perf: ECS command path round 3 — field-push inline append, inline f64 typed guard, header-gated registry probes (+5.4%) - #8897
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…end lowering applies
arr.push(v) on a local lowers to Expr::ArrayPush — an inline bump append
whose live header test elides the per-store GC bookkeeping — but the same
push through a class field is a NativeMethodCall{array, push_single} that
lowers to js_array_push_guard + js_array_push_f64 + js_array_length with
the layout note and the barrier out of line (7% of an ECS frame in one
statement). The pass rewrites the statement form into
let old = this.f; let t = old; t.push(v); if (t !== old) this.f = t;
which is read for read and write for write what the native lowering did
(field read once before the value, write-back only when the head moved),
and the let locals are what codegen roots across the value's evaluation.
Admitted only for a declared instance array field of the enclosing class
with no accessor of that name, as a statement, one non-spread argument,
in instance methods/getters/setters.
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…-push expansion
field_push_local_bind expands one this.f.push(v) statement into four, which
pushed a command-buffer method that is exactly this.commands.push({...})
over the tiny-method budget: its literal fell back to the outlined
js_object_alloc_class_inline_keys_stamped (+ per-object layout records),
a 7.7% regression that ate the push's gain. The rule now counts each
expansion as the one statement it came from; pinned by a test on the
expanded shape.
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
emit_typed_f64_guard is the exact js_typed_f64_arg_guard predicate (is_number || is_int32) in IR, mirroring the existing i32 lane; the guarded unbox is a select over the INT32 lane. Every public entry of a function with a boxed-double clone ran the guard as a cross-crate call per numeric parameter — a one-line ECS isComponentId(id) paid a call for a four instruction compare. Same predicate, same routing decision; the two typed dispatch sites that called the runtime symbol directly now share the helper. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
…ies only for a non-array header A GC_TYPE_ARRAY header is never a registered typed array, Buffer or native view (every registration carries its own object type), so the 13 receiver-dispatch probes in iter_methods.rs are gated on receiver_may_be_registered_exotic — one header byte — instead of two thread-local registry lookups per call. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change adds an ECS field-push lowering pass, inlines F64 typed-argument guards and conversions, and gates typed-array registry probes by receiver headers. It also updates compiler tests, tiny-method classification, and the changelog. ChangesTyped ABI guard lowering
Field push lowering
Array registry probe gating
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR improves compiler and runtime performance, but a name-only expansion rule may incorrectly apply the tiny-method allocation optimization to ordinary methods, creating a bounded correctness risk. It is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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928-931: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winEvaluate the receiver classification once.
For an ordinary array, the first
receiver_may_be_registered_exoticcall returnsfalse, then the right side calls it again before checking the Buffer registry. Bind the result once and reuse it on this hot path.Proposed simplification
- if super::header::receiver_may_be_registered_exotic(arr) - && crate::typedarray::lookup_typed_array_kind(arr as usize).is_some() - || super::header::receiver_may_be_registered_exotic(arr) - && crate::buffer::is_registered_buffer(arr as usize) + let may_be_registered_exotic = + super::header::receiver_may_be_registered_exotic(arr); + if may_be_registered_exotic + && (crate::typedarray::lookup_typed_array_kind(arr as usize).is_some() + || crate::buffer::is_registered_buffer(arr as usize))🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/hot_callees.rs`:
- Around line 80-87: Update tiny_method_stmt_count to count only contiguous
four-statement __push_recv_old expansion sequences with the expected matching
LocalId values, rather than every matching local declaration; subtract the
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/array/iter_methods.rs`:
- Around line 928-931: In the receiver classification logic around
lookup_typed_array_kind and is_registered_buffer, evaluate
receiver_may_be_registered_exotic(arr) once, store its result in a local
variable, and reuse that variable in both registry checks while preserving the
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| fn tiny_method_stmt_count(body: &[Stmt]) -> usize { | ||
| let expansions = body | ||
| .iter() | ||
| .filter( | ||
| |stmt| matches!(stmt, Stmt::Let { name, .. } if name == FIELD_PUSH_RECEIVER_OLD_NAME), | ||
| ) | ||
| .count(); | ||
| body.len().saturating_sub(3 * expansions) |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Match the full expansion before normalizing the statement count.
tiny_method_stmt_count treats every local named __push_recv_old as compiler-generated. A source method can declare that identifier. In a five-statement method, this subtracts three and incorrectly admits the method under the two-statement tiny-method limit. Recognize the contiguous four-statement expansion shape, including matching LocalId values, before subtracting its overhead.
