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A top-level JSON array parses onto a validating tape and materializes its
elements on demand. That wins whenever the caller touches a few elements --
`parse` and `sparse` run at ~0.4x the better of Node and Bun -- but a
program that then walks every element pays for two tokenizations: the tape
build and the per-record reparse the scan flip hands to the direct parser.
Profiled on records_array_1m:scan: 26.7% tape build, 43.1% record reparse,
1.11x the better engine. The same inputs parsed eagerly run at parity.
No size threshold can choose between the two, because the direct parser is
also the wrong choice for some arrays nobody traverses: heterogeneous_1m's 32
record shapes cost it 2.89x CPU and 3.31x RSS where the tape takes 0.35x and
0.66x. Raising the lazy window's lower bound would have passed the matrix
cells and regressed small heterogeneous parses ~4x, so the decision follows
behaviour instead.
`json::traversal_feedback` keeps a per-thread score: every lazy array created
costs a point, every traversal earns two. Once traversal is the norm, eligible
parses go eagerly, and one in 16 still takes the tape so a program that stops
traversing drifts back. Parse-only and sparse programs never earn evidence,
so they never leave the tape. The gate applies only in `PERRY_JSON_TAPE`'s
auto mode.
Two traversal signals, both from `lazy_get_rooted`'s cold read and folded into
one call so json_tape.rs stays under its line cap:
- the existing adaptive flip (cumulative walk or scan streak), and
- an in-order read of the LAST element. The flip deliberately never fires
for an array too small for its streak to be proportional evidence -- a
120-row array reaches the 64-read streak with over half of it cached --
so without this, records_array_16k:scan never produced any evidence.
Stringify, revivers, array methods and mutation also force materialization,
but none of them is evidence that a scan would have been cheaper eagerly.
Measured across all 50 matrix cells in one binary against the tape-only route:
records_array_16k:scan 1.23x -> 0.78x (RSS 51 -> 34 MiB)
records_array_1m:scan 1.11x -> 0.98x
records_array_8m:scan CPU 0.93x -> 0.77x, RSS 190 -> 163 MiB
No other cell moved outside noise.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds thread-local traversal feedback for JSON arrays. Automatic parsing uses the feedback to select eager or lazy parsing. Lazy creation and cold reads update the feedback. Tests cover switching, resampling, and decay. ChangesAdaptive JSON parsing
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Other Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant JSON.parse
participant traversal_feedback
participant LazyArray
JSON.parse->>traversal_feedback: prefer_eager()
traversal_feedback-->>JSON.parse: eager or lazy route
JSON.parse->>LazyArray: create lazy array when selected
LazyArray->>traversal_feedback: note_lazy_array_created()
LazyArray->>traversal_feedback: after_cold_read() after traversal
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The added traversal-feedback TLS declarations fail a required CI check. Use the approved TLS macro or record the declarations as cold before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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…aversal evidence Traversal feedback (#10150) learns that a program scans its parsed arrays from element reads in lazy_get_rooted. The element-shape loop clone (#10171) materializes a lazy array whole in its preheader through js_array_refresh_local_head before any element is read lazily, so a scan loop served by the clone never produced evidence: every parse built the tape and then materialized every record anyway. On the quiet bench mini records_array_16k:scan and records_array_1m:scan read 1.11x and 1.18x the better of Node and Bun, with a third of the parse samples in build_tape_into. js_array_refresh_local_head now notes one flip's worth of evidence the first time it materializes a lazy array. Its emitters are all cold arms that run about once per receiver, so the added tracked-header probe is not on a hot path.
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A top-level JSON array parses onto a validating tape and materializes its elements on demand. That wins whenever the caller touches a few elements, but a program that then walks every element pays for two tokenizations.
Why the scan cells were behind
Profiled on
records_array_1m:scan: 26.7% tape build + 43.1% per-record reparse (the scan flip hands records to the direct parser), 1.11–1.13× the better of Node and Bun.records_array_16k:scanwas 1.23–1.25×. The same inputs parsed eagerly (PERRY_JSON_TAPE=0) run at parity.Why not a size threshold
The direct parser is also the wrong choice for some arrays nobody traverses.
heterogeneous_1m's 32 record shapes cost it 2.89× CPU and 3.31× RSS, where the tape takes 0.35× and 0.66×. Raising the lazy window's lower bound would pass the matrix cells and make small heterogeneous parses ~4× slower. So the decision follows behaviour.The change
json::traversal_feedbackkeeps a per-thread score. Every lazy array created costs a point; every traversal earns two. Once traversal is the norm, eligible parses go eagerly, and one in 16 still takes the tape, so a program that stops traversing drifts back. Parse-only and sparse programs never earn evidence and never leave the tape. It applies only inPERRY_JSON_TAPE's auto mode.There are two traversal signals, both from
lazy_get_rooted's cold read:records_array_16k:scanproduced no evidence at all.Stringify, revivers, array methods and mutation also force materialization, but none of them is evidence that a scan would have been cheaper eagerly, so they don't count.
Results
Measured across all 50 JSON matrix cells in one binary (feedback on vs off via a temporary switch, since removed), 3 reps, iteration counts from the quiet-mini run:
records_array_16k:scanrecords_array_1m:scanrecords_array_8m:scanNo other cell moved outside noise, including
heterogeneous_1m:parse(stays lazy) and everyparse/sparse/roundtripcell.Re-measured on this branch's own base (
origin/main):16k:scan0.86×,1m:scan1.02×,heterogeneous_1m:parse0.26×,1m:parse0.38×.Validation
cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib: 3700 passed, 0 failed. Three new unit tests pin the feedback: a traversing program switches to eager and keeps resampling; untraversed arrays never leave the tape; a program that stops traversing drifts back.--filter test_gap_json, Node 26.5.1): 35 pass, 1 fail. The failure istest_gap_json_lazy_defineproperty_index, recorded onmainasparity_failfor JSON.parse lazy array: Object.defineProperty index accessor is bypassed by reads #10097.json_tape.rsstays at 1998 lines: the two signals fold into one call replacing the existingif), raw-handle ratchet, address-class audit, GC env-knob drift, runtime root holders. The two newthread_local!Cell<u8>counters have researchednot_a_gc_pointerverdicts inscripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json.Summary by CodeRabbit
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