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perf(runtime,codegen): one-call birth for fresh capturing closures (−15%) - #9136

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A fresh (identity-carrying) capturing closure was born as js_closure_alloc plus one js_closure_set_capture_bits runtime call per capture — and each setter re-resolved the GC header, re-checked forwarding, re-dispatched on the object kind for layout_note_slot, and paid the write barrier's page-table classification again. After #9128 made every user closure literal a fresh object, that per-capture chain is ~24% of a capturing-closure birth on main, js_closure_alloc itself ~34%.

This adds one runtime entry, js_closure_alloc_init(func_ptr, capture_count, captures_ptr): no-collect-first nursery allocation (its Some contract keeps the raw capture bits valid, no trigger check), header + bulk slot copy, one newborn layout classification (layout_init_from_slots: forget-once, then pointer-free / unknown / side-mask — no per-slot notes, no interleaved table removes), and a barrier pass that classifies the parent once for all slots (runtime_write_barrier_newborn_slots; when barriers are off it reduces to the incremental-mark shade check per value). The block-boundary fallback takes the original alloc + per-slot setter path unchanged.

Codegen emits it for fresh closures whose captures are all plain bits (bulk_fresh_init); box-cell captures keep the per-slot setter path (their set_closure_box_capture bookkeeping has no bulk twin), and the reserved this / new.target slots are pre-filled with the pointer-free sentinel and patched post-create exactly as before. Singleton (compiler-synthesized async-step) closures are untouched.

Measurements

Mac mini (quiet host), 5 interleaved rounds, median ns/op (node on the same box):

shape main (#9128) this PR Δ node
bare capturing closure (x) => x + k, escaping 28.5 21.0 −26.3% 4.2
literal with a captured arrow field { a, b, f: (x) => x + k } 31.4 22.2 −29.3% 5.9
captureless arrow field (no captures → not this path) 19.0 19.0 0 4.2
plain escaping literal 5.8 5.7 −1.7% 2.1

Two commits: the one-call birth (28.5 → 24.3) and then four cuts inside it found by a Linux perf annotate — barrier skipped entirely on pointer-free births, register-resident mask for ≤64 slots, layout_forget_object only when the per-object tables can hold an entry, counted store loop for ≤8 slots instead of a memcpy PLT call (24.3 → 21.0). The birth loop on the Linux host runs at IPC 4.97, i.e. throughput-bound, so instruction count is the cost. Dev-box loop with 100k retained closures (attribution only): 118.8 → 78.3 → 62 ns/op; the per-capture setter chain is gone and what remains is the single birth call (allocation, copy, one layout classification, one barrier pass), the moving minors the retention forces, and the call side (js_number_coerce on the captured operand — a separate family). The remaining gap to node is the birth call's own cost; that is an instruction-level round on the Linux host, not a structural change.

Correctness

  • New closure-birth differential vs node — plain captures, boxed (mutated-after-capture) captures, this-capturing arrows in classes, new.target inside an arrow, async closures capturing locals, closure identity across evaluations, arrays of closures from a loop, nested three-level captures, a 10-capture closure, a 100k-iteration churn: byte-identical.
  • perf(codegen): shape-cache path for object literals with captures_this methods #9122's method-literal set, the 300k-birth churn set, and the function-expression this set: byte-identical. (The captureless method-shorthand FuncRef singleton identity line differs from node exactly as on main — a HIR decision this branch doesn't touch.)
  • Gates: full battery (runtime suite included) running on this branch — results in a comment.

Binary size

Per site: the capture buffer fill (alloca + one store per capture) replaces N setter calls; fixture (four closure loops, arm64 size -m): __text 10,948,052 → 10,950,932 = +2,880 B (+0.026%) across both commits. The cc-bundle size(1) pair is queued on perrymaster behind the #9124/#9130 measurement.

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  • Performance Improvements
    • Improved closure creation efficiency by initializing captured values in bulk when possible.
    • Optimized garbage-collection metadata and write-barrier handling during closure initialization.
    • Added efficient handling for small closure allocations and pointer-free captures.
    • Preserved existing behavior through fallback allocation for unsupported or unusually large closures.
    • Improved garbage-collection tracking during active Set and Map iteration.

