perf(codegen,runtime): retire the per-access class-field latch, and gate the compiler's copy of the GC header layout - #10646
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Every static-key class-field read gated its fast path on `@PERRY_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE_GUARD_DISABLED`. That is an `external global`, so on arm64 reading it costs `adrp` + a GOT `ldr` + a dependent `ldrb` through it + a compare — four instructions and TWO dependent loads, in the gate block, before the guard has looked at the receiver at all. It cannot be hoisted: the runtime flips it mid-execution when a descriptor or accessor lands on a class prototype, so the load is `volatile` by necessity. The authority moves onto a value the guard already had to load. Each class gains `@perry_class_guard_shape_*`, seeded at module init with the same ShapeId as `@perry_class_shape_id_*` and registered with the runtime; `disable_class_field_inline_guard` now poisons every registered slot with `u32::MAX`. ShapeIds are allocated from `[0x8000_0000, 0xC000_0000)` and never reused, so a poisoned expectation can never match a live object — every guard misses and routes to the IC, which is exactly what the latch bought. The expectation is read volatile per access for the same freshness reason the latch was, and is still cheaper: one module-local `adrp`+`ldr`, no GOT hop. It is a SEPARATE global from the ShapeId on purpose. `js_object_alloc_class_inline_keys_stamped` stamps every new instance with the value read out of the ShapeId global (`lower_call/new_alloc.rs`), so poisoning that one would brand live objects with a bogus ShapeId instead of closing a fast path. Subclass arms move to the poisonable global too, or a subclass receiver would keep hitting the fast path after a flip. Imported-class stubs carry the expectation through `js_register_imported_class_shape_slot`, and a rewrite that lands after a disable re-poisons rather than resurrects. Measured, arm64, `-Os` + `llc -O2 -mcpu=apple-m1`: - one `o.a` on a typed receiver, executed fast path: 28 -> 23 instructions (-18%), one fewer dependent load; - 16 reads on one receiver, EXECUTED instructions per call (`/usr/bin/time -l`, best-of-5, differential over iteration count): 595.2 -> 563.0, -5.4%. The per-read marginal is -2 rather than -5 because LLVM already hoisted the latch's base register across accesses within a function. Unlike a clone-gated optimisation this fires wherever the guard does: the latch is gone from `$generic`, `$spec_b` AND the copy the inliner leaves in the caller, which is the code that actually executes. `js_class_field_get_ic`'s truthful ShapeId operand is now loaded in the cold miss arm instead of the function entry, since the fast path no longer reads it. The two updated ratchet tests pin both halves of the swap — three loads in the guard AND no latch — because "three loads" alone would also pass a lowering that kept the latch and added the expectation.
`perry-codegen` does not depend on `perry-runtime` — its deps are perry-hir, perry-dispatch and perry-api-manifest. Yet the compiler bakes the collector's header layout into emitted code twice over: the inline `new` path stores a packed `GcHeader` word as a COMPILE-TIME constant (#8122, pre-composed per class into `@perry_class_header_image_*`), and every class-field / element-shape / method-probe guard masks that word against a literal. So both sides carry their own `GC_TYPE_OBJECT`, `GC_FLAG_FORWARDED`, `OBJ_FLAG_HAS_DESCRIPTORS`, `GC_OBJ_TYPED_LAYOUT_INTACT` — 36 restatements across 10 files — held together by a code comment. Nothing enforced it. What looks like enforcement is const GC_FLAG_FORWARDED_I8: &str = "-128"; debug_assert_eq!(GC_FLAG_FORWARDED_I8, "-128"); which compares codegen's constant to a string literal: a tautology that never references the runtime, and is compiled out of `release` and `perry-dev` besides. Every codegen test naming these bits asserts codegen's own constant reaches the IR, so they pin codegen to itself and would all stay green. A flag renumbered in perry-runtime therefore compiled clean, passed every suite, and shipped a compiler whose inline allocator baked one bit layout while the collector read another — objects born with flags the GC misreads, which CLAUDE.md describes as surfacing cycles later as `TypeError: value is not a function`. `scripts/check_gc_header_constants.py` re-derives every restatement from the runtime constant it quotes, including the composites (`READ_FAST_PATH_BLOCKED` = ARRAY_DESCRIPTORS|HAS_DESCRIPTORS, the fused 32-bit masks `ELEM_HEADER_MASK` / `GC_OBJECT_METHOD_GUARD_MASK_I32`). A registered constant that stops existing FAILS, so a fix must delete its own entry; a new header-shaped `const` in a watched file must be registered or exempted with a reason, so the next one cannot arrive silently. `--self-test` proves it can fail; `--list` prints the whole duplicated surface, including the 6 constants deliberately out of scope. Build-free, so it joins `lint`, a required context. Writing the registry found 5 restatements a manual grep missed (they are declared inside function bodies, not at module scope): the array-literal allocator's three, and two copies of the method-probe fused mask. Two existing gates moved with it, both of which correctly caught this branch: `gc_store_site_inventory` wanted GC_STORE_AUDIT markers on the new raw slot writes (POINTER_FREE — a `u32` in the program's data segment, never a heap edge), and `shape_descriptor_census` pinned the precheck's old `expected_class_identity(..., expected_shape_id)` spelling. The census is updated to the new spelling AND strengthened: it now also requires the expectation to be read VOLATILE from the poisonable global, because a lowering that hoisted that load would reopen a fast path the runtime has closed and would still satisfy a shape-only assertion. Verified to fail when the `volatile` is dropped. This does not make the GC header bits movable — it makes moving them a red build instead of a silent miscompile.