JSBigInt: sub-quadratic multiply/divide/toString/fromString, interruption, and a 1 << 30 bit limit - #507
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JSBigInt multiplies with O(n^2) schoolbook / Comba only, so the time per product grows quadratically with the operand size. Add Karatsuba multiplication for products whose smaller operand has at least 44 digits, which brings the growth to O(n^1.58). This is a port of V8's implementation, itself based on Go's math/big. The threshold is 44 rather than V8's 34 because JSC's Comba base case is faster than V8's schoolbook: balanced shapes win from 40 digits, but for a long x the length rounding pads an odd smaller operand by a digit, and at 41 or 43 digits that costs the 2-3% Karatsuba would gain. At 44 no measured shape regresses. Sizes below the threshold keep the existing Comba / schoolbook paths. Karatsuba only touches the digit loops; allocation, sign and normalization in multiplyImpl are unchanged.
Port V8's Toom-Cook (mul-toom.cc) and FFT (mul-fft.cc) multiplication above Karatsuba. The
crossovers are measured against JSC's Karatsuba rather than copied: Toom-3 wins from a smaller
operand of 480 digits (V8: 210), and the FFT from a combined size of 2300 digits with the smaller
operand at least 600 (V8: 720 on the smaller operand alone). With a very long x the FFT proceeds
in y-sized chunks, where each transform only covers 2 * y digits, so that path needs y of at least
1150 digits.
Toom-3 pads a moderately longer x (up to 5 : 3) rather than chunking it into y-sized pieces, since
its splitting takes thirds of the larger operand anyway; beyond that ratio the last, shorter chunk
goes through the size dispatch instead of a padded Toom-3.
Time per product (us, 64-bit digits, Apple M4, Karatsuba-only vs this):
digits Karatsuba Toom/FFT
480 x 480 38.5 33.5
1000 x 1000 112.4 106.0
1150 x 1150 133.6 124.2
2000 x 2000 308.0 244.0
8000 x 8000 3223.6 1305.8
8000 x 4000 4099.3 914.9
Port V8's Burnikel-Ziegler (div-burnikel.cc) and Barrett (div-barrett.cc) division, with the
Newton inversion the latter needs, and dispatch / and % through them. Both reuse the
sub-quadratic multiplication for their products, so division inherits its growth.
V8 only gates on the divisor size (57 digits for Burnikel-Ziegler, 13000 for Barrett). The
recursive algorithms pay for their block structure in full even when the quotient is short,
while the schoolbook cost is the quotient length times the divisor length, so the quotient has
to be at least 57 digits as well; below that the schoolbook path wins on every divisor size,
by a factor of 4 at one quotient digit.
divideSchoolbook now accepts a quotient buffer one digit shorter than a.size() - b.size() + 1,
as V8's does, when the top digit of the quotient is known to be zero; the recursive division
passes such buffers.
Time per quotient (us, 64-bit digits, Apple M4):
digits Before After
256 / 128 17.3 10.5
512 / 256 68.0 30.2
1000 / 500 257.5 80.0
4000 / 2000 4150.8 717.5
16000 / 8000 66290.0 5069.0
10000 / 57 619.9 492.4
toStringGeneric repeatedly divides the whole value by a one-digit chunk divisor, so an n-digit
value takes n passes of n digits each. Port V8's divide-and-conquer conversion (tostring.cc): a
ladder of divisors, each the square of the one below, splits the value in half at every level
with a Barrett division against a precomputed inverse, down to register-sized chunks that the
existing schoolbook loop formats.
The conversion takes over from 14 digits, measured against the schoolbook loop for every radix
(V8's crossover is 23); power-of-two radixes keep their own linear path.
Time per conversion (us, 64-bit digits, Apple M4, radix 10):
digits Before After
16 1.92 1.75
32 5.95 3.47
64 20.65 8.16
1000 6242.50 399.25
10000 637680.00 10868.89
parseInt feeds every group of characters into multiplyAdd over the whole accumulator, so the
time grows quadratically with the string length. Port V8's two parsing strategies
(fromstring.cc): for a power-of-two radix each character maps to a fixed number of bits, which
are packed straight into the digits from the least significant character up; for the other
radixes the string is chopped into digit-sized parts that are combined in a balanced tree, so the
multiplications have operands of similar sizes and use the sub-quadratic algorithms.
The balanced combination takes over from 4 parts, measured for every radix against the existing
loop (V8's crossover is 25 parts): that loop advances by the characters that fit an int32, about
half a digit per step, so it loses much earlier. Inputs that may fit a BigInt32 keep the loop,
and the dispatch itself is fenced behind a length check so that short inputs do not pay for it.
