perf(object): kill the per-element key scan behind dynamic property access (−61%) - #8936
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds shared shape-index and dense-slot key lookup helpers. Delete and PutValue paths use these helpers instead of repeated array accessor scans. Probe memoization now uses packed pointer keys, and test and benchmark results are documented. ChangesDynamic key lookup
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR replaces repeated dynamic-property key scans with indexed lookup and guarded fallback scanning, improving overwrite performance while preserving delete behavior. It is mergeable with owner follow-up on the changelog fragment identifier mismatch and awareness of the bounded unsafe-pointer handling risk in the new lookup path. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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- Line 1: Rename the changelog fragment from the 8930-prefixed filename to
changelog.d/8936-dynamic-key-scan-kill.md, preserving its existing content and
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/mod.rs`:
- Around line 633-646: Update keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr to reject any pointer
classified by crate::value::addr_class::is_handle_band before dereferencing
(*key), while preserving the existing null and low-address checks. Add a
regression test covering js_object_delete_field with a reserved handle-band key,
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Rename the changelog fragment for PR #8936.
Rename this file to changelog.d/8936-dynamic-key-scan-kill.md. The current 8930 prefix does not match the PR number in the supplied objective.
Based on learnings, changelog fragments must use the <PR>-<slug>.md filename format.
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In `@changelog.d/8930-dynamic-key-scan-kill.md` at line 1, Rename the changelog
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| if key.is_null() || (key as usize) < 0x10000 { | ||
| return None; | ||
| } | ||
| // The callers this replaced tolerated a `key` that is not actually a | ||
| // valid string header: `js_string_key_matches` compares LENGTHS first, so | ||
| // a garbage `byte_len` was just a harmless mismatch. Building a slice from | ||
| // that length instead reads it — the first version of this helper panicked | ||
| // in an unrelated stream test with `range start index 2613749136200`. | ||
| // Keep the old tolerance: a length that cannot be a real key falls back to | ||
| // the length-guarded per-candidate compare below. | ||
| let len = (*key).byte_len as usize; | ||
| if len <= (*key).capacity as usize && len < (1 << 28) { | ||
| let data = (key as *const u8).add(std::mem::size_of::<crate::StringHeader>()); | ||
| return keys_find_slot_by_bytes(keys, key_count, std::slice::from_raw_parts(data, len)); |
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Reject every handle-band key before dereferencing it.
0x40000 is within HANDLE_BAND_MAX, so is_handle_band classifies it as a reserved handle. The current guard allows it to reach (*key).byte_len in keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr, which can fault. Use crate::value::addr_class::is_handle_band(key as usize) and add a regression test for js_object_delete_field. Run it with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/mod.rs` around lines 633 - 646, Update
keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr to reject any pointer classified by
crate::value::addr_class::is_handle_band before dereferencing (*key), while
preserving the existing null and low-address checks. Add a regression test
covering js_object_delete_field with a reserved handle-band key, and verify it
with RUST_TEST_THREADS=1.
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The merge agent parked PerryTS#8936 on three gate failures; all three were mine. 1. addr-class ratchet: the open-coded `< 0x10000` floor in keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr becomes the canonical `addr_class::is_above_handle_band`. Not just a lint fix — the hand-rolled floor was an order of magnitude below HANDLE_BAND_MAX (0x100000), so fetch/zlib handle-band ids would have been dereferenced as string headers. The ratchet exists precisely because this class of floor has caused SIGSEGVs before (see the delete path's own comment). 2. string-payload ratchet: the open-coded `header + size_of::<StringHeader>()` offset (added once by this PR, pre-existing once in key_content_hash_impl) goes through a new shared `string::string_header_payload` — one place that knows the header layout, which is a codegen ABI contract. 3. 2000-line cap: object/mod.rs was at 2072. The two lookup helpers move to a new `object/key_lookup.rs` (with their docs), re-exported so the put_value/delete_rest callers are untouched. 1987 lines after. Suite 2762 passed, 0 failed.
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The [[Set]]/[[Get]] fallback walks and the delete path each carried their
own copy of the same loop: for i in 0..key_count { js_array_get(keys, i)
+ string compare } — the full JS-facing array accessor per element, per
property operation. The pointer-keyed read plan in front never hits for a
computed key, since o["k"+i] allocates a fresh key string every
evaluation. Counted: 90.8M js_array_get_f64 calls for 1.5M property ops
(~60 per access). After: 15.1M, all in delete's compaction, not lookup.
Measured (same host, min of 9, load-stamped): overwrite 768 -> 303 ms
(-61%); node 12 ms. Delete-heavy 1497 vs 1433 baseline (within the
metric's ±10% noise).
One shared helper: shape hash index first (content-validated), raw
dense-slot scan as fallback and correctness backstop.
Consult-only, deliberately: a delete drops the index, and rebuilding it
per access DOUBLED delete-heavy time (1570 -> 3064 ms) with the call
counter flat — rebuilds, not scans. The write path maintains the index
incrementally; these sites only consult it.
