abstract multiple inheritance #5

StefanKarpinski · 2011-04-27T05:02:18Z

In an email discussion we came to the conclusion that it made sense to have multiple inheritance in Julia with one fairly simple restriction:

If two abstract types are are used for dispatch in the same "slot" of the same generic function object then they cannot share a common, concrete descendant (all types share None as a common abstract descendant).

This restriction, together with Julia not allowing inheritance from non-abstract types, seems to address all the practical issues one typically encounters with multiple inheritance. The following, for example, would be disallowed:

abstract A
abstract B

type C <: A, B
end

f(A) = 1
f(B) = 2 # ERROR: A and B share a common descendant

Note that a generic function is an object external to all types, not a name inside of a type as it would be in a traditional object-orientation language. Thus, one can have f(a::A) in one namespace and f(b::B) in another namespace without problems, so long as the fs in these two namespaces are distinct generic function objects.

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JeffBezanson · 2011-06-02T22:21:34Z

I'm not sure this blocks version 1.0. I agree we want it, but realistically it will take a bunch of time to settle and we know julia is perfectly usable without it.

StefanKarpinski · 2011-06-03T14:39:03Z

Is it that you think this will be very tricky to implement (understandably), or that you think the "no incest" rule will not be sufficient to make multiple inheritance sane? I would be willing to take a crack at this, but I'm afraid it may be beyond me.

JeffBezanson · 2011-06-04T05:28:52Z

The first one. Everything in the type system is pretty fragile, hard to modify without unintended consequences.

StefanKarpinski · 2011-06-04T16:20:34Z

Ok, that's fair. I think I won't even attempt this then. Too hard and mucking about with the type system is definitely your expertise rather than mine.

koffie · 2012-12-30T15:43:15Z

Maybe the no-incest rule in the initial suggestion can be weakened in a way similar to the following:

abstract A
abstract B

type C <: A, B
end

f(C) = 3
f(A) = 1
f(B) = 2 # no error since f is defined for all common descendants of A and B

toivoh · 2012-12-31T06:55:49Z

It seems to me that the no-incest rule presupposes that all descendents of A and B are known.
What if the system defines

abstract A
abstract B

f(::A) = 1
f(::B) = 2

and then a user comes along and defines

type C <: A, B
end

It seems a bit harsh that this should invalidate the function f itself. But it could of course refuse to accept a C, unless one of the following methods had been given:

f(::C)    = 3  # as in @koffie's post
f(::A::B) = 3  # method that applies to all common descendents of `A` and `B`

toivoh · 2012-12-31T06:59:09Z

Another thought about multiple inheritance (which I am for) is that it seems like it could make things a lot trickier for type inference; the intersection of two abstract types would never be empty. If there were some kind of mechanism to specify that two types are disjoint (e.g., can not share a common descendent), that might help.

StefanKarpinski · 2012-12-31T14:18:58Z

The thinking here was that the f function is either part of the interface to the A abstraction or the B abstraction, but having it be part of both interfaces would be weird and probably a bit broken. Requiring f(::C) to be defined when C <: A, B would probably be sufficient and is similar to how we handle method ambiguities already.

toivoh · 2012-12-31T20:10:04Z

@StefanKarpinski: That's very reasonable. My point was just that you cannot know at the time of the method definition for f whether there will ever exist a common descendent of A and B, so I think the question of when/if to issue ambiguity warnings/errors will be a bit trickier.

diegozea · 2013-02-26T06:19:56Z

What about something like dominant and recessive alleles on biology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_%28genetics%29

Indicate one abstract (parent) to have dominant alleles (methods) over the other (maybe the first on the list), and in case of redundancy choose the dominant.

