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perf(codegen): packed clones read a foreign counter inline (10_nested_loops 51 → 17 ms, Node parity) - #9161

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A packed loop's fast clone can now read its array at an enclosing loop's counter, not only at its own.

What was happening

The clone's element read is a raw slot load with no bounds check, licensed by the index being the loop's own induction variable — which the loop bound already proved in range. Any other index had no such proof, so the body matcher rejected arr[i] outright, and the whole inner loop fell to the typed-feedback tier: a registered guard call plus a boxed fallback per element, for both reads, on every iteration — even though the sibling read beside it would have been a raw load.

benchmarks/suite/10_nested_loops.ts is exactly this shape:

for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
  for (let j = 0; j < arr.length; j++)
    sum = sum + arr[i] + arr[j];   // arr[j] raw; arr[i] rejected the whole loop

The change

A foreign i32 counter takes the same raw load behind one inline icmp ult idx, len against the live ArrayHeader.length — the same word expr/index.rs's store guard reads — branching to the fact's existing side exit when it fails. That is the exit the hole arm already uses, so mid-body exit needed no new machinery, and the clone's bound did not need plumbing out of precomputed_i32_bound.

Read-only bodies only, deliberately. A side exit re-executes the iteration in the slow clone: harmless for a read, double-applying for a store. So the relaxation lives in expr_is_packed_f64_loop_safe and is not shared with the three store matchers sitting beside it, which keep the exact-counter rule.

Measurements

Idle Mac mini, self-timed (the benchmark's own printed elapsed), min of three:

benchmark before after node
10_nested_loops 51 ms 17 ms 16 ms
16_matrix_multiply 121 ms 100 ms 32 ms

10_nested_loops goes from 3.3× Node to parity; matrix_multiply improves as a side effect, since its inner reads are the same shape. No other benchmark in the 17-entry sweep moved — that sweep was re-run specifically to catch a regression from relaxing a codegen admission.

Correctness

Five-case differential against Node, chosen for the shapes where a side exit is observable: the plain nested accumulation, a labelled break out of the inner loop mid-iteration, an if guarding the accumulation, a mixed-layout array whose guard must fail into the slow clone, and an accumulator read by the outer loop between inner passes. All byte-identical.

perry-codegen: 30 suites pass, including a new IR pin (packed_clone_reads_a_foreign_counter_without_the_feedback_call). cargo fmt --check clean.

Stacked context: #9146 is a separate lane (byte-array reads) and does not touch this code.

https://claude.ai/code/session_012Ys25ni6VwDKE71o1NTYAT

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Improved optimization of nested numeric loops that read arrays using counters from enclosing loops.
    • Reduced unnecessary fallback processing, improving execution speed for eligible read-only array operations.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed packed numeric loop handling for array reads indexed by a different active loop counter.
    • Added bounds-safe behavior for these optimized reads, preserving correct results when indexes are out of range.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for nested loops using multiple array indexes.

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Packed-f64 loop clones now support eligible reads indexed by a counter from an enclosing loop. The lowering adds a live array-length check and side exit. Store paths remain unchanged. A nested-loop regression test verifies the inline foreign-read path.

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Packed clone foreign-counter reads

Layer / File(s) Summary
Foreign-counter read validation
crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/loops.rs
Read-only packed-f64 loop validation accepts a different unboxed, non-captured integer local with an i32 counter slot.
Guarded foreign-counter lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get/foreign_counter.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/index_get/guarded_array.rs
Foreign-counter helpers resolve eligible packed-loop facts. Index lowering loads the live array length, branches to the side exit for out-of-bounds indexes, and performs the packed raw-f64 load.
Regression coverage and changelog
crates/perry-codegen/tests/native_proof_regressions.rs, changelog.d/9161-packed-clone-foreign-counter-reads.md
The nested-loop regression test checks the packed_f64_loop.foreign.inbounds marker. The changelog records the read-only foreign-counter behavior.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c3f34

The optimization can replay an iteration after updating an enclosing loop counter, causing that update to be applied twice and potentially changing loop control and computed results. The PR is not merge-ready until this body shape is rejected or proven safe and covered by a regression, or the risk is explicitly accepted.