Garbage-length tolerance, learned the hard way: the old loops compared
lengths first, so an invalid key header was a harmless mismatch. Building
a slice from that length panicked an unrelated stream test. The helper
sanity-checks byte_len <= capacity && < 2^28 before slicing.
Also: the PerryTS#8899 probe memo drops std SipHash (7.0% of samples on this
workload) for PtrHasher over a one-word key (addr | carrier_bit).
macOS suite 2762 passed, 0 failed (complete). Linux 2654 passed with the
node_stream error-path family excluded — it aborts identically on clean
main (stash-verified), pre-existing and platform-specific.
…, canonical handle-band predicate Three gates: object/mod.rs went 74 lines over the 2000 cap; the new `(key as usize) < 0x10000` was a bare handle-floor site the addr-class ratchet rejects; and open-coding the StringHeader payload offset a second time raised the payload-access ratchet. The two key helpers move together so the shared offset helper sits with them.
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…nd 4) (#8945) * perf(runtime): the strict element store gains a pointer-overwrite lane Both strict fast lanes decline a pointer value at their first test, so `column[index] = record` — once per command on an ECS archetype's component column — paid the whole tower to reach a one-slot write: the registry-probing head resolver, a second flag resolution, the descriptor guard, the string add-ref probe, a handle scope, the prototype note and the extend path's own descriptor checks. The new lane admits with the plain-number lane's receiver discipline and rejections, plus what a pointer overwrite specifically needs — the layout is not pointer-free and the old slot already holds a pointer, so no layout claim changes — and then performs store_array_slot_resolved, the exact layout note and write barrier the general path performs. Array.prototype keeps the general path. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby * changelog: fragment for #8945 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby * perf(object): kill the per-element key scan behind dynamic property access (−61%) (#8936) * perf(object): kill the per-element key scan behind dynamic property access The [[Set]]/[[Get]] fallback walks and the delete path each carried their own copy of the same loop: for i in 0..key_count { js_array_get(keys, i) + string compare } — the full JS-facing array accessor per element, per property operation. The pointer-keyed read plan in front never hits for a computed key, since o["k"+i] allocates a fresh key string every evaluation. Counted: 90.8M js_array_get_f64 calls for 1.5M property ops (~60 per access). After: 15.1M, all in delete's compaction, not lookup. Measured (same host, min of 9, load-stamped): overwrite 768 -> 303 ms (-61%); node 12 ms. Delete-heavy 1497 vs 1433 baseline (within the metric's ±10% noise). One shared helper: shape hash index first (content-validated), raw dense-slot scan as fallback and correctness backstop. Consult-only, deliberately: a delete drops the index, and rebuilding it per access DOUBLED delete-heavy time (1570 -> 3064 ms) with the call counter flat — rebuilds, not scans. The write path maintains the index incrementally; these sites only consult it. Garbage-length tolerance, learned the hard way: the old loops compared lengths first, so an invalid key header was a harmless mismatch. Building a slice from that length panicked an unrelated stream test. The helper sanity-checks byte_len <= capacity && < 2^28 before slicing. Also: the #8899 probe memo drops std SipHash (7.0% of samples on this workload) for PtrHasher over a one-word key (addr | carrier_bit). macOS suite 2762 passed, 0 failed (complete). Linux 2654 passed with the node_stream error-path family excluded — it aborts identically on clean main (stash-verified), pre-existing and platform-specific. * fix(object): split keys lookup to a sibling, share the payload offset, canonical handle-band predicate Three gates: object/mod.rs went 74 lines over the 2000 cap; the new `(key as usize) < 0x10000` was a bare handle-floor site the addr-class ratchet rejects; and open-coding the StringHeader payload offset a second time raised the payload-access ratchet. The two key helpers move together so the shared offset helper sits with them. --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph3@skelpo.com> Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com> * fix(array): drop the redundant unsafe block in the strict-store test `-D unused-unsafe` rejects it, so the `warnings` job was red on this branch. --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com> Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph3@skelpo.com> Co-authored-by: x <x@x>
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…write loop) (#8950) The twin of #8936: an isolated overwrite-loop profile still showed js_array_get_f64 at 23.5% self time, and the caller graph attributed it to accessors::own_data_field_by_name — the [[Get]] fallback's own copy of the per-element js_array_get + js_string_key_matches walk, run on every dynamic string-keyed read. Replaced with the shared keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr helper (shape index first, raw dense-slot fallback). SSO-aware byte resolution preserves #1781's short-key acceptance. Interleaved A/B at stable load: 660->496, 681->497, 680->497 ms (-27%). Node same host: 55 ms. Suite 2772 passed. Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph3@skelpo.com>
