Bytecode cache: drop Decoder bookkeeping that Bun never reads - #490
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…set map CachedPtr::decode registers every decoded object in Decoder::m_offsetToPtrMap so that a second reference to the same encoded offset resolves to the same object. Most CachedPtr fields are only ever referenced once (rare data, instruction streams, expression info, function executables, code blocks), so the entry is written and never read again. The map stays alive for as long as any UnlinkedFunctionExecutable still holds the Decoder for lazy decoding, which for a large cached bundle is the lifetime of the process. Skip the map for those types, behind the new useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder option (default on, USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) only).
…izers CachedUniquedStringImplBase::decode already returns a canonical object: an AtomStringImpl from the atom table or a SymbolImpl from the symbol registry. Routing it through Decoder::m_offsetToPtrMap only deduplicates what the atom table deduplicates anyway, and every first decode also queues a std::function finalizer on the Decoder that holds the extra reference until the Decoder dies. With useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder, CachedRefPtr adopts the +1 reference the string decoder hands back, so each decoded RefPtr owns its own reference and neither the map entry nor the finalizer is needed.
Every UnlinkedFunctionExecutable decoded from the cache is added to CachedBytecode::m_leafExecutables. The only reader is CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate, which the jsc shell uses to append incrementally compiled functions to an on-disk cache. Bun never updates a cache in place, so the map is pure overhead: one HashMap entry per function in the bundle, kept for the lifetime of the CachedBytecode. Skip the insertion with useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder.
WalkthroughChangesBun builds now expose lean bytecode cache decoding. The decoder applies ownership-aware allocation for selected cached types and supports canonical references for uniqued strings and related objects. Lean bytecode cache decoder
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…lasses themselves Replace the forward-declared allowlist with a marker on each class: `isSingleOwner` on the types the Encoder reaches through exactly one CachedPtr, and `decodesToCanonicalObject` on CachedUniquedStringImplBase. CachedCodeBlock carries the marker for its four subclasses. Single-owner types now also bypass Encoder::m_ptrToOffsetMap, so the cache format cannot contain a back-reference to them and the decoder-side skip holds by construction (an ASSERT checks it in debug builds). The output is unchanged because those objects were never shared. The canonical-string path moves entirely into CachedRefPtr::decode, which is the only place those CachedPtrs are used, so the +1 ownership is handled in one spot instead of being split across CachedPtr and CachedRefPtr.
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| #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) | ||
| // Only CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate reads this map, and Bun never calls it. | ||
| if (Options::useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder()) | ||
| return; | ||
| #endif |
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🟡 With useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder defaulting to true, Decoder::addLeafExecutable becomes a no-op, so when the fork's own jsc shell is run with JSC_diskCachePath, ShellSourceProvider::updateCache → CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate does m_leafExecutables.find(executable) on an empty map and dereferences end() (ASSERT in debug, UB / cache corruption in release). Doesn't affect Bun's runtime, but consider also gating on !Options::diskCachePath() (or having addFunctionUpdate bail when find() misses) so jsc + diskCachePath still works out of the box.
Extended reasoning...
What the bug is
The new option useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder defaults to true under USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). When it's on, Decoder::addLeafExecutable() early-returns, so CachedBytecode::m_leafExecutables is never populated during decode. The map's only reader, CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate(), unconditionally does find() → ASSERT(it != end()) → it->value.base(). With an empty map that's a debug assertion failure and, in release, a dereference of an end() iterator whose garbage offset is then used to patch the on-disk cache in commitUpdates().
Code path that triggers it
The fork's jsc shell is built with USE_BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS=ON (per build.ts / CMake config), so the option exists there and defaults on. ShellSourceProvider in jsc.cpp overrides updateCache:
void updateCache(...) const final {
if (!cacheEnabled() || !m_cachedBytecode)
return;
...
m_cachedBytecode->addFunctionUpdate(executable, kind, *cachedBytecode); // jsc.cpp:1342
}and cacheEnabled() is !!Options::diskCachePath().