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 8 included reviews per hour; 1 remains after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR replaces the class-field inline-guard latch with poisonable per-class guard-shape globals. It updates class registration, inline access paths, runtime state handling, tests, and validation. It also adds a checker for compiler and runtime GC header constants and runs it in lint. ChangesClass-field guard and audit
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Refactor Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ModuleInit
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ModuleInit->>Runtime: Register class guard-shape slot
Runtime->>InlinePrecheck: Seed ShapeId expectation
Runtime->>InlinePrecheck: Poison expectation when inline guard is disabled
InlinePrecheck->>IC: Route guard miss to class-field IC
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🟡 Minor · Deduplicate guard-shape registrations by slot address. · string_pool.rs:710-721
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs:710-721
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDeduplicate guard-shape registrations by slot address.
For imported stubs,
string_pool.rsfirst registersguard_globalafter storing the realshape_id, then passes the same address tojs_register_imported_class_shape_slot. That function registers the address again.When the disable latch is already set, the first registration records
shape_idand poisons the slot. The second recordsCLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_POISONas its seed. Test restoration writesshape_idand then poison, so the reset leaves the slot poisoned. A later imported-slot rewrite repairs the slot only when it runs while the guard is enabled; a rewrite while disabled preserves poison.Make
js_register_class_guard_shapeignore an address already inCLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS, preserving the first seed, or remove one registration for this generated path while preserving that seed.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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1760-1772: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAvoid unconditional ShapeId caching on cold-only paths.
load_class_shape_idemits an entry-block global load and store. Inproperty_get.rs, the cached value is required only by the full-outline call. In the normal inline mode, the guard-call path already loads the ShapeId in its cold block.property_get/helpers.rsuses the cached value only in its cold guard-call path.property_set.rsneeds the cache for the full-outline call, but not for the normal cold guard-call path.The repository tests cover outline selection, but they do not assert that these entry loads disappear after optimization. Keep the cache only where the full-outline call consumes it.
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property_get.rs, computeexpected_shape_idinside the full-outline branch.- In
property_get/helpers.rs, load the ShapeId global directly in the guard-call block afteremit_class_field_inline_precheck.- In
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/class_field_inline_guard.rs`:
- Around line 472-476: Update the stale comment immediately above the
pointer-shape gate in the class-field inline guard so it describes only the tag
and handle-band checks performed by ptr_safe. Remove references to the obsolete
enable-flag or latch check, and document that the disable/verify escape hatch is
handled by the later volatile guard_shape_global comparison and
disable_class_field_inline_guard.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout/typed_shape.rs`:
- Line 696: Update the test guard-slot registration around
CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS and the Slots fixture so registered Box<u32> storage
remains valid for the process lifetime, either by intentionally leaking the
fixture guard slot or by unregistering/resetting it before Slots drops; preserve
safe poisoning and restoration in later tests.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/class_guard_shape.rs`:
- Around line 70-99: Update emit_class_field_inline_precheck to load each guard
slot atomically as an i32, matching the runtime access. In class guard slot
registration, poison_class_guard_shapes, and
restore_class_guard_shapes_for_test, replace raw u32 pointer writes with
AtomicU32 stores; preserve poisoning before disabling the latch and restoration
before re-enabling it.
