fix(compile): always keep the keep-alive anchors in the auto-optimize runtime - #8338
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PerryTS#6917 gated the ~490 #[used] keep-alive anchor statics behind the keepalive-anchors feature and only enabled it for the bitcode-LTO path (PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK=1). The assumption was that the classic link path "keeps every reachable runtime symbol via real undefined references from the program's objects." That assumption is wrong: #[no_mangle] pub extern "C" fn symbols that are only called from codegen (not from within the perry-runtime crate itself) are dead-code-eliminated by rustc during staticlib archive creation when no #[used] anchor pins them. The resulting libperry_runtime.a is missing core symbols — js_box_release, js_bool_box_release, js_closure_set_box_capture_ptr, js_link_path_module_parent — and programs whose codegen emits calls to them fail to link with "Undefined symbols for architecture arm64." This blocks sdxgen and any program whose codegen references these codegen-only entry points. Fix: always include perry-runtime/keepalive-anchors in the auto-optimize cross-feature set (not just when PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK=1). In a staticlib archive the linker only pulls in object files that resolve an undefined reference, so #[used] anchors only become -dead_strip roots when their object file is pulled in — the size cost is limited to the transitive callees of symbols the program actually uses, not the entire runtime surface. Also update the cache key's anchors field to always true (was PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK == "1") so old incomplete archives get new hash dirs and are never reused.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe compiler now always enables ChangesKeepalive anchor feature wiring
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/tests.rs`:
- Around line 1084-1101: Update
optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml and the
auto_optimize_keepalive_anchors_not_bitcode_only test to serialize every
std::env reader and writer using the shared env_lock(), or isolate the test in a
subprocess. Ensure direct set_var, remove_var, and environment reads cannot run
concurrently anywhere in the test binary.
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| /// The `keepalive-anchors` feature must NOT be conditional on | ||
| /// `PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK` — the classic link path needs it too. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn auto_optimize_keepalive_anchors_not_bitcode_only() { | ||
| let _guard = env_lock(); | ||
| let old_bitcode = std::env::var_os("PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK"); | ||
| std::env::remove_var("PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK"); | ||
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| let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir"); | ||
| let empty_features: std::collections::BTreeSet<&'static str> = | ||
| std::collections::BTreeSet::new(); | ||
| let ctx = CompilationContext::new(dir.path().to_path_buf()); | ||
| let cross = auto_optimized_cross_features(&ctx, &empty_features, &[]); | ||
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| set_env_var( | ||
| "PERRY_LLVM_BITCODE_LINK", | ||
| old_bitcode.as_deref().and_then(|v| v.to_str()), | ||
| ); |
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Serialize all process-environment access in the test binary.
env_lock() does not cover optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml, which calls std::env::set_var and remove_var directly. Use an isolated subprocess or the shared lock for every environment reader and writer. Edition 2021 does not remove the Unix restriction on concurrent environment access.
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/optimized_libs/tests.rs` around lines 1084
- 1101, Update
optional_framework_dir_tests::env_var_takes_precedence_over_perry_toml and the
auto_optimize_keepalive_anchors_not_bitcode_only test to serialize every
std::env reader and writer using the shared env_lock(), or isolate the test in a
subprocess. Ensure direct set_var, remove_var, and environment reads cannot run
concurrently anywhere in the test binary.
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#8337 landed from a fork branch with cargo fmt --check failing on no_auto.rs and tests.rs. Verified this is the branch's own formatting and not the #8338 merge: clean main was fmt-clean and #8337 alone still failed, including no_auto.rs which #8338 never touched. Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph3@skelpo.com>
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Fixes a link failure where the auto-optimize runtime/stdlib rebuild produces an incomplete
libperry_runtime.amissing core symbols (_js_box_release,_js_bool_box_release,_js_closure_set_box_capture_ptr,_js_link_path_module_parent), so programs whose codegen emits calls to them fail withUndefined symbols for architecture arm64. Blocks sdxgen and any program on the auto-optimize path.Root cause — not a stale cache
Not a freshness-cache issue (that path is sound: a no-edit rebuild reuses the archive, a source-edit rebuild rebuilds it). It's a feature-exclusion/DCE bug introduced by #6917: that PR gated all ~490
#[used]keep-alive anchor statics behind akeepalive-anchorsfeature and only enabled it for the bitcode-LTO path, on the assumption that the classic link path "keeps every reachable runtime symbol via real undefined references from the program's objects."That assumption is wrong.
#[no_mangle] pub extern "C" fnsymbols called only from codegen (not from within theperry-runtimecrate) are dead-code-eliminated by rustc during staticlib archive creation when no#[used]anchor pins them. The resulting archive drops those symbols.Fix
Always include
perry-runtime/keepalive-anchorsin the auto-optimize cross-feature set (optimized_libs/freshness.rs), and update the cache key'sanchorsfield to alwaystrueso old incomplete archives get new hash dirs. Two regression tests added.Verification
Tsymbols vs 5555 before).cargo test -p perry --bin perry: 991 passed, 0 failed.cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib: 2579 passed, 0 failed.Summary by CodeRabbit
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