Time per parse (us, Apple M4):
chars Before After
32 (hex) 0.058 0.045
1000 (hex) 6.905 0.610
10000 (hex) 695.245 5.795
460 (dec) 1.028 0.493
1000 (dec) 4.402 1.453
20000 (dec) 1763.158 143.728
…thms The sub-quadratic multiplication, division, toString and string parsing can run for seconds on the largest inputs, and none of them could be interrupted: a watchdog or an embedder's termination request only took effect once the operation returned. Thread an InterruptCheck through them, the way V8's BigInt processor counts work estimates and polls InterruptRequested: every few million digit multiplications it handles the VM's pending traps, and if that threw the TerminationException the algorithms unwind without finishing their buffers and the operation returns the exception. A multiplication leaves its result cell as a zero rather than a value with unfinished digits. Callers that cannot throw (the parser and the bytecode generator parsing literals, the heap inspector formatting values) never interrupt. The quadratic schoolbook division keeps its check per quotient digit, since with a long divisor each row is a long pass of its own.
JSC capped a BigInt at 2^20 bits, so any operation past a million bits threw "Out of memory: BigInt generated from this operation is too big" far from any real memory limit. V8 allows 2^30 bits, and BigInt workloads that run on Node.js failed here, such as a 3.5 million bit Fibonacci computation (oven-sh/bun#39964). Raise the cap to 2^30 bits, 128MB per BigInt. The comment above the constant already states that the implementation supports maxInt / digitBits digits. Every maxLength and maxLengthBits use in JSBigInt.cpp was audited: the static_asserts hold, all length arithmetic stays in range (lengths stay under 2^25, length * digitBits under 2^31), and both toString paths guard the result size against JSString::MaxLength. With the preceding commits the operations at this size are sub-quadratic and can be terminated, which is what made raising the cap viable. The OOM tests move to the new boundary; the codegen ones build their literals at runtime one hex digit past it and are memoryHog. bigint-oom-import.js imports a checked-in 1.05 million bit literal, which a source file cannot reasonably exceed at 2^30 bits, so it now asserts the import succeeds. The stress tests for the earlier commits that need more than 2^20 bits land here: the Toom-3 / FFT, Burnikel-Ziegler / Barrett and divide-and-conquer toString coverage, and a termination test per operation whose single 2^29-bit operation runs under a watchdog.
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In `@JSTests/stress/big-int-out-of-memory-tests.js`:
- Around line 8-9: Update the BigInt construction near the `maxLengthBits`
comment so the all-ones value contains exactly the allowed maximum number of
bits, using operands that stay within the `1 << 30` boundary; retain the
existing stress-test intent and avoid exceeding the limit.
In `@JSTests/stress/bigint-multiply-toom-fft.js`:
- Around line 43-53: Correct the "halves" branch in the shape-generation logic
so it zeros the least significant half while retaining the existing nonzero
high-half behavior; account for parts[0] being most significant by indexing from
the low end when assigning digit, and update the nearby comment to match.
In `@JSTests/stress/bigint-terminate-parse.js`:
- Around line 7-10: Remove the unused bits, x, and y BigInt setup before the
parse operation in the test, leaving only the input construction required by
BigInt("7".repeat(...)) so the watchdog measures the parsing path itself.
In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/JSBigInt.cpp`:
- Around line 4311-4320: In the cbrt iteration loop, add the same
RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION check used after the earlier interrupt-aware divideDigits
calls immediately after the division by three that assigns next, before next is
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| // maxLengthBits is 1 << 30; build an all-ones value of exactly that many bits. | ||
| let a = (1n << 1073741823n) - 1n; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Cover the actual maximum-length value.
Line 9 constructs a value with 1,073,741,823 bits. It does not construct the claimed 1 << 30-bit value. Build the all-ones value from operands that remain within the allowed boundary.
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- let a = (1n << 1073741823n) - 1n;
+ const highBit = 1n << 1073741823n;
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| // maxLengthBits is 1 << 30; build an all-ones value of exactly that many bits. | |
| let a = (1n << 1073741823n) - 1n; | |
| // maxLengthBits is 1 << 30; build an all-ones value of exactly that many bits. | |
| const highBit = 1n << 1073741823n; | |
| let a = highBit | (highBit - 1n); |
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In `@JSTests/stress/big-int-out-of-memory-tests.js` around lines 8 - 9, Update the
BigInt construction near the `maxLengthBits` comment so the all-ones value
contains exactly the allowed maximum number of bits, using operands that stay
within the `1 << 30` boundary; retain the existing stress-test intent and avoid
exceeding the limit.
