perf(runtime): memoize %Function.prototype% per realm in the dispatcher's own-override check (#10497)

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Part of #10497
Part of #10502

What this changes

The universal method dispatcher (js_native_call_method) runs the #10943 own-override check on every dispatched call. That check goes through js_object_has_own, which asks "is the receiver %Function.prototype%?" (is_function_prototype_object_value), and that question was answered by looking up globalThis.Function by name and then reading its prototype dynamic property. The Phase 3 attribution (#11464) puts that lookup at 5.4–6.2% of Perry's excess instructions over Node across 14–16 packages.

1. %Function.prototype% identity is memoized per realm. A third row in the existing per-thread intrinsic-prototype cache (array/prototype_addr.rs, which already holds Array.prototype and Object.prototype for gc: a relocating minor with PRECISE roots breaks 14 of 20 representation-corpus files (5 crashes, 9 mismatches) — the conservative stack scan is load-bearing for correctness #6981/gc/thread: Array.prototype / Object.prototype address caches are process-global but the realm is per-thread #7988). That cache is already correct for this: it is per thread (each perry/thread agent / worker compares against its own realm), its cells are rewritten by the registered root scanner scan_prototype_addr_cache_roots_mut, and reads heal through the forwarding chain. The scanner iterates the whole row array, so the new row is a registered GC root by construction. No new static; gc_runtime_root_holders.py passes. The row lives inline in HotTls. Only fields after implicit_this move, and codegen hard-codes offsets only for inline_state and implicit_this, which are pinned by offset_of! asserts.
   • is_function_prototype_object_value is now a tag check and an address compare. builtin_prototype_value("Function") returns the memo, so its other callers get it too, including to_string_primitive::function_method_value and symbol::get's Function.prototype symbol fallback.
   • The rows are primed at the end of populate_global_this_builtins, so every row names the realm's intrinsic before any user code can run. globalThis.Function is writable per spec. I checked that Perry installs Function.prototype as {writable:false, enumerable:false, configurable:false}, so the identity cannot change. Mutating the object itself (adding or replacing call/bind/user methods, defineProperty, delete, Object.setPrototypeOf on functions) changes its keys, and those are still read through the normal property path. Only the identity is cached.
   • Correctness fix as a side effect: on main, globalThis.Function = X; X.prototype = {...} made the runtime treat X.prototype as %Function.prototype%. After that, Object.getPrototypeOf(fn) === Function.prototype became false, Object.hasOwn(Function.prototype, 'hasOwnProperty') flipped to true, and a method added to the real Function.prototype dispatched to [object Object]. The new gap test test_gap_10497_function_global_reassign_intrinsic.ts fails on main and passes here.
2. Runtime half of perf/cleanup: the own-override predicate should take the interned key, not (ptr, len) — it allocates, which forces a root across it and blocks the GC-leaf claim #10957. The own-override predicate's key is now the thread's canonical interned header (string::canonical_key). It used to be a fresh js_string_from_bytes allocation on every check, and a second one for the Get that followed. In resolve_own_user_method the key is minted before the receiver is read from its root, then rooted and reused. The codegen ABI change ((recv, key) instead of (recv, ptr, len)) and the call_gc_leaf claim are not in this PR.
3. The own-override site no longer builds the argument Vec on the "no own method" path. call_own_user_method now takes readers for the receiver and the arguments. They are called only when an own user method exists, and only after resolving it. The old code evaluated both before resolution, and resolution can run a getter or allocate.
4. Strict UTF-8 fast path for the dispatcher's method name. str::from_utf8 runs first, and from_utf8_lossy (a Utf8Chunks walk, ~1.5% of a prototype-method dispatch profile) only runs for invalid bytes. The resulting Cow is the same.

I stayed out of the property-IC path (#11420 is someone else's) and out of string//array/ hot paths other than the one existing cache file this extends.

Instruction counts (perrymaster, Linux x86-64, perf stat -e instructions:u)

Both arms were built the same way (cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static). main = 35165b6bb (branch point), branch = 566f60521 (runtime identical to head). Workloads were compiled with PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1 and run with scripts/package_bench.py run --modes instr from wip/pkg-bench-phase1 (two-N per-iteration, median of 3, host measurement mutex held). Every run's output matched Node 26.5.1 (/opt/node-v26.5.1-linux-x64). I ran main twice: run-to-run drift is ≤0.1% on every row.