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  participant PackedLoopSafety
  participant IndexGetLowering
  participant ArrayHeader
  participant PackedLoopSideExit
  PackedLoopSafety->>IndexGetLowering: allow eligible foreign counter read
  IndexGetLowering->>ArrayHeader: load live array length
  ArrayHeader-->>IndexGetLowering: return length
  IndexGetLowering->>PackedLoopSideExit: branch when index is out of bounds
  IndexGetLowering->>IndexGetLowering: load packed raw-f64 slot
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…_loops 51 -> 17 ms, node parity)

The clone's raw slot load carries no bounds check because the index is the
loop's own counter, which the bound proved in range. Any other index was
rejected by the body matcher outright, so `sum = sum + arr[i] + arr[j]` in a
nested loop sent the WHOLE inner loop to the typed-feedback tier -- a registered
guard call plus a boxed fallback per element, for both reads, every iteration --
even though the sibling read beside it would have been a raw load.

A foreign i32 counter now takes that same raw load behind one inline
`icmp ult idx, len` against the live ArrayHeader.length, branching to the fact's
existing side exit on failure (the exit the hole arm already uses, so mid-body
exit needed no new machinery).

Read-only bodies only: a side exit re-executes the iteration in the slow clone,
harmless for a read and double-applying for a store, so the relaxation sits in
expr_is_packed_f64_loop_safe and is not shared with the store matchers beside it.

Mac mini, self-timed, min of 3: 10_nested_loops 51 -> 17 ms vs node 16 -- 3.3x
node to parity; 16_matrix_multiply 121 -> 100 ms as a side effect. Nothing else
in the 17-benchmark sweep moved. Five-case differential vs node (nested
accumulation, labelled break mid-iteration, guarded accumulation, mixed-layout
array that must fail into the slow clone, accumulator observed between inner
passes) byte-identical. 30 codegen suites pass, including a new IR pin.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012Ys25ni6VwDKE71o1NTYAT

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/loops.rs`:
- Around line 5307-5313: Update the clone-body validation around the
object/index checks in the loop matcher so a foreign i32 counter is accepted
only when it has no writes, including Expr::Update or Expr::LocalSet, anywhere
in the cloned body; otherwise reject this clone shape. Preserve existing
protections for arr_id and counter_id, and add a regression covering an inner
clone where i++ occurs before a read through arr[i] to verify the side exit does
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Comment on lines +5307 to +5313
*object_id == arr_id
&& *index_id != counter_id
&& *index_id != arr_id
&& ctx.integer_locals.contains(index_id)
&& ctx.i32_counter_slots.contains_key(index_id)
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Reject foreign counters that the clone body can update before the read.

Line 5308 accepts any other i32 counter. The safe-body matcher still accepts Expr::Update and Expr::LocalSet for that local because it only protects arr_id and this clone's counter_id.

For i++; sum = sum + arr[i] + arr[j] in an inner clone, i can reach arr.length before arr[i]. The bounds check then takes the side exit after i++. The slow clone re-executes the iteration and applies i++ again. This changes the counter, loop control, and result.

Require proof that the foreign counter has no writes in the cloned body, or reject this shape. Add a side-exit regression for this case.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/loops.rs` around lines 5307 - 5313, Update the
clone-body validation around the object/index checks in the loop matcher so a
foreign i32 counter is accepted only when it has no writes, including
Expr::Update or Expr::LocalSet, anywhere in the cloned body; otherwise reject
this clone shape. Preserve existing protections for arr_id and counter_id, and
add a regression covering an inner clone where i++ occurs before a read through
arr[i] to verify the side exit does not reapply the increment.

…et.rs

PerryTS#9161 pushed index_get.rs to 2041 lines, over the 2000-line cap. Moved
foreign_packed_loop_read plus the two packed-fact lookups it sits beside
into index_get/foreign_counter.rs, re-exporting packed_f64_loop_index_parts
so expr/mod.rs's existing import still resolves.

This also reattaches a doc comment the PR had orphaned: the new function
had been inserted between packed_f64_loop_fact_for_index's doc comment and
the function itself.
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Merged, with one commit from me for the file-size cap — details below.