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| case "halves": | ||
| // The low half of the operand is zero, so Karatsuba's and Toom's differences | ||
| // normalize to nothing. | ||
| digit = i < digits / 2 ? 0n : mix; | ||
| break; | ||
| } | ||
| parts[i] = digit.toString(16).padStart(16, "0"); | ||
| } | ||
| if (shape !== "ones") | ||
| parts[0] = "8" + parts[0].slice(1); | ||
| return BigInt("0x" + parts.join("")); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Correct the "halves" shape: it zeroes the high half, not the low half.
parts[0] is the most significant digit, because parts.join("") puts index 0 first. For i < digits / 2 the code writes zero, so the zeroed digits are the most significant ones. Line 51-52 then forces the top digit back to 0x8...0. The operand is therefore a set top digit, a run of zeros, and a random low half.
The comment claims the opposite, and the case it describes, a zero low half, is not covered. Index from the low end to get that case.
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case "halves":
// The low half of the operand is zero, so Karatsuba's and Toom's differences
// normalize to nothing.
- digit = i < digits / 2 ? 0n : mix;
+ // parts[0] is the most significant digit, so the low half is the tail.
+ digit = i >= digits / 2 ? 0n : mix;
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| case "halves": | |
| // The low half of the operand is zero, so Karatsuba's and Toom's differences | |
| // normalize to nothing. | |
| digit = i < digits / 2 ? 0n : mix; | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| parts[i] = digit.toString(16).padStart(16, "0"); | |
| } | |
| if (shape !== "ones") | |
| parts[0] = "8" + parts[0].slice(1); | |
| return BigInt("0x" + parts.join("")); | |
| case "halves": | |
| // The low half of the operand is zero, so Karatsuba's and Toom's differences | |
| // normalize to nothing. | |
| // parts[0] is the most significant digit, so the low half is the tail. | |
| digit = i >= digits / 2 ? 0n : mix; | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| parts[i] = digit.toString(16).padStart(16, "0"); | |
| } | |
| if (shape !== "ones") | |
| parts[0] = "8" + parts[0].slice(1); | |
| return BigInt("0x" + parts.join("")); |
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In `@JSTests/stress/bigint-multiply-toom-fft.js` around lines 43 - 53, Correct the
"halves" branch in the shape-generation logic so it zeros the least significant
half while retaining the existing nonzero high-half behavior; account for
parts[0] being most significant by indexing from the low end when assigning
digit, and update the nearby comment to match.
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| const bits = 1 << 29; | ||
| const x = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345n; | ||
| const y = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n; | ||
| BigInt("7".repeat(300000000)); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the unrelated BigInt setup before the parse operation.
Lines 7-9 can consume the 300 ms watchdog budget before Line 10 starts parsing. The parser can then observe an already-expired watchdog and pass this test without proving that its long-running parse path polls for interruption. Keep only the input construction that is required for BigInt("7".repeat(...)).
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-const bits = 1 << 29;
-const x = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345n;
-const y = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n;
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| const bits = 1 << 29; | |
| const x = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345n; | |
| const y = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n; | |
| BigInt("7".repeat(300000000)); | |
| BigInt("7".repeat(300000000)); |
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In `@JSTests/stress/bigint-terminate-parse.js` around lines 7 - 10, Remove the
unused bits, x, and y BigInt setup before the parse operation in the test,
leaving only the input construction required by BigInt("7".repeat(...)) so the
watchdog measures the parsing path itself.
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| InterruptCheck interrupt(&vm); | ||
| for (size_t iteration = 0; ; ++iteration) { | ||
| // result = ((2 * result) + (value / (result * result))) / 3 | ||
| auto resultSquared = multiplyDigits(result, result, squaredStorage.mutableSpan()); | ||
| auto quotient = divideDigits(quotientStorage.mutableSpan(), value, resultSquared); | ||
| auto resultSquared = multiplyDigits(interrupt, result, result, squaredStorage.mutableSpan()); | ||
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | ||
| auto quotient = divideDigits(interrupt, quotientStorage.mutableSpan(), value, resultSquared); | ||
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | ||
| auto doubledResult = normalize(leftShift(doubledStorage.mutableSpan(), result, 1)); | ||
| auto sum = addDigits(doubledResult, quotient, sumStorage.mutableSpan()); | ||
| auto next = divideDigits(nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three); | ||
| auto next = divideDigits(interrupt, nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three); |
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Add an exception check after the third divideDigits call.
cbrt checks for a pending exception after the first two interrupt-aware calls, but not after the division by three on Line 4320. If the interrupt fires in that call, next holds partial digits. The loop then compares next, may break, and RELEASE_AND_RETURN returns a BigInt while the TerminationException is pending. The result is also numerically wrong.