workload	Node	main	branch	Δ instr/iter	Δ %	share of main's excess over Node removed
node-forge/hmac	121,347	8,819,438	5,854,914	−2,964,524	−33.6%	34.1%
node-forge/aes_cbc	1,044,540	41,146,762	29,497,560	−11,649,202	−28.3%	29.0%
node-forge/sha256	390,820	7,012,975	5,503,471	−1,509,504	−21.5%	22.8%
qs/parse_nested	163,046	4,086,377	3,185,793	−900,584	−22.0%	23.0%
qs/stringify_nested	231,753	16,923,201	14,319,780	−2,603,421	−15.4%	15.6%
dayjs/diff_startof	187,704	9,961,792	8,405,117	−1,556,675	−15.6%	15.9%
dayjs/parse_format	65,325	2,188,973	1,900,523	−288,451	−13.2%	13.6%
date-fns/diff_interval	68,716	707,692	714,759	+7,067	+1.0%	−1.1%
control/bare_loop	57	26	26	0	0.0%	—
control/prop_read	57	119	119	0	0.0%	—

date-fns/diff_interval +1.0%: this row reproduces, and it comes from the GC schedule, not from a slower path. The branch allocates fewer key strings, so it runs fewer collections (PERRY_GC_DIAG: n=2500 → 1 vs 0, n=10000 → 3 vs 2). The two-N differential then charges one collection's worth of difference to the per-iteration figure. With the harness's warm=500 the branch reads +0.7–1.0%. With warm=1000 the same binaries read −0.7% (709.2k → 703.3k). In the profile, is_function_prototype_object_value and builtin_prototype_value's own cost go down, and nothing on the changed path goes up.

Micro probes (same arms, N = 200k / 1M, median of 3, each output checked equal between arms):

probe	main	branch	Δ
object-literal get/set/has methods (#11420 / side-channel shape)	58,179	45,192	−22.3%
function-constructor prototype methods (node-forge ByteStringBuffer shape)	22,907	14,651	−36.0%
bare-loop control	≈0	≈0	0

A symbolized profile of the prototype-method probe shows the subject was live: on main, is_function_prototype_object_value is 36.1% inclusive and js_get_global_this_builtin_value 29.2%. On the branch, is_function_prototype_object_value is gone from the profile and js_get_global_this_builtin_value is 0.85%, all of it one-time bootstrap. RSS: the only new state is one usize per thread in HotTls. There is no memory-for-compute trade.

Tests

• test_gap_10497_dispatch_function_prototype_mutation.ts (+ _helpers/fnproto_worker_10497.ts) is a regression guard. It covers the intrinsic's identity, tag, and non-constructability; own keys of Function.prototype; adding, replacing, and deleting a Function.prototype method under hot call sites; defineProperty making an inherited method own; own overrides on single functions (toString, call, a helper); Object.setPrototypeOf on a function and back; object-literal methods named get/set/has; an own method added mid-loop to a prototype-method receiver; Map/RegExp own overrides; and a worker (a separate realm) that must not see the main thread's Function.prototype mutations while its own ones dispatch. Byte-identical to Node 26.5.1 on main and branch, 3/3 each. On the branch it is also byte-identical under PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_SEED={1,7,42} PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_RATE=0.5 PERRY_GC_SCHEDULE_ALLOC_KB=0 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE=1 PERRY_GC_PROTECT_FROMSPACE_DEPTH=64 (~1,400 copying minors per run, confirmed via [gc-fromspace-protect] lines).
• test_gap_10497_function_global_reassign_intrinsic.ts is the fix-proving test. It fails on main (3 lines wrong, including dispatch returning [object Object]) and passes on the branch, 3/3 plain and 3/3 under the seeded GC-stress set above.
• Gap A/B: 117 existing gap tests matching dispatch/prototype/function/method/bind/call/hasOwn, compiled with each arm and compared with Node 26.5.1. 115 pass on both, 2 fail on both (test_gap_2159_defineproperty_class_prototype, test_gap_console_methods, pre-existing), 0 regressions. Two tests first showed a compile failure: one on both arms, and on the branch alone a stale feature-variant archive stamp after a test-only commit. Both pass on re-run.
• RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib: 4628 passed, 0 failed. New or extended tests: function_prototype_memo_is_the_by_name_intrinsic (the memo equals the by-name walk, and differs from the Array/Object rows) and the_shipped_cells_are_the_ones_the_scanner_visits (the Function row is a distinct cell inside the scanned array).
• cargo check -p perry-runtime -p perry --all-targets: no warnings. cargo fmt --check, scripts/check_file_size.sh, and scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.py all OK.
• SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1 scripts/run_lint_gates.sh: 90 of 92 script gates passed, compile tier not run. The 2 failures are environmental or pre-existing: cargo xwin is not installed on the host, and "Public benchmark evidence freshness" is red on main.

