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Summary

  • select a deliberately narrow family of exact additive arrow callbacks and compile private callback bodies with cold-arm deoptimization
  • admit unused-result prefix/postfix ++ and -- on compiler-proven captured boxes; plain numbers step inline while TDZ and ToNumeric coercion poison the fast loop before observable fallback
  • cache admitted ECS array handles in the loop preheader and remove per-iteration fingerprint reloads and loop polls only while the exact hot path cannot collect
  • fail closed through runtime identity and capture-layout validation, ordinary guarded-loop fallback, exact next-index resume, and an EH-scope exclusion

Performance

Apple M1 Mac mini, Node 26.5.1, unchanged codehz/ecs workload:

  • accumulation confirmation from the exact additive callback change: Perry 0.082606 ms, Node 0.086533 ms, 0.9542x, 11/11 wins
  • read-only screen after admitting the benchmark count++ callback: Perry 0.188263 ms, Node 0.052334 ms, 3.597x, 0/3 wins

The read-only result is recorded as an intermediate mechanism result, not a parity claim. Later stacked PRs remove the remaining object/closure overhead.

Validation

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo test --release -p perry-codegen: 1,238 library tests passed, 1 ignored; every integration binary passed
  • cargo test --release -p perry --test versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt: passed, including normal and forced-evacuation execution plus emitted-LLVM assertions
  • unchanged ECS semantic/checksum oracles passed in every measured process
  • rebased conflict-free onto current main (d3d260295)

This PR was updated but not merged by the performance investigation.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Reduced per-iteration checks for eligible additive callbacks in versioned indexed loops.
    • Improved garbage-collection handling during optimized callback execution.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved safe fallback behavior for unsupported callbacks and edge cases.
    • Ensured optimized loops resume at the correct index when falling back.
    • Maintained consistent results across garbage-collection modes and mixed value types.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for callback specialization, direct dispatch, fallback scenarios, exceptions, and GC behavior.

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Walkthrough

The compiler selects exact additive callbacks, emits private callback clones, registers and resolves their direct targets, and adds callback-deoptimization paths to versioned indexed loops. GC-leaf call metadata prevents unnecessary root reloads during specialized execution.

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Versioned loop callback specialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
GC-leaf call-site support
crates/perry-codegen/src/block.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/dialect/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/inst.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/root_reload.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/*tests.rs
Direct and indirect calls can carry the gc-leaf-function attribute. Root-reload analysis and tests handle the new flag.
Callback selection and target registration
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/*, crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/registry.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dispatch/direct.rs
The compiler selects exact additive callbacks, emits versioned closure clones, registers capture metadata, and resolves targets by closure handle and arity.
Callback-deopt loop lowering
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/*, crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/*, crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/*, crates/perry/tests/versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt.rs, changelog.d/8783-exact-callback-versioned-loops.md
Versioned indexed loops record deoptimization context, invoke specialized callback targets, resume at the next index after cold-path failures, and retain the guarded fallback loop.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a6c61

The optimization changes exact callback loop execution and deoptimization behavior. A bounded validation risk remains because the forced-evacuation test may inherit collector settings and pass without proving object relocation; the PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner follow-up to isolate that test configuration.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Codegen
  participant RuntimeRegistry
  participant MethodCompiler
  participant VersionedLoop
  participant CallbackClone
  Codegen->>RuntimeRegistry: Register versioned closure target
  MethodCompiler->>RuntimeRegistry: Resolve target by closure and arity
  RuntimeRegistry-->>MethodCompiler: Return target pointer or null
  MethodCompiler->>VersionedLoop: Supply resolved callback target
  VersionedLoop->>CallbackClone: Invoke callback clone with deopt context
  CallbackClone-->>VersionedLoop: Store resume index on cold failure
  VersionedLoop->>VersionedLoop: Resume guarded loop
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proggeramlug force-pushed the perf/versioned-loop-exact-callback branch from fb8dd07 to 8f149ae Compare August 25, 2026 05:24
@proggeramlug proggeramlug changed the title perf(codegen): deopt exact callbacks from versioned loops perf(codegen): deopt exact callbacks and captured updates Aug 25, 2026

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crates/perry/tests/versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt.rs (1)

48-60: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Clear all inherited collector knobs before each arm.

run_fixture removes only PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE and PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION. The child process inherits every other Perry collector variable from the test process. If the environment carries PERRY_GEN_GC=0 or PERRY_GC_MOVING_SAFEPOINT=0, copying collection never runs, the force_evacuation = true arm stops relocating objects, and the assertion still passes with the same stdout. The evacuation arm then proves nothing about the cold deopt paths.

🧪 Proposed fix to normalize the collector environment
 fn run_fixture(binary: &Path, force_evacuation: bool) -> Output {
     let mut command = Command::new(binary);
+    for knob in [
+        "PERRY_GEN_GC",
+        "PERRY_GEN_GC_EVACUATE",
+        "PERRY_GC_SCAVENGE",
+        "PERRY_GC_SCAVENGE_NURSERY_MB",
+        "PERRY_GC_MOVING_SAFEPOINT",
+        "PERRY_GC_MOVING_LOOP_POLLS",
+        "PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE",
+        "PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION",
+        "PERRY_CONSERVATIVE_STACK_SCAN",
+        "PERRY_WRITE_BARRIERS",
+        "PERRY_GC_INCREMENTAL",
+        "PERRY_GC_HEAP_LIMIT",
+    ] {
+        command.env_remove(knob);
+    }
     if force_evacuation {
         command
             .env("PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE", "1")
             .env("PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION", "1");
-    } else {
-        command
-            .env_remove("PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE")
-            .env_remove("PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION");
     }
     command.output().expect("run callback-deopt fixture")
 }

Based on learnings: in Perry relocating-GC regression tests that spawn compiled binaries with std::process::Command, explicitly remove inherited Perry collector-knob env vars before applying the test arm's intended environment, because inherited settings can make copying minor GC ineligible and silently invalidate relocation-sensitive tests.

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In `@crates/perry/tests/versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt.rs` around lines 48
- 60, Update run_fixture to remove all inherited Perry collector-knob
environment variables before applying the force_evacuation arm settings,
including variables such as PERRY_GEN_GC and PERRY_GC_MOVING_SAFEPOINT. Preserve
the existing arm-specific behavior for enabling or removing
PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE and PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION so each child process
uses a normalized collector configuration.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@crates/perry/tests/versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt.rs`:
- Around line 48-60: Update run_fixture to remove all inherited Perry
collector-knob environment variables before applying the force_evacuation arm
settings, including variables such as PERRY_GEN_GC and
PERRY_GC_MOVING_SAFEPOINT. Preserve the existing arm-specific behavior for
enabling or removing PERRY_GC_FORCE_EVACUATE and PERRY_GC_VERIFY_EVACUATION so
each child process uses a normalized collector configuration.

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In `@crates/perry/tests/versioned_indexed_loop_callback_deopt.rs`:
- Around line 13-25: Update GC_ENV_OVERRIDES to include PERRY_GEN_GC_EVACUATE so
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Review follow-up is in a6c610f: the runtime build, fixture compile, and both child-process arms remove the established collector environment overrides before the forced arm is applied. The release integration passed its normal and forced-moving-GC executions on the Mac mini.

proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 25, 2026
* perf(codegen): deopt exact callbacks from versioned loops

* docs(changelog): note exact callback loop deopt

* perf(codegen): specialize captured numeric updates

* test: normalize callback deopt GC arms

* chore: root-holder verdict for CLOSURE_VERSIONED_LOOP_REGISTRY (#8783)

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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Landed on main via #8808.

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