fix(runtime): implement resizable ArrayBuffer — new ArrayBuffer(n, { maxByteLength }), resize, length-tracking views (#10873) - #10916
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`new ArrayBuffer(len, { maxByteLength })` silently returned a fixed-length
buffer: the codegen arm in lower_call/builtin.rs lowered only args[0] and
never even evaluated the options bag, `ArrayBuffer.prototype.resize` did not
exist, and the `resizable` / `maxByteLength` getters were hard-coded to
`false` / `byteLength` (get_field_by_name_tail.rs carried the comment "Perry
has no resizable ArrayBuffers"). A program using one died on its first
`.resize()` with `TypeError: (Buffer).resize is not a function`.
Storage model (buffer/resizable.rs): buffer bytes live inline after the
BufferHeader and every view aliases its backing by raw address, so a resize
must never move the payload. A resizable buffer therefore reserves
`maxByteLength` once (its `capacity`) and `resize()` only rewrites `length`.
A grow clears only what it exposes and only what may be dirty — each buffer
carries a `dirty_end` boundary past which bytes are known zero — so a
`new ArrayBuffer(0, { maxByteLength: 64 MiB })` reserves address space, not
resident memory, and a 64 MiB regrow into released pages costs nothing on
Linux. A shrink of >= 64 KiB hands the dropped pages back to the OS (the
madvise detach uses), so RSS follows `byteLength`.
Views: `resize` eagerly recomputes the header length of every registered view
over the buffer (buffer-shaped Uint8Array/Buffer/DataView via view.rs, typed
arrays via typedarray_view.rs) — the way detach zeroes them — so every fast
tier that reads a view's length keeps working unchanged. Length-tracking views
(constructed without an explicit length; `subarray()` without `end` of one)
follow byteLength; fixed-length views read as length 0 / byteOffset 0 while
they do not fit and come back when the buffer regrows; an out-of-bounds
DataView throws TypeError from its accessors and `byteLength`. `transfer()`
preserves resizability, `transferToFixedLength()` drops it. `resize`,
`transfer`, `transferToFixedLength` and the `resizable` / `maxByteLength` /
`detached` accessors are installed on ArrayBuffer.prototype. The dynamic
constructor path (class_registry/construct.rs) passes the options too.
Cost when unused: every new probe on a shared path is gated on one
RegistryLatch load (`any_resizable_buffer`); the per-access ViewInfo/ViewMeta
copies stay two words (the bookkeeping lives in separate records). Measured
instructions:u on typed-array / view / DataView / ArrayBuffer micro-rows are
within +-0.3% of unpatched main.
Verified: test-files/test_gap_10873_resizable_arraybuffer.ts byte-identical
against node 26.5.1 (fails on unpatched main at line 1), also under
PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_SEED=1 RATE=1 ALLOC_KB=0 PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1
VERIFY_EVACUATION=1 (1572 forced copying minors); 11 new unit tests in
buffer/resizable_tests.rs; perry-runtime --lib 4207 passed; test262
resizable-arraybuffer built-ins subset 33 -> 156 of 408 (the rest are
%TypedArray% method mid-iteration semantics and a typed-array-subclass
static-inheritance gap the harness itself trips on).