Not run: the full gap sweep; auto-optimize builds of the package workloads (the #11464 attribution used auto-optimize, and both arms here used PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1); axios/get_json (needs the HTTP server); the Windows cfg check (no cargo-xwin on the host); the macOS build. I don't expect any suite this diff doesn't touch to change.

What remains of #10497/#10502: the dispatcher's other leaves (shape_descriptor_by_id, dispatch_handle, the original_args copy, try_data_get_bytes) and #10957's codegen/ABI half.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Function method dispatch now continues to use the correct Function.prototype when the global Function binding is reassigned.
  • Own-method overrides are resolved before the receiver and arguments are read, improving behavior when method lookup changes their state.
  • Added regression coverage for prototype mutations, own-method overrides, and dispatch in workers.

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The runtime adds a per-thread cache for Function.prototype and uses the cached identity in prototype checks. Own-method dispatch uses canonical keys and reads the receiver and arguments after method resolution. New regression tests cover prototype mutation, global Function reassignment, and worker behavior.

Changes

Function prototype dispatch

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Prototype address cache and initialization crates/perry-runtime/src/array/prototype_addr.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/array/mod.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/tls_hot.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/populate.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/runtime_roots/prototype_addr_cache.rs	The per-thread cache adds a Function.prototype row. Built-in population primes unresolved rows, and the cache wiring test checks the new row.
Function.prototype identity checks crates/perry-runtime/src/object/global_this/ctor_thunks.rs	Prototype recognition and builtin prototype lookup use the cached address when available. A test compares the cached identity with the dynamic Function.prototype property.
Own-method resolution and invocation crates/perry-runtime/src/object/own_override.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/native_call_method.rs	Own-method resolution uses canonical keys. Dispatch resolves the method before reading the receiver and arguments. Valid UTF-8 method names use borrowed strings.
Dispatch regression coverage test-files/test_gap_10497_dispatch_function_prototype_mutation.ts, test-files/_helpers/fnproto_worker_10497.ts, test-files/test_gap_10497_function_global_reassign_intrinsic.ts, changelog.d/11491-dispatch-function-prototype-memo.md	Regression tests cover prototype mutations, own-method overrides, worker behavior, and reassignment of the global Function binding. The changelog records the changes and benchmark results.

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The worker isolation test has a coverage gap, but no production failure is established. This is a bounded test concern for the owner to address.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 2274f

Normal initialization appears to preserve each realm’s Function.prototype identity and existing method-override behavior. A conditional initialization failure could leave the identity cache unresolved and allow a later replacement of the global Function value to determine what it stores. No cross-realm exposure or privilege escalation was established.

Retained concerns

• Low · reliability · inferred: If Function.prototype cannot be resolved during priming, a later lookup can permanently cache the prototype of a user-reassigned global Function instead. Whether this recovery state is reachable in practice remains unproven.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The changed identity check can affect method calls within a realm, but the cache storage is per thread; the inspected paths do not establish a cross-realm or privileged-service exposure.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A user-controlled replacement for globalThis.Function could supply the address stored by a still-unresolved cache row. This is a conditional identity-integrity path, not an established privilege escalation or cross-realm attack.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Priming occurs before ordinary user code can reassign the global Function binding. On the inspected dispatcher path, rooted receiver and arguments are retained across own-method resolution, and a miss proceeds to native dispatch.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Per-thread cache ownership and GC forwarding contain ordinary relocation and worker-state risks. They do not resolve the distinct question of what identity an unprimed row may acquire after initialization.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Make successful global initialization require a resolved intrinsic Function row, or ensure an unresolved row cannot subsequently derive intrinsic identity from a user-mutable global.

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Ready to merge once CI is clean. It removes the per-call by-name globalThis.Function.prototype lookup from the runtime dispatcher (a per-thread cached identity, already GC-rooted) and uses the interned key in the own-override check (runtime half of #10957). Instructions: node-forge hmac −34%, aes −28%, sha256 −22%; qs parse −22%, stringify −15%; dayjs −13/−16%; the #11420-shape probe −22%; controls 0. It also fixes globalThis.Function = X corrupting intrinsic lookups. The two new gap tests (one a guard that matches Node on main and branch, including under seeded GC stress) pass, and perry-runtime lib passes 4628/4628.

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Keep the main-thread helper installed during the worker isolation check.

Line 114 deletes mainHelper10497 before Line 118 starts the worker. The worker can therefore report undefined even if it incorrectly shares the main thread’s Function.prototype. Keep a main-only property installed until the worker reports its result, then remove it.

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