perf(json): bound nesting inside the direct parser instead of pre-scanning every document - #10168
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…nning The direct JSON parser re-read every byte of its input before parsing, to decide whether the recursive descent could exceed the 1000-level native-stack bound. The "already validated" shortcut lived on the string-token reuse cache, which only exists for a source under 2 MB holding one large string value, so no record document ever hit it and every direct parse paid a whole-document scan on top of the parse. DirectParser now counts open containers as it descends, on every recursive entry including the shaped-record path and the typed top-level array, and aborts with `depth_exceeded` when the bound would be crossed. Valid documents never scan. A failed direct parse goes to the heap-stack parser when it hit the bound or when the cold classifier says the document is deep, so malformed deep input keeps its error kinds. The only remaining pre-scan is the forced tape above the lazy size ceiling, where an over-budget document must fail before its native tape is reserved.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe direct JSON parser now tracks nesting during descent. Failed parses that exceed the recursive limit use the iterative parser. Routine pre-scans and direct-depth cache state were removed, while the forced large-tape scan remains. ChangesJSON depth fallback
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Refactor Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant parse_slow
participant DirectParser
participant failed_direct_parse_is_deep
participant parse_deep_or_throw
parse_slow->>DirectParser: parse input directly
DirectParser-->>parse_slow: failure and depth_exceeded
parse_slow->>failed_direct_parse_is_deep: classify failed input
failed_direct_parse_is_deep->>parse_deep_or_throw: delegate deep input
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The release note documents the nesting boundary incorrectly. Correct the wording before merge so users understand which valid documents remain directly parsed. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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A debug test build's parser frames are several times larger than the release runtime's, so 1001 nested objects on the harness's default 2 MB thread overflowed the stack in CI (SIGSEGV after the iterator_helpers tests). The bound under test is the release runtime's; the check itself runs on a 256 MB worker like the 300 000-level test does.
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| `JSON.parse` re-read every byte of a direct-parsed document before parsing it, to decide whether the recursive descent could overflow the native stack (`nesting_depth_exceeds`, the 1000-level handoff to the heap-stack parser). The "already validated" shortcut that was meant to skip the re-scan on repeated parses lived on the string-token reuse cache, which is only populated for a source under 2 MB that contains one large string value, so no record document ever hit it: every parse of a 20 MB record array, of a record object of any size, and (since the traversal-feedback change) every eagerly re-routed scan paid a whole-document scan on top of the parse. `sample` attributed 6.2 % of `records_array_20m:roundtrip` to the scan alone. | ||
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| `DirectParser` now counts open containers as it descends (`enter_container`/`leave_container`, on every recursive entry including the shaped-record path and the typed top-level array) and aborts with `depth_exceeded` when the 1000th nested container would open. Valid documents never scan. A failed direct parse is re-routed to the heap-stack parser when it hit the bound or when the cold classifier says the document is deep, so malformed deep input keeps the exact error kinds it had (the cross-entry error-ordering test is unchanged). The only remaining pre-scan is the forced-tape-above-16 MB case, where an over-budget document must fail before its native tape is reserved. The `direct_depth_validated` cache flag and its two accessors are gone. |
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Correct the documented depth boundary.
The parser permits 1000 open containers. It aborts when the 1001st container would open. The current text says that it aborts on the 1000th container.
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- and aborts with `depth_exceeded` when the 1000th nested container would open.
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| `DirectParser` now counts open containers as it descends (`enter_container`/`leave_container`, on every recursive entry including the shaped-record path and the typed top-level array) and aborts with `depth_exceeded` when the 1000th nested container would open. Valid documents never scan. A failed direct parse is re-routed to the heap-stack parser when it hit the bound or when the cold classifier says the document is deep, so malformed deep input keeps the exact error kinds it had (the cross-entry error-ordering test is unchanged). The only remaining pre-scan is the forced-tape-above-16 MB case, where an over-budget document must fail before its native tape is reserved. The `direct_depth_validated` cache flag and its two accessors are gone. | |
| `DirectParser` now counts open containers as it descends (`enter_container`/`leave_container`, on every recursive entry including the shaped-record path and the typed top-level array) and aborts with `depth_exceeded` when the 1001st nested container would open. Valid documents never scan. A failed direct parse is re-routed to the heap-stack parser when it hit the bound or when the cold classifier says the document is deep, so malformed deep input keeps the exact error kinds it had (the cross-entry error-ordering test is unchanged). The only remaining pre-scan is the forced-tape-above-16 MB case, where an over-budget document must fail before its native tape is reserved. The `direct_depth_validated` cache flag and its two accessors are gone. |
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In `@changelog.d/10168-json-parse-depth-in-descent.md` at line 5, Update the
changelog description to state that DirectParser permits 1000 open containers
and aborts when opening the 1001st container, replacing the incorrect claim that
it aborts on the 1000th.
