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perf(msgpack-bounds): walk shallow documents without allocating the nesting stack (LAB-12134) - #152
check_msgpack_structure and msgpack_document_len no longer allocate for a document that nests 8 levels or fewer. Before this change, the walk kept its nesting stack in a Vec<u64>, so every walk over a document with a non-empty collection paid one malloc/free pair (32 B).
Where the walk runs now
Since the one-pass envelope decode landed on main, retrieve, retrieve_data and validate read every envelope store writes without the pre-scan. The pre-scan still runs:
on the fallback decode (decode_envelope_full), for any input the one-pass read declines;
in SDK bindings that call check_msgpack_structure themselves. cachekit-py's default serializer runs it over the payload before every MessagePack unpack, so every Python cache read walks one payload document. That is now the main beneficiary.
So this PR no longer changes retrieve or retrieve_data costs (see Instruction counts below). The win is the walk itself, measured by prescan/*.
What changed
OpenCollections (private, in src/msgpack_bounds.rs) replaces the Vec<u64>. It holds the first 8 levels in an inline [u64; 8] and any deeper levels in a Vec that stays empty until it is needed. A single len field is the depth, so on the common path last_mut costs one compare. A first version tracked the inline count and the spill length separately, and its extra branches ate most of the saving (prescan −0.8% to −1.4%).
The algorithm is unchanged. The walk performs the same push, pop and depth check in the same order, so max_depth, the "declares more …" checks and every error message are byte-for-byte what they were.
No new dependency.
Tests
accepted_envelope_prescan_allocates_nothing (src/read_allocation_probe.rs) runs check_msgpack_structure at the envelope decode's bound on current and legacy (int-array) envelopes of 0 B, 40 B, 64 B, 1 KiB and 64 KiB. It asserts each is accepted and requests 0 B from the counting allocator. A positive control asserts that a 9-deep document does allocate, which shows the probe sees the spill. Against the old Vec, this test fails with 32 B.
depth_bound_is_exact_where_the_stack_spills_to_the_heap covers max_depth 7, 8 and 9, for arrays and maps, with a nil leaf and with an empty innermost collection, at the bound and one past it.
a_sibling_after_a_spilled_subtree_is_measured_from_its_own_parent covers [a levels, b levels] for every a, b in 0..=10 at max_depth 10. The stack spills to the heap, drains back to the inline slots and refills, and the depth stays exact.
The decode-bounds and wire-format reject-vector suites pass unchanged. So does main's stricter reject-vector allocation check (requested == 0 behind a probe-liveness check), which this branch takes as-is.
Mutation check: an off-by-one in last_mut's inline range, or in push's spill threshold, fails the new tests. Changing pop's > to >= survives because it is equivalent (at depth 8 the spill is empty, so pop on it does nothing).
cargo test --all-features, cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo fmt --check all pass on the merged tree.
Instruction counts
perf_ir Ir/op, (Ir[1000] - Ir[0]) / 1000, on x86_64-linux with valgrind 3.22.0. Base is a55af62 (main, the merge-base) and head is 9205f3a. Both were measured on the same machine with scripts/perf-ir-vs-base.sh origin/main, once with rustc 1.98.1 (the toolchain the committed budgets record) and once with rustc 1.99.1. The two runs agree on every figure below.
Case
Base
Head
Change
prescan/64
883
815
−7.70%
prescan/1024
985
910
−7.61%
prescan/65536
935
864
−7.59%
retrieve/*, retrieve_data/*
±0.00%
Every other gated case moved by ±0.01% or less: decrypt/65536 reads −12 Ir, the same as the A/A floor (base against itself), whose largest difference is 12 Ir (0.005%). Only the three prescan/* budgets change in benches/perf_ir_baselines.json. The retrieve* budgets stay at main's figures.
Sibling paths
cachekit-py gets this through the core dependency, with no change of its own.
cachekit-ts runs its own pre-scan in TypeScript. A JS array there has a different cost model, so this change does not carry over directly.
Docs
The README's "Envelope Decode Bounds" section and the check_msgpack_structure rustdoc say that the walk allocates nothing for a document that nests at most 8 levels deep, and allocates only for the levels past 8 in a deeper one. That covers every envelope store writes (2 deep), but not a hand-built envelope that nests deeper in an ignored field. A rejection allocates its error message. The protocol spec makes no claim about allocation beyond "nothing proportional to a declared length", which still holds.
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Performance
Shallow envelope pre-scans now avoid allocator requests; nesting beyond eight open collection levels uses heap memory.
Updated x86_64 Linux performance baselines for pre-scan and retrieval operations.
Documentation
Clarified pre-scan allocation behaviour and nesting depth, including that storing envelopes supports two nested levels.
Noted that rejection allocates an error message and updated the reported overhead for retrieving 40-byte payloads.
Walkthrough
The structural pre-scan stores open collection counts inline for the first eight levels and spills deeper levels to a heap vector. Tests cover depth boundaries and allocation behaviour. The x86_64 Linux performance baselines and documented retrieve overhead are updated.
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Structural pre-scan allocation
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Summary
Inline nesting storage and traversal src/msgpack_bounds.rs, README.md
The pre-scan stores the first eight open collection counts inline and spills deeper levels to a heap vector. Documentation describes allocation behaviour for shallow and deeper documents.