Reading a foreign counter inside a packed clone means the clone now depends on a value it doesn't own, so I probed nested-loop shapes rather than the happy path. 18 shapes, byte-identical to node v26.5.1:

shape node
3 inner bound is the outer counter (for j < i) 220
4 inner start is the outer counter (for j = i) 572
7 outer counter mutated from inside the inner loop (i++) 65
8, 9, 10 inner break, labelled continue outer/break outer, and return from the nest 135, 307, 105
11 closures capturing both counters per iteration [[0,0],[0,1],[1,0],[1,1],[2,0],[2,1]]
6 three levels deep, all three counters read 1620
B63/B64/B65 inner-loop lengths straddling the 64 poll stride exact
12, 13 array pushed between outer iterations; an element turned into a string mid-nest [312,9], "62z567"

Case 7 is the one I'd single out — if the foreign counter were cached rather than read live, mutating i from the inner body would diverge, and it doesn't. Case 11 confirms per-iteration binding still holds for both.

The added commit. This pushed index_get.rs to 2041 lines, over the 2000 cap, so check_file_size.sh was red. index_get is already a module directory, so I moved foreign_packed_loop_read and the two packed-fact lookups it sits beside into index_get/foreign_counter.rs (1963 lines now), re-exporting packed_f64_loop_index_parts so expr/mod.rs's existing named import still resolves.

That split also reattached a doc comment this PR had orphaned: foreign_packed_loop_read was inserted between packed_f64_loop_fact_for_index's doc comment and the function itself, so those four lines of "Look up a packed-f64 loop fact for (arr, index-expr)…" were documenting the wrong thing. Worth a look when inserting into a dense file — the compiler won't tell you.

I also renamed changelog.d/packed-clone-foreign-counter-reads.md9161-packed-clone-foreign-counter-reads.md to match the PR-keyed convention (the filename is PR-keyed so in-flight fragments never collide).

Validation after the split: codegen 1356 passed, native_proof_regressions 285, perry --bins 1066, runtime 2841, fmt clean, check_file_size.sh PASS, run_lint_gates.sh all 60 gates passed; --diff-filter=D empty. I did not independently reproduce the 51 → 17 ms figure.

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Gate on the Linux box, commit 2809cebfb — clean, with one thing worth flagging honestly.

Lint: formatting PASS, CI-plan self-test PASS, gap-snapshot self-test PASS, parity-allowlist PASS, no ratchet ceilings raised. The 3 FAIL steps are the usual environmental ones (unexpanded ${{ github.* }} outside Actions; a changelog fragment is present).

An earlier revision of this branch failed a fourth, real step — File size limit exceeded (2000 lines), because the new arms pushed expr/index_get.rs to 2041. Fixed by moving the packed-clone fact lookups (packed_f64_loop_fact_for_index, load_packed_loop_index_i32, and the new foreign_packed_loop_read) into index_get/guarded_array.rs, which already owns the clone's load they serve — 1989 lines now. Re-verified behaviour-neutral after the move: 30 codegen suites, the five-case differential byte-identical, 10_nested_loops still 17 ms.

On the runtime suite: two gate runs each reported 2818 passed; 2 failed — but with a different second test each time (box::release_tests::completed_activation_residue_is_bounded_not_linear, then symbol::get::own_data_ic_tests::composed_symbol_field_cache_reloads_mutated_final_slot), alongside gc::roots::stack_maps::decode_tests::…discovers_a_map_from_a_later_loaded_shared_object in both.

That is pre-existing parallel flakiness, not this change, and I checked rather than asserted it:

  • both tests pass single-threaded on this branch and on origin/main;
  • running the runtime suite three times in parallel on unmodified origin/main reproduced it — run 3 failed on the same discovers_a_map_from_a_later_loaded_shared_object;
  • this diff touches only perry-codegen (stmt/loops.rs, expr/index_get.rs, expr/index_get/guarded_array.rs, and the test file) — no runtime code at all;
  • the box was under load 12–15 during the failing runs.

Worth a separate issue if it is not already tracked: discovers_a_map_from_a_later_loaded_shared_object loads a shared object and is the consistent offender under contention.

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