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perf(codegen): devirtualize single-binding closure calls — captured/global/local arrow calls to 3.6 ns (was 4.6-9.3) - #9105

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Three pieces that together devirtualize loop-called closures held in
single-binding immutables:

  1. Inline identity probe on the known-func_id guarded direct path (normal
    builds only — feedback-emission builds keep the out-of-line guard, the same
    dispensation guarded_array.rs documents): a POINTER-tag/band check, then
    two compare-only loads — type_tag == CLOSURE_MAGIC and
    func_ptr == @closure_fn — decide the monomorphic case; any miss takes the
    existing guard, which keeps observation for real polymorphism. A forwarded
    (moved) closure fails the func-ptr compare (word 0 holds the forwarding
    target) and heals through the guard as before.
  2. Single-binding seeding: repsel: rule-1 provenance for unbound allocations — the 506 are 96% record literals, and Perry's own CJS IIFE is the wall (#7152 follow-up) #7170 R1's single_binding_closure_locals
    (exactly one Let, closure-literal init, never written at any depth in any
    body, never rebound) is threaded through artifacts.rs and seeded into
    captured/module-global callee bindings of closure bodies, giving them the
    same known-func_id treatment a body-local Let gets — with two carve-outs:
    • trusted-box closures are excluded — their entry-resolved path returns
      the trusted clone with entry-cached box-capture pointers, which measures
      better for capturing bodies (2.5-2.8 vs 5.1 ns);
    • guard-free full bypass only for captured bindings — a capture of a
      single-binding closure is boxed by construction when readable before its
      Let, so the TDZ read throws before dispatch; a module global can be
      called during init while its cell holds the sentinel, so globals keep the
      probe, whose magic check fails on the sentinel into the dispatcher's
      correct error path.
  3. PERRY_CALL_DEVIRT=0 empties the seeding for A/B; the probe's magic
    constant is derived in code — the first version hand-converted it and
    the transposed literal (0x434F4B53 vs 0x434C4F53) made the probe miss on
    every call, which mismeasured this entire direction as a regression three
    times before gdb-level operand inspection caught it.

Numbers

Single-shape 50M-call probes, quiet Linux, same-build kill-switch A/B;
node 26.5.1 on the same host:

shape main this PR node
captured arrow called in loop 4.6 3.6 0.5
module-global arrow 4.6 3.6 0.6
local-const arrow 9.3 3.6 1.6
capturing arrow (trusted path kept) 2.5 2.8 0.9
static fn call (untouched control) 0.6 0.6 0.5

Full 12-op sweep: gate on/off identical outside the call rows. Known-arm
instruction count on the probe fix alone: 264 → 60 instr/call.

Semantics

Differential vs node identical on the call corpus (reassigned globals observe
the new value, ordinary functions keep this === undefined, bound/rest/arity
shapes keep the dispatcher, throwing callees, capture mutation between calls,
recursion through the seeded binding, same-name shadowed bindings). One
pre-existing, gate-independent difference surfaced by the TDZ test: calling a
module-global const arrow before its Let throws TypeError (perry has no
TDZ for globals, #4926) where node throws ReferenceError — unchanged by this
PR; the probe guarantees the safe fallback rather than a wild call. Kill-switch
build output-identical on all corpora.

Testing

Cross-session note: the pi/cc startup campaign will re-profile its call bands
after this merges; the esbuild __commonJS/__esm callback-parameter band is
only PARTIALLY covered (params are per-call values — the follow-up is lifting
#9071's Function-type-hint gate for entry resolution, tracked in my lane).

Base-state note (important)

issue_8690_loop_versioned_arraylike (1 case) and
issue_8773_closure_capture_packed_loops (1 case) fail identically on
current main
(f3f405271c): the wolf-ecs-shaped nested subclass loop has
LOST its versioned fast clones entirely — scan()'s IR contains zero
js_packed_arraylike_loop_guard sites where the shape tests expect three. The
program still runs correctly, at generic-loop speed. This is a main
regression in the packed-loop lane (bisect between #9084^ / #9084 / #9091
running; report follows to the loop-lane channel), independent of this PR —
verified by running both suites on detached main in the same pinned worktree.
wolf-ecs mini screens are deferred until that regression is resolved, since a
vs-main comparison would flatter this PR; the single-shape call probes and the
gate-off ops parity above are the evidence base.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements
    • Improved closure call optimization by recognizing closures that are statically known and safely routing calls directly.
    • Reduced unnecessary runtime checks for eligible closure bindings.
    • Added an environment-controlled option to enable or disable closure call devirtualization.
  • Build Reliability
    • Build caching now correctly distinguishes builds with different closure optimization settings.

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The compiler now collects immutable closure bindings at module scope, propagates them into closure compilation, and selects direct closure dispatch with inline identity checks or no guard when binding immutability is proven. The build cache includes PERRY_CALL_DEVIRT.

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Immutable closure dispatch

Layer / File(s) Summary
Collect and propagate immutable closure facts
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/artifacts.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/closure.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/entry.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/function.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/method.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/mod.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/collectors/mod.rs, crates/perry/src/commands/compile/build_cache.rs
The compiler builds and propagates immutable closure facts, initializes FnCtx state, exposes required crate-internal helpers, and includes PERRY_CALL_DEVIRT in build-cache inputs.
Lower direct closure dispatch
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/helpers.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/early_branches.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/target_layout.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/mod.rs
Known local closures remain on direct-call paths. The call lowerer performs inline closure identity probes when needed and skips the runtime guard for guard-free bindings.