- Around line 43-73: Prevent generated dylibs registered through
js_register_class_guard_shape from being unloaded while their slot addresses
remain in CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS. Either retain each registered image for the
registry lifetime or implement ownership-aware slot removal before
perry_plugin_unload calls close_library, including the test restoration path, so
poison_class_guard_shapes never writes through stale addresses.
In `@scripts/check_gc_header_constants.py`:
- Around line 350-351: Update the self-test around the perturbed GC constants so
it invokes check() with the mutated values, or an isolated fixture containing
them, and asserts that check() reports the expected mismatch before validating
the unmodified values. Remove the direct perturbed-expression comparison
represented by want and preserve the clean-tree check afterward.
- Line 294: The registry-checking flow around the loop building declared
constants must enumerate all intended Rust sources under the compiler source
tree independently of REGISTRY and OUT_OF_SCOPE. Parse each discovered file,
apply WATCHED to every declaration, and retain the existing registry and
out-of-scope validation behavior so newly added GC_* or OBJ_* constants cannot
bypass the audit.
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Outside diff comments:
In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/string_pool.rs`:
- Around line 710-721: Deduplicate imported guard-shape registration so each
slot address is registered only once with the original shape_id seed. Update
js_register_class_guard_shape to ignore addresses already present in
CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS, or remove the duplicate registration in the
imported-stub generation path around js_register_imported_class_shape_slot while
preserving the first registration and its seed.
---
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/property_get.rs`:
- Around line 1760-1772: Move the cached ShapeId load in property_get.rs into
the full-outline branch so normal inline paths do not perform the entry-block
load; update property_get/helpers.rs to load the ShapeId global directly in the
cold guard-call block after emit_class_field_inline_precheck; in
property_set.rs, retain caching only for the full-outline call and directly load
the global in the non-full-outline cold guard-call block.
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| let tag = blk.lshr(I64, obj_bits, "48"); | ||
| let is_ptr = blk.icmp_eq(I64, &tag, POINTER_TAG_HI16); | ||
| let above_band = blk.icmp_ugt(I64, obj_handle, HANDLE_BAND_TOP); | ||
| let ptr_safe = blk.and(I1, &is_ptr, &above_band); | ||
| let can_inline = blk.and(I1, &ptr_safe, &flag_ok); | ||
| blk.cond_br(&can_inline, &deref_label, &guardcall_label); | ||
| blk.cond_br(&ptr_safe, &deref_label, &guardcall_label); |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Update the stale comment above the pointer-shape gate.
The comment ending at Line 469 still says: "The enable flag is checked first so the escape hatch (PERRY_DISABLE_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE) and verify mode cleanly bypass the inline reads entirely." That description matches the removed PERRY_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE_GUARD_DISABLED latch check, not the current code.
The gate at Lines 470-477 now only checks ptr_safe (tag and handle-band). The disable mechanism moved into the volatile guard_shape_global compare emitted later in this function, which the comment at Lines 524-529 already documents correctly.
Update the comment so it does not describe a flag check that no longer exists here. Leaving stale documentation next to changed gating logic in a security-critical guard path risks misleading a future edit.
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- // The enable flag is checked *first* so the escape hatch
- // (PERRY_DISABLE_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE) and verify mode cleanly bypass the
- // inline reads entirely. It is a `volatile` load: the runtime flips it
- // (sticky 0 -> 1) the moment descriptors / typed-feedback come into use, so
- // LLVM must not hoist a stale 0 across a mid-execution flip — matching the
- // relaxed-atomic read the guard itself performs.
+ // This gate only proves the receiver is a real heap pointer above the
+ // handle band. The disable/verify-mode escape hatch no longer lives
+ // here: it moved to the volatile `guard_shape_global` compare below,
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/class_field_inline_guard.rs` around lines 472 -
476, Update the stale comment immediately above the pointer-shape gate in the
class-field inline guard so it describes only the tag and handle-band checks
performed by ptr_safe. Remove references to the obsolete enable-flag or latch
check, and document that the disable/verify escape hatch is handled by the later
volatile guard_shape_global comparison and disable_class_field_inline_guard.
