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perf: cheaper object construction; drop markingMode full - #2093
Stacked on #2092 (base perf/jni-hot-paths). This is the first, low-risk step on the object-lifecycle work measured in that PR. The larger redesign (replacing the four Java id maps with a slot table, and batching finalizer transitions) waits for #2015.
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Splits a wrapped object's cost into allocation (kept alive), release through a V8 GC, and the Java GC that follows, for JS-constructed, JS-extended and Java-returned objects. Also times an object return with 50k live wrappers.
trim per-construction work
Three changes on the construction path. (1) EncodeSignature formatted the argument count through a std::stringstream on every new and every dynamic method resolution; with the copies around it, that was ~9% of the main thread's lifecycle samples. It now appends std::to_string into a reserved buffer. (2) The second FindClass(fullClassName) is gone: ResolveClass already returned that same cached global ref. (3) There's no signature parse for zero-argument constructors, and makeInstanceStrong skips storeClass (two locks) when the previous registration stored the same class.
remove markingMode "full"
Only "none" is supported. "full" was already non-functional: its weak callback queued wrappers for processing that no longer existed, so they were revived forever. The full-mode callback and its GC bookkeeping are removed, along with DirectBuffer, the batch Java methods, getMarkingModeOrdinal and the __markingMode global. AppConfig drops the key, so the native config indices shift, and it logs a warning when an app sets anything other than "none".
pass startup options by name
initNativeScript received AppConfig's whole value array, and native code read five entries by KnownKeys ordinal, so removing or reordering a key silently shifted them. The markingMode removal hit exactly that: it read past the end under CheckJNI. The five values are now explicit parameters, collected into Runtime::StartupOptions on the native side.
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Same method as #2092: release APK on the arm64 emulator (API 36), AOT-compiled, one warm-up launch, 5 launches, 7 rounds each. Values are median ns.
The release rows (V8 GC and Java GC) are timed around explicit gc() / Runtime.gc() calls. They are the noisiest numbers in the suite (min vs median often differ by ~40%), and this PR doesn't touch the release path. The redesign in the follow-up targets them.
Why the release path is next
Profiled on the main thread, a wrapped object's lifecycle is roughly:
Constructor signature key: ~260 ns. This PR removes most of it.
makeInstanceStrong: ~220 ns.
Release: ~600 ns, from two finalizer JNI calls into makeInstanceWeakAndCheckIfAlive (synchronized map removes, weak-map puts, ReferenceQueue polling).
A Java microbenchmark of just the id bookkeeping (register, lookup, strong→weak, release) measures 444 ns/object today with multithreaded JS and 246 ns without it, against 69 ns for a slot table with an identity index. That redesign needs #2015's per-binding runtime identity, so that no foreign thread reads a runtime's maps and they can drop their locks.
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Yes. The full Jasmine suite passes on the emulator with ./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults: 1479 specs, 0 failures. That is 11 more than before, because testGC.js was gated on full marking mode and was skipped in the test app, which runs none. Its specs now run, and they all pass under the finalizer path.
One observation: in one of five full-suite runs (on a heavily loaded host), the GC suite was reported with 0 specs. Jasmine never started them, rather than failing them. It didn't reproduce in four later runs, so I'm noting it here in case it shows up in CI.
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Calls to Java methods with no arguments now avoid unnecessary signature parsing.
Java object registration reuses class information when possible.
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The Android markingMode setting is no longer supported. Values other than "none" trigger a warning, and "none" is used.
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Runtime startup settings are now passed through explicit configuration options, with no new user-facing controls.
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The Android runtime removes JavaScript marking-mode configuration and weak-object batch processing. Startup values now pass through typed Java and native options. The changes also add JNI object-lifecycle benchmarks and adjust instance registration, argument parsing, and signature-key construction.
Startup values pass individually from Java through JNI into Runtime::StartupOptions. The marking-mode setting, enum, accessors, and __markingMode global are removed.
ObjectManager removes marking-mode-dependent weak processing and related JNI methods, and registers wrappers with JSObjectFinalizerStatic. The GC suite always runs. New benchmarks measure allocation and release phases for Java-object wrappers and time calls while wrappers remain live.
JNI registration and signature handling test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/CallbackHandlers.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/JsArgConverter.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MethodCache.cpp, test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java
Instance registration uses the class returned by ResolveClass. makeInstanceStrong stores a class only when it differs from the last stored class. Argument-signature parsing is skipped when there are no arguments, and signature keys use reserved string capacity and std::to_string.
sequenceDiagram
participant AppConfig
participant JavaRuntime as Runtime
participant NativeInit as initNativeScript
participant RuntimeInit as Runtime.Init
JavaRuntime->>AppConfig: reads typed startup values
JavaRuntime->>NativeInit: passes individual startup values
NativeInit->>RuntimeInit: passes Runtime.StartupOptions
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Splits a wrapped object's cost into allocation (kept alive), release through
a V8 GC and the Java GC that follows, for JS-constructed, JS-extended and
Java-returned objects; and times an object return with 50k live wrappers.