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/hot_callees.rs` around lines 80 - 87,
Update tiny_method_stmt_count to count only contiguous four-statement
__push_recv_old expansion sequences with the expected matching LocalId values,
rather than every matching local declaration; subtract the expansion overhead
only for fully recognized sequences and preserve normal statement counts for
source declarations using that name.
…ar-method dispatch sites too; repin the native_proof_regressions markers The free-function direct call (func_ref.rs) and the scalar-replaced method dispatch (scalar_method.rs) still called js_typed_f64_arg_guard / js_typed_f64_arg_to_raw; they now share emit_typed_f64_guard / emit_typed_f64_to_raw_guarded with the public entries. The native_proof_regressions integration tests that pinned the runtime calls at typed-dispatch sites pin the inline markers (the SHORT_STRING band bound ', 32761' and the INT32-lane 'sitofp i32 %') instead; the Map/Set number-key and closure-capture unbox sites keep their runtime calls and their pins. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/tests/native_proof_regressions.rs`:
- Around line 3214-3215: Update the three F64 regression assertions in the
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| probe_ir.contains("call i32 @js_typed_f64_arg_guard(") | ||
| && probe_ir.contains("call double @js_typed_f64_arg_to_raw("), |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Update the stale F64 assertions.
These assertions still require js_typed_f64_arg_guard and js_typed_f64_arg_to_raw. The shared helpers now emit the inline , 32761 band test and guarded conversion instead. The three assertions will fail after this change.
Replace each pair with the inline markers used by the other tests.
Proposed fix
- probe_ir.contains("call i32 `@js_typed_f64_arg_guard`(")
- && probe_ir.contains("call double `@js_typed_f64_arg_to_raw`("),
+ probe_ir.contains(", 32761"),Also applies to: 3287-3288, 4914-4915
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/tests/native_proof_regressions.rs` around lines 3214 -
3215, Update the three F64 regression assertions in the relevant test cases to
stop requiring calls to js_typed_f64_arg_guard and js_typed_f64_arg_to_raw;
replace each assertion pair with the inline “, 32761” band-test and
guarded-conversion markers used by the other tests.
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Audited and validated locally, merged onto current Unit suites — transform 115/0, hir 351/0, codegen 1329/0, runtime 2758/0 ( Gates — 2000-line cap, addr-class ratchet, Gap suite (full local run, 580 tests): 569 pass / 10 parity fail / 1 compile fail. Six were flagged as regressions against the snapshot. All six reproduce identically on a
On the two mechanisms I couldn't settle by reading:
Two cosmetic observations, deliberately not changed so as not to invalidate the validation above: The claimed +5.4% on the ECS row is not re-measured here; it was screened by the author on an idle mini. |
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Measured a cold-start regression from this PR on wolf-ecs
The public Also worth knowing for the harness numbers: the 50 ms window is dominated by warm-up, so tail-window deltas can be ±100% while steady state is flat; I'm switching my screens to a 2 s window and reporting both. |
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Root cause of the cold-start ramp, with a 10-line reproducer. Mechanism. When the append reallocates, Confirmed with lldb on the wolf-ecs closure ( Reproducer (compile with main, run with class SparseSet { packed = []; sparse = [];
has(x) { return this.sparse[x] < this.packed.length && this.packed[this.sparse[x]] === x; }
add(x) { if (!this.has(x)) { this.sparse[x] = this.packed.length; this.packed.push(x); } } }
const rm = new SparseSet(); const other = new SparseSet(); other.packed = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) rm.add(i);
let hits = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 300000; i++) if (rm.has(i & 2047)) hits++;(The Fix options. The write-back must compare handle bits, not JS equality — HIR has no raw-identity compare, so either (a) write back unconditionally ( |
…esolver PerryTS#8897's `field_push_local_bind` turns `this.packed.push(x)` into a local `ArrayPush`, whose complete fallback is `js_array_push_f64_spec`. For an object-backed Array subclass (wolf-ecs `Archetype`) that entry paid the tracked resolver — a guaranteed miss on a `GC_TYPE_OBJECT` header — and then delegated to `js_array_push_f64`, which paid it again before reaching the dense subclass arm. Both entries now ask the dense arm first, off the header tag the guarded element tiers already read; every rejected case keeps the complete route. Test: `spec_and_generic_push_entries_append_to_an_object_backed_subclass_densely` pins, via a test-only probe counter on `try_read_tracked_gc_header`, that the spec and generic entries reach the dense arm with exactly the fused u31 entry's probes (none). Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ
…esolver PerryTS#8897's `field_push_local_bind` turns `this.packed.push(x)` into a local `ArrayPush`, whose complete fallback is `js_array_push_f64_spec`. For an object-backed Array subclass (wolf-ecs `Archetype`) that entry paid the tracked resolver — a guaranteed miss on a `GC_TYPE_OBJECT` header — and then delegated to `js_array_push_f64`, which paid it again before reaching the dense subclass arm. Both entries now ask the dense arm first, off the header tag the guarded element tiers already read; every rejected case keeps the complete route. Test: `spec_and_generic_push_entries_append_to_an_object_backed_subclass_densely` pins, via a test-only probe counter on `try_read_tracked_gc_header`, that the spec and generic entries reach the dense arm with exactly the fused u31 entry's probes (none). Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ
… push arm ahead of the tracked resolver (wolf-ecs −11.2% / −11.9%) (#8921) * perf(codegen): field-value arguments to sibling methods keep the proven-this clone The this-flow walker rejected a method as a proven-`this` clone candidate whenever an internal `this.m(...)` / `super.m(...)` call's ARGUMENTS mentioned `this` at all, even for a declared-field read such as `this._archChange(this._ent[id], i)`. That argument hands the callee a field's value, never the receiver; `expr_this_safe` already rejects a bare `this` in value position, a `this`-capturing closure and a non-field `this.x` read on its own. wolf-ecs `addComponent`, `removeComponent` and `createEntity` each make such a call and therefore ran their public bodies, re-proving `this` at every property, element and method site (≈14k instructions for ~20 source lines; the flat 54% inline self time of the add/remove profile). Vet the arguments with `expr_this_safe` alone. A bare `this` argument still rejects (pinned by the new test). Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ * perf(runtime): object-backed subclass push arm ahead of the tracked resolver #8897's `field_push_local_bind` turns `this.packed.push(x)` into a local `ArrayPush`, whose complete fallback is `js_array_push_f64_spec`. For an object-backed Array subclass (wolf-ecs `Archetype`) that entry paid the tracked resolver — a guaranteed miss on a `GC_TYPE_OBJECT` header — and then delegated to `js_array_push_f64`, which paid it again before reaching the dense subclass arm. Both entries now ask the dense arm first, off the header tag the guarded element tiers already read; every rejected case keeps the complete route. Test: `spec_and_generic_push_entries_append_to_an_object_backed_subclass_densely` pins, via a test-only probe counter on `try_read_tracked_gc_header`, that the spec and generic entries reach the dense arm with exactly the fused u31 entry's probes (none). Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ * changelog: fragment for #8921 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ * runtime: clear main's -D warnings errors (dangling doc, test-only meta-edge probe, unused layout test helper) main f989075 fails the workspace -D warnings check on its own: a doc comment left without an item in object/shapes.rs, cell_has_meta_edge whose only caller is a test, and an unused #[cfg(test)] layout helper. Gate/remove them so this PR's warnings job can pass. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ * fix(gc): keep the layout-table test helpers, whose callers #8923 restored This branch deleted `test_per_object_layout_present` and `test_young_layout_records` to satisfy `-D warnings`. #8923 landed the other resolution — restoring their regression-test callers — so removing them here merges cleanly but does not compile. --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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…TS#8897) `field_push_local_bind` expanded `this.f.push(v)` into a receiver local, an inline `ArrayPush`, and `if (__push_recv !== __push_recv_old) this.f = __push_recv`. That guard is dead: a growing append leaves the old head as a forwarding stub to the new one and JS equality sees through forwarding (perry matches Node), so the field kept the stub and every later `this.f.length` / `this.f[i]` walked it through the dynamic property path — a 2.5x cold-phase regression in the wolf-ecs entity cycle that decayed only as the arrays stopped growing. `Expr::ArrayPush` now carries `field_writeback: Option<String>`; the transform emits two statements (`let __push_recv = this.f; push`) and codegen compares the local's handle bits before and after the append — the one comparison that does not see through forwarding — re-pointing `this.f` through the ordinary class-field store when they differ, behind an inline plain-object header gate (frozen / sealed / no-extend / descriptor-bearing receivers keep the stub rather than risk a throw or an accessor). The tiny-method rule in `hot_callees` counts the two-statement expansion as the one authored statement; `stable_hash` hashes the new field and the monomorph substitution propagates it. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ
#8931) * codegen: field-push write-back on handle bits, not JS equality (#8897) `field_push_local_bind` expanded `this.f.push(v)` into a receiver local, an inline `ArrayPush`, and `if (__push_recv !== __push_recv_old) this.f = __push_recv`. That guard is dead: a growing append leaves the old head as a forwarding stub to the new one and JS equality sees through forwarding (perry matches Node), so the field kept the stub and every later `this.f.length` / `this.f[i]` walked it through the dynamic property path — a 2.5x cold-phase regression in the wolf-ecs entity cycle that decayed only as the arrays stopped growing. `Expr::ArrayPush` now carries `field_writeback: Option<String>`; the transform emits two statements (`let __push_recv = this.f; push`) and codegen compares the local's handle bits before and after the append — the one comparison that does not see through forwarding — re-pointing `this.f` through the ordinary class-field store when they differ, behind an inline plain-object header gate (frozen / sealed / no-extend / descriptor-bearing receivers keep the stub rather than risk a throw or an accessor). The tiny-method rule in `hot_callees` counts the two-statement expansion as the one authored statement; `stable_hash` hashes the new field and the monomorph substitution propagates it. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ * field-push write-back: require the field to still hold the captured head; count only complete expansions Review follow-ups on #8931: - The write-back arm re-reads `this.<field>` (`apush.field.still_held`) and stores only when its bits equal the captured pre-push head. The receiver is read before the argument is evaluated, so an argument that assigns the field itself (`this.f.push(this.reset())`) must win over the repair — and now does; a collection that already rewrote the field to the moved array skips a redundant store the same way. - `hot_callees`' tiny-method rule counts an expansion only as the complete adjacent shape (`let __push_recv = this.f` + the `ArrayPush` on that id with the same field as its write-back), so an author's own local named `__push_recv` cannot shrink a method into the hot-allocation set. - e2e regression tests (`issue_8897_field_push_writeback.rs`): the issue's reproducer, the argument-reassigns-field case at 0/16/64 fills, and a frozen receiver — all node-identical output. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019WVcWKmYsUBnnFB7nBgbBJ --------- Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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codehz/ecs"5k entities: 3 commands each + sync" row, on top of #8885 (merged main measured at 4.386 ms/op vs the 7.30 ms handoff; Node 26.5.1 = 1.762 ms on the same host). Four general mechanisms, screened together with paired alternating runs on an idle Mac mini: 4.384 → 4.146 ms/op, +5.4%, 9/9 (wxy-screen-9pairs.json; 15-pair confirmation running). Write-up:secret-tests/ecs-suite/PERRY_ECS_FOLLOWUP_2026-08-27_CLAUDE.md.field_push_local_bind—this.f.push(v)as a statement becomeslet old = this.f; let t = old; t.push(v); if (t !== old) this.f = t;so the push takes the inline append (Expr::ArrayPush) instead ofjs_array_push_guard+js_array_push_f64+js_array_lengthwith the layout note and barrier out of line (7% of the frame inCommandBuffer.set). Read-for-read and write-for-write what the native lowering did; admitted only for a declared instance array field with no accessor of that name, one non-spread argument, instance methods/getters/setters.TINY_METHOD_MAX_STMTS, its literal fell back to the outlined class allocation, and the first screen regressed 7.7%. Pinned by a test on the expanded shape.emit_typed_f64_guard, mirrors the i32 lane) — every public entry of a function with a boxed-double clone ranjs_typed_f64_arg_guardas a call per numeric parameter; the free-function direct-call, closure, method-override and scalar-method dispatch sites share the same helper (the Map/Set number-key and closure-capture unbox sites keep their runtime calls).GC_TYPE_ARRAYheader (13 sites initer_methods.rs).Tests: transform (115), codegen lib (1323) +
native_proof_regressions(280, repinned from the runtime guard calls to the inline markers), runtime array/typed-array suites green locally; lint gates and the merge-base ratchets replayed locally against77b994f6b. 15-pair confirmation: +5.51%, 15/15 (wxy-confirm-15pairs.json).https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
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