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| &*s.keys as *const u64, | ||
| &mut *s.shape as *mut u32, | ||
| s.image.as_mut_ptr(), | ||
| &mut *s.guard as *mut u32, |
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Keep registered test guard slots alive.
This passes a Box<u32> address into the process-wide guard-slot registry. Slots drops that box when the test ends, but CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS retains the address.
If a later test disables or resets the inline guard, poisoning or restoration writes through the freed pointer. Leak fixture guard slots intentionally, or add test-only unregister/reset support before the fixture drops.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/layout/typed_shape.rs` at line 696, Update the
test guard-slot registration around CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS and the Slots
fixture so registered Box<u32> storage remains valid for the process lifetime,
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| static CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS: std::sync::Mutex<Vec<(usize, u32)>> = | ||
| std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()); | ||
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| /// Register a compiled module's per-class guard-expectation slot. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Called once per class from module init, right after the slot is seeded with | ||
| /// the class's freshly minted ShapeId. A module initialised AFTER the latch | ||
| /// already flipped is poisoned on the spot, so late `require`/`dlopen` arrivals | ||
| /// cannot reopen a fast path the process has already closed. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// # Safety | ||
| /// `slot` must be a valid, writable, 4-byte-aligned `u32` with static lifetime | ||
| /// — i.e. a `@perry_class_guard_shape_*` global emitted by perry-codegen. | ||
| #[no_mangle] | ||
| pub unsafe extern "C" fn js_register_class_guard_shape(slot: *mut u32) { | ||
| if slot.is_null() { | ||
| return; | ||
| } | ||
| if let Ok(mut slots) = CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS.lock() { | ||
| // SAFETY: caller contract above. | ||
| let seeded = unsafe { slot.read() }; | ||
| slots.push((slot as usize, seeded)); | ||
| if PERRY_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE_GUARD_DISABLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) != 0 { | ||
| // GC_STORE_AUDIT(POINTER_FREE): a `u32` ShapeId in the program's own | ||
| // data segment, never a heap edge — the collector neither scans nor | ||
| // rewrites it. | ||
| // SAFETY: caller contract above. | ||
| unsafe { slot.write(CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_POISON) }; | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| } |
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Do not unload generated dylibs while guard slots remain registered.
emit_string_pool emits js_register_class_guard_shape for output_type == "dylib". The runtime stores each slot address in CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS and never removes it. perry_plugin_unload then calls close_library, which unloads the shared image.
A later disable_class_field_inline_guard can call poison_class_guard_shapes after that unload. The write through the released @perry_class_guard_shape_* address may fault and crash the process. The test-only restoration path has the same stale-pointer risk.
Keep generated images mapped for the lifetime of the registry, or add ownership-aware slot removal before close_library. Do not leave unloadable image addresses in CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/class_guard_shape.rs` around lines 43 - 73,
Prevent generated dylibs registered through js_register_class_guard_shape from
being unloaded while their slot addresses remain in CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS.
Either retain each registered image for the registry lifetime or implement
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| unsafe { slot.write(CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_POISON) }; | ||
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| pub(super) fn poison_class_guard_shapes() { | ||
| if let Ok(slots) = CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS.lock() { | ||
| for &(addr, _) in slots.iter() { | ||
| // GC_STORE_AUDIT(POINTER_FREE): a `u32` ShapeId in the program's own | ||
| // data segment, never a heap edge. | ||
| // SAFETY: every entry was registered through | ||
| // `js_register_class_guard_shape`, whose contract requires a valid | ||
| // writable static `u32`. | ||
| unsafe { (addr as *mut u32).write(CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_POISON) }; | ||
| } | ||
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| /// Restore every registered expectation to the ShapeId it was seeded with. | ||
| /// | ||
| /// Production never does this — the disable decision is monotonic — but a test | ||
| /// that flips the latch must not leave later tests guarding against | ||
| /// [`CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_POISON`]. | ||
| pub(super) fn restore_class_guard_shapes_for_test() { | ||
| if let Ok(slots) = CLASS_GUARD_SHAPE_SLOTS.lock() { | ||
| for &(addr, seeded) in slots.iter() { | ||
| // GC_STORE_AUDIT(POINTER_FREE): a `u32` ShapeId in the program's own | ||
| // data segment, never a heap edge. | ||
| // SAFETY: registered through `js_register_class_guard_shape`. | ||
| unsafe { (addr as *mut u32).write(seeded) }; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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Use atomic accesses for guard slots.
