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WalkthroughJavaScriptCore adds Bun-only heap allocation sampling. The implementation adds sampling support to heap allocation and accounting paths, exposes sampling controls and statistics in the ChangesHeap Allocation Sampling
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Review comments at @JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js:
- Line 48: Update the heap allocation sampling stress test’s feature gating so
it is excluded when USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) is disabled; retain the sampling
assertions for builds where that feature is enabled.
Review comments at @Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp:
- Around line 2552-2555: Update startHeapAllocationSampling to account for VM
ownership when shellAllocationSampler is already active: either store samplers
per VM so each VM can start and stop its own sampling, or report clearly that a
different VM owns the process-wide sampler. Keep the ownership behavior
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect shell-function registration and nearby compile-time guards.
rg -n -C 10 'startHeapAllocationSampling|heapAllocationSamples|stopHeapAllocationSampling' Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp
# Inspect feature exclusions or guards on the test itself.
rg -n -C 3 'skip|BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS|startHeapAllocationSampling' JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.jsRepository: oven-sh/WebKit
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github oven-sh WebKit 652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751 startHeapAllocationSampling jsc.cpp
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The commit is **652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751**. It adds `startHeapAllocationSampling` as part of a **test client in `Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp`**—alongside `heapAllocationSamples` and `stopHeapAllocationSampling`. The commit describes these as shell-side helpers for testing `Heap::startAllocationSampling`, not as a general JavaScript API. ([github.com](https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/commit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751))
The commit’s changed-file list identifies `jsc.cpp`; the accompanying stress test calls the helper. ([github.com](https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/commit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751))
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/commit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751
- 2: https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/commit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751
🌐 Web query:
site:github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/blob/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751 Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp startHeapAllocationSampling USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)
💡 Result:
At commit `652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751`, `jsc.cpp` exposes `startHeapAllocationSampling` only under `#if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)`, with one argument. The same conditional block exposes `stopHeapAllocationSampling()` and `heapAllocationSamples()`. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp))
The implementation treats the argument as a sampling interval: it throws a `RangeError` if the value is non-finite or less than 1, and an error if sampling is already active; otherwise it starts heap allocation sampling. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp))
Citations:
- 1: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp
- 2: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp
🌐 Web query:
official WebKit run-javascriptcore-tests JSTests/stress exclusions feature USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)
💡 Result:
The **official WebKit `run-javascriptcore-tests` script does include `JSTests/stress`** in its JSC stress-test list. It delegates those tests to `Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests`. ([github.com](https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-javascriptcore-tests))
I found **no `USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)` condition or exclusion** in that runner. That establishes only that the condition isn’t in this script; it doesn’t rule out exclusions in the stress-test runner, test metadata, or a Bun-specific WebKit fork. ([github.com](https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-javascriptcore-tests))
If you mean “which stress tests are excluded when `USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS)` is enabled?”, the official runner source alone doesn’t establish that.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-javascriptcore-tests
- 2: https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-javascriptcore-tests
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github WebKit Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests test exclusions JSTests/stress metadata
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For **WebKit’s `Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests`**, the main exclusion mechanism is **metadata in the test file**, not a separate exclusions list:
- Put `//@ skip` at the top of a `JSTests/stress/*.js` test to mark it skipped. The runner’s `--memory-limited` option specifically skips tests tagged `//@skip if $memoryLimited`. ([github.com](https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests?utm_source=openai))
- To exclude a test from a particular run without editing metadata, use `--filter <regex>` to select the tests that *do* run. For example:
`Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests JSTests/stress --filter array-push` ([chromium.googlesource.com](https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/WebKit/webkit/%2B/0c2a3f82bdd8a766343f3b9c9c5e37b86a239c2d/JSTests/))
- The runner accepts a collection directory or YAML file; the README says it does **not** take a single test file as its collection argument. ([chromium.googlesource.com](https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/WebKit/webkit/%2B/0c2a3f82bdd8a766343f3b9c9c5e37b86a239c2d/JSTests/))
The linked sources establish these skip/filter behaviors, but don’t describe a standalone “exclusions” file for `JSTests/stress`.
