[JSC] CodeBlock aging: make one full GC after the lease sufficient - #546
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- Start the execution-count lease from the counter's value when a tier's code is installed (baseline JITData, DFG JITData), not from whatever the previous tier's counter read, so the first old-age check of freshly installed code is meaningful instead of always renewing. - Release UnlinkedCodeBlock's cached baseline code by time rather than by counting full collections: BaselineJITCode remembers when a CodeBlock running it last went away, and a full GC drops a cache entry no CodeBlock has used for a baseline lease (timeToLive x codeBlockAgingLeaseMultiplier). Previously an entry needed two consecutive full GCs as sole owner, i.e. three full collections after the code went idle.
…unmarked baseline alternative, which dies without being jettisoned itself
WalkthroughChangesThe pull request adds execution-counter aging APIs, records baseline JIT owner-removal times, replaces consecutive-full-GC tracking with TTL-based cache cleanup, and clears shared baseline code during aged DFG/FTL jettisoning. JIT aging and cleanup
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR changes code-aging and cache-release behavior to reduce the number of full collections needed after an application goes idle, but several Bun-specific declarations and state fields are not guarded and may break non-Bun builds. Merge readiness is therefore not established until this portability issue is addressed or explicitly accepted. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/bytecode/CodeBlock.h`:
- Line 933: Guard the Bun-specific aging API and state with
USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS): wrap CodeBlock::snapshotExecutionCounterForAging, the
ApproximateTime include, and BaselineJITCode::m_ownerWentAwayAt. Apply the
requested changes at Source/JavaScriptCore/bytecode/CodeBlock.h:933-933,
Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h:30-30, and
Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h:110-112; all three sites require
direct guarding.
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| static Seconds timeToLive(JITType); | ||
| // Start the execution-count aging lease from the counter's current value (call when a tier's code is installed). | ||
| void snapshotExecutionCounterForAging(float count) { m_previousCounter = count; } |
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Guard all Bun-specific aging additions.
The aging snapshot API and owner timestamp are used only by USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) paths. Guard the declarations, include, and member so non-Bun builds do not receive Bun-only API or state.
Source/JavaScriptCore/bytecode/CodeBlock.h#L933-L933: guardsnapshotExecutionCounterForAging.Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h#L30-L30: guard theApproximateTimeinclude.Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h#L110-L112: guardm_ownerWentAwayAt.
As per coding guidelines, Source/JavaScriptCore/**/*.{cpp,h} requires Bun-specific features to be guarded with USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/bytecode/CodeBlock.h` at line 933, Guard the
Bun-specific aging API and state with USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS): wrap
CodeBlock::snapshotExecutionCounterForAging, the ApproximateTime include, and
BaselineJITCode::m_ownerWentAwayAt. Apply the requested changes at
Source/JavaScriptCore/bytecode/CodeBlock.h:933-933,
Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h:30-30, and
Source/JavaScriptCore/jit/BaselineJITCode.h:110-112; all three sites require
direct guarding.
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| if (reason == Profiler::JettisonDueToOldAge && Options::useBaselineJITCodeSharing()) { | ||
| CodeBlock* baseline = JSC::JITCode::isOptimizingJIT(jitType()) ? baselineAlternative() : this; | ||
| if (baseline->jitType() == JITType::BaselineJIT && (baseline == this || !vm.heap.isMarked(baseline)) && baseline->unlinkedCodeBlock()->m_unlinkedBaselineCode == baseline->m_jitCode) |
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🔴 The optimizing-JIT branch here is dead: an unmarked DFG/FTL block always satisfies shouldJettisonDueToWeakReference() (it is just !isMarked(this) for optimizing tiers, CodeBlock.cpp:1305), so jettisonCodeBlockEdgeIfDead calls jettison(JettisonDueToWeakReference) on it, never JettisonDueToOldAge. The intended eager drop of an aged-out DFG block's baseline-alternative cache entry never runs, so those entries still wait for the destructor stamp plus another lease-length full GC. Fix: also run this clearing when the block aged out regardless of the reported reason, e.g. reason == JettisonDueToOldAge || m_visitChildrenSkippedDueToOldAge.
Extended reasoning...