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant JavaScript
participant ArrayBufferPrototype
participant BufferDispatch
participant ViewRegistry
JavaScript->>ArrayBufferPrototype: call resize(newLength)
ArrayBufferPrototype->>BufferDispatch: dispatch resize
BufferDispatch->>ViewRegistry: relength views after resize
ViewRegistry-->>JavaScript: updated view lengths and bounds
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Repeated buffer resizing can degrade significantly in view-heavy programs, and some Unix targets may expose stale bytes after regrowth. Address these concerns before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/buffer/detach.rs`:
- Around line 143-164: Restrict the zero-fill implementation of
decommit_payload_pages_zeroed to target_os = "linux" only, and use the fallback
implementation for every non-Linux target so decommit_payload_pages_zeroed never
applies the MADV_DONTNEED optimization elsewhere.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typedarray_view.rs`:
- Around line 253-277: Introduce a backing-to-view index for
TYPED_ARRAY_VIEW_META and maintain it whenever view metadata is inserted,
replaced, or removed, including backing-address rewrites performed by
scan_typed_array_view_meta_roots_mut. Update relength_views_of_resized_backing
to retrieve and process only views indexed under the resized backing, matching
the indexing approach used by the buffer view implementation, while preserving
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| #[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))] | ||
| pub(super) fn decommit_payload_pages_zeroed(data: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool { | ||
| let page = unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGESIZE) }; | ||
| if page <= 0 { | ||
| return false; | ||
| } | ||
| let page = page as usize; | ||
| let begin = data as usize; | ||
| let start = begin.wrapping_add(page - 1) & !(page - 1); | ||
| let end = (begin + len) & !(page - 1); | ||
| if end <= start { | ||
| return false; | ||
| } | ||
| unsafe { | ||
| if libc::madvise(start as *mut libc::c_void, end - start, libc::MADV_DONTNEED) != 0 { | ||
| return false; | ||
| } | ||
| std::ptr::write_bytes(data, 0, start - begin); | ||
| std::ptr::write_bytes(end as *mut u8, 0, begin + len - end); | ||
| } | ||
| true | ||
| } |
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Restrict the zero-fill optimization to Linux.
decommit_payload_pages_zeroed is documented as safe only on Linux, but the current cfg enables it on every non-macOS Unix target. If MADV_DONTNEED does not zero-fill private anonymous pages on such a target, a later grow can expose stale bytes.
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-#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos")))]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
pub(super) fn decommit_payload_pages_zeroed(data: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool {
...
}
-#[cfg(not(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos"))))]
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
pub(super) fn decommit_payload_pages_zeroed(data: *mut u8, len: usize) -> bool {
decommit_payload_pages(data, len);
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/buffer/detach.rs` around lines 143 - 164, Restrict
the zero-fill implementation of decommit_payload_pages_zeroed to target_os =
"linux" only, and use the fallback implementation for every non-Linux target so
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| pub(crate) fn relength_views_of_resized_backing(backing: usize, buffer_len: u32) { | ||
| if !any_view_meta() { | ||
| return; | ||
| } | ||
| TYPED_ARRAY_VIEW_META.with(|r| { | ||
| for (&ta, rec) in r.borrow_mut().iter_mut() { | ||
| if rec.meta.backing != backing { | ||
| continue; | ||
| } | ||
| let header = ta as *mut TypedArrayHeader; | ||
| let elem = elem_size_for_kind(unsafe { (*header).kind }) as u32; | ||
| let len = crate::buffer::view_length_after_resize( | ||
| buffer_len, | ||
| rec.meta.byte_offset, | ||
| elem, | ||
| rec.length_tracking, | ||
| rec.fixed_len, | ||
| ); | ||
| rec.out_of_bounds = len.is_none(); | ||
| unsafe { | ||
| (*header).length = len.unwrap_or(0); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
| }); | ||
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Index typed-array views by backing.
relength_views_of_resized_backing scans every current entry in TYPED_ARRAY_VIEW_META and then filters by rec.meta.backing. clear_view_meta removes entries when typed arrays are unregistered, so the map does not contain every view ever registered. However, each resize still costs O(all current typed-array view entries), including views over unrelated buffers. Repeated resizes can therefore slow down when many such views remain registered.
Add a backing-to-views index. Update it when records are inserted, replaced, or removed. Update it when scan_typed_array_view_meta_roots_mut rewrites backing addresses during GC. Then process only views associated with the resized backing, as crates/perry-runtime/src/buffer/view.rs does.
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Introduce a backing-to-view index for TYPED_ARRAY_VIEW_META and maintain it
whenever view metadata is inserted, replaced, or removed, including
backing-address rewrites performed by scan_typed_array_view_meta_roots_mut.
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Fixes #10873.