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/main/Tools/Scripts/run-jsc-stress-tests?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/WebKit/webkit/%2B/0c2a3f82bdd8a766343f3b9c9c5e37b86a239c2d/JSTests/
- 3: https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/WebKit/webkit/%2B/0c2a3f82bdd8a766343f3b9c9c5e37b86a239c2d/JSTests/
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At commit `652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751`, `JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js` does **not** contain a skip directive for `startHeapAllocationSampling`. It describes the test as exercising `Heap::startAllocationSampling` through the shell’s test client, then calls `startHeapAllocationSampling(interval)` and checks the sampling results. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js))
If you mean the test is skipped by a runner or platform configuration, that isn’t established by this file; the skip would need to be checked in the relevant test-runner configuration.
Citations:
- 1: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oven-sh/WebKit/652712348fdda72a50f7529d530febe4621e1751/JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js
Skip the test when USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) is disabled.
Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp registers the sampling helpers only under #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). The stress runner includes this test, and the test has no skip directive. In a build without that feature, line 48 calls an undefined shell function and raises ReferenceError before the sampling assertions run.
Add a feature-based test exclusion for builds without USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS).
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Review comment at @JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js at line 48:
Update the heap allocation sampling stress test’s feature gating so it is
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| shellAllocationSampler = makeUnique<ShellAllocationSampler>(vm, interval); | ||
| vm.heap.startAllocationSampling(*shellAllocationSampler, interval); |
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Check the VM before you start sampling.
shellAllocationSampler is one process-wide global, but each VM has its own heap. Suppose a worker VM calls startHeapAllocationSampling while another VM owns the sampler. The function then throws "already on". The stop and query functions return null for every VM except the owner, so only the owning VM can stop sampling. Also, if the VM is destroyed while sampling is on, its heap does not clear the client pointer. This test client is shell-only, so the impact is limited. To fix it, store the sampler per VM, or make the error say that a different VM owns the sampler.
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Review comment at @Source/JavaScriptCore/jsc.cpp around lines 2552 - 2555:
Update startHeapAllocationSampling to account for VM ownership when
shellAllocationSampler is already active: either store samplers per VM so each
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the JIT side of the hidden-interval trick: all three AssemblyHelpers::emitAllocate paths (ARM64, x86_64, generic) test the low bit of m_nextInterval with branchTestPtr(NonZero, 1), so the sentinel stored by FreeList::hideCellsForSampling sends inline JIT allocation to the same slow path as C++, with no layout change needed. I also looked at the reconcileSampledCells placement in reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd and found it runs after the marking fixpoint, matching how WeakRef/FinalizationRegistry use Heap::isMarked there.
Extended reasoning...
The change adds a sampling allocation profiler to the JSC heap under USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS): a client interface, Heap start/stop entry points, free-list cell hiding in FreeList/LocalAllocator, extra-memory and string hooks, a jsc shell test client and a new stress test. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface but does modify the core allocator state that the JIT inline allocator reads. The inline findings (re-entrant GC callback leaving stale hidden bounds, stop-from-callback leaving cells hidden, per-interval slow paths, RELEASE_ASSERT on client-supplied interval, test flakiness and runtime) are enough to require a human look; this note only records what else was examined.
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| ASSERT(!m_savedIntervalEnd); |
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🟡 (optional) With sampling on and --slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs set, a GC callback that allocates can leave the allocator with stale hidden-cell bounds, and the next GC's stopAllocating writes those bounds into an emptied free list, so a later inline bump can hand out cells from a null base. The re-entered allocateSlowCase refills and hides cells; the outer frame then runs didConsumeFreeList at LocalAllocator.cpp:294, which clears the list while m_savedIntervalEnd stays non-null. restoreHiddenCells (LocalAllocator.cpp:269) later sets m_intervalEnd from that stale value on a cleared list. Fix: clear the saved bounds (or restore first) in didConsumeFreeList and in reset so a cleared free list never carries hidden state; the base only wasted the refilled list, it did not corrupt bump bounds.