Step-by-step proof
- Build the fork's
jscshell (default flags,USE_BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS=ON, souseLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder=true). - Run 1 with
JSC_diskCachePath=/tmp/cacheon a script containing a function that isn't called.ShellSourceProvider::commitCachedBytecodewrites a cache file; the uncalled function is encoded as a "leaf" (itsCachedFunctionCodeBlockslot is empty). - Run 2:
ShellSourceProvider::loadBytecode()(jsc.cpp:1418) mmaps the file intom_cachedBytecode.decodeCodeBlockImpldecodes it; for the leaf function, theUnlinkedFunctionExecutablector callsdecoder.addLeafExecutable(this, ...)(CachedTypes.cpp:2562), which now early-returns —m_leafExecutablesstays empty. - Script calls the previously-uncalled function.
UnlinkedFunctionExecutable::unlinkedCodeBlockForfinds no cached code block, falls through togenerateUnlinkedFunctionCodeBlock(UnlinkedFunctionExecutable.cpp:84) →vm.codeCache()->updateCache(...)→provider->updateCache(...)→ShellSourceProvider::updateCache.cacheEnabled()is true andm_cachedBytecodeis non-null, so it callsm_cachedBytecode->addFunctionUpdate(executable, ...). - In
CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate(CachedBytecode.cpp:46-48):auto it = m_leafExecutables.find(executable); // map is empty → end() ASSERT(it != m_leafExecutables.end()); // debug: crash here ptrdiff_t offset = it->value.base(); // release: UB
Why existing code doesn't prevent it
ShellSourceProvider::updateCache guards only on cacheEnabled() && m_cachedBytecode, both of which are true after a successful loadBytecode(). addFunctionUpdate itself has no defensive check — it assumes decode always populated the map, which was true before this PR.
Impact
This does not affect Bun's production runtime — Bun's SourceProvider never overrides updateCache, so addFunctionUpdate is unreachable there (which is exactly why the PR skips the bookkeeping). It only breaks the fork's jsc shell when JSC_diskCachePath is set — a Restricted option used for debugging / running JSTests. The PR description already notes "the addFunctionUpdate path the shell uses is unaffected when the option is off", and there's a trivial workaround (JSC_useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder=0), so this is a nit rather than a blocker.
How to fix
Either also gate the early return here on !Options::diskCachePath(), or (probably cleaner) make CachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate return gracefully when find() returns end() instead of asserting/dereferencing.
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/CachedTypes.cpp`:
- Around line 488-499: Add round-trip tests for single-owner cached types
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| #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) | ||
| // A cached type declares `static constexpr bool isSingleOwner = true` when the Encoder | ||
| // only ever reaches it through one CachedPtr, so there is nothing for the | ||
| // ptr <-> offset maps to deduplicate on either side. | ||
| template<typename T> inline constexpr bool isSingleOwnerCachedType = requires { T::isSingleOwner; }; | ||
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| // A cached type declares `static constexpr bool decodesToCanonicalObject = true` when its | ||
| // decode() returns a +1 reference to an object that is already unique for its content | ||
| // (atoms, registry symbols), so shared references can be re-decoded instead of mapped. | ||
| template<typename T> inline constexpr bool isCanonicalCachedType = requires { T::decodesToCanonicalObject; }; | ||
| #endif | ||
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def encode(edges, single_owner):
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set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- All m_arguments references in JavaScriptCore ---'
rg -n \
'm_arguments' \
Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/SymbolTable.cpp \
Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/SymbolTable.h \
Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/ScopedArgumentsTable.cpp \
Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/ScopedArgumentsTable.h \
Source/JavaScriptCore \
-g '*.{cpp,h}' \
-g '!ThirdParty/**' \
-g '!wasm/**' \
-g '!inspector/**' \
| grep -vE '/(DFG|FTL|Wasm|Inspector|ThirdParty)/' \
| sort -t: -k1,1 -k2,2n
printf '%s\n' '--- All single-owner markers ---'
rg -n -B 5 -A 18 \
'static constexpr bool isSingleOwner = true' \
Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/CachedTypes.cpp
printf '%s\n' '--- Cached pointer encoding behavior model ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
def encode(edges, single_owner):
cache = {}
encoded = []
for edge, obj in edges:
if obj is None:
encoded.append((edge, None))
elif single_owner:
encoded.append((edge, ("inline", obj)))
elif obj in cache:
encoded.append((edge, ("ref", cache[obj])))
else:
cache[obj] = len(encoded)
encoded.append((edge, ("inline", obj)))
return encoded
def decode(encoded, single_owner, lean):
cache = {}
objects = []
for edge, value in encoded:
if value is None:
objects.append((edge, None))
elif value[0] == "ref":
objects.append((edge, objects[value[1]][1]))
elif single_owner and lean:
objects.append((edge, object()))
else:
key = edge
if key in cache:
objects.append((edge, cache[key]))
else:
obj = object()
cache[key] = obj
objects.append((edge, obj))
return objects
for owner in (False, True):
encoded = encode([("a", "same"), ("b", "same")], owner)
for lean in (False, True):
decoded = decode(encoded, owner, lean)
print(f"single_owner={owner} lean={lean} encoded={encoded} decoded_identity_equal={decoded[0][1] is decoded[1][1]}")
PYRepository: oven-sh/WebKit
Length of output: 37162
Add round-trip coverage for single-owner cache types.