What was wrong
new ArrayBuffer(len, { maxByteLength })silently returned a fixed-length buffer. Three things were missing:crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/builtin.rs(the"ArrayBuffer" | "SharedArrayBuffer"arm) lowered onlyargs[0]— the options bag was never even evaluated.ArrayBuffer.prototype.resizedid not exist; a call died withTypeError: (Buffer).resize is not a function.resizable/maxByteLengthwere hard-coded (get_field_by_name_tail.rs: "Perry has no resizable ArrayBuffers, soresizableis always false").The dynamic constructor path (
class_registry/construct.rs,new (someValue)(…)/ subclasses) had the same one-argument shape.Design
New module
crates/perry-runtime/src/buffer/resizable.rs; the storage rule follows from how buffers already work:BufferHeader, and every view aliases its backing by raw address (view::ViewInfo,typedarray_view::ViewMeta, the DataView's cached data pointer). So a resizable buffer allocatesmaxByteLengthup front (itscapacity) andresize()only rewriteslength. No reallocation, no address a view holds can go stale.lengthbytes only. Each buffer carries adirty_endboundary (header::ResizableInfo) past which bytes are known zero, so a grow clears just[oldLength, min(newLength, dirty_end)). A shrink of ≥ 64 KiB releases the dropped pages with the samemadvisedetach uses; on Linux (MADV_DONTNEED⇒ zero-fill on next touch) that also pullsdirty_endback down, so regrowing costs nothing until the pages are written. macOS gives no such guarantee, so there a regrow clears (this PR's measurements are Linux-only).resizewalks the buffer-shaped views (Uint8Array / Buffer / DataView,view.rs) and the typed-array views (typedarray_view.rs) and rewrites their headerlength. Every fast tier that reads a view's length keeps working unchanged. Length-tracking views (constructed without an explicit length;subarray()withoutendof one) followbyteLength; fixed-length views read as length 0 / byteOffset 0 while they do not fit and come back when the buffer regrows; an out-of-bounds DataView throwsTypeErrorfrom its accessors andbyteLengthgetter (checked only on the already-failing bounds path).transfer()preserves resizability (andRangeErrors pastmaxByteLength);transferToFixedLength()drops it.resize/transfer/transferToFixedLengthand theresizable/maxByteLength/detachedaccessors are installed onArrayBuffer.prototypeand readable as values on instances (typeof ab.resize), on ArrayBuffer only.u8_inline_cacheadmits non-view buffers only; typed-array tiers requirePERRY_TA_VIEW_GUARD == 0). Growing a typed-array view past its construction-time element count is safe for the same reason: a registered view'sdata_ptrresolves into the backing, never the header's inline region.Cost when unused: every probe this adds to a shared path answers from one
RegistryLatchload (any_resizable_buffer). The per-accessViewInfo/ViewMetacopies stay two words — the resize bookkeeping lives in separateViewRecords (a first cut that widened them showed +1.8% / +1.2% instructions on view element access; the split brought it back to noise).Evidence (Linux x86_64, perrymaster, base = main
841b605c97v0.5.1632)Issue repro (
rab.ts): main printsundefined 0 false 0thenTypeError: (Buffer).resize is not a function; this branch printsfunction 0 true 1024/16, same as node.Gap fixture
test-files/test_gap_10873_resizable_arraybuffer.ts(73 lines of output: ctor options + evaluation order, resize grow/shrink/regrow, fixed-length views going out of bounds and back, multi-byte typed arrays flooring,subarraytracking rules, DataView OOBTypeErrors,slice/transfer/transferToFixedLength, reflection, element reads in loops that resize underneath them, and the Native-Messaging-host shape with a 64 MiBmaxByteLength): byte-identical against node 26.5.1. On unpatched main it fails at line 1. Also byte-identical underPERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_SEED=1 PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_RATE=1 PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_ALLOC_KB=0 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1 PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION=1(1572 forced copying minors),PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE=1andPERRY_GEN_GC=0.Unit tests — 11 new in