Why this was flagged
Trigger: Options::slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs is set and a GC finalization callback allocates from the same LocalAllocator, with Heap::isSamplingAllocations() true. The outer allocateSlowCase runs doTestCollectionsIfNeeded at LocalAllocator.cpp:159 before didConsumeFreeList at :164. The inner allocation refills via tryAllocateWithoutCollecting and noteAllocationForSampling at :188 hides cells, leaving m_savedIntervalEnd non-null. Back in the outer frame, didConsumeFreeList at :286-296 asserts (debug only, never run in CI) and in release clears m_freeList while m_savedIntervalEnd is still set. If collectIfNecessaryOrDefer at :177 then collects, LocalAllocator::stopAllocating at :109-110 calls restoreHiddenCells, which writes the stale m_intervalEnd and m_nextInterval into the cleared list (FreeList.cpp:76-82) whose m_intervalStart is null. If no block is found and the IsoSubspace lower-tier path at :197 returns a precise cell, noteAllocationForSampling hides against those garbage bounds and the next inline allocateWithCellSize bumps from m_intervalStart == null. On the base branch the same sequence only abandons the freshly refilled list and never leaves bounds behind.
Verification: nit — triggers only when Options::slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs is set, allocation sampling is on, and an embedder GC-completion callback allocates from the same LocalAllocator; no such allocating callback exists in this checkout. In LocalAllocator.cpp, didConsumeFreeList hits ASSERT(!m_savedIntervalEnd) (:289, debug only) and in release does m_freeList.clear() (:294), leaving m_savedIntervalEnd stale.
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| heap.didSampleAllocation(static_cast<HeapCell*>(cell), cellSize); | ||
| m_cellsUntilSample = heap.drawAllocationSampleCellCount(cellSize); | ||
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🟡 (optional) A client that calls Heap::stopAllocationSampling from inside didSampleAllocation (allowed by the AllocationSamplerClient.h rules) leaves free-list cells hidden on an allocator that no longer restores them. noteAllocationForSampling at LocalAllocator.cpp:250-254 draws a new count and re-hides after the callback without re-checking that sampling is still on, so m_isSamplingAllocations is false while m_savedIntervalEnd is set. Fix: after any client callback, re-check heap.isSamplingAllocations() and m_isSamplingAllocations before drawing or hiding, in noteAllocationForSampling and in Heap::sampleAllocationBytes / sampleExtraMemoryBytes, or forbid stop/start from callbacks in the header and assert it.
Why this was flagged
The client's didSampleAllocation (Heap.cpp:2744) calls Heap::stopAllocationSampling, which the header permits. stopAllocationSampling (Heap.cpp:2716-2723) sets m_isSamplingAllocations = false on every LocalAllocator and clears m_allocationSamplerClient. Control returns to noteAllocationForSampling (LocalAllocator.cpp:251-254), which calls drawAllocationSampleCellCount and then hideCellsForSampling, whose ASSERT(m_isSamplingAllocations) at LocalAllocator.cpp:259 fires in debug; in release it truncates the interval and stores the sentinel while m_isSamplingAllocations is false. From then on reset (LocalAllocator.cpp:52), stopAllocating (LocalAllocator.cpp:109) and allocateSlowCase (LocalAllocator.cpp:152) skip restoreHiddenCells, so the hidden tail of that block's free list is never handed out: the block is marked consumed with those cells unused until the next collection sweeps them. On the base branch there is no sampling and no hidden cells, so a stop call at any point has no such effect.
Verification: At Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/LocalAllocator.cpp:249-254, after heap.didSampleAllocation(...) (line 250) the code unconditionally runs m_cellsUntilSample = heap.drawAllocationSampleCellCount(cellSize); (251) and hideCellsForSampling(); (254) with no re-check of heap.isSamplingAllocations(). Every restore site is gated on the flag (reset() line 52-53, stopAllocating line 108-109), so nothing ever restores them.
| #if USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS) | ||
| if (vm.heap.isSamplingAllocations()) [[unlikely]] | ||
| vm.heap.sampleAllocationBytes(allocation->cell(), size); | ||
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🟡 nit (optional): Profiles never show WebAssembly instance allocations, although the PR says precise allocations are sampled. Only CompleteSubspace::tryAllocateSlow (CompleteSubspace.cpp:143-146) and the lower-tier path in LocalAllocator::allocateSlowCase call the byte budget; PreciseSubspace::tryAllocate at heap/PreciseSubspace.cpp:62-71, which allocates every JSWebAssemblyInstance, has no hook. Fix: call vm.heap.sampleAllocationBytes(allocation->cell(), size) under isSamplingAllocations() in PreciseSubspace::tryAllocate too, so every PreciseAllocation::tryCreate site reports.