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Bulk Closure Initialization

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Runtime layout and barrier support
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/barrier_store.rs, scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json
Bulk-initialized slots receive layout classification and batch newborn-slot barriers. Pointer-free births skip the barrier. GC root-holder metadata now describes Set and Map forEach stack holders.
Closure allocation entry point
crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/alloc.rs
The runtime adds js_closure_alloc_init, which bulk-copies captures when nursery storage is available and falls back to individual setters otherwise.
Compiler closure lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/closure.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/runtime_decls/strings.rs
Eligible fresh closures build capture buffers and call js_closure_alloc_init. Other closure paths retain per-capture initialization.

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Fresh capturing-closure allocation can use a fallback path that reads capture values after garbage collection has moved them, potentially leaving invalid object references and causing runtime memory corruption. This PR is not merge-ready until that fallback is corrected.

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  participant ClosureLowering
  participant js_closure_alloc_init
  participant ClosureAllocator
  participant GCLayoutAndBarrier
  ClosureLowering->>js_closure_alloc_init: pass function pointer and capture buffer
  js_closure_alloc_init->>ClosureAllocator: allocate and initialize closure
  ClosureAllocator->>GCLayoutAndBarrier: classify slots and apply newborn barriers
  GCLayoutAndBarrier-->>ClosureAllocator: return layout and barrier result
  ClosureAllocator-->>ClosureLowering: return closure handle
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/alloc.rs`:
- Around line 319-321: Update the closure allocation flow around
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on allocation failure, return the no-collect failure to codegen and use the
existing fallback to rematerialize captures from GC roots, or root and relocate
every capture before allocation. Ensure every capture passed to
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Comment on lines +319 to +321
let closure = js_closure_alloc(func_ptr, capture_count);
for i in 0..actual_count {
js_closure_set_capture_bits(closure, i as u32, unsafe { *captures_ptr.add(i) });

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not reread raw capture bits after the collecting fallback.

js_closure_alloc can move captured heap values. The subsequent loop reads the pre-GC captures_ptr buffer and can store stale addresses in the new closure.

Return a no-collect allocation failure to codegen, then re-materialize captures from GC roots on the existing fallback path. Alternatively, root and relocate every capture before any collecting allocation. As per coding guidelines, “A GC-managed value's root store must dominate every subsequent site that can collect.”

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/alloc.rs` around lines 319 - 321, Update the
closure allocation flow around js_closure_alloc so it never rereads captures_ptr
after a collecting allocation; on allocation failure, return the no-collect
failure to codegen and use the existing fallback to rematerialize captures from
GC roots, or root and relocate every capture before allocation. Ensure every
capture passed to js_closure_set_capture_bits is current and rooted across any
operation that can collect.

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Full battery on this branch: -D warnings 0, codegen 1832/0, full runtime suite 2822/0, lints clean (census, addr-class audit, file-size, raw-handle debt none raised), integration issue_8655 2/2 / issue_8690 3/3 / issue_8897 3/3. (The integration phase is a rerun — the first pass hit ENOSPC on a shared box and printed no result.)

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Second commit pushed — four cuts inside the birth entry, all found by a Linux perf annotate of the loop (18.5 ns/op at IPC 4.97, i.e. throughput-bound, so instruction count is the cost):

  • barrier skipped entirely on pointer-free birthslayout_init_from_slots now returns whether any slot is pointer-bearing; a closure capturing only numbers paid a call plus a page-table classification per slot for a barrier whose own child check rejects every one of them (write_barrier_slot_decoded was 9.3% of the loop on a number capture)
  • ≤64 slots classify into a register-resident u64 instead of a LayoutSlotMask, with the mask-min-slots threshold read once rather than through a per-birth OnceLock call
  • layout_forget_object only when the per-object tables can hold an entry (4.5%)
  • ≤8 slots copy through a counted store loop; the runtime-length copy compiled to a memcpy PLT call (2.6% for one slot)

Mini medians: bare capturing closure 24.3 → 21.0 ns (−13.6%), captured-arrow-field literal 27.8 → 22.2 (−20.1%); captureless and plain literals unchanged. Cumulative against main: 28.5 → 21.0 and 31.4 → 22.2. Closure-birth differential vs node still byte-identical; fixture .text +2,880 B (+0.026%) across both commits. Full battery rerunning.

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Full battery on both commits: -D warnings 0, codegen 1832/0, full runtime suite 2822/0, lints clean (census, addr-class audit, file-size, raw-handle debt none raised), integration issue_8655 2/2 / issue_8690 3/3 / issue_8897 3/3. Ready for review.

