Bytecode cache: entry kind for an embedder's builtin function executables - #502
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encodeBuiltinFunction(vm, executable, sourceLength, embedderStamp) serializes a root UnlinkedFunctionExecutable created by BuiltinExecutables::createExecutable (builtin parse mode, private names) together with its code blocks; decodeBuiltinFunction(vm, bytes, provider, stamp) gives back an executable whose body and nested functions decode lazily from the payload like the children of a cached program do. The entry is checked by cache version, source length and an embedder-supplied stamp for the source contents, so nothing is hashed at load. recursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlocksForFunction generates what the encoder needs. jsc shell: builtinFromBytecodeCache(source, roundTrip) test helper.
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WalkthroughChangesThe JSC shell now creates builtin functions, generates builtin bytecode, reports serialized size, and performs validated cache round trips. Decoder tail reuse avoids repeated parsing. Recursive code-block generation supports configurable depth. Suggested reviewersSuggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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…e function's own code block only; unbounded by default); nested functions past it are cached as executables that generate from source on first call
…ct block (isClassConstructorFunction), everything else CodeForCall; UnlinkedFunctionExecutable has no isConstructor of its own so the old check was always false
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Thanks for the isClassConstructorFunction() fix — that resolves the dead-branch issue at all three sites. I re-reviewed and didn't find further bugs. Given this adds a new bytecode-cache entry kind with its own encode/decode path and payload-aliasing semantics, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
BuiltinFunctionCacheEntryencode/decode: header seal ordering, tag/version/checksum/stamp/length gating,getIfInPayload+isIntactbefore decode.recursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlocksForFunctionand the depth bound threaded throughgenerateUnlinkedCodeBlockForFunctions—depth=0correctly generates only the root's block.- New
CachedBuiltinFunctionTagcases in the threeGenericCacheEntry::decode/isStillValidswitches — routed to the eval fall-through so the generic path can't misinterpret one. - jsc-shell
builtinFromBytecodeCachehelper: exception scope handling and the persistent-copy round-trip.
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Overview
This PR adds a fourth bytecode-cache entry kind, CachedBuiltinFunctionTag, so an embedder (Bun) can serialize a root UnlinkedFunctionExecutable created via BuiltinExecutables::createExecutable — its own JS builtin modules — and decode it back without reparsing. It touches CachedTypes.{h,cpp} (new BuiltinFunctionCacheEntry, encodeBuiltinFunction/decodeBuiltinFunction, tag added to three switch statements), CodeCache.{h,cpp} (new recursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlocksForFunction, a depth bound on the existing recursive generator, and the isConstructor() → isClassConstructorFunction() fix at both pre-existing sites), and jsc.cpp (a builtinFromBytecodeCache shell helper for round-trip testing).
Security risks
The decode path reads a serialized payload the embedder controls (compiled into its own binary), not untrusted input, so the threat model is corruption/version-skew rather than adversarial data. The header is guarded by isUpToDate (cache version + header checksum), the record by getIfInPayload bounds + isIntact region checksum, and decode additionally checks source length and an embedder-supplied stamp. DeferGC is held across decode as in the sibling decodeCodeBlockImpl. I don't see an injection or memory-safety concern introduced here beyond what already exists in the shared CachedFunctionExecutable decode machinery this reuses.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is core JavaScriptCore bytecode-cache infrastructure: a new on-disk record layout, a new decode entry point that hands back a GC-allocated executable which will later lazily materialize code blocks by aliasing a persistent payload, and a behavior change to the pre-existing ahead-of-time generator (class constructors now get CodeForConstruct blocks where before the branch was dead). None of it is mechanical; it warrants a maintainer's eyes on the record layout / lifetime assumptions and on whether isClassConstructorFunction() is the right predicate for the pre-existing --compile --bytecode path.
Other factors
My prior inline comment (dead isConstructor() ternary) was addressed in commit 01205e6 — all three sites now use isClassConstructorFunction(), and the comment was updated to match. The bug-hunting pass on the updated revision found nothing new. There is a jsc-shell test helper but the actual test file is not in this diff (presumably in JSTests or exercised via the stacked Bun-side PR). The change is additive on the JSC side — nothing calls the new exports yet outside the shell helper — but the generateUnlinkedCodeBlockForFunctions predicate change does affect existing Bun --compile --bytecode output.