Why this was flagged
JSWebAssemblyInstance::subspaceFor (wasm/js/JSWebAssemblyInstance.h:93) returns a GCClient::PreciseSubspace, and Heap.h:215 declares webAssemblyInstanceSpace as a PreciseSubspace. PreciseSubspace::allocate (heap/PreciseSubspace.cpp:73-85) calls tryAllocate, which creates the PreciseAllocation and registers it (PreciseSubspace.cpp:64-70) without calling Heap::sampleAllocationBytes. The two other PreciseAllocation::tryCreate sites are hooked: CompleteSubspace.cpp:143-146 and, through noteAllocationForSampling, IsoSubspace::tryAllocateLowerTierPrecise at LocalAllocator.cpp:197-199. With sampling on, a program instantiating WebAssembly modules allocates instance cells that never reach didSampleAllocation, so a client's byte estimate and site attribution omit them, while the PR text says precise allocations go against the byte budget. The base branch has no sampling, so this is a gap in the new feature rather than a regression.
Verification: nit — triggered whenever sampling is on and a WebAssembly.Instance is created. PreciseSubspace::tryAllocate at Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/PreciseSubspace.cpp:62-71 calls PreciseAllocation::tryCreate and returns allocation->cell() with no sampling call. The diff does not touch PreciseSubspace.cpp at all. So every wasm instance cell bypasses the byte budget entirely.
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| unsigned visible = std::min<uint64_t>(cells, (m_intervalEnd - m_intervalStart) / m_cellSize); | ||
| savedIntervalEnd = m_intervalEnd; | ||
| savedNextInterval = m_nextInterval; | ||
| m_intervalEnd = m_intervalStart + static_cast<size_t>(visible) * m_cellSize; |
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🟡 (optional) While sampling is on, allocation takes the C++ slow path at every free-list interval boundary, not only at picks and refills, so a fragmented heap pays far more than the PR's "one extra slow path per 32 KiB". FreeList.cpp:70 stores the sentinel in m_nextInterval unconditionally, even when the pick lies past the current interval (visible < cells at FreeList.cpp:66). Fix: keep the chain walkable when the pick is not in the current interval, e.g. patch only the FreeCell header of the interval that holds the pick (saving its scrambled bits) and count consumed cells at restore by walking from the saved interval, so the inline allocators cross interval boundaries as on the base branch. [also at: Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/FreeList.cpp:71 - While sampling is on, every interval boundary inside a free list, not just each pick and refill, becomes a C++ slow path, so profiling overhead on a fragmented heap is far higher than the PR's one slow path per 32 KiB. hideCellsForSampling at Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/FreeList.cpp:71 always writes the sentinel into m_nextInterval, even when the whole current interval stays visible and the pick is intervals away.]
Why this was flagged
Trigger: sampling on (Heap::startAllocationSampling) and a LocalAllocator whose swept block has many free intervals, which is the normal shape of a long-running process's heap. LocalAllocator::hideCellsForSampling (LocalAllocator.cpp:261) calls FreeList::hideCellsForSampling, which at FreeList.cpp:66 clamps visible to the cells left in the current interval and at FreeList.cpp:70 always replaces m_nextInterval with the sentinel, even when m_cellsUntilSample is still far from zero. The bump allocator (FreeListInlines.h:44, AssemblyHelpers.cpp:962/987) then hits the slow path at the end of that interval; LocalAllocator::allocateSlowCase (LocalAllocator.cpp:152) goes through allocateAtSamplingBoundary, restoreHiddenCells, noteAllocationForSampling and a fresh hide, just to step to the next interval. On the base branch FreeCell::advance (FreeListInlines.h:47) steps across intervals inline. The PR's Downsides section sizes the cost at about one extra slow path per 32 KiB of allocation; with a fragmented heap it is one per interval. Correctness is unaffected; the cost is what the author's note undersizes.
Verification: Triggers whenever Heap::startAllocationSampling is on and a LocalAllocator's swept block has more than one free interval. FreeList::hideCellsForSampling (Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/FreeList.cpp:60-73) unconditionally stores m_nextInterval = bit_cast<FreeCell*>(1), even when cells exceeds the current interval. So in a block with k intervals, sampling costs k slow paths instead of the base's one refill.