Trace: a DFG block idles past its TTL; shouldJettisonDueToOldAge returns true → m_visitChildrenSkippedDueToOldAge = true (CodeBlock.cpp:1289) and determineLiveness bails at line 1573, so the block ends marking unmarked, and visitCodeBlockEdge (ScriptExecutable.cpp:568-575) skips visiting m_alternative, so the baseline alternative is unmarked too. In Heap::reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd the executable is processed first (Heap.cpp:805) and calls jettisonCodeBlockEdgeIfDead. There the DFG block is unmarked, shouldJettisonDueToWeakReference returns !isMarked(this) = true (CodeBlock.cpp:1307-1309), so jettison(Profiler::JettisonDueToWeakReference) is invoked — not JettisonDueToOldAge. The new guard at line 2426 tests reason == JettisonDueToOldAge, which is false, so baselineAlternative() is never consulted and m_unlinkedBaselineCode is not cleared. installCode then nulls the edge (baseline is unmarked, ScriptExecutable.cpp:128-131), the loop exits, and the baseline block simply dies unmarked without going through jettison at all. Its destructor later stamps…
Verification: normal — The isOptimizingJIT arm of the new eager-drop is unreachable, so one of the PR's three stated fixes ("When an optimizing block is jettisoned for old age, drop the cache entry of its (unmarked) baseline alternative there and then") never fires. Trace: 1. An idle DFG/FTL block ages out: shouldJettisonDueToOldAge → m_visitChildrenSkippedDueToOldAge = true (CodeBlock.cpp:1289-1291),…
| // When a CodeBlock running this code last went away; UnlinkedCodeBlock's cached copy is released once no CodeBlock | ||
| // has used it for a while (Heap::releaseUnusedSharedBaselineCode). | ||
| ApproximateTime m_ownerWentAwayAt { ApproximateTime::now() }; |
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🟡 nit (optional): m_ownerWentAwayAt (and its <wtf/ApproximateTime.h> include) is Bun-specific state but is added unconditionally, so upstream/non-Bun builds pay an extra 8 bytes and an ApproximateTime::now() call per BaselineJITCode construction for a field nothing reads; the same applies to snapshotExecutionCounterForAging in CodeBlock.h. Fix: wrap these Bun-only declarations in #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) (and ENABLE(JIT) where needed) as CLAUDE.md requires for Bun additions, and move the <wtf/ApproximateTime.h> include down with the other <wtf/...> headers.
Extended reasoning...
CLAUDE.md (root and Source/JavaScriptCore) states Bun-specific modifications are controlled by USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). The only readers of m_ownerWentAwayAt are in CodeBlock::~CodeBlock (CodeBlock.cpp:906-909) and Heap::releaseUnusedSharedBaselineCode (Heap.cpp:1244-1258), both inside #if ENABLE(JIT) && USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). In an upstream JSCOnly build with USE_BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS=OFF, every BaselineJITCode still default-initializes the field via ApproximateTime::now() and carries the storage, and the include at line 30 is inserted between the project-relative "JITCode.h" and "JITCodeMap.h" headers rather than grouped with <wtf/ButterflyArray.h>. No functional break, but it violates the stated guarding convention and adds dead overhead to non-Bun consumers of this fork.
Verification: nit — The candidate's factual claims check out. BaselineJITCode.h:110-112 adds the field unconditionally (the file's contents are inside #if ENABLE(JIT) at line 36, but there is no USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) guard): cpp ApproximateTime m_ownerWentAwayAt { ApproximateTime::now() }; and the #include <wtf/ApproximateTime.h> at line 30 is likewise unconditional (it is even outside the…
main (#546) keeps the lexical referrerAsyncOrder skip alongside the import-promise walk; the graph-instance evaluate/innerModuleEvaluation overloads now carry (referrerAsyncOrder, dynamicImportPromise, ModuleGraphInstance*) and compare asyncEvaluationOrder(instance). Also: loadModuleForGraphInstance's failed-entry retry check looks up the entry for the requested module type (getRegisteredMayBeNull) rather than the JavaScript-preferring registryEntry().
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Follow-up to #542. With #542, idle optimized code and the UnlinkedCodeBlock baseline-code cache do get released, but only after several full collections once the app has gone quiet: the first old-age check of freshly installed code compared against the previous tier's counter (so it always renewed), the baseline cache needed two consecutive full GCs as sole owner, and the baseline alternative of an aged-out DFG block died unmarked without going through jettison, so its cache entry was only stamped at sweep time and needed yet another GC. An embedder had to run 4–6 idle full GCs to converge.
BaselineJITCoderemembers when a CodeBlock running it last went away; a full GC drops a cache entry no CodeBlock has used for a baseline lease (timeToLive × codeBlockAgingLeaseMultiplier).Net effect for an embedder: one full GC shortly after going idle (snapshots counters, collects the last burst) and one a lease later reach the same state as before — measured on a large TUI app after 100 turns: JIT 45 → 16 MB committed, CodeBlocks 6.7k → 2.9k, RSS ~440 → ~358 MB at the second collection.