…t for the integrity check and lends it to the constructor's accessors through the Decoder (was ~10% of a decode); jsc shell builtinBytecodeSize(source, depth) helper
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/CachedTypes.cpp`:
- Around line 3774-3777: Update the CachedBuiltinFunctionTag branches in
decodeCodeBlockImpl and isCachedBytecodeStillValid to return false instead of
calling RELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED(). Preserve the existing handling for
CachedEvalCodeBlockTag and match the rejection behavior already used by
GenericCacheEntry::decode(Decoder&, SourceCodeKey&).
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Reject builtin cache entries in generic cache dispatch.
If a CachedBuiltinFunctionTag payload reaches decodeCodeBlockImpl or isCachedBytecodeStillValid, these branches call RELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED() instead of rejecting the incompatible entry. Return false for CachedBuiltinFunctionTag in both dispatchers. GenericCacheEntry::decode(Decoder&, SourceCodeKey&) already uses that behavior.
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case CachedCodeBlockTag::CachedBuiltinFunctionTag:
+ return false;
case CachedCodeBlockTag::CachedEvalCodeBlockTag:
// We do not cache eval code blocks
RELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();Also applies to: 3812-3815
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/CachedTypes.cpp` around lines 3774 - 3777,
Update the CachedBuiltinFunctionTag branches in decodeCodeBlockImpl and
isCachedBytecodeStillValid to return false instead of calling
RELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED(). Preserve the existing handling for
CachedEvalCodeBlockTag and match the rejection behavior already used by
GenericCacheEntry::decode(Decoder&, SourceCodeKey&).
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Thanks for the isClassConstructorFunction() fix — confirmed applied at all three sites. I re-reviewed the updated diff (including the new ActiveTailScope and depth-bound commits) and found no further issues. Since this adds a new cache entry kind and touches the shared code-block decode path, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
ActiveTailScopelifetime — the stackTailin eachdecode()outlives theUnlinkedCodeBlockconstructor's accessor calls; a mismatched record falls through to a freshreadTail(), so nesting can only cost the optimization, not correctness.BuiltinFunctionCacheEntry::decode— tag /isUpToDate/ stamp / source-length checks precede the payload read, andgetIfInPayload+isIntactguard the executable record.depthbound —depth==0early-returns before recursion; theUINT_MAXdefault preserves unbounded behavior for existingrecursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlockcallers.CachedBuiltinFunctionTagin the generic-entry switches — routed to the evalRELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED()/falsearms, so a builtin payload cannot be misread through the program/module code paths.
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Overview
This PR adds a new bytecode-cache entry kind (CachedBuiltinFunctionTag) so an embedder can serialize/deserialize a directly-created UnlinkedFunctionExecutable (Bun's node:*/bun:* builtin modules) rather than re-parsing on first require. It introduces encodeBuiltinFunction / decodeBuiltinFunction in CachedTypes.{h,cpp}, a recursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlocksForFunction helper plus a depth bound on the existing recursive generator in CodeCache.{h,cpp}, an ActiveTailScope micro-optimization that lets the several CachedCodeBlock accessors invoked from the UnlinkedCodeBlock decode constructor share one parsed varint tail instead of re-parsing it per accessor, and two jsc-shell test helpers (builtinFromBytecodeCache, builtinBytecodeSize). It also fixes the pre-existing dead isConstructor() branches in generateUnlinkedCodeBlockForFunctions to use isClassConstructorFunction(), per the earlier inline comment.
Security risks
The bytecode cache is a deserialization surface. decodeBuiltinFunction follows the existing pattern: it size-checks the payload against sizeof(BuiltinFunctionCacheEntry), verifies the tag and cache version via isUpToDate, matches the embedder stamp and source length, and then bounds-/checksum-checks the executable record via getIfInPayload + isIntact before decoding. The ActiveTailScope state is two raw pointers on the Decoder, keyed by record address and cleared in the destructor; a lookup with a different this returns nullptr and falls back to a fresh parse, so a stale pointer cannot be dereferenced against the wrong record. I did not identify a way for these changes to bypass the existing integrity checks, but deserialization changes in general merit human eyes.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is not a mechanical change: it adds a new on-disk cache format variant, alters the hot decode path for all cached code blocks (program/module/eval/function) via ActiveTailScope, and changes the behavior of the pre-existing ahead-of-time generator (class constructors now get a CodeForConstruct block where they previously got none). It is also one half of a cross-repo feature — the Bun-side consumer lands separately — so the API shape (embedderStamp, sourceLength, persistence semantics) is a design decision a maintainer should sign off on.