buffer/resizable_tests.rs(payload never moves, grow clears exactly what it exposes, large shrink + regrow never leaks old bytes through the decommit path, views track / go out of bounds / come back, typed-array view written past its birth length lands in the backing, DataView OOB, transfer preserves/drops resizability, dead-buffer pruning, the spec length table).RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib:ok. 4208 passed; 0 failed; 6 ignored(unpatched main: 4207 — the one new test module counts as 11 tests, some of the base's are#[ignore]d).Real program — guest271314's unmodified
nm_typescript.tsNative Messaging host (new ArrayBuffer(0, { maxByteLength: 64 MiB }),.resize()per message): on main it dies on the first message with{"error":"(Buffer).resize is not a function"}; here it round-trips a 209,715-element / 1,048,576-byte message byte-for-byte, 3/3. (Messages whose 4-byte frame header contains a byte ≥ 0x80 still come back corrupted — that is a separate, pre-existingstdout.write(Uint8Array)bug, present on 0.5.1520 too, reported to the parent thread; not touched here.)RSS / grow cost (
rss.ts, 64 MiBmaxByteLength): RSS afternew ArrayBuffer(0, {maxByteLength: 64 MiB})+~20 MiB over baseline (the old-arena reservation's bookkeeping, not payload), afterresize(64 MiB)+ touching every page +64 MiB, afterresize(0)back to the post-construction figure.resize(64 MiB)itself: 0.04 ms (was 224 ms before thedirty_endboundary — a memset that faulted 16k pages).resize(64MiB) + Uint8Array.set(64 MiB) + resize(0)best-of-5 on a loaded box: 8.5 ms (quiet moment) to 48 ms (load ~40) vs node 34–41 ms.Common-path cost (
instructions:u, unpatched main vs this branch, same box, one binary per row):test262 (
test-compat/test262runner,--all-features, vendor checkout419d3e0a, everybuilt-inscase taggedresizable-arraybufferoutside SharedArrayBuffer/Atomics — 408 judged): 33 → 156 pass (8.1% → 38.2%); per dir ArrayBuffer 27→73, DataView 0→26, TypedArray 3→41, TypedArrayConstructors 1→5, Array 2→11. Remaining failures are (a) 98 cases where the shared harnessresizableArrayBufferUtils.jsdoesMyUint8Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENTon aclass MyUint8Array extends Uint8Array {}— typed-array subclasses do not inherit constructor statics, a pre-existing gap unrelated to buffers; (b)%TypedArray%.prototype.*mid-iteration shrink semantics (methods must observeundefined/ throwTypeErrorwhen the receiver goes out of bounds under a callback) — follow-up material, not required by any real program seen so far. Thefeatures-applicable.txtcomment is updated to say so; the feature stays off the radar list until those land.Other gates:
cargo fmt --check,scripts/check_file_size.sh,scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.py(the new registry sits beside its sibling identity sets inheader.rs, pruned byfinalize_collected_dead_buffer),scripts/addr_class_inventory.py,scripts/check_node_version_consistency.py: all OK.RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo check -p perry --bins: rc=0.cargo test --release -p perry-codegen --lib:ok. 1655 passed; 0 failed; 1 ignored. Parity fast-mode filtersarraybuffer/dataview/typedarray/typed_array/buffer:test_gap_108731/1,arraybuffer2/2,dataview5/5,typedarray8/8,typed_array15/15,buffer30/33 — the threebuffermisses (test_issue_1120_fastify_buffer,test_issue_4975_http_agent_keep_alive_timeout_buffercompile-fail,test_issue_1140_buffer_index_runtimemismatch) all three fail identically on unpatched main841b605c97under the same prebuilt-compiler run (compile-fail there too — the fast-mode run has no fastify/http ext archives), andtest_issue_1120_fastify_buffer/test_issue_1140_buffer_index_runtimeare entries intest-parity/known_failures.json; not this branch's..Not in this PR
SharedArrayBuffer(grow,growable,maxByteLengthon SAB).%TypedArray%.prototypemethod semantics for a receiver that shrinks mid-iteration (test262 bucket above).class X extends ArrayBuffer {}instances tripPERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION's old→young edge verifier (gc/verify.rs:914, parent=buffer, child=object) on unpatched main as well (7/12 runs of a 5-line program, seed 1 rate 1) — pre-existing, filed separately by the parent thread. The fixture therefore exercises the dynamic-constructor path but not a subclass; subclass construction was verified by hand (sub.resizable === true,maxByteLengthhonoured).decommit_payload_pages_zeroedanswersfalsethere); not measured on a Mac in this PR.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
ArrayBufferinstances with configurable maximum sizes.resize(),transfer(), andtransferToFixedLength()methods.resizable,maxByteLength, anddetachedproperties.DataViewbehavior, including correct out-of-bounds errors.Documentation
Tests