Ralph Küpper added 3 commits August 30, 2026 10:24
A fresh (identity-carrying) capturing closure was born as js_closure_alloc
plus one js_closure_set_capture_bits runtime call per capture, and each
setter re-resolved the GC header, re-checked forwarding, re-dispatched on
the object kind for layout_note_slot and paid the write barrier's
page-table classification again. After PerryTS#9128 made every user closure
literal fresh, that per-capture chain was ~24% of a capturing-closure
birth and js_closure_alloc itself ~34% (sample, main@PerryTS#9128).

New runtime entry js_closure_alloc_init(func_ptr, capture_count,
captures_ptr): no-collect-first nursery allocation (its Some contract
keeps the raw capture bits valid; no trigger check), header + bulk slot
copy, ONE newborn layout classification (layout_init_from_slots:
forget-once, then pointer-free / unknown / side-mask — no per-slot notes,
no interleaved table removes), and a barrier pass that classifies the
parent once for all slots (runtime_write_barrier_newborn_slots; with
barriers off it is the incremental-mark shade check per value). The
block-boundary fallback takes the original alloc + per-slot setter path.

Codegen emits it for fresh closures whose captures are all plain bits
(bulk_fresh_init); box-cell captures keep the per-slot setter path (their
set_closure_box_capture bookkeeping has no bulk twin); the reserved this /
new.target slots are pre-filled with the pointer-free sentinel and patched
post-create exactly as before. Singleton (compiler-synthesized async-step)
closures are untouched.

Closure-birth differential vs node (plain and boxed captures, this-arrows,
new.target, async, identity, arrays of closures, nested and 10-capture
closures): byte-identical.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01F1dt1jfzK2cheMZyus6y6p
…losure births

Follow-up cuts on the same entry, from a Linux perf annotate of the birth
loop (18.5 ns/op, 478 instr/iter, IPC 4.97 — throughput-bound, so
instruction count is the cost):

- layout_init_from_slots now RETURNS whether any slot is pointer-bearing,
  and the birth skips runtime_write_barrier_newborn_slots entirely when
  nothing is. A closure capturing only numbers/booleans/SSO strings paid a
  call plus a page-table classification per slot for a barrier whose own
  child check would reject every one of them (write_barrier_slot_decoded
  was 9.3% of the loop on a NUMBER capture).
- The ≤64-slot case classifies into a register-resident u64 instead of a
  LayoutSlotMask, and reads the mask-min-slots threshold once instead of
  through a per-birth OnceLock call.
- layout_forget_object is called only when the per-object layout tables
  can actually hold an entry (per_object_layouts_maybe_nonempty), matching
  what the tables' own accessors check anyway (4.5% of the loop).
- Slot counts ≤8 copy through a counted store loop; the runtime-length
  copy_nonoverlapping compiled to a memcpy PLT call (2.6% for ONE slot).

Mini, medians: bare capturing closure 24.3 -> 21.0 ns (-13.6%),
captured-arrow-field literal 27.8 -> 22.2 (-20.1%); captureless and plain
literals unchanged. Cumulative against main: 28.5 -> 21.0 and 31.4 -> 22.2.
Closure-birth differential vs node unchanged (byte-identical).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01F1dt1jfzK2cheMZyus6y6p
…ity stacks

gc_store_site_inventory flagged PerryTS#9136's counted store loop; classified
BARRIERED to match the copy_nonoverlapping arm beside it, which is followed
by the same closure layout/barrier rebuild.

gc_runtime_root_holders flagged PerryTS#9095's SET_FOREACH_STACK / MAP_FOREACH_STACK;
classified not_a_gc_pointer — the entries are header addresses used only for
identity comparison, never dereferenced, and set_header_moved_for_gc /
map_header_moved_for_gc rewrite them when a header moves.
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proggeramlug force-pushed the perf/closure-alloc-lean branch from 6fdbf00 to 217feea Compare August 30, 2026 08:24
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Merged as part of a merge train — several PRs cherry-picked onto one branch and validated 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, run_lint_gates.sh all 60 gates passed, git diff origin/main --diff-filter=D empty.

I added one commit. gc_store_site_inventory flagged the new counted capture-store loop (std::ptr::write(slots.add(i), ...)). I classified it GC_STORE_AUDIT(BARRIERED) to match the copy_nonoverlapping arm directly beneath it — both are followed by the same closure layout/barrier rebuild, so they warrant the same class. Worth noting the gate only caught the counted loop and not the copy_nonoverlapping beside it because that one was already marked; if you add a third arm it will need its own.

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proggeramlug merged commit df8ad75 into PerryTS:main Aug 30, 2026
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