The current construction paths create distinct call/construct code blocks and distinct function declaration/expression executables. Add tests with Options::useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder() enabled and disabled to protect these identity invariants.
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/CachedTypes.cpp` around lines 488 - 499, Add
round-trip tests for single-owner cached types covering both enabled and
disabled Options::useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder() configurations. Verify each path
preserves distinct call and construct code blocks, along with distinct function
declaration and function expression executables, using the relevant cache
encode/decode test harness.
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| #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) | ||
| if constexpr (isSingleOwnerCachedType<T>) { | ||
| ASSERT(!encoder.cachedOffsetForPtr(src)); | ||
| this->template allocate<T>(encoder)->encode(encoder, *src); | ||
| return; | ||
| } |
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🟡 nit: This ASSERT is vacuous — the single-owner branch never calls encoder.cachePtr(src, ...), so cachedOffsetForPtr(src) is always nullopt for a single-owner type and the assert passes even if the same source object is encoded twice via two single-owner CachedPtrs. To actually catch a violated isSingleOwner invariant in debug builds (as the PR description says), the Encoder would need a debug-only HashSet<const void*> of seen single-owner pointers to assert against.
Extended reasoning...
What the ASSERT is meant to check
The PR description says single-owner types "bypass the Encoder's pointer map, so the format cannot contain a back-reference to them and the decoder-side skip holds by construction (asserted in debug builds)". The assertion referred to is at CachedTypes.cpp:515:
if constexpr (isSingleOwnerCachedType<T>) {
ASSERT(!encoder.cachedOffsetForPtr(src));
this->template allocate<T>(encoder)->encode(encoder, *src);
return;
}The intent is to guarantee that a type marked isSingleOwner really is reached from exactly one CachedPtr — i.e. that skipping the offset↔pointer map on both encode and decode cannot change identity semantics.
Why it is vacuous
m_ptrToOffsetMap is populated only by encoder.cachePtr(src, ...) at line 528, in the non-single-owner branch. The single-owner branch returns at line 517 and never calls cachePtr. Since isSingleOwnerCachedType<T> is a property of the cached type T, every CachedPtr<T> for a marked T takes the single-owner branch. Consequently a source pointer of a single-owner type is never inserted into the map, and encoder.cachedOffsetForPtr(src) at line 515 always returns nullopt — regardless of whether this is the first, second, or Nth time the same src is being encoded.
The only way the ASSERT could fire is if the same raw pointer had already been cached via a non-single-owner CachedPtr for the same Source type. None of the currently-marked types (CachedCodeBlockRareData, CachedExpressionInfo, CachedInstructionStream, CachedFunctionExecutable, CachedCodeBlock, etc.) is reachable that way, so the assert is unreachable code.
Step-by-step proof
Suppose a future change (or an overlooked case) causes two CachedPtr<CachedScopedArgumentsTable> fields to point at the same ScopedArgumentsTable* p:
- First encode reaches line 514 with
src == p.isSingleOwnerCachedType<CachedScopedArgumentsTable>is true. - Line 515:
encoder.cachedOffsetForPtr(p)looks uppinm_ptrToOffsetMap. Nothing has ever insertedp(line 528 is unreachable for thisT), so it returnsnullopt. ASSERT passes. - Line 516 allocates and encodes a copy; line 517 returns.
pis still not in the map. - Second encode reaches line 514 with the same
src == p. - Line 515: map is still empty for
p→nullopt. ASSERT passes again. - Line 516 encodes a second, distinct copy of the same object.
