fix(compile): put PERRY_SEGVIEW in the cache identity, and clear the segment-view cursor at loop exit - #9910
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`PERRY_SEGVIEW` is not a diagnostic — it changes the emitted code — and it is in neither the build-cache fingerprint nor any object-cache key. So a cached build can return a binary compiled with the OTHER setting: compile a source with the tier on, compile it again with the tier off, and the second can be served from the first. That is precisely the shape every A/B in this campaign uses — one compiler binary, two compiles of one source differing only in this variable — so the failure mode is not a broken build, it is two arms that are secretly the same binary and a measured difference of zero, or two arms swapped. Silent, and it would look like a result. `PERRY_SEGVIEW_DIAG` was already excluded for the weaker reason that a cached build prints no report. The switch that changes codegen was not, which is the worse omission of the two and mine. Excluded rather than keyed because the tier is experimental and default OFF. A cache key is the right fix when it ships on by default; exclusion is correct now and cannot produce a stale entry that becomes the measurement.
The cursor local is declared in the ENCLOSING statement list, not inside the
loop:
let __segview_recv = <receiver>
let __segview_input = <input>
let __segview_cursor = js_segments_view_open(recv, inp)
let __segview_iter = cur != 0 ? undefined : GetIterator(...)
For { ... } <- last read of the cursor
so without a clear its slot stays a live GC root until the function returns.
The cursor holds the input string in a traced slot, so a cursor promoted during
the loop drags that string into the old generation, and leaving the slot rooted
afterwards keeps a DEAD cursor doing it for the rest of the function.
`string-width` is entered thousands of times per reply.
That is a candidate mechanism for the idle behaviour measured on cc: I4 settles
45-65 MB ABOVE I3 at 3300 and 15-20 MB at 400 after 120 s, despite winning
20-50 MB of PEAK RSS in 12/12 paired runs. Lower peak with a higher floor is
not "less garbage"; it is something being retained.
One unconditional `LocalSet(cursor, undefined)` after the loop covers both
paths: on the declined path the local holds `0.0`, a number, so the clear is a
no-op. `break` reaches it; `return` inside the body pops the frame, which is
equally fine.
WHAT THIS DOES NOT DO, stated so the commit is not read as a cure: it does not
prevent promotion DURING the loop, and nothing in the compiler can, because the
cursor is genuinely live there. It removes only the post-loop rooting of a dead
cursor. If the idle delta comes from cursors promoted mid-loop, this will not
move it. perrymaster's old-gen census after idle, counting class id
0xFFFF_000E on I5-spec / I5-view / I7-view, decides that independently.
The test is structural rather than string-matched: it locates the rewritten
`For`, reads the cursor's LocalId out of the loop's own guard, and requires the
next statement to be `LocalSet(that id, Undefined)`. It fails if the clear is
removed, clears the wrong local, or is emitted before the loop.
17/17 segview tests.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe segment-view rewrite now clears its cursor local after loop exit. A test verifies the emitted statement. Build-cache eligibility now rejects cached builds when ChangesSegment-view safeguards
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The cache isolation and normal loop-exit cleanup are incomplete: the cache audit currently fails, and caught exceptions can retain the segment-view cursor longer than intended. Both issues should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/segview.rs`:
- Around line 1239-1242: Wrap the rewritten For and the cursor-clearing LocalSet
in a Try so the cursor is cleared from its finally block on both normal
completion and exceptions; update the transformation around the rewritten loop
and add a regression test covering a throwing loop body caught by an enclosing
catch, verifying the cursor no longer remains rooted.
In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/build_cache.rs`:
- Around line 879-881: Register PERRY_SEGVIEW in the build-cache input
configuration used by codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs, marking it as a
cache input rather than adding it to BUILD_CACHE_ENV_EXCLUSIONS because it
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Clear the cursor on exception paths.
The statement at Line 1241 runs only after normal completion of the rewritten For. If the loop body throws and an enclosing Try catches the error, control skips this statement. The cursor local then remains a GC root while the catch or finally block can collect.
Put the rewritten loop and cursor clear in a Try with the clear in finally. Add a regression test with a throwing loop body and an enclosing catch.
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-codegen/src/collectors/segview.rs` around lines 1239 - 1242,
Wrap the rewritten For and the cursor-clearing LocalSet in a Try so the cursor
is cleared from its finally block on both normal completion and exceptions;
update the transformation around the rewritten loop and add a regression test
covering a throwing loop body caught by an enclosing catch, verifying the cursor
no longer remains rooted.