…rigin/master from upstream

jcrudy · 2014-01-16T16:57:23Z

Hi there. I'm a new Julia user and multiple inheritance is important to me. Just adding my +1.

jcrudy · 2014-01-16T17:29:57Z

Also, @diegozea's suggestion is basically what is done by Python's method resolution order (mro), which I have found very sensible. There is always the possibility of having multiple method name conflicts and wanting a different resolution for each one. In python, that situation is handled by the super method.

tknopp · 2014-01-22T10:47:27Z

In Gtk.jl (JuliaGraphics/Gtk.jl#20) there is also a need for inheriting from multiple interfaces. This might be faked by using type Unions but this has the drawback that the Union type cannot be extended. Therefore the question: Might it be possible to allow to extend Union types? Or is this almost the same as multiple inheritance and therefore the same effort to implement? @JeffBezanson, @StefanKarpinski

@isdefined

As an application of #55545, this commit avoids the insertion of `:throw_undef_if_not` nodes when the defined-ness of a slot is guaranteed by abstract interpretation. ```julia julia> function isdefined_nothrow(c, x) local val if c val = x end if @isdefined val return val end return zero(Int) end; julia> @code_typed isdefined_nothrow(true, 42) ``` ```diff diff --git a/old b/new index c4980a5c9c..3d1d6d30f0 100644 --- a/old +++ b/new @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CodeInfo( 3 ┄ %3 = φ (#2 => x, #1 => #undef)::Int64 │ %4 = φ (#2 => true, #1 => false)::Bool └── goto #5 if not %4 -4 ─ $(Expr(:throw_undef_if_not, :val, :(%4)))::Any -└── return %3 +4 ─ return %3 5 ─ return 0 ) => Int64 ```

Prior to this, especially on macOS, the gc-safepoint here would cause the process to segfault as we had already freed the current_task state. Rearrange this code so that the GC interactions (except for the atomic store to current_task) are all handled before entering GC safe, and then signaling the thread is deleted (via setting current_task = NULL, published by jl_unlock_profile_wr to other threads) is last. ``` ERROR: Exception handler triggered on unmanaged thread. Process 53827 stopped * thread #5, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x100018008) frame #0: 0x0000000100b74344 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02', old_state=<unavailable>) at julia_threads.h:272:9 [opt] 269 assert(old_state != JL_GC_CONCURRENT_COLLECTOR_THREAD); 270 jl_atomic_store_release(&ptls->gc_state, state); 271 if (state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE || old_state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE) -> 272 jl_gc_safepoint_(ptls); 273 return old_state; 274 } 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, Target 0: (julia) stopped. (lldb) up frame #1: 0x0000000100b74320 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_save_and_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02') at julia_threads.h:278:12 [opt] 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, 276 int8_t state) 277 { -> 278 return jl_gc_state_set(ptls, state, jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ptls->gc_state)); 279 } 280 #ifdef __clang_gcanalyzer__ 281 // these might not be a safepoint (if they are no-op safe=>safe transitions), but we have to assume it could be (statically) (lldb) frame #2: 0x0000000100b7431c libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread(value=0x000000011f8b3200) at threading.c:537:11 [opt] 534 ptls->root_task = NULL; 535 jl_free_thread_gc_state(ptls); 536 // then park in safe-region -> 537 (void)jl_gc_safe_enter(ptls); 538 } ```

…#55803) This slightly improves our (LLVM) codegen for `Core.throw_methoderror` and `Core.current_scope` ```julia julia> foo() = Core.current_scope() julia> bar() = Core.throw_methoderror(+, nothing) ``` Before: ```llvm ; Function Signature: foo() define nonnull ptr @julia_foo_2488() #0 { top: %0 = call ptr @jl_get_builtin_fptr(ptr nonnull @"+Core.#current_scope#2491.jit") %Builtin_ret = call nonnull ptr %0(ptr nonnull @"jl_global#2492.jit", ptr null, i32 0) ret ptr %Builtin_ret } ; Function Signature: bar() define void @julia_bar_589() #0 { top: %jlcallframe1 = alloca [2 x ptr], align 8 %0 = call ptr @jl_get_builtin_fptr(ptr nonnull @"+Core.#throw_methoderror#591.jit") %jl_nothing = load ptr, ptr @jl_nothing, align 8 store ptr @"jl_global#593.jit", ptr %jlcallframe1, align 8 %1 = getelementptr inbounds ptr, ptr %jlcallframe1, i64 1 store ptr %jl_nothing, ptr %1, align 8 %Builtin_ret = call nonnull ptr %0(ptr nonnull @"jl_global#592.jit", ptr nonnull %jlcallframe1, i32 2) call void @llvm.trap() unreachable } ``` After: ```llvm ; Function Signature: foo() define nonnull ptr @julia_foo_713() #0 { top: %thread_ptr = call ptr asm "movq %fs:0, $0", "=r"() #5 %tls_ppgcstack = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %thread_ptr, i64 -8 %tls_pgcstack = load ptr, ptr %tls_ppgcstack, align 8 %current_scope = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %tls_pgcstack, i64 -72 %0 = load ptr, ptr %current_scope, align 8 ret ptr %0 } ; Function Signature: bar() define void @julia_bar_1581() #0 { top: %jlcallframe1 = alloca [2 x ptr], align 8 %jl_nothing = load ptr, ptr @jl_nothing, align 8 store ptr @"jl_global#1583.jit", ptr %jlcallframe1, align 8 %0 = getelementptr inbounds ptr, ptr %jlcallframe1, i64 1 store ptr %jl_nothing, ptr %0, align 8 %jl_f_throw_methoderror_ret = call nonnull ptr @jl_f_throw_methoderror(ptr null, ptr nonnull %jlcallframe1, i32 2) call void @llvm.trap() unreachable } ```