emit_class_field_inline_precheck emits a volatile, non-atomic i32 load for each guard slot. Supported perry/thread workers execute compiled JavaScript on separate threads, while descriptor invalidation can poison the same process-wide slots. The mutex serializes runtime writers only.
The volatile load and raw-pointer u32 writes therefore form an unsynchronized Rust/LLVM data race. This is undefined behavior and can invalidate the inline guard path.
Use matching atomic i32 loads in codegen. Use AtomicU32 stores for late registration, poisoning, and test restoration. Keep poisoning before disabling the latch, and restore slots before re-enabling it.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/class_guard_shape.rs` around lines 70 - 99,
Update emit_class_field_inline_precheck to load each guard slot atomically as an
i32, matching the runtime access. In class guard slot registration,
poison_class_guard_shapes, and restore_class_guard_shapes_for_test, replace raw
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Scan all compiler source files before checking the registry.
Line 294 builds declared only from REGISTRY and OUT_OF_SCOPE. If a new GC_* or OBJ_* constant is declared in another crates/perry-codegen/src file, the script never parses it. The unregistered-constant loop cannot report it, so the gate passes with an unchecked header restatement.
Enumerate the intended compiler Rust source tree independently of the registry. Then apply WATCHED to every parsed declaration.
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In `@scripts/check_gc_header_constants.py` at line 294, The registry-checking flow
around the loop building declared constants must enumerate all intended Rust
sources under the compiler source tree independently of REGISTRY and
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| perturbed["GC_OBJ_TYPED_LAYOUT_INTACT"] = saved << 1 | ||
| want = eval(expr, {"__builtins__": {}}, perturbed) # noqa: S307 |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Drive the perturbed value through check().
This self-test evaluates the perturbed expression directly. It calls check() only with the unmodified runtime values. If the mismatch comparison in check() stops reporting errors, --self-test still passes because this separate calculation remains unequal.
Pass the perturbed values into check() or use an isolated mutated fixture. Assert that check() reports the expected mismatch before checking the clean tree.
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[info] 350-350: use of eval can be insecure
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In `@scripts/check_gc_header_constants.py` around lines 350 - 351, Update the
self-test around the perturbed GC constants so it invokes check() with the
mutated values, or an isolated fixture containing them, and asserts that check()
reports the expected mismatch before validating the unmodified values. Remove
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`restore_class_guard_shapes_for_test` is reached only from `test_reset_class_field_inline_guard`, which is `#[cfg(test)]`, so in an ordinary build it is dead code and `-D warnings` rejects it. Gate it the same way its only caller is gated. Caught by the `warnings` job, which the local run that cleared this branch had skipped: it was invoked with SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1, and that tier IS the `warnings`/`check` jobs.
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Summary
Two commits. The first is a measured win on every static-key class-field read; the second is the gate that the first one showed was missing.
1. Retire the per-access class-field latch
Every static-key class-field read gated its fast path on
@PERRY_CLASS_FIELD_INLINE_GUARD_DISABLED. That is anexternal global, so on arm64 reading it costsadrp+ a GOTldr+ a dependentldrbthrough it + a compare — four instructions and two dependent loads, in the gate block, before the guard has looked at the receiver at all. It cannot be hoisted: the runtime flips it mid-execution when a descriptor or accessor lands on a class prototype, so the load isvolatileby necessity.The authority moves onto a value the guard already had to load. Each class gains
@perry_class_guard_shape_*, seeded at module init with the same ShapeId as@perry_class_shape_id_*and registered with the runtime;disable_class_field_inline_guardnow poisons every registered slot withu32::MAX. ShapeIds are allocated from[0x8000_0000, 0xC000_0000)and never reused, so a poisoned expectation can never match a live object — every guard misses and routes to the IC, exactly what the latch bought. The expectation is read volatile per access for the same freshness reason the latch was, and is still cheaper: one module-localadrp+ldr, no GOT hop.It is a separate global from the ShapeId on purpose.