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Summary
JSON.parsere-read every byte of a direct-parsed document before parsing it, to decide whether the recursive descent could exceed the 1000-level native-stack bound (requires_iterative_parse→nesting_depth_exceeds). The "already validated" shortcut meant to skip that on repeated parses lived on the string-token reuse cache (direct_depth_validated), which is only populated for a source under 2 MB that contains one large string value. No record document ever hit it, so every parse of a 20 MB record array, of a record object of any size, and every eagerly re-routed scan (#10150) paid a whole-document scan on top of the parse.sampleattributed 6.2 % ofrecords_array_20m:roundtripto the scan alone.DirectParsernow counts open containers as it descends (enter_container/leave_container, on every recursive entry: untyped objects and arrays, the shaped-record path, and the typed top-level array) and aborts withdepth_exceededwhen the 1000th nested container would open. Valid documents never scan. A failed direct parse is re-routed to the heap-stack parser when it hit the bound or when the cold classifier says the document is deep, so malformed deep input keeps the exact error kinds it had (json_tape_fallback_preserves_syntax_and_budget_errors_across_entriesis unchanged and green). The only remaining pre-scan is the forced tape above 16 MB (PERRY_JSON_TAPE=1), where an over-budget document must fail before its native tape is reserved. Thedirect_depth_validatedflag and its two accessors are removed.Measurement
Same tree, two builds (
origin/main-equivalent baseline vs this commit), one self-contained worker binary per arm, interleaved best-of-3,/usr/bin/time -l(CPU = user+sys ms fromprocess.cpuUsage, RSS = max resident). Host was shared and loaded, so treat ±2 % as noise. The three rows marked 6 reps were re-measured with six interleaved reps after a first pass showed them ±1 %.small_record:parserecords_array_16k:scanrecords_array_1m:parserecords_array_1m:sparserecords_array_1m:scanrecords_array_1m:roundtriprecords_array_8m:parserecords_array_8m:sparserecords_array_8m:scanrecords_array_8m:roundtriprecords_object_8m:parserecords_array_20m:parserecords_array_20m:sparserecords_array_20m:scanrecords_array_20m:roundtriprecords_object_20m:parserecords_object_1m:parsewide_1m:parseDeep-document routing is unchanged on both arms: a 1001-deep array parses through the heap-stack path, a 300 000-deep array parses, and
[?,followed by 500 001 openers still throws the RangeError budget message.Validation
RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --release -p perry-runtime jsonon this branch (rebased on currentmain): 298 passed, 0 failed. That includes the newdirect_parser_bounds_nesting_inside_the_descent, the keptjson_parse_entry_depth_bound_preserves_the_first_excess_opening,json_tape_fallback_preserves_syntax_and_budget_errors_across_entries,parse_switches_to_the_iterative_path_past_the_recursive_threshold,parses_three_hundred_thousand_levels_on_a_small_worker_stack,rejects_nesting_beyond_the_iterative_resource_budget,iterative_path_still_rejects_malformed_json, and the tape depth hand-off tests.scripts/run_lint_gates.sh: 80 of 83 pass. The three failures are pre-existing on cleanmainand untouched by this diff: public benchmark evidence freshness,-D warningsdead-code inglobal_this_webassembly.rs, and the API docs drift produced by the regen step itself (files restored).benchmarks/json_performance/worker.tson both arms:VERIFYoutput hashes identical forrecords_array_20m:parseand for a 1001-deep array; a 300 000-deep array parses on both;[?,+ 500 001 openers throws the same RangeError on both.Summary by CodeRabbit
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