Prior to this, especially on macOS, the gc-safepoint here would cause the process to segfault as we had already freed the current_task state. Rearrange this code so that the GC interactions (except for the atomic store to current_task) are all handled before entering GC safe, and then signaling the thread is deleted (via setting current_task = NULL, published by jl_unlock_profile_wr to other threads) is last. ``` ERROR: Exception handler triggered on unmanaged thread. Process 53827 stopped * thread #5, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x100018008) frame #0: 0x0000000100b74344 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02', old_state=<unavailable>) at julia_threads.h:272:9 [opt] 269 assert(old_state != JL_GC_CONCURRENT_COLLECTOR_THREAD); 270 jl_atomic_store_release(&ptls->gc_state, state); 271 if (state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE || old_state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE) -> 272 jl_gc_safepoint_(ptls); 273 return old_state; 274 } 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, Target 0: (julia) stopped. (lldb) up frame #1: 0x0000000100b74320 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_save_and_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02') at julia_threads.h:278:12 [opt] 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, 276 int8_t state) 277 { -> 278 return jl_gc_state_set(ptls, state, jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ptls->gc_state)); 279 } 280 #ifdef __clang_gcanalyzer__ 281 // these might not be a safepoint (if they are no-op safe=>safe transitions), but we have to assume it could be (statically) (lldb) frame #2: 0x0000000100b7431c libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread(value=0x000000011f8b3200) at threading.c:537:11 [opt] 534 ptls->root_task = NULL; 535 jl_free_thread_gc_state(ptls); 536 // then park in safe-region -> 537 (void)jl_gc_safe_enter(ptls); 538 } ```

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

This makes it much easier to spot dynamic dispatches: ```julia 3 ── %9 = (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ``` is now: ```julia 3 ── %9 = builtin (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = dynamic (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ```

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

This makes it much easier to spot dynamic dispatches: ```julia 3 ── %9 = (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ``` is now: ```julia 3 ── %9 = builtin (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = dynamic (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ```

Prior to this, especially on macOS, the gc-safepoint here would cause the process to segfault as we had already freed the current_task state. Rearrange this code so that the GC interactions (except for the atomic store to current_task) are all handled before entering GC safe, and then signaling the thread is deleted (via setting current_task = NULL, published by jl_unlock_profile_wr to other threads) is last. ``` ERROR: Exception handler triggered on unmanaged thread. Process 53827 stopped * thread #5, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x100018008) frame #0: 0x0000000100b74344 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02', old_state=<unavailable>) at julia_threads.h:272:9 [opt] 269 assert(old_state != JL_GC_CONCURRENT_COLLECTOR_THREAD); 270 jl_atomic_store_release(&ptls->gc_state, state); 271 if (state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE || old_state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE) -> 272 jl_gc_safepoint_(ptls); 273 return old_state; 274 } 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, Target 0: (julia) stopped. (lldb) up frame #1: 0x0000000100b74320 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_save_and_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02') at julia_threads.h:278:12 [opt] 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, 276 int8_t state) 277 { -> 278 return jl_gc_state_set(ptls, state, jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ptls->gc_state)); 279 } 280 #ifdef __clang_gcanalyzer__ 281 // these might not be a safepoint (if they are no-op safe=>safe transitions), but we have to assume it could be (statically) (lldb) frame #2: 0x0000000100b7431c libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread(value=0x000000011f8b3200) at threading.c:537:11 [opt] 534 ptls->root_task = NULL; 535 jl_free_thread_gc_state(ptls); 536 // then park in safe-region -> 537 (void)jl_gc_safe_enter(ptls); 538 } ```