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The optimized closure-call behavior is mergeable, but the current implementation may add avoidable compile-time work and allocations when compiling many closures or module globals; the seeding loop should be tightened or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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  participant ModuleArtifacts
  participant compile_closure
  participant CallLowerer
  participant ClosureRuntime
  ModuleArtifacts->>compile_closure: pass immutable_closure_bindings
  compile_closure->>CallLowerer: register local closure function facts
  CallLowerer->>ClosureRuntime: probe identity or skip guard
  ClosureRuntime-->>CallLowerer: choose direct fast or fallback dispatch
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/closure.rs`:
- Around line 1325-1330: Update the fact-seeding loop in the closure codegen
path to iterate closure_relevant_ids instead of scanning all ctx.module_globals
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for id in ctx
.closure_captures
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.chain(ctx.module_globals.keys())
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Limit fact seeding to closure-visible bindings.

ctx.module_globals.keys() scans every module global and allocates a vector for every compiled closure. This restores O(closures × module globals) codegen work, despite closure_relevant_ids being built above to avoid that cost.

Iterate closure_relevant_ids and retain only IDs that are captures or module globals.

Proposed fix
-    for id in ctx
-        .closure_captures
-        .keys()
-        .chain(ctx.module_globals.keys())
-        .copied()
-        .collect::<Vec<u32>>()
-    {
+    for id in closure_relevant_ids.iter().copied().filter(|id| {
+        ctx.closure_captures.contains_key(id) || ctx.module_globals.contains_key(id)
+    }) {
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/closure.rs` around lines 1325 - 1330, Update
the fact-seeding loop in the closure codegen path to iterate
closure_relevant_ids instead of scanning all ctx.module_globals keys for every
closure. Retain only IDs present in ctx.closure_captures or ctx.module_globals,
preserving seeding for closure-visible captures and globals while avoiding
unnecessary allocation and work.

Ralph Küpper added 4 commits August 30, 2026 01:06
codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs was red: the knob empties the
devirtualization map, so the two settings emit different call sequences
and a cached object from one must not serve the other.
…ector

collect_immutable_closure_bindings is unreferenced — the devirtualization
this PR ships resolves bindings through spec_abi_sites::single_binding_closure_locals,
threaded via artifacts.rs, which is the collector the PR description names.
Under -D warnings the dead function fails the lint gate:

  error: function `collect_immutable_closure_bindings` is never used

Removed rather than wired: v2 supersedes it. One revert restores it if the
module-wide oracle it describes is still wanted.
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Merged, with two commits added — details at the end.

The devirtualization is live and the kill switch works. Compiling the same fixture with and without PERRY_CALL_DEVIRT=0 on one binary gives a 1344-line IR difference, which is the check that matters: the knob genuinely selects between the direct and entry-resolved paths rather than being inert.

Performance, interleaved best-of-3, 20M iterations:

shape main this PR
local arrow 23 ms 21 ms 1.10x
module-global arrow 520 ms 463 ms 1.12x
captured arrow 52 ms 20 ms 2.60x

The captured case is where the single-binding seeding pays off, and it's the one that matters for real code.

Correctness: 21 shapes, identical to main on every one, so no behavioural delta — which is what a devirtualization should show. I deliberately probed the ways an identity assumption breaks:

shape node
5, 6 a let binding reassigned mid-loop 126, "A0B1B2B3"
7, 8 polymorphic call site — 3 closures through one variable, and a closure chosen per-iteration 60, 44
3 two closures from one factory, distinct captured state "10,100;11,101;12,102;"
11, 12 self-recursion and mutual recursion 3628800, [true,false]
13 arity mismatch, missing and extra args [3,101,3]
21 a throw out of a devirtualized call mid-loop ["caught",3]

Cases 5 and 6 are the ones that would expose an over-eager single_binding_closure_locals, and both are exact. I also ran the whole probe under PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_RATE=1 FORCE_EVACUATE=1 VERIFY_EVACUATION=1 PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1 at two seeds to exercise the forwarded-closure heal you describe (word 0 holding the forwarding target failing the func-ptr compare) — node-identical both times.

One pre-existing gap the probe surfaced, not yours: const f = (x: number) => x; f.name gives "" where node gives "f" (NamedEvaluation). Identical on main, so unrelated to this change.

The two added commits:

  1. PERRY_CALL_DEVIRT wasn't registered as a build-cache input, so codegen_env_vars_are_build_cache_inputs was red. It empties the map and changes the emitted call sequence, so it's a cache key — added beside PERRY_CALLEE_BINDING_RESOLUTION with a comment in the house style.
  2. -D warnings failed on error: function collect_immutable_closure_bindings is never used. That's the v1 module-wide collector in closure_collect.rs; the shipped path resolves through spec_abi_sites::single_binding_closure_locals threaded via artifacts.rs — the collector your own description names. Since v2 supersedes it and nothing references it, I removed it rather than wiring it. If the module-wide reassignment-oracle version is still wanted, one revert restores it — say so and I'll put it back.

Worth flagging that two of the three commits were titled wip: when I picked this up; I left the titles alone since the squash message is what lands, but if you were still iterating, the merge may have caught you mid-stream.

Validation: codegen 1347 passed, runtime 2819 (RUST_TEST_THREADS=1), perry --bins 1066, fmt clean, run_lint_gates.sh all 60 gates passed; 2 CI-only skipped. Rebased onto main with an empty --diff-filter=D check (this branch had a cross-base port that had reverted #9086/#9092/#9093 collateral, restored in its own commit — I verified archive_cache.rs and accessors.rs now match main exactly).

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