perf(module): memoize module path canonicalization per directory - #10347
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std::fs::canonicalize is a full realpath - a readlink per path component, every time - and module registration called it once per module. Sibling modules share every ancestor, so opencode --version issued 86,745 readlink calls over 9,467 distinct paths: 98.7% of every syscall it made, and 0.32s of system time. Directories are resolved once and reused, taking a 400-module fixture from 4,010 readlink calls to 405. Paths with . or .. components, and basenames that really are symlinks, still go through std::fs::canonicalize. This is a wall-clock fix, not an instruction-count one: it moves instructions:u by 0.04%.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe runtime now memoizes canonical module paths and directories. Normalized absolute paths reuse canonicalized ancestors, while paths with ChangesModule path canonicalization
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Refactor Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to A missing or inaccessible module referenced through a symlink alias can incorrectly match an already registered module. Preserve the original-path fallback before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/module_require.rs`:
- Line 886: Update the read_link error handling in canonical_dir and
canonicalize_module_path to canonicalize the original dir or candidate,
preserving that original input if canonicalization fails. Only use joined after
confirming the basename is not a symlink, preventing missing or inaccessible
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| match std::fs::read_link(&joined) { | ||
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Preserve the original-path fallback when read_link errors.
read_link errors for missing and inaccessible basenames. In both canonical_dir and canonicalize_module_path, returning joined then canonicalizes a symlinked parent even when the basename is missing. A removed module can therefore resolve through an alias to the canonical target key and match a registered module through js_require_path_module or js_has_path_module.
On any probe error, canonicalize the original dir or candidate and retain the original input if that fails. Use joined only after confirming that the basename is not a symlink.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/module_require.rs` at line 886, Update the read_link
error handling in canonical_dir and canonicalize_module_path to canonicalize the
original dir or candidate, preserving that original input if canonicalization
fails. Only use joined after confirming the basename is not a symlink,
preventing missing or inaccessible modules from resolving through symlinked
parents.
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Corrected the measurements in the description. The earlier I am not quoting a wall-clock number: the same two binaries measured 2.60 s / 2.63 s in one session and 4.19 s / 3.12 s in another on the shared build host, so wall figures from that machine are noise, not evidence. The syscall count is deterministic and the system time is consistent across runs, so those are what the PR claims. |
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The bug
Registering a module canonicalizes its absolute source path, and
std::fs::canonicalizeis a full realpath: onereadlinkper path component, every time. Sibling modules share every ancestor, so the same prefixes are re-walked once per module.opencode --version(OpenCode 1.18.30) issues 87,027readlinkcalls — every one of them failing — over only ~9,500 distinct paths. That is 98.9% of every syscall the process makes:The redundancy is in the shared prefixes.
/root/.../ocwas resolved 7,501 times,node_modulesandnode_modules/.bun5,580 times each, because ~7,500 module paths each re-walked the tree from the root down.The fix
Resolved directories are memoized, so each additional module in a directory costs one
readlinkfor its own basename instead of one per path component. Node caches realpath during module resolution for the same reason.A path containing
.or..components, or a basename that really is a symlink, still goes throughstd::fs::canonicalize, so resolution semantics are unchanged — the fast route is taken only for an absolute, already-normalized path whose final component is not a symlink, where the parent being canonical makes the join canonical too.Measurements
400-module CommonJS fixture:
readlinkcallsMeasured end to end on the real application,
opencode --version, 5 runs each:readlinkcallsinstructions:uThis is a syscall/system-time fix, not an instruction-count one, so do not look for it in
instructions:u— it moves that by well under a percent.One correction worth recording: an earlier draft of this claimed ~0.32 s of system time, taken from
strace -c. That number is inflated — strace intercepts every syscall under ptrace, so its per-call timing does not reflect the untraced cost. Measured without ptrace the saving is ~0.13 s of system time. I am not quoting a wall-clock figure at all: repeated runs of the same binaries on the shared build host varied between 2.6 s and 4.2 s, so wall numbers from that machine are not evidence.Validation
120 module + 45 require + 165 path runtime unit tests (330 total), and the fixture still produces identical output.