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

This makes it much easier to spot dynamic dispatches: ```julia 3 ── %9 = (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ``` is now: ```julia 3 ── %9 = builtin (isa)(%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y})::Bool └─── goto JuliaLang#5 if not %9 4 ── %11 = π (%4, @NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}) └─── goto JuliaLang#6 5 ── %13 = dynamic (Tuple{Int64, Any})(%4)::Tuple{Int64, Any} │ %14 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 1)::Int64 │ %15 = builtin (getfield)(%13, 2)::Any │ %16 = %new(@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y}, %14, %15)::@NamedTuple{x::Int64, y} ``` This is on by default when displaying a CodeInfo, and off by default for `code_warntype`, unless optimize=true. Can be enabled / disabled via IRShowConfig.label_dynamic_calls

Prior to this, especially on macOS, the gc-safepoint here would cause the process to segfault as we had already freed the current_task state. Rearrange this code so that the GC interactions (except for the atomic store to current_task) are all handled before entering GC safe, and then signaling the thread is deleted (via setting current_task = NULL, published by jl_unlock_profile_wr to other threads) is last. ``` ERROR: Exception handler triggered on unmanaged thread. Process 53827 stopped * thread #5, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x100018008) frame #0: 0x0000000100b74344 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02', old_state=<unavailable>) at julia_threads.h:272:9 [opt] 269 assert(old_state != JL_GC_CONCURRENT_COLLECTOR_THREAD); 270 jl_atomic_store_release(&ptls->gc_state, state); 271 if (state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE || old_state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE) -> 272 jl_gc_safepoint_(ptls); 273 return old_state; 274 } 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, Target 0: (julia) stopped. (lldb) up frame #1: 0x0000000100b74320 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_save_and_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02') at julia_threads.h:278:12 [opt] 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, 276 int8_t state) 277 { -> 278 return jl_gc_state_set(ptls, state, jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ptls->gc_state)); 279 } 280 #ifdef __clang_gcanalyzer__ 281 // these might not be a safepoint (if they are no-op safe=>safe transitions), but we have to assume it could be (statically) (lldb) frame #2: 0x0000000100b7431c libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread(value=0x000000011f8b3200) at threading.c:537:11 [opt] 534 ptls->root_task = NULL; 535 jl_free_thread_gc_state(ptls); 536 // then park in safe-region -> 537 (void)jl_gc_safe_enter(ptls); 538 } ``` (test incorporated into #55793)

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

Prior to this, especially on macOS, the gc-safepoint here would cause the process to segfault as we had already freed the current_task state. Rearrange this code so that the GC interactions (except for the atomic store to current_task) are all handled before entering GC safe, and then signaling the thread is deleted (via setting current_task = NULL, published by jl_unlock_profile_wr to other threads) is last. ``` ERROR: Exception handler triggered on unmanaged thread. Process 53827 stopped * thread JuliaLang#5, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=2, address=0x100018008) frame #0: 0x0000000100b74344 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02', old_state=<unavailable>) at julia_threads.h:272:9 [opt] 269 assert(old_state != JL_GC_CONCURRENT_COLLECTOR_THREAD); 270 jl_atomic_store_release(&ptls->gc_state, state); 271 if (state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE || old_state == JL_GC_STATE_UNSAFE) -> 272 jl_gc_safepoint_(ptls); 273 return old_state; 274 } 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, Target 0: (julia) stopped. (lldb) up frame JuliaLang#1: 0x0000000100b74320 libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread [inlined] jl_gc_state_save_and_set(ptls=0x000000011f8b3200, state='\x02') at julia_threads.h:278:12 [opt] 275 STATIC_INLINE int8_t jl_gc_state_save_and_set(jl_ptls_t ptls, 276 int8_t state) 277 { -> 278 return jl_gc_state_set(ptls, state, jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ptls->gc_state)); 279 } 280 #ifdef __clang_gcanalyzer__ 281 // these might not be a safepoint (if they are no-op safe=>safe transitions), but we have to assume it could be (statically) (lldb) frame JuliaLang#2: 0x0000000100b7431c libjulia-internal.1.12.0.dylib`jl_delete_thread(value=0x000000011f8b3200) at threading.c:537:11 [opt] 534 ptls->root_task = NULL; 535 jl_free_thread_gc_state(ptls); 536 // then park in safe-region -> 537 (void)jl_gc_safe_enter(ptls); 538 } ``` (test incorporated into JuliaLang#55793)