Other factors
The prior inline finding was addressed and the thread resolved. The jsc-shell round-trip helper exercises encode → persistent copy → decode → link → call, which gives some end-to-end coverage, and the depth default keeps existing callers' behavior unchanged. No outstanding reviewer comments remain. Given the scope and the cross-cutting decode-path change, deferring to a human reviewer rather than auto-approving.
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…es the bundle imports The executable now carries ahead-of-time bytecode for every internal JS module (node:*, bun:*, internal:*) the bundle imports plus the ones those eagerly require, and InternalModuleRegistry decodes it instead of parsing the module wrapper on first require. Chunk file names inside an executable are numbered instead of chunk-<hash> so importers embed a few bytes instead of 22. - codegen (bundle-modules.ts): a stamp identifying the bundled internal-module sources and the eager require() graph between them (lookups on unindented lines run when the wrapper does; the rest are lazy) as constants. - InternalModuleRegistry.cpp: Bun__generateInternalModuleBytecode(id, depth) creates the builtin executable the registry would, generates its code blocks recursively and serializes it with JSC::encodeBuiltinFunction; generateModule() asks the standalone graph for bytes by id and uses JSC::decodeBuiltinFunction (payload marked persistent) before falling back to source. bun:internal-for-testing internalModulesLoadedFromBytecode() counts hits. - bun_jsc: __bun_jsc_generate_internal_module_bytecode maps specifiers to ids, walks the eager-require closure and generates each; Bun__standaloneInternal ModuleBytecode serves them at runtime. - bundler: for compile+bytecode, collects builtin import specifiers from the reachable files and appends OutputKind::BuiltinBytecode outputs. - StandaloneModuleGraph: Flags::HAS_BUILTIN_BYTECODE, a (id, StringPointer) table after the source hashes, blobs 128-aligned in the bytecode region. An app importing 57 builtins: startup 60 ms -> 20 ms, functions compiled from source at startup 209 -> 16, +3 MB. Needs oven-sh/WebKit#502.
Lets an embedder cache bytecode for its own JS builtins — in Bun's case the
node:*/bun:*internal modules, each a(function(){...})created withcreateBuiltinExecutable(builtin parse mode, private@names) whose body was, until now, always parsed and generated on firstrequire.recursivelyGenerateUnlinkedCodeBlocksForFunction(vm, executable, parentSource, error): the body and every nested function of a directly-created function executable.encodeBuiltinFunction(vm, executable, sourceLength, embedderStamp): a newCachedBuiltinFunctionTagentry = header + theCachedFunctionExecutablerecord (so its code blocks, region-laid-out and checksummed like everything else).decodeBuiltinFunction(vm, bytes, provider, embedderStamp): checks cache version / header checksum / source length / stamp and returns anUnlinkedFunctionExecutablewhose body and children decode lazily from the payload (aliasing it when persistent), exactly like children of a cached program. The stamp is whatever the embedder uses to identify the builtin source's contents, so nothing is hashed at load.builtinFromBytecodeCache(source, roundTrip)test helper; a builtin-style module with private names, a class, a generator, an async function and closures round-trips and behaves identically.Bun side (oven-sh/bun, stacked on WebKit#40201):
bun build --compile --bytecodeembeds bytecode for the internal modules the bundle imports (plus their static requires) andInternalModuleRegistrydecodes instead of parsing.Supersedes #177 (same idea from March, pre-format-rework): compared to that, the entry also checks source length + an embedder stamp, takes a
depthbound, and children decode lazily / alias a persistent payload like everything else in the current format. Bun side: oven-sh/bun#40201 (supersedes oven-sh/bun#28461; embeds only the internal modules the bundle reaches rather than all of them).