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🟡 (optional) If an embedder forwards a client-supplied sampling interval below 1 (0.5, 0, negative, NaN), the whole process aborts instead of the request failing. Heap::startAllocationSampling at Heap.cpp:2705 does RELEASE_ASSERT(std::isfinite(intervalBytes) && intervalBytes >= 1), and neither Heap.h nor AllocationSamplerClient.h states that precondition. The inspector protocol's reference validation (V8's agent) only rejects samplingInterval <= 0, so a Bun agent modeled on it passes 0.5 through and crashes. Fix: make the engine entry point safe for any double, e.g. return false or clamp the interval to 1 for non-finite or sub-1 values, keeping the jsc.cpp shell's own range error as is.
Why this was flagged
Bun's node:inspector HeapProfiler.startSampling handler (the PR's stated consumer, not in this checkout) receives samplingInterval from the debugging client and calls Heap::startAllocationSampling(client, interval). Heap.cpp:2705 RELEASE_ASSERTs std::isfinite(intervalBytes) && intervalBytes >= 1, so a value of 0.5, 0, -1 or NaN kills the process. The only caller in this repository, functionStartHeapAllocationSampling in jsc.cpp, checks !std::isfinite(interval) || interval < 1 and throws a RangeError first, so the shell is safe but that check is not part of the engine API. The Heap.h comment on startAllocationSampling (Heap.h:452-458) documents the API lock and the already-sampling case but never says the interval must be >= 1, and V8's inspector agent, which Bun's handler is likely to mirror, rejects only samplingInterval <= 0, so sub-1 positive values are the realistic population that reaches the assert. On the base branch no such entry point exists, so no inspector input can abort the process this way.
Verification: Triggers only if an embedder forwards a client-supplied samplingInterval below 1, non-finite, or NaN. Source/JavaScriptCore/heap/Heap.cpp:2705 aborts the process on such a value, and Heap.h:452-456 never states the finite/>= 1 precondition. The only caller, jsc.cpp:2550-2555, re-implements the guard, so nothing in the merged tree can hit the assert.
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🟡 nit (optional): CI's two tested lanes get a stress test that runs well past the 200ms budget nine times over, with no testLoopCount scaling. The loops are fixed at 100000 objects and 100000 arrays per interval (JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js:56), plus a 1000000-element fill, 20000 and 2048 JSON.parse calls, under options such as --collectContinuously=1 and --forceGCSlowPaths=1. JSTests/README.md rules 1 and 2 (imported by JSTests/CLAUDE.md) require under 200ms in every configuration and testLoopCount-driven iteration. Fix: derive the counts from testLoopCount, as auxiliary-evacuation-under-allocating-natives.js:13 does, while keeping enough samples at the 32768 interval for the 20-45 ratio check to stay stable. [also at: JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js:9 - nit: Test-suite maintainers get a new stress test that uses fixed, large iteration counts and ignores JSTests/README.md rules 1 and 2 (under 200ms in every configuration, iterate by testLoopCount).]
Why this was flagged
The test is new fork-only test with nine //@ runDefault lines (JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js:1-9). Each run allocates 300000 objects and 300000 arrays (lines 53-56), a 1000000-element array (line 99), 300000 pushes (line 104), 20000 short JSON.parse calls and 2048 parses of 4096-character strings (lines 115-127), with fullGC between phases. None of the counts uses testLoopCount, which the sibling fork tests use (JSTests/stress/auxiliary-evacuation-under-allocating-natives.js:13). JSTests/README.md:19-20, imported by JSTests/CLAUDE.md, says tests must run under 200ms in all configurations and must use testLoopCount. The CI test job runs the whole suite on the Linux lto lanes (CLAUDE.md:199); nine slow configurations add to that time and the --collectContinuously=1 runs can be seconds long. On the base branch no such test exists.
Verification: nit. Triggering condition: every CI test run on the two tested lanes executes this new stress test nine times, once per //@ runDefault line (JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js:1-9). Mechanism verified: none of the iteration counts is scaled by testLoopCount (lines 54-57, 105, 109-110, 122-134). JSTests/README.md:17-20 says new tests are "required" to "run in under 200ms in all configurations" and to use testLoopCount.
