gap_gc_*` witness (`?? null` over an array and over a closure, live across loop polls). Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01XAYMwhwY3emqxEFT88gQUn
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Merged. Validated as part of a merge train — cherry-picked with three other PRs onto one branch and checked together in a single build rather than separately, to work through a backlog. Combined validation on the final rebased tree: hir 365 passed, codegen 1354, runtime 2824 (exit 0, 0 abort markers), perry --bins 1066, Given the subject — a local losing its GC root through Two process notes, both mine rather than yours:
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A Three.js world builder (
Accum.add) compiled with Perry read from-space on its first copying minor: SIGBUS underPERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1, wrong vertex colours / an aborted weapon build otherwise. The quarantine named a 40-byte array retired by minor #0, holder outside the arena — a stack slot. Disassembly put the stale use onmasks[0]inRoot cause — two defects, one rule
1. The
??type rule answered the RIGHT operand for an unknown left. Both copies —crates/perry-hir/src/analysis/value_types.rs(infer_logical_type) and its AST twin incrates/perry-hir/src/lower_types.rs(infer_type_from_expr,NullishCoalescing) — didif left is Any { infer(right) }. Optional chaining lowersopts?.masksto anAny-typed conditional, soopts?.masks ?? nullwas declaredNull(--trace hir:Let { name: "masks", ty: Null, … }).unknown ?? nullis unknown, notnull.2. The pointer-locals collector took that inference as proof.
crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/pointer_locals.rsdeliberately ignores declared types (#7846) and proves pointer-ness from the initializer throughexpr_value_type— which had noLogicalarm, so the??fell to the genericinfer_expr_typefallback, gotNull, and the local was proven non-pointer: no shadow slot, soprecise_roots.rsnever retyped it toptr addrspace(1)androot_reload.rshad nothing to reload.%r4 = alloca doubleheld the NaN-boxed array address acrossjs_gc_loop_safepoint;arr.guard.derefdereferenced from-space.Controls (same binary flags,
PERRY_GC_SCAVENGE_NURSERY_MB=1 PERRY_GC_INCREMENTAL=0 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE_DEPTH=800):Lettypeadd/add$pshapeopts?.masks ?? nullNullalloca double, no bindconst masks: number[] | null = opts?.masks ?? nullUnion([Array(Number), Null])alloca double, no bindopts === null ? null : opts.masksAnyalloca ptr addrspace(1)The annotation is honoured in HIR but cannot help rooting (by design); the ternary passes because the collector's
Conditionalarm fails closed when a branch is unclassifiable. That isolates the??path.Fix
analysis/value_types.rs: one sharedcoalesce_type—Any/Unknownleft stays unknown;Null/Voidleft takes the right type; a union with a nullish member gains the right's members (unknown right →Any); anything else is never nullish so the right is unreachable.lower_types.rsnow calls it;monomorph/infer.rsgets the same rule (Noneleft staysNone).collectors/pointer_locals.rs: an explicitExpr::Logicalarm ahead of the fallback, with the same?discipline asConditional: both operands must classify;Coalescewith a nullish left yields the right; equal types collapse; otherwise a union. A root decision no longer rides on the inference at all — an unclassifiable operand keeps the slot. Proven scalars (1 ?? 2,0 || true) still pay no slot.Tests
pointer_locals.rs: the exact HIR the trace printed (parameter receiver,LettypedNullon purpose) keeps its slot; scalar??/||still pays none.value_types_tests.rs:unknown ?? nullisAny(bare local and the full optional-chain lowering); nullish left takes the right;coalesce_typeunion cases.lower/tests.rs:const masks = opts?.masks ?? nullis not typedNull/Void.test-files/test_gap_gc_coalesce_local_root.ts, registered intest-parity/gc_repsel_corpus.txt:?? nullover an array and over a closure, both live across loop polls, compared against Node.gc-rooting-invariant.mdgains this as way fetch().then() callbacks never fire in macOS native UI apps #6.Locally:
cargo test -p perry-hir(lib + integration) andcargo test -p perry-codegen --libgreen;cargo fmt --all --check, clippy,check_test_registration.py,check_gc_doc_claims.py,check_gc_env_knobs.py,local_binding_type_audit.pyclean.End-to-end, release build of this branch, the untyped reproducer, same flags that faulted on
35447e706e(PERRY_GC_SCAVENGE_NURSERY_MB=1 PERRY_GC_INCREMENTAL=0 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE_DEPTH=800): HIRLet masks ty: Any;%r4 = alloca ptr addrspace(1)inadd,add$pshapeandadd$ptr_arrays; exit 0,900000 0.35 0.25 0.1 0.35, 3 copying minors (10,868 objects moved in the first). Before the fix the same run died with SIGBUS on minor #0.Not in this PR
scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py --unrooted-allocasreported 0 on the failing IR: the stored value's provenance is a property read (js_object_get_field_by_name_f64,js_object_get_field_ic_miss, an inline-cache slot load throughinttoptr), which its heap-source vocabulary (ALLOC_RE,HEAP_SOURCE_CALLS,REWRITTEN_LOAD_RE) does not include. Adding a property-read source class would have caught this; it will also change corpus counts, so it is left for a follow-up.https://claude.ai/code/session_01XAYMwhwY3emqxEFT88gQUn
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