- EncodeSignature formatted the argument count through a std::stringstream
on every constructor and dynamic method resolution; it now appends
std::to_string into a reserved buffer.
- The instance's class is the global ref ResolveClass already returned from
the class cache, so the second FindClass(fullClassName) lookup is gone.
- JsArgConverter skips parsing the signature of a zero-argument constructor.
- makeInstanceStrong skips storeClass, which takes two locks, when the
previous registration stored the same class.
Only markingMode "none" is supported. "full" was already non-functional:
its weak callback queued wrappers for processing that no longer existed, so
they were revived forever.
- ObjectManager always arms the finalizer path; the full-mode weak callback,
its GC bookkeeping, the batch DirectBuffer plumbing and the unused
declarations behind it are gone, as are DirectBuffer itself and the Java
makeInstanceWeak(ByteBuffer)/checkWeakObjectAreAlive/getMarkingModeOrdinal.
- AppConfig drops the key (native config indices shift accordingly) and logs
a warning when an app still sets markingMode to anything but "none".
- The __markingMode global is gone; testGC.js no longer gates on it, so its
specs now run (they pass under the finalizer path).
initNativeScript received AppConfig's whole value array and the native side
read five entries by KnownKeys ordinal, so removing or reordering a key
silently shifted them (and read past the end under CheckJNI). The five
values are now explicit initNativeScript parameters, gathered into a
Runtime::StartupOptions on the native side.
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Description
Stacked on #2092 (base
perf/jni-hot-paths). This is the first, low-risk step on the object-lifecycle work measured in that PR. The larger redesign (replacing the four Java id maps with a slot table, and batching finalizer transitions) waits for #2015.EncodeSignatureformatted the argument count through astd::stringstreamon everynewand every dynamic method resolution; with the copies around it, that was ~9% of the main thread's lifecycle samples. It now appendsstd::to_stringinto a reserved buffer. (2) The secondFindClass(fullClassName)is gone:ResolveClassalready returned that same cached global ref. (3) There's no signature parse for zero-argument constructors, andmakeInstanceStrongskipsstoreClass(two locks) when the previous registration stored the same class."none"is supported."full"was already non-functional: its weak callback queued wrappers for processing that no longer existed, so they were revived forever. The full-mode callback and its GC bookkeeping are removed, along withDirectBuffer, the batch Java methods,getMarkingModeOrdinaland the__markingModeglobal.AppConfigdrops the key, so the native config indices shift, and it logs a warning when an app sets anything other than"none".initNativeScriptreceivedAppConfig's whole value array, and native code read five entries byKnownKeysordinal, so removing or reordering a key silently shifted them. The markingMode removal hit exactly that: it read past the end under CheckJNI. The five values are now explicit parameters, collected intoRuntime::StartupOptionson the native side.Numbers
Same method as #2092: release APK on the arm64 emulator (API 36), AOT-compiled, one warm-up launch, 5 launches, 7 rounds each. Values are median ns.
The release rows (V8 GC and Java GC) are timed around explicit
gc()/Runtime.gc()calls. They are the noisiest numbers in the suite (min vs median often differ by ~40%), and this PR doesn't touch the release path. The redesign in the follow-up targets them.Why the release path is next
Profiled on the main thread, a wrapped object's lifecycle is roughly:
makeInstanceStrong: ~220 ns.makeInstanceWeakAndCheckIfAlive(synchronized map removes, weak-map puts,ReferenceQueuepolling).A Java microbenchmark of just the id bookkeeping (register, lookup, strong→weak, release) measures 444 ns/object today with multithreaded JS and 246 ns without it, against 69 ns for a slot table with an identity index. That redesign needs #2015's per-binding runtime identity, so that no foreign thread reads a runtime's maps and they can drop their locks.
Does your pull request have unit tests?
Yes. The full Jasmine suite passes on the emulator with
./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults: 1479 specs, 0 failures. That is 11 more than before, becausetestGC.jswas gated on full marking mode and was skipped in the test app, which runsnone. Its specs now run, and they all pass under the finalizer path.One observation: in one of five full-suite runs (on a heavily loaded host), the GC suite was reported with 0 specs. Jasmine never started them, rather than failing them. It didn't reproduce in four later runs, so I'm noting it here in case it shows up in CI.
Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Configuration
markingModesetting is no longer supported. Values other than"none"trigger a warning, and"none"is used.Maintenance