Add the same check that the two calls above use.
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auto next = divideDigits(interrupt, nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three);
+ RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { });
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| InterruptCheck interrupt(&vm); | |
| for (size_t iteration = 0; ; ++iteration) { | |
| // result = ((2 * result) + (value / (result * result))) / 3 | |
| auto resultSquared = multiplyDigits(result, result, squaredStorage.mutableSpan()); | |
| auto quotient = divideDigits(quotientStorage.mutableSpan(), value, resultSquared); | |
| auto resultSquared = multiplyDigits(interrupt, result, result, squaredStorage.mutableSpan()); | |
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | |
| auto quotient = divideDigits(interrupt, quotientStorage.mutableSpan(), value, resultSquared); | |
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | |
| auto doubledResult = normalize(leftShift(doubledStorage.mutableSpan(), result, 1)); | |
| auto sum = addDigits(doubledResult, quotient, sumStorage.mutableSpan()); | |
| auto next = divideDigits(nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three); | |
| auto next = divideDigits(interrupt, nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three); | |
| InterruptCheck interrupt(&vm); | |
| for (size_t iteration = 0; ; ++iteration) { | |
| // result = ((2 * result) + (value / (result * result))) / 3 | |
| auto resultSquared = multiplyDigits(interrupt, result, result, squaredStorage.mutableSpan()); | |
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | |
| auto quotient = divideDigits(interrupt, quotientStorage.mutableSpan(), value, resultSquared); | |
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); | |
| auto doubledResult = normalize(leftShift(doubledStorage.mutableSpan(), result, 1)); | |
| auto sum = addDigits(doubledResult, quotient, sumStorage.mutableSpan()); | |
| auto next = divideDigits(interrupt, nextStorage.mutableSpan(), sum, three); | |
| RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, { }); |
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In `@Source/JavaScriptCore/runtime/JSBigInt.cpp` around lines 4311 - 4320, In the
cbrt iteration loop, add the same RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION check used after the
earlier interrupt-aware divideDigits calls immediately after the division by
three that assigns next, before next is compared or returned.
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| // maxLengthBits is 1 << 30; build an all-ones value of exactly that many bits. | ||
| let a = (1n << 1073741823n) - 1n; |
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🟡 With maxLengthBits at 1 << 30, this test now holds a ~128 MB BigInt live but has no //@ skip if $memoryLimited (or //@ memoryHog!) directive, so it may OOM spuriously on memory-limited CI configs. Same omission in bigint-exponential-oom.js (2n ** 1073741823n) and the maxLength-boundary block of bigint-inc-dec-in-place.js. Since this PR already adds //@ memoryHog! / //@ skip if $memoryLimited to the codegen-OOM and bigint-terminate-* tests for the same reason, adding the directive to these three would keep things consistent.
Extended reasoning...
What the issue is
Three stress tests updated in this PR now allocate BigInt cells at or near the new maxLengthBits = 1 << 30 limit — roughly 128 MB of digit storage per value — but do not carry a //@ skip if $memoryLimited or //@ memoryHog! harness directive:
JSTests/stress/big-int-out-of-memory-tests.js:8-9— builds(1n << 1073741823n) - 1nand then(a << 1n) | 1n, and keepsalive for the whole file. Its only directive is//@ runDefault("--useDFGJIT=false").JSTests/stress/bigint-exponential-oom.js:25-28— computes2n ** 0xfffffffn(~32 MB) and2n ** 1073741823n(~128 MB); has no directives.JSTests/stress/bigint-inc-dec-in-place.js:88— the maxLength-boundary block builds a 2^30-bit all-onesmax, thendec(max),inc(max - 1n),inc(-max), andnearMax = max - pow2(maxLengthBits - 1n), so several ~128 MB cells are live at once. No directives.