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible.

@noinline

E.g. this allows `finalizer` inlining in the following case: ```julia mutable struct ForeignBuffer{T} const ptr::Ptr{T} end const foreign_buffer_finalized = Ref(false) function foreign_alloc(::Type{T}, length) where T ptr = Libc.malloc(sizeof(T) * length) ptr = Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ptr) obj = ForeignBuffer{T}(ptr) return finalizer(obj) do obj Base.@assume_effects :notaskstate :nothrow foreign_buffer_finalized[] = true Libc.free(obj.ptr) end end function f_EA_finalizer(N::Int) workspace = foreign_alloc(Float64, N) GC.@preserve workspace begin (;ptr) = workspace Base.@assume_effects :nothrow @noinline println(devnull, "ptr = ", ptr) end end ``` ```julia julia> @code_typed f_EA_finalizer(42) CodeInfo( 1 ── %1 = Base.mul_int(8, N)::Int64 │ %2 = Core.lshr_int(%1, 63)::Int64 │ %3 = Core.trunc_int(Core.UInt8, %2)::UInt8 │ %4 = Core.eq_int(%3, 0x01)::Bool └─── goto #3 if not %4 2 ── invoke Core.throw_inexacterror(:convert::Symbol, UInt64::Type, %1::Int64)::Union{} └─── unreachable 3 ── goto #4 4 ── %9 = Core.bitcast(Core.UInt64, %1)::UInt64 └─── goto #5 5 ── goto #6 6 ── goto #7 7 ── goto #8 8 ── %14 = $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:malloc), Ptr{Nothing}, svec(UInt64), 0, :(:ccall), :(%9), :(%9)))::Ptr{Nothing} └─── goto #9 9 ── %16 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Float64}, %14)::Ptr{Float64} │ %17 = %new(ForeignBuffer{Float64}, %16)::ForeignBuffer{Float64} └─── goto #10 10 ─ %19 = $(Expr(:gc_preserve_begin, :(%17))) │ %20 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ invoke Main.println(Main.devnull::Base.DevNull, "ptr = "::String, %20::Ptr{Float64})::Nothing │ $(Expr(:gc_preserve_end, :(%19))) │ %23 = Main.foreign_buffer_finalized::Base.RefValue{Bool} │ Base.setfield!(%23, :x, true)::Bool │ %25 = Base.getfield(%17, :ptr)::Ptr{Float64} │ %26 = Base.bitcast(Ptr{Nothing}, %25)::Ptr{Nothing} │ $(Expr(:foreigncall, :(:free), Nothing, svec(Ptr{Nothing}), 0, :(:ccall), :(%26), :(%25)))::Nothing └─── return nothing ) => Nothing ``` However, this is still a WIP. Before merging, I want to improve EA's precision a bit and at least fix the test case that is currently marked as `broken`. I also need to check its impact on compiler performance. Additionally, I believe this feature is not yet practical. In particular, there is still significant room for improvement in the following areas: - EA's interprocedural capabilities: currently EA is performed ad-hoc for limited frames because of latency reasons, which significantly reduces its precision in the presence of interprocedural calls. - Relaxing the `:nothrow` check for finalizer inlining: the current algorithm requires `:nothrow`-ness on all paths from the allocation of the mutable struct to its last use, which is not practical for real-world cases. Even when `:nothrow` cannot be guaranteed, auxiliary optimizations such as inserting a `finalize` call after the last use might still be possible (#55990).

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