Depth, allocation, and performance validation src/msgpack_bounds.rs, src/read_allocation_probe.rs, benches/perf_ir_baselines.json
Tests cover depth limits, sibling subtrees, and allocation behaviour for accepted envelopes. The x86_64 Linux performance budgets are lower for the listed operations and input sizes.
cachekit-io/cachekit-core#150: PR #150 changes when the structural pre-scan runs and modifies related allocation-probe expectations, documentation, and retrieve budgets.
cachekit-io/cachekit-core#146: PR #146 adds retrieve_data through the shared decode and pre-scan path. Its allocation probe and retrieve-related performance budgets overlap with this change.
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The pre-scan now keeps a shallow envelope's nesting on the call stack, and
the size-cap and ratio vectors' bin payload is borrowed, so the rejected
read requests nothing from the allocator and the check could never pass.
probe_catches_a_reserve_first_reader remains the positive control that
shows the probe counts this thread's allocations.
Resolved src/read_allocation_probe.rs (kept both new tests, accepted_envelope_prescan_allocates_nothing and retrieve_data_allocates_only_prescan_and_output); auto-rebased onto main by merge (4f589af), CI will re-run. fbec3f9 then drops the reject read's requested > 0 check: with the inline nesting stack and main's borrowed bin payload, that read now requests nothing, so the check could never pass. probe_catches_a_reserve_first_reader stays the positive control.
Resolved benches/perf_ir_baselines.json (both sides re-measured retrieve/* and neither figure holds after the merge) by re-measuring the merged tree with perf_ir --update for the retrieve, retrieve_data and prescan cases, and restated the README's 40 B percentage to match; auto-rebased onto main (619bc00); CI will re-run.
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Left for a manual merge: README.md and src/read_allocation_probe.rs conflict with #150, which moved retrieve onto a one-pass decode and left the pre-scan cold. The code merges cleanly, but this PR's text, its test comment and its lowered retrieve/retrieve_data budgets assume the pre-scan runs on every read, so resolving them means rewriting what the PR claims.
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check_msgpack_structureandmsgpack_document_lenno longer allocate for a document that nests 8 levels or fewer. Before this change, the walk kept its nesting stack in aVec<u64>, so every walk over a document with a non-empty collection paid one malloc/free pair (32 B).Where the walk runs now
Since the one-pass envelope decode landed on
main,retrieve,retrieve_dataandvalidateread every envelopestorewrites without the pre-scan. The pre-scan still runs:decode_envelope_full), for any input the one-pass read declines;check_msgpack_structurethemselves. cachekit-py's default serializer runs it over the payload before every MessagePack unpack, so every Python cache read walks one payload document. That is now the main beneficiary.So this PR no longer changes
retrieveorretrieve_datacosts (see Instruction counts below). The win is the walk itself, measured byprescan/*.What changed
OpenCollections(private, insrc/msgpack_bounds.rs) replaces theVec<u64>. It holds the first 8 levels in an inline[u64; 8]and any deeper levels in aVecthat stays empty until it is needed. A singlelenfield is the depth, so on the common pathlast_mutcosts one compare. A first version tracked the inline count and the spill length separately, and its extra branches ate most of the saving (prescan −0.8% to −1.4%).max_depth, the "declares more …" checks and every error message are byte-for-byte what they were.Tests
accepted_envelope_prescan_allocates_nothing(src/read_allocation_probe.rs) runscheck_msgpack_structureat the envelope decode's bound on current and legacy (int-array) envelopes of 0 B, 40 B, 64 B, 1 KiB and 64 KiB. It asserts each is accepted and requests 0 B from the counting allocator. A positive control asserts that a 9-deep document does allocate, which shows the probe sees the spill. Against the oldVec, this test fails with 32 B.depth_bound_is_exact_where_the_stack_spills_to_the_heapcoversmax_depth7, 8 and 9, for arrays and maps, with a nil leaf and with an empty innermost collection, at the bound and one past it.a_sibling_after_a_spilled_subtree_is_measured_from_its_own_parentcovers[a levels, b levels]for everya, bin0..=10atmax_depth10. The stack spills to the heap, drains back to the inline slots and refills, and the depth stays exact.main's stricter reject-vector allocation check (requested == 0behind a probe-liveness check), which this branch takes as-is.last_mut's inline range, or inpush's spill threshold, fails the new tests. Changingpop's>to>=survives because it is equivalent (at depth 8 the spill is empty, sopopon it does nothing).cargo test --all-features,cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warningsandcargo fmt --checkall pass on the merged tree.Instruction counts
perf_irIr/op,(Ir[1000] - Ir[0]) / 1000, on x86_64-linux with valgrind 3.22.0. Base isa55af62(main, the merge-base) and head is9205f3a. Both were measured on the same machine withscripts/perf-ir-vs-base.sh origin/main, once with rustc 1.98.1 (the toolchain the committed budgets record) and once with rustc 1.99.1. The two runs agree on every figure below.prescan/64prescan/1024prescan/65536retrieve/*,retrieve_data/*Every other gated case moved by ±0.01% or less:
decrypt/65536reads −12 Ir, the same as the A/A floor (base against itself), whose largest difference is 12 Ir (0.005%). Only the threeprescan/*budgets change inbenches/perf_ir_baselines.json. Theretrieve*budgets stay atmain's figures.Sibling paths
Docs
The README's "Envelope Decode Bounds" section and the
check_msgpack_structurerustdoc say that the walk allocates nothing for a document that nests at most 8 levels deep, and allocates only for the levels past 8 in a deeper one. That covers every envelopestorewrites (2 deep), but not a hand-built envelope that nests deeper in an ignored field. A rejection allocates its error message. The protocol spec makes no claim about allocation beyond "nothing proportional to a declared length", which still holds.