On decode with useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder=true, the two copies materialize as two distinct ScopedArgumentsTables where the encoding process had one shared object — exactly the identity-semantics change the invariant is supposed to preclude — and no debug build flags it.
Impact
None on the currently-marked types: by inspection they are genuinely single-owner, tests pass with the option on and off, and the encoded output is byte-identical (these objects were never shared). The issue is only that the debug safety net the PR description advertises does not exist — someone who later marks a type isSingleOwner incorrectly, or who introduces a second reference to a marked type, gets no debug-build warning.
Suggested fix
Give the Encoder a debug-only set and assert against that instead of the (never-populated) offset map:
// Encoder
#if ASSERT_ENABLED
UncheckedKeyHashSet<const void*> m_singleOwnerPtrs;
#endif
// CachedPtr::encode, single-owner branch
if constexpr (isSingleOwnerCachedType<T>) {
ASSERT(!encoder.cachedOffsetForPtr(src));
ASSERT(encoder.m_singleOwnerPtrs.add(src).isNewEntry);
this->template allocate<T>(encoder)->encode(encoder, *src);
return;
}That fires on the second encode of the same source pointer and actually verifies the claimed invariant.
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When a program is decoded from the bytecode cache,
Decoderkeeps three pieces ofbookkeeping that are not needed to decode correctly in Bun's use of the cache:
Decoder::m_offsetToPtrMap— everyCachedPtr::decoderegisters the decoded objectso a second reference to the same encoded offset resolves to the same pointer. Most
CachedPtrfields are referenced exactly once (rare data, instruction streams,expression info, function executables, code blocks), so the entry is written and
never read.
CachedUniquedStringImplBase::decodealready returns a canonicalAtomStringImpl/ registeredSymbolImpl, so the map only duplicates what the atomtable does. Every first decode also queues a
std::functionfinalizer on theDecoderthat holds an extra reference until theDecoderis destroyed.CachedBytecode::m_leafExecutables— one entry per decodedUnlinkedFunctionExecutable. Its only reader isCachedBytecode::addFunctionUpdate,which the
jscshell uses to append functions to an on-disk cache. Bun neverupdates a cache in place.
All three live for as long as any
UnlinkedFunctionExecutablestill holds theDecoderfor lazy body decoding — for a largebun build --compile --bytecodebundlewhere not every function is called, that is the lifetime of the process.
This PR skips them behind a new option
useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder(default on,USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)only), one commit per item. Shared objects keep using the map:CompactTDZEnvironment,TDZEnvironmentLinkandSourceProviderare genuinelyreferenced from several places.
Each affected cached class marks itself (
isSingleOwner/decodesToCanonicalObject)and
CachedPtr/CachedRefPtrdetect the marker. Single-owner types also bypass theEncoder's pointer map, so the format cannot contain a back-reference to them and the
decoder-side skip holds by construction (asserted in debug builds); the encoded output
is unchanged because those objects were never shared. A new
CachedPtr<T>addedupstream without a marker simply keeps using the map.
Measurements
Same binary,
BUN_JSC_useLeanBytecodeCacheDecoder=1vs=0, macOS arm64 (M4 Max),release build. Physical footprint is
proc_pid_rusage/Bun.unsafe.memoryFootprint(),not RSS.
Synthetic standalone executable: 40,000 top-level functions,
--compile --bytecode,measured at the end of top-level execution:
Real
--compile --bytecodeCLI application (~870 modules, ~40 MB of JS / ~200 MB ofcached bytecode, 571 modules decoded before first render), idle 8 s after launch in a
PTY, median of 6 interleaved runs:
reportBytecodeCacheDecodeTimes)Startup moves by about one σ; the footprint and decode-time deltas are stable across
runs.
Testing
Built into Bun and ran
test/bundler/bundler_compile.test.ts,bun-build-compile.test.ts,bundler_compile_splitting.test.ts,bun-build-api.test.tsand
test/js/bun/compile/standalone-madvise-tla.test.tswith the option on and off;results are identical. JSTests were not run (no
jscshell build); theaddFunctionUpdatepath the shell uses is unaffected when the option is off.