perf(runtime): stop double-hashing Map's string content-hash side table - #10813
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MAP_STRING_INDEX's inner table (map_ptr -> content_hash -> Vec<entry_idx>) hashed its `u64` key with std::collections::HashMap's default SipHash. That key is not raw input -- it is already the FNV-1a content hash computed one layer up, so every string-keyed Map.get/set/has/delete past SIDE_TABLE_THRESHOLD paid for a second, unrelated hash of an already-mixed value. Switched the inner table to PtrHasher (one multiply by the Fibonacci constant plus an xorshift avalanche), the same treatment the sibling NumericIndex.hashed table already gets for hashing a computed, non- adversarial u64. Not a HashDoS regression: two colliding u64 FNV-1a hashes land in the same Vec<u32> bucket under any hasher, so SipHash on the outer table could never have defended against a crafted FNV-1a collision -- the attack surface is FNV-1a itself, unchanged here. HashMap<K, V, S>::get also re-checks K: Eq on every candidate regardless of S, so a hasher swap cannot change which entry a lookup resolves to, only how fast it gets there. New test `string_index_resolves_every_key_correctly_past_the_hashed_threshold` inserts 10,000 distinct string keys (forcing real bucket collisions at both the outer map-pointer and inner content-hash levels) and checks reverse-order reads, content-equal-but-freshly-allocated keys, adversarial shared-prefix misses, and delete-half-then-verify. Measured as a flat constant-factor win across an N-sweep from 16 to 4,096 map entries (well past the growth threshold): 115-121 instructions saved per lookup at every size tested, for interned hits, dynamically-built hits, and misses alike -- not a small-map-only effect. A first pass on one shape (dynamically-rebuilt keys) showed an apparent ~38-instruction-per- doubling growth with N; that was a probe artifact (the decimal key suffix grew a digit as N grew, correlating length with N) and vanished under a length-controlled follow-up. Not a fix for #10697 (string-keyed Map slow on small maps): that turned out to be a codegen type-proof gap in the generic dispatch path (find_key_index_cold / jsvalue_eq / string_view_from_bits re-deriving a key already proven to be a string), tracked and owned separately. Gap test: test_gap_map_get_string_key_perf.ts, byte-identical to node 26.5.1 -- SameValueZero (NaN, +0/-0), insertion-order iteration, has vs get for a stored undefined, delete-then-reinsert ordering, non-ASCII and lone-surrogate keys, content-equal-but-distinct-identity keys, a map past the growth threshold.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/map.rs`:
- Line 3723: Update the test’s keys collection to store runtime handles instead
of raw StringHeader pointers, then derive each current StringHeader pointer
immediately before lookups and deletes. Preserve the existing key generation and
Map operations while ensuring keys remain rooted across allocations and moving
collection.
- Line 840: Update the inner u64-keyed map in the map storage type to use a
keyed or randomized hasher instead of the deterministic PtrHasher, while
preserving the outer map structure and Vec<u32> handling for exact FNV-1a
collisions. Keep the changelog wording distinguishing exact hash collisions from
inner HashMap bucket targeting.
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| static MAP_STRING_INDEX: RefCell< | ||
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from collections import defaultdict
FNV_OFFSET = 0xcbf29ce484222325
FNV_PRIME = 0x100000001b3
PTR_MIX = 0x9E3779B97F4A7C15
MASK = (1 << 64) - 1
CAPACITY = 1 << 14
TARGET_COUNT = 64
def fnv1a(data):
h = FNV_OFFSET
for b in data:
h = ((h ^ b) * FNV_PRIME) & MASK
return h
def ptr_hash(n):
h = (n * PTR_MIX) & MASK
return h ^ (h >> 32)
bucket = {}
target = None
for i in range(5_000_000):
s = f"attacker-key-{i}".encode()
h = fnv1a(s)
b = ptr_hash(h) & (CAPACITY - 1)
prior = bucket.setdefault(b, [])
prior.append((s, h))
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print("target_bucket", target_bucket)
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print("candidate_strings_scanned", i + 1)
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Denial of Service
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Use a keyed hasher for the inner string-hash map. Generated code calls the js_map_set_string_* helpers for ordinary string-key Map.set operations, and supported network and fetch APIs can supply external strings. An application can therefore place attacker-controlled strings into a growing Map. PtrHasher is deterministic and unseeded. A standalone probe found 64 distinct strings with distinct FNV-1a hashes that target one bucket at capacity 16,384 after scanning 641,444 candidates. The Vec<u32> only handles exact FNV-1a collisions and does not bound probe cost for distinct hashes.
Use a keyed or randomized hasher for the inner u64 map. If untrusted strings cannot populate large Maps in a supported deployment, document and enforce that input boundary instead. Keep the changelog distinction between exact FNV-1a collisions and inner HashMap bucket targeting.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/map.rs` at line 840, Update the inner u64-keyed map
in the map storage type to use a keyed or randomized hasher instead of the
deterministic PtrHasher, while preserving the outer map structure and Vec<u32>
handling for exact FNV-1a collisions. Keep the changelog wording distinguishing
exact hash collisions from inner HashMap bucket targeting.
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| fn string_index_resolves_every_key_correctly_past_the_hashed_threshold() { | ||
| let map = js_map_alloc(4); | ||
| const COUNT: usize = 10_000; | ||
| let mut keys: Vec<*const StringHeader> = Vec::with_capacity(COUNT); |
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Keep the test keys rooted across allocations.
keys stores raw StringHeader pointers. Later string allocations can trigger a moving collection, which can update Map entries but cannot update pointers in the native Vec. Later lookups and deletes can therefore use stale pointers.
Store runtime handles in keys, and derive the current pointer before each use.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/map.rs` at line 3723, Update the test’s keys
collection to store runtime handles instead of raw StringHeader pointers, then
derive each current StringHeader pointer immediately before lookups and deletes.
Preserve the existing key generation and Map operations while ensuring keys
remain rooted across allocations and moving collection.
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Landed via merge train 242 (#10830) as v0.5.1621 — Eight PRs travelled together because their file sets are disjoint — 30 files, +1,514/−101, zero overlap. Validated as one tree: ten cheap gates, Two of the eight needed a fix before they could land, both made in the train rather than bounced back. #10816 bound #10817 added 15 dispatch entries without regenerating the docs, so the API-docs-drift check failed. Regenerated from a built binary: 2855 → 2870, exactly your 15, with For future PRs in this area: One more thing, aimed at whoever cuts the next PR here: |
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MAP_STRING_INDEX— the content-hashed side table behind string-keyedMap.get/set/has/deleteonce a map passesSIDE_TABLE_THRESHOLD— hashed its inneru64 → Vec<u32>table withstd::collections::HashMap's default SipHash. Thatu64is not raw input. It is already the FNV-1a content hash computed immediately above it, so SipHash was paying for a second, unrelated hash of an already-well-mixed value on every string-keyed lookup.Switched to
PtrHasher(one multiply by a Fibonacci constant plus an xorshift avalanche) — the same treatment the siblingNumericIndex.hashedtable already gets, for the same reason: a computed, non-adversarialu64key.115–121 instructions saved per lookup, flat across an N-sweep from 16 to 4,096 entries — for hits (interned and dynamically built keys) and misses alike. A constant-factor win, not a small-map effect.
Not a HashDoS regression
Two colliding
u64FNV-1a hashes land in the sameVec<u32>bucket under any hasher. SipHash on that table could never have defended against a crafted FNV-1a collision, because the attack surface is FNV-1a itself, which is unchanged. AndHashMap<K, V, S>::getre-checksK: Eqon every candidate regardless ofS, so a hasher swap cannot change which entry a lookup resolves to — only how fast it gets there.That property is pinned empirically rather than argued: a new test inserts 10,000 distinct string keys, forcing real bucket collisions at both the outer map-pointer and inner content-hash levels, and asserts every key still resolves to its own value — reverse-order reads, content-equal-but-freshly-allocated keys, adversarial shared-prefix misses, and delete-half-then-verify.
A probe artifact, caught before it became a finding
One shape (dynamically rebuilt keys) initially showed ~38 instructions of growth per doubling of N — which is exactly the super-linear behaviour we were looking for, and would have been reported as such. It was an artifact: the key was built as
"key" + (i % size), so the decimal suffix gains a digit assizegrows and key length was correlating with N. Under a length-controlled re-run the growth vanishes and both arms decrease. Recorded because the wrong version of that number was one step from being published.What this is not
Not a fix for #10697. That session profiled the generic dispatch path with callgrind and found
find_key_index_coldrunning on every lookup of a four-entry map,jsvalue_eqspending ~149 instructions on generic equality for a key already known to be a string, andstring_view_from_bitsre-deriving what that established — ~361 instructions against node's ~50. Neither is a hashing cost.A narrower observation surfaced while reproducing it:
m.get(arr[i])reaches the specialized string-keyed path, whilelet key = arr[i]; m.get(key)does not. On verification that requires both an inline index expression and a<string, number>-annotated map — not the binding shape alone, as first reported. Both are codegen type-proof gaps, owned separately.Measurement caveat, stated rather than buried
Absolutes were taken under
PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1, whose overhead varies by workload — measured at ~0.3% on string concat and 8× onString.prototype.split, so it is not a constant. Treat the absolutes as flag-qualified. The 115–121 delta is unaffected: both arms of every comparison shared the flag and the same runtime archive.Validation
SameValueZero(NaNas key,+0/-0as one key), insertion-order iteration,hasvsgeton a storedundefined, delete-then-reinsert ordering, non-ASCII and lone-surrogate keys, content-equal-but-distinct-identity keys, and a map past the growth threshold.map::suite 25/25; the new 10,000-key test included.moved_objects=479,891,retired_set=#9,760, zero corruption. The collector was demonstrably live, not idle.run_lint_gates.sh84/85 — the one failure is the known-red public-baseline step, left red.cargo fmt --all -- --checkclean. Runtime-only: noperry-codegenand no GC sources touched, so thePASS1_MARKEDwindow pin is unaffected.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
undefined, deletions, reinsertion, and keys sharing common prefixes.Performance
Map.get,Map.set,Map.has, andMap.deleteoperations as string-keyed maps grow.