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Every delta is inside the run-to-run spread. This machine has no Time, sampling on (same runs, B samples with the shell test client, which only appends to a vector per pick):
At the default interval the cost is about 5% on loops that do nothing but allocate. At 1 KiB every 20th cell or so takes the slow path. A client that walks the stack on each pick (Bun's does) adds its own cost on top: in a debug build of Bun, the same object loop through GC correctness: |
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I re-reviewed the latest push (586aa0a) and found no new bugs; because it changes the free-list bump-allocation contract that the JIT inline allocators rely on, a human look at the heap/ changes is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- The hidden-cell trick against all three
AssemblyHelpers::emitAllocateWithNonNullAllocatorpaths (ARM64, x86_64, generic): each tests bit 0 ofm_nextIntervalbefore decoding, so the sentinel written byFreeList::hideCellsForSamplingroutes them toallocateSlowCase; LLInt has no inline free-list allocator to mirror. - Restore/hide pairing across
reset,stopAllocating,resumeAllocating,isFreeListedCelland the three cell-returning exits ofallocateSlowCase; allocators created afterstartAllocationSamplingself-configure on their first slow path. - Extra memory now reaches the sampler only through
reportStringExtraMemoryAllocatedwith the string as owner, which addresses the null-owner ArrayBuffer path from the prior review; the GC accounting branch (size > minExtraMemory) is unchanged at all five JSString call sites. - The rewritten test drops garbage through
noInlineloops and no longer asserts on relocation counts.
Extended reasoning...
The change adds Poisson allocation sampling to JSC's heap under USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS): a new AllocationSamplerClient interface, Heap start/stop entry points with a WeakRandom byte budget, hooks in CompleteSubspace precise allocation and reallocation, auxiliary-block evacuation and GC-end reconciliation, and a FreeList/LocalAllocator scheme that truncates the visible interval and writes the sentinel into m_nextInterval so both the C++ and JIT inline bump allocators fall into the slow path at each pick. It touches no auth, injection or data-exposure surface; the sensitive surface is GC allocator correctness. The latest push addressed the red finding from the prior review by restricting extra-memory sampling to string payloads, and the bug hunt ran dry with no new findings, but the change is 689 lines of core allocator logic with several earlier optional threads still open, so a human should still look rather than this being approved outright.
Still open from earlier reviews (6):
- Unresolved: 6 minor or pre-existing.
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…byte intervals and report them to a client An allocation profile (Node's HeapProfiler.startSampling) needs to know where a sample of the allocations came from, including the ones the GC has collected since. The heap had no hook for that. Heap::startAllocationSampling(client, intervalBytes) turns sampling on and stopAllocationSampling turns it off, both behind USE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). While it is on, every LocalAllocator draws an exponential cell count and hides the cells of its free list past that count (FreeList::hideCellsForSampling truncates the current interval and puts the sentinel in nextInterval), so the bump allocators, C++ and JIT alike, take the existing slow path at the pick. The slow path restores the hidden cells, hands out the cell, reports it through AllocationSamplerClient::didSampleAllocation when it is the pick, and hides cells again. FreeList keeps its layout; the saved bounds live on the LocalAllocator. Precise allocations, growth of a precise allocation and reported extra memory go against a byte budget instead. Strings report their characters through Heap::reportStringExtraMemoryAllocated, so payloads under minExtraMemory are seen too. The client learns of moved cells (precise reallocation, auxiliary evacuation) through didRelocateCell and settles its addresses in reconcileSampledCells, which Heap::reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEnd calls after marking and before sweeping. The heap keeps no record of the picks. With sampling off the inline allocators are unchanged and the slow path tests one flag. The jsc shell gets a test client (startHeapAllocationSampling, heapAllocationSamples, stopHeapAllocationSampling) and JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.js. The mechanism follows openclaw#2. Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
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Problem
HeapProfiler.startSampling/getSamplingProfile/stopSamplingfromnode:inspector: the engine has no way to report where a sample of the allocations came from, including the allocations the GC has collected since.--heap-profputs the whole heap on the(root)frame for the same reason.JSC::HeapProfiler(heap/HeapProfiler.h) only takes snapshots of live cells, andLocalAllocator::allocateSlowCase(heap/LocalAllocator.cpp) has no hook.Fix