Step-by-step: how it manifests
Take big-int-out-of-memory-tests.js on a $memoryLimited configuration (e.g. watchOS / embedded / a 32-bit runner):
- Line 8 evaluates
1n << 1073741823n, allocating a JSBigInt with 2^30 bits ≈ 2^24 64-bit digits ≈ 128 MB. - Subtracting
1nallocates a second ~128 MB result; the shift intermediate is still live until the subtraction completes, so peak is ~256 MB just for line 8. - Line 9 shifts and ORs, allocating further ~128 MB intermediates while
ais held. - Under the harness's memory-limited configurations, the process is likely to be OOM-killed (or
tryCreateWithLengthmay fail unexpectedly) before reaching the intendedRangeErrorassertions — a spurious test failure unrelated to what the test is checking.
The same reasoning applies to the other two files.
Why nothing prevents it
Before this PR each of these tests topped out at the old 1 << 20-bit limit (~128 KB), which is trivially fine everywhere, so no directive was needed. The bump to 1 << 30 is a 1024× increase in per-value footprint, and nothing else in these files gates on $memoryLimited.
Why it looks like an oversight
This same PR does add memory directives to comparable tests:
bigint-oom-in-codegen-*.jsgained//@ memoryHog!(they build ~256 MB source strings).bigint-terminate-{multiply,divide,remainder,tostring,exponentiate,parse}.jsall carry//@ skip if $memoryLimited, and their operands are only 2^29 bits (~64 MB) — smaller than the three tests flagged here.
So the convention is clearly known and applied elsewhere in the PR; these three appear to have been missed.
Impact
Test-infrastructure only. On desktop CI nothing changes; on $memoryLimited runners these three could fail spuriously with an OOM rather than the expected RangeError, generating noise. No user-facing correctness issue in JSBigInt itself.
Fix
Add one line at the top of each file, e.g.:
//@ skip if $memoryLimitedFor big-int-out-of-memory-tests.js, which already has a //@ runDefault(...) line, either add //@ skip if $memoryLimited on a second line or switch to //@ memoryHog! (which in run-jsc-stress-tests implies both exclusive! and skip if $memoryLimited) — whichever matches the intent for that test.
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| const x = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345n; | ||
| const y = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n; | ||
| 3n ** 600000000n; |
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🟡 Copy-paste residue: x and y are built here but the operation under test (3n ** 600000000n) uses neither — same in bigint-terminate-parse.js:8-9 (both unused) and bigint-terminate-tostring.js:9 (y unused). Each unused value is a ~64 MB allocation eating into the 300 ms watchdog budget; worth trimming.
Extended reasoning...
What
Three of the new bigint-terminate-*.js tests carry setup code copy-pasted from bigint-terminate-multiply.js that constructs large operands never used by the operation actually being timed:
bigint-terminate-exponentiate.js:8-9— buildsx = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345nandy = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n, then runs3n ** 600000000n. Neitherxnoryis referenced.bigint-terminate-parse.js:8-9— samex/ysetup, then runsBigInt("7".repeat(300000000)). Neither is referenced.bigint-terminate-tostring.js:9— builds bothxandy, then runsx.toString().yis never referenced.
The template file, bigint-terminate-multiply.js, uses both (x * y), which is where the pattern came from.
Step-by-step
Take bigint-terminate-exponentiate.js:
const bits = 1 << 29;
const x = (1n << BigInt(bits)) - 12345n; // 2^29-bit BigInt, ~64 MB
const y = (1n << BigInt(bits - 1)) + 777n; // 2^29-bit BigInt, ~64 MB
3n ** 600000000n; // <- x, y not mentioned
throw new Error("not terminated");The two shift-and-subtract lines each allocate a 2^29-bit heap BigInt (2^29 / 8 ≈ 67 MB of digits) plus the intermediate 1n << BigInt(bits) cell. The PR description notes the terminate tests finish in "320–350 ms including a ~40 ms setup" — that ~40 ms is exactly this construction, and here two-thirds of it (or all of it, for parse/exponentiate) contributes nothing to what the test exercises.
Why nothing prevents it
There's no linter over JSTests/stress/ for unused bindings, and the tests still pass: the watchdog is 300 ms and setup is ~40 ms, so the TerminationException still fires inside the intended long-running operation. The dead code is invisible to the harness.
Impact
Minor. The tests function correctly as-is. The costs are:
- ~128 MB of transient allocation per test that isn't part of what's being measured (relevant given these files already carry
//@ skip if $memoryLimited). - ~40 ms of the 300 ms watchdog window spent on irrelevant setup, tightening the margin the test actually has to demonstrate mid-algorithm termination.
- Reader confusion — the presence of
x/yimplies they matter to the test, when they don't.
Fix
Delete the unused lines:
bigint-terminