perf(gc): read the copying minor's weak-holder fact once per object (#10362) - #10388
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…erryTS#10362) Base: 33690c5 (main). `CopyingNurseryCollector::visit_slot_with_parent` called `weakref::is_weak_target_trace_slot(parent, slot)` for every slot of every traced object: an out-of-line call that re-reads the parent's `obj_type` and `class_id` and then rejects on class, for every slot of every ordinary object. The per-object form already existed — PerryTS#10182 gave `weakref::is_weak_holder_header` to the full mark in `gc/trace.rs`, and the copying minor never got it. The fact is read LAZILY, on the first slot that needs it, not eagerly per object. Eagerly regressed all six fixtures (+0.88% to +5.09% instructions): a great many traced objects — strings, pointer-free arrays — have no slot to visit at all, and paid two lookups for an answer nobody then asked for. instructions:u, min of 5, same host, base vs this: gc3 12,572,426,882 -> 12,447,923,597 -0.99% w5000 2,049,874,315 -> 2,016,880,468 -1.61% w20000 5,094,865,215 -> 5,025,205,279 -1.37% oldyoung 1,525,472,951 -> 1,508,726,393 -1.10% w1000 1,090,121,743 -> 1,081,323,176 -0.81% alloc 320,285,196 -> 320,285,242 0.00% Peak RSS within 0.1% on all six. Max pause (min of 5, w20000 interleaved over 9) better or flat on all six. On a control isolating the slot term — 60k records whose fields all point at one shared object, against the same records holding doubles — the pointer-slot-attributable instruction count falls 4.4% at K=2, 5.9% at K=8 and 6.3% at K=16, i.e. 25.5 instructions per pointer-slot visit. The slot visit moves to a new `gc/copying_parent_facts.rs`; the 2000-line file lint required the split, and `gc/copying.rs` ends up smaller than before. Tested: `gc::tests::copy_slot_hoists` pins the behaviour with a collection — a target reachable only through a rooted WeakRef's weak slot must die in the nursery — and its sabotaged twin makes the per-object fact read false, which evacuates through the weak slot and keeps the target alive. NOT included, deliberately: the same hoist for `barrier_parent_needs_remembering`'s generation clause. It measured as the half that makes a 1-pointer-slot object pay (oldyoung +0.198% with it, -1.10% without), and no sabotage could be made to fail for it — sticky dirty-page coverage carries an old->young edge independently of the remembered-set re-insertion, so forgetting the fact changes nothing observable. It needs its own witness before it is worth landing.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe copying minor now computes weak-holder status once per scanned object and passes it to slot visitation. Weak-target handling remains separate from strong-slot evacuation. New tests verify normal and sabotaged fact handling. ChangesCopying minor fact hoisting
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Refactor Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CopyingNurseryCollector
participant weak_holder_fact
participant visit_slot_with_weak_fact
participant repair_weak_slots
CopyingNurseryCollector->>weak_holder_fact: lazily compute weak-holder status
CopyingNurseryCollector->>visit_slot_with_weak_fact: scan slot with cached fact
visit_slot_with_weak_fact->>repair_weak_slots: queue weak-target slot
repair_weak_slots-->>CopyingNurseryCollector: repair weak slot after collection
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The test documentation overstates its coverage, which can mislead future GC changes and test planning. The correction is localized and does not block normal operation. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Full details: Docstring CoverageExplanation Docstring coverage is 42.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 14 functions across 5 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copy_slot_hoists.rs`:
- Around line 1-7: Update the module-level documentation in copy_slot_hoists.rs
to describe only the weak-holder fact tested by this file. Remove claims about
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| //! The copying minor reads two facts once per traced object that it used to | ||
| //! re-derive for every slot of that object: whether the parent is a weak | ||
| //! holder, and whether the parent is in old-gen. | ||
| //! | ||
| //! Both are pinned by a COLLECTION and its observable outcome, not by reading | ||
| //! the hoisted value back — and each has a sabotaged twin that forgets the | ||
| //! fact, so the hoist is shown to be load-bearing rather than merely present. |
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Correct the module documentation.
This file tests only the weak-holder fact. It does not test an old-generation fact or a second sabotage path. Update the documentation so that it does not claim coverage that this module does not provide.
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-//! The copying minor reads two facts once per traced object that it used to
-//! re-derive for every slot of that object: whether the parent is a weak
-//! holder, and whether the parent is in old-gen.
+//! The copying minor reads the parent's weak-holder fact once per traced
+//! object instead of re-deriving it for every slot.
//!
-//! Both are pinned by a COLLECTION and its observable outcome, not by reading
-//! the hoisted value back — and each has a sabotaged twin that forgets the
-//! fact, so the hoist is shown to be load-bearing rather than merely present.
+//! The test pins the fact through a collection and its observable outcome.
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| //! The copying minor reads two facts once per traced object that it used to | |
| //! re-derive for every slot of that object: whether the parent is a weak | |
| //! holder, and whether the parent is in old-gen. | |
| //! | |
| //! Both are pinned by a COLLECTION and its observable outcome, not by reading | |
| //! the hoisted value back — and each has a sabotaged twin that forgets the | |
| //! fact, so the hoist is shown to be load-bearing rather than merely present. | |
| //! The copying minor reads the parent's weak-holder fact once per traced | |
| //! object instead of re-deriving it for every slot. | |
| //! | |
| //! The test pins the fact through a collection and its observable outcome. | |
| //! A sabotaged twin forgets the fact to show that the hoist is load-bearing. |
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/copy_slot_hoists.rs` around lines 1 - 7,
Update the module-level documentation in copy_slot_hoists.rs to describe only
the weak-holder fact tested by this file. Remove claims about old-generation
coverage and the additional sabotaged twin, while preserving the description of
the existing weak-holder hoist and its observable test coverage.
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The module header claimed the copying minor hoists two per-parent facts, each with a sabotaged twin. Only the weak-holder fact landed; the old-generation fact was deliberately left out because no sabotage of it could be made to fail. Say so instead of claiming coverage the file does not have.
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Part of #10362. Independent of #10371 / #10381 — different files, based directly on main.
Problem
The copying minor asked a per-parent question per slot.
weakref::is_weak_target_trace_slot(parent, slot)is an out-of-line call that re-reads the parent'sobj_typeandclass_idand then rejects on class — and it ran for every slot of every traced object. #10182 gave the full mark the per-object read (weakref::is_weak_holder_header, used ingc/trace.rs); the copying minor never got it.Measured on #10362's fixtures, a pointer-slot visit costs 406 instructions at IPC 4.82 — instruction count, not stalls.
branch-missesdiffer by 0.0009 per slot visit between a pointer-carrying and a double-carrying control, so the path is perfectly predicted; there is simply too much of it.Fix
Read the weak-holder fact once per traced object and pass it down, lazily — on the first slot that actually needs it.
The laziness is load-bearing, not a style choice. An eager read (once per traced object, unconditionally) regressed every fixture: gc3 +1.59%, old→young churn +5.09%, w20000 +1.44%, w1000 +0.88%, alloc +0.87%, w5000 +0.86%, peak RSS +3–8%. Strings and pointer-free arrays have no slot to visit and were paying for an answer nobody then asked for. That result is in the changelog fragment as a rule for this collector: any future per-object hoist here must be lazy.
Numbers (instructions:u, min of 5; base = main
33690c563)Peak RSS within 0.1% on all six (four improve). Max pause better or flat on all six (gc3 173,835→171,972 us; oldyoung 31,366→30,246; alloc's +9 us sits inside its own 3,042–7,463 spread).
Isolating the slot term with controls that vary only pointer-ness (60,000 records of K fields, all pointers aimed at one shared target so object count is constant):
At K=16 that is 1,920,000 pointer-slot visits, so 25.5 instructions removed per slot visit — cross-checking against
is_weak_target_trace_slot's measured 6.7 cycles/slot self-time at IPC ~4 (≈25–27 instructions). Two instruments agree.Soundness
gc::tests::copy_slot_hoists: a target reachable only through a rootedWeakRef's weak slot must die in the nursery. The sabotage twin forces the per-object fact false; the slot is then treated as strong, the collector evacuates through it, and the target survives. Both pass, so the hoist is load-bearing rather than documentation. The sabotage hook is#[cfg(test)]and costs nothing in release.Gates
Output identical to node on all six fixtures, both arms ·
PERRY_GC_FROMSPACE_SCAN_ABORT=1exit 0,dangling=0, all six both arms, with a pre-#10352 control that still aborts (rc 134, "1 dangling reference(s)"), so the gate can fail · seeded GC stress: gc3/w1000/oldyoung ×PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_SEED1..20 with the scan armed, 60 runs per arm, 0 failures ·perry-runtimebase 3952/1 vs this 3954/1, the same single pre-existingheap_generation::a_free_or_move_outside_every_scope_is_caught_in_debug_builds, +2 being the new tests · fmt · clippy 881 = 881 · file-size (copying.rsends smaller than it started) ·gc_runtime_root_holders.py.The root-holders pin did fail initially and was handled rather than routed around: adding a
moddeclaration togc/mod.rsinvalidated the SHA-256 pin oncensus.rs:PASS1_MARKED's non-moving snapshot window. Re-audited (amoddeclaration executes no code; both census boundaries are synchronous-full only, which a copying minor never reaches), audit sentence appended in the documented style, repinned. Exactly one pin changed, which is itself the check that nothing else pinned moved.Not landed, deliberately
The sibling hoist of
barrier_parent_needs_remembering's generation clause. Two independent reasons: it costs (old→young churn is +0.198% with it, −1.10% without — for an object with one pointer slot the hoist is pure overhead), and no sabotage of it could be made to fail, because sticky dirty-page coverage carries the old→young edge independently of the remembered-set re-insertion the clause controls.promoted_remembered_7803is not the missing witness — it passes both hoisted and sabotaged, for the same reason. It needs its own witness before anyone tries again.Summary by CodeRabbit
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