Heap::startAllocationSampling(client, intervalBytes)andstopAllocationSampling(), behindUSE(BUN_JSC_ADDITIONS). The heap picks allocations with an exponential byte budget (a cell ofnbytes is picked with probability1 - exp(-n / interval), whatever came before it) and reports each pick to anAllocationSamplerClient(heap/AllocationSamplerClient.h):didSampleAllocation,didSampleExtraMemory,didRelocateCell,reconcileSampledCells. The heap keeps no record of the picks. The client (Bun) attributes them to a stack, weighs them, and drops the dead ones atreconcileSampledCells, whichHeap::reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEndcalls after marking and before sweeping.LocalAllocatordraws a cell count and hides the cells of its free list past that count (FreeList::hideCellsForSamplingtruncates the current interval and puts the sentinel innextInterval). The bump allocators, C++ and JIT alike, then take the existing slow path at the pick.allocateSlowCaserestores the hidden cells, hands out the cell, reports it when it is the pick, and hides cells again.FreeListkeeps its layout (the saved bounds live onLocalAllocator, +24 bytes), soFreeListInlines.h, the LLInt andAssemblyHelpersdo not change.minExtraMemorygo against a byte budget. Strings report their characters through the newHeap::reportStringExtraMemoryAllocated, so payloads of 256 bytes and under are sampled too (one flag test per string with sampling off).JSTests/stress/heap-allocation-sampling.jsthrough a test client in thejscshell (startHeapAllocationSampling,heapAllocationSamples,stopHeapAllocationSampling): sample counts scale with the interval (128 : 1024 : 32768 gives about 7 : 1 and 30 : 1), the byte estimate is the same within 20% at every interval, dead cells are dropped by eden and full collections, precise allocations and their growth are seen and followed when they move, string payloads are seen. It passes on a Debug build with the defaults,--useConcurrentGC=0,--useJIT=0,--jitPolicyScale=0 --useConcurrentJIT=0,--collectContinuously=1with and without concurrent GC,--forceGCSlowPaths=1,--slowPathAllocsBetweenGCs=50,--evacuateAuxiliaryBlocksAfterEveryFullCollection=1,--verifyGC=1, and--verifyGC=1 --collectContinuously=1.Background
FreeListis a chain of intervals of free cells in oneMarkedBlock. The inline allocator bumpsm_intervalStartuntil it reachesm_intervalEnd, then decodes the next interval fromm_nextInterval, and calls the slow path when that is the sentinel (low bit set). Hiding cells means setting the end of the current interval early and the sentinel inm_nextInterval; the slow path puts both back.Heap::reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEndruns with the mutator stopped, after marking, before sweeping.Heap::isMarkedis the liveness answer there; JSC's own weak containers (WeakRef,FinalizationRegistry,WeakMap) use it at the same point.JSC::HeapProfiler, as feat(jsc): add byte-based heap allocation sampling openclaw/WebKit#2 does. That puts about 200 lines of profile format into the engine, where every change to the format is a WebKit release, and itsHeap.hhunk replaces the constexprminExtraMemorycompare at everyreportExtraMemoryAllocatedsite with a member load. Here the engine only picks and reports; Bun formats. The mechanism is the same as that PR's, and this PR credits its author.MarkedBlock(16 KiB, 64 KiB on Linux arm64), so asamplingIntervalbelow that would be accepted and quietly ignored.Downsides
allocateSlowCasetests one flag per entry, eachJSStringcreation tests one flag (reportStringExtraMemoryAllocated),stopAllocating/resumeAllocating/resettest one flag perLocalAllocatorper collection, and eachLocalAllocatoris 24 bytes larger. Instruction counts from an A/B of Releasejscon fixed allocation loops follow in a comment once the builds finish.reconcileSampledCells; a client that keeps an address past that call reads a swept cell.Notes
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AllocationSamplerClientis its own interface and not virtuals onVM::ClientData: thejscshell has noClientData, and the shell is where the engine-side test lives. One interface serves the shell's test client and Bun's sampler alike.Re-entry: the slow path's refill can run a collection, and a GC callback can allocate from the same allocator (the "goofy corner case" in
allocateSlowCase). The refill then returns throughallocate(), which goes through the dispatch again, so the cell is counted exactly once: the hooks inallocateSlowCasesit only on the exits that take a cell from a fresh free list or the lower tier.Cells allocated during concurrent marking: the final fixpoint marks every reachable cell before
reconcileWeakReferencesAtGCEndruns, soHeap::isMarkedis right for them too.--collectContinuously=1 --useConcurrentGC=1exercises this.vm.heapRandom()is also read by the concurrent sweeper, so the sampler draws from its ownWeakRandom.