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| if std::env::var("PERRY_SEGVIEW").is_ok() { | ||
| return Err("segview-lowering".to_string()); | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Register the cache-ineligible codegen variable in the audit.
codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs scans perry-codegen and finds PERRY_SEGVIEW. It is in neither BUILD_CACHE_ENV_VARS nor BUILD_CACHE_ENV_EXCLUSIONS, so cargo test -p perry codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs fails.
Teach the audit that PERRY_SEGVIEW is build-cache-ineligible, or add it as a cache input. Do not add it to BUILD_CACHE_ENV_EXCLUSIONS, because it changes emitted code.
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/build_cache.rs` around lines 879 - 881,
Register PERRY_SEGVIEW in the build-cache input configuration used by
codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs, marking it as a cache input rather than
adding it to BUILD_CACHE_ENV_EXCLUSIONS because it changes emitted code.
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Follow-up to #9843 / #9859. Two commits that were pushed to #9859's branch after
the merge train had already picked it up, so the tier landed on main without
them.
Gates on this branch:
cargo build --release -p perrywith default featuresrc=0;
cargo test -p perry-codegen --lib segview17 passed.1.
PERRY_SEGVIEWis not in the cache identity — a present hole on mainThis is a live defect on
maintoday, not a historical note.PERRY_SEGVIEWturns the segment-view lowering on and changes the emittedcode. It is in neither the build-cache fingerprint nor any object-cache key,
and
is_cacheabledoes not mention it. So two compiles of one source thatdiffer only in that variable can be served one binary: compile with the
tier on, compile again with it off, and the second can come from the first's
cache entry.
The failure mode is not a broken build. It is two A/B arms that are secretly
the same binary — a measured difference of zero, or two arms swapped. Silent,
and it looks like a result.
PERRY_SEGVIEW_DIAGwas already excluded for the much weaker reason that acached build prints no report. The switch that changes codegen was not.
Why the existing rows are still sound, and why that is luck rather than
design. Every measured view arm so far also carried
PERRY_SEGVIEW_DIAG=1,which was excluded, so those compiles were never cached; the I5-spec bundle
was a full recompile; and every probe A/B has arms whose timings differ by 2–4×
at identical checksums. No measured pair was the same binary. But that held
because a diagnostic flag happened to defeat the cache, not because the cache
was correct.
Until this lands, every view-arm compile in the rig must carry
PERRY_SEGVIEW_DIAG=1. That is the property currently keeping arms distinct.Excluded rather than keyed because the tier is default OFF. A cache key is
the right fix when it ships on by default — and that is a prerequisite for the
default-flip PR, because flipping the default while the switch is absent from
the cache identity would bake the hole into every build rather than every A/B.
2. Clear the segment-view cursor at loop exit
The cursor local is declared in the enclosing statement list, not scoped to
the loop:
so without a clear its slot stays a live GC root until the function returns. The
cursor holds the input string in a traced slot, so a promoted cursor drags that
string into the old generation, and leaving the slot rooted afterwards keeps a
dead cursor doing it for the rest of the function.
string-widthis enteredthousands of times per reply.
One unconditional
LocalSet(cursor, undefined)after the loop covers bothpaths: on the declined path the local holds
0.0, a number, so the clear is ano-op.
breakreaches it;returnpops the frame.Honest scope. It is CPU-neutral by construction — one store after the
loop. It does not prevent promotion during the loop, and nothing in the
compiler can, since the cursor is genuinely live there; it removes only the
post-loop rooting of a dead cursor. The idle-settle delta that originally
motivated it (I4 settling 45–65 MB above I3) did not reproduce against main,
so this is kept on its own merits and not as a fix for that number.
The test is structural rather than string-matched: it locates the rewritten
For, reads the cursor's LocalId out of the loop's own guard, and requires thenext statement to be
LocalSet(that id, Undefined). It fails if the clear isremoved, clears the wrong local, or is emitted before the loop — a
contains("Undefined")check would have passed on all three.Not affected
Neither commit changes the measured numbers: the cache fix emits no code, and
the cursor clear emits one store after the loop. The tier's cc rows (−14 % CPU,
−30…−42 MB peak with #9893) are in #9859's body.
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