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…ape index (read loop −10.5%) (#8971) * perf(runtime): read fast lane resolves keys via the shape index, not a scan The read-plan cache's MISS path in js_object_get_field_by_name's fast lane was an open-coded keys_array_slot + js_string_key_matches walk — up to key_count string compares, run in full every time the epoch-guarded plan was flushed (on each GC, and on descriptor / prototype / delete mutations). On a 500-key receiver that put js_string_key_matches at 9.6% self time in a computed-key read loop, second only to the entry itself. Route it through the same keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr helper that #8936 and #8950 put on the write, delete and [[Get]]-fallback paths: shape hash index first, raw dense-slot scan as its own fallback and correctness backstop. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP * perf(runtime): the three remaining per-element key scans use the shape index Same transformation as the read lane in the parent commit, applied to the write fast path's read-plan miss fallback, the write tail, and the read tail. Two of them ran js_array_get per key, which additionally probes for a per-index accessor. Both tail sites keep their original js_string_key_matches test as the gate, so the resolver can only narrow the candidate slot, never widen what is accepted. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP * fix(object): if let, not a for loop over an Option `for_loops_over_fallibles` is a `-D warnings` error, so the `warnings` job was red. Neither body uses `continue`/`break`, so this is a pure substitution. --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com> Co-authored-by: x <x@x>
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Killed the per-element linear key scan behind dynamic string-keyed property
access: −61% on baseline dynamic property throughput (768 → 303 ms on the
bench_dynamic_property_keysoverwrite loop; node on the same host: 12 ms).The
[[Set]]/[[Get]]fallback walks and thedeletepath each carried theirown copy of the same loop:
for i in 0..key_count { js_array_get(keys, i) + string compare }— the full JS-facing array accessor (pointer cleaning,typed-array and buffer registry probes, descriptor gates) per element, per
property operation. The pointer-keyed read plan in front never hits for a
computed key, because
o["k" + i]allocates a fresh key string everyevaluation. Counted with a temporary in-runtime counter: 90.8 million
js_array_get_f64calls for 1.5 million property operations (~60 peraccess). After this change: 15.1 M, all of it in
delete's array compactionrather than lookup.
The scans now go through one shared helper (
keys_find_slot_by_bytes/_by_key_ptr): the shape hash index (shape_slot_lookup, content-validated)answers in O(1) when present, with a raw dense-slot linear scan (no per-element
accessor) as the fallback and correctness backstop.
Two hazards were found by testing and are baked into the design:
build=false). A delete drops the shape index; rebuildingit on the next access to use it once doubled delete-heavy time
(1570 → 3064 ms measured) while the call counter barely moved — the time went
to rebuilds, not scans. These sites therefore only consult an index the write
path already maintains incrementally; churny receivers fall back to the raw
scan instead of thrashing rebuilds. Final: delete-heavy 1497 ms vs 1433
baseline (within the ±10% noise band of that metric), overwrite keeps the
full win.
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js_string_key_matches), so akeypointer that is not a valid stringheader was a harmless mismatch. The first helper version built a slice from
that length and panicked in an unrelated stream test with
range start index 2613749136200 out of range. The helper now sanity-checksbyte_len <= capacity && < 2^28before slicing and otherwise falls back tothe length-guarded compare.
Also switches the shape-scanner probe memo (#8899) off std's SipHash: perf put
RandomState::hash_one::<&(usize, bool)>at 7.0% of total samples on thisworkload. The key folds to one word (
addr | carrier_bit; addresses are8-aligned so bit 0 is free) under
PtrHasher.Suites: macOS 2762 passed, 0 failed (complete); Linux x86_64 2654 passed,
0 failed with the
node_streamerror-path family excluded — that familyaborts identically on clean main (verified by stash), a pre-existing
Linux-specific failure reported separately.
How the number was found
The 63× gap to node on dynamic property access (
benchmarks/bench_dynamic_property_keys.ts, #8901) resisted three profile-guided attempts — each targeted a plausible cost that turned out not to be the term (documented in #8899/#8917). What settled it was counting instead of sampling: a temporary in-runtime counter showed 90.8 M array-accessor calls for 1.5 M property operations, and the factorization (~60/access ≈ half the 500-key object per lookup) pointed directly at the linear scans.Progression on the benchmark (same host as node, load-stamped)
The ⚠ row is why
build=false: rebuild-per-delete thrash, caught because every measurement line carries its load stamp and the counter separates scan cost from rebuild cost.Gap to node on this loop: 63× → ~25×. The remaining weight is the dyn-IC miss path doing a fully-rooted
[[Set]]per computed-key write (key interning is the known follow-up), and delete's compaction internals.Review focus
keys_find_slot_by_key_ptr's tolerance contract — the old loops accepted invalid key headers (length-compare-first); the helper preserves that via the sanity gate + fallback. The panic it prevents is documented inline.build=falseis load-bearing for delete-churn workloads; the comment carries the measured 2× regression that motivates it.(usize, bool)→usizewith the carrier bit folded into bit 0 — sound because arena addresses are 8-aligned.Suites: macOS 2762/2762; Linux 2654/2654 excluding the pre-existing
node_streamplatform failure (stash-verified on clean main, filed separately).Summary by CodeRabbit