optimize StringUtf8::From #348

kunalspathak · 2017-07-28T00:51:45Z

Optimize calls to JsCopyString by assuming the string we get is ascii.
Refs: chakra-core/ChakraCore#3433

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make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
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kunalspathak · 2017-07-28T00:52:59Z

CI - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/chakracore-test-pull-request/127/

MSLaguana · 2017-07-28T01:37:09Z

Looks like windows arm CI is failing due to not finding unicode/ucnv.h for some reason. There's also some linter errors, and the ubuntu 16.04 build is failing due to CHECK_JSRT being given too many arguments, I believe.

MSLaguana · 2017-07-28T01:48:23Z

Perhaps we should do this in 2 parts; first to update the calls to JsCopyString to use the new parameters, and then secondly to make the perf change?

kunalspathak · 2017-07-28T02:13:31Z

Sure. I will look into the failures and split it in 2 commits.

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kfarnung · 2017-07-28T04:03:52Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+
+  size_t written = 0;
+  size_t actualLength = 0;
+  CHECK_JSRT(JsCopyString(key, *buffer, strLength, &written, &actualLength), napi_string_expected);


This should be CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED

Got it. Wondering why I didn't see these failures on my machine.

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T04:04:13Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+inline napi_status JsCopyUtf8Bytes(JsValueRef key,
+                                   char** buffer, size_t* copiedBytesCount) {
+  int strLength = 0;
+  CHECK_JSRT(JsGetStringLength(key, &strLength), napi_string_expected);


This should be CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T04:04:53Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+    *buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(actualLength + 1));
+    CHAKRA_VERIFY(buffer != nullptr);
+
+    CHECK_JSRT(JsCopyString(key, *buffer, actualLength, &written, nullptr), napi_string_expected);


This should be CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T04:05:40Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+  CHECK_JSRT(JsGetStringLength(key, &strLength), napi_string_expected);
+
+  // assume string contains ascii characters only
+  *buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(strLength + 1));


Memory leak on errors. Can we just use std::vector instead?

How is this different to the previous code which mallocs a buffer in StringUtf8::From?

Exactly... Isn't it same pattern as before?

CHAKRA_VERIFY is a fast fail, CHECK_JSRT returns the error code. Memory leaks are less of an issue when the process is dying anyway.

Actually, the function that calls JsCopyUtf8Bytes is going to leak the allocation in the new scheme, since the old code used the value locally and never passed it back out, while the new code will just leak.

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T04:06:52Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+    // free previously allocated buffer
+    free(*buffer);
+
+    *buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(actualLength + 1));


Same here, possible memory leak unless you use RAII.

yep. I will re-work this a bit and update the PR. For now, I will send another PR that unblocks the build break because of signature change.

kunalspathak · 2017-07-28T21:41:20Z

Updated the PR with RAII as @kfarnung suggested using StringUtf8.
CI - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/chakracore-test-pull-request/129/

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T21:44:52Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+      free(_str);
+
+      _str = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(actualLength + 1));
+      CHAKRA_VERIFY(_str != nullptr);


We should not be using CHAKRA_VERIFY in N-API.

kfarnung · 2017-07-28T21:46:48Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+      CHAKRA_VERIFY(_str != nullptr);
+
+      CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED(JsCopyString(strRef, _str, actualLength, &written, nullptr), napi_string_expected);
+      assert(actualLength == written);


Can we just have this return an error?

MSLaguana · 2017-07-28T21:55:56Z

deps/chakrashim/src/jsrtutils.cc

-  char* buffer = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(len+1));
-  CHAKRA_VERIFY(buffer != nullptr);
+  // assume string contains ascii characters only
+  _str = reinterpret_cast<char*>(malloc(strLength + 1));


We should probably check the malloc return value for null and bail out like the code previously did?

MSLaguana · 2017-07-28T21:58:38Z

deps/chakrashim/src/jsrtutils.cc

-  IfJsErrorRet(JsCopyString(strRef, buffer, len, &written, nullptr));
+  size_t actualLength = 0;
+  IfJsErrorRet(JsCopyString(strRef, _str, strLength, &written, &actualLength));
+  CHAKRA_ASSERT(strLength == written);


This isn't guaranteed to be true, if the buffer stops mid-multibyte character. E.g. if there is a 2 byte Utf8 character which would start at position strLength-1, then JsCopyString will omit all bytes for that codepoint from the buffer, I believe, so written will be strLength-1. Similarly if it ends at a 3 byte character, it can be strLength-2.

makes sense. Moved it so this gets verified when actualLength == written.

kunalspathak · 2017-07-29T00:40:37Z

CI - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/chakracore-test-pull-request/130/

kfarnung · 2017-07-31T21:03:00Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+    size_t written = 0;
+    size_t actualLength = 0;
+    CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED(
+      JsCopyString(strRef, _str, strLength, &written, &actualLength),


nit: Can you indent continuation lines by four spaces here and below?

kfarnung · 2017-07-31T21:03:15Z

src/node_api_jsrt.cc

+
+    int strLength = 0;
+    CHECK_JSRT_EXPECTED(JsGetStringLength(strRef, &strLength),
+      napi_string_expected);


nit: Can you line this up with the previous parameter?

Optimize calls to JsCopyString API PR-URL: nodejs#348 Reviewed-By: Kyle Farnung <[email protected]>

Optimize calls to JsCopyString API PR-URL: #348 Reviewed-By: Kyle Farnung <[email protected]>

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fix build break from JsCopyString #349

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optimize StringUtf8::From

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Optimize calls to JsCopyString API PR-URL: nodejs#348 Reviewed-By: Kyle Farnung <[email protected]>

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