js_object_alloc_class_inline_keys_stampedstamps every new instance with the value read out of the ShapeId global (lower_call/new_alloc.rs), so poisoning that one would brand live objects with a bogus ShapeId rather than close a fast path. Subclass arms move to the poisonable global too, or a subclass receiver keeps hitting the fast path after a flip. Imported-class stubs carry the expectation throughjs_register_imported_class_shape_slot, and a rewrite that lands after a disable re-poisons rather than resurrects.2. Gate the compiler's copy of the GC header layout
perry-codegendoes not depend onperry-runtime. Yet it bakes the collector's header layout into emitted code twice over: the inlinenewpath stores a packedGcHeaderword as a compile-time constant (#8122), and every class-field / element-shape / method-probe guard masks that word against a literal. 36 restatements across 10 files, held together by a code comment.Nothing enforced it. What looks like enforcement is
which compares codegen's constant to a string literal — a tautology that never references the runtime, and is compiled out of
releaseandperry-devbesides. Every codegen test naming these bits asserts codegen's own constant reaches the IR, so they pin codegen to itself. A flag renumbered in perry-runtime therefore compiled clean, passed every suite, and shipped a compiler whose allocator baked one bit layout while the collector read another.scripts/check_gc_header_constants.pyre-derives every restatement from the runtime constant it quotes, including the composites (READ_FAST_PATH_BLOCKED=ARRAY_DESCRIPTORS|HAS_DESCRIPTORS, the fused masksELEM_HEADER_MASK/GC_OBJECT_METHOD_GUARD_MASK_I32). Registered-but-missing fails, so a fix deletes its own entry; a new header-shapedconstin a watched file must be registered or exempted with a reason.--self-testproves it can fail,--listprints the whole surface.Writing the registry found 5 restatements a module-scope grep misses — they are declared inside function bodies: the array-literal allocator's three, and two copies of the method-probe fused mask.
Measurements
arm64,
-Os+llc -O2 -mcpu=apple-m1, LLVM 22.1.4:o.a, typed receiver, executed fast pathExecuted counts are
/usr/bin/time -linstructions retired, best-of-5, differenced over iteration count so process startup cancels.The per-read marginal is −2 rather than −5 because LLVM already hoisted the latch's GOT base register across accesses within a function.
Unlike a clone-gated optimisation this fires wherever the guard does: the latch is gone from
$generic,$spec_band the copy the inliner leaves in the caller, verified per-clone in traced IR. That last one is the code that actually executes.Validation
perry-codegenlib: 1620 passedperry-runtimelib (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1): 4041 passed, 2 failed —a_free_or_move_outside_every_scope_is_caught_in_debug_buildsandsabotaged_remembering_arm_is_refused_by_the_coverage_cross_check, both of which pass under--profile gcaudit; they are the documentedperry-devdebug_assert!artifact, not this branchscripts/run_lint_gates.shscript tier: 78/79, the one failure being the public-baseline step already red onmainGC_OBJ_TYPED_LAYOUT_INTACT, naming all six affected compiler sitesNot run locally: the gap/parity suite. Since this touches
perry-runtime, ext-wrapper gap tests are sensitive to it and CI'spr-gateis the arbiter. Left as a draft until that is green.Two existing gates correctly caught this branch and moved with it:
gc_store_site_inventorywantedGC_STORE_AUDITmarkers on the new raw slot writes (POINTER_FREE— au32in the program's data segment, never a heap edge), andshape_descriptor_censuspinned the precheck's old spelling. The census is updated and strengthened: it now also requires the expectation to be read volatile from the poisonable global, because a lowering that hoisted that load would reopen a closed fast path and would still satisfy a shape-only assertion. Verified to fail when thevolatileis dropped.Not included
Two follow-ons were measured and deliberately left out:
obj_type, i.e. insidegc_flags, whose 8 bits are fully allocated. Reaching it means evicting three GC flags and relocatingFORWARDED. Also measured: LLVM re-fuses split predicates back into one masked compare, so spelling the check differently in IR buys nothing.This PR does not make the GC header bits movable. It makes moving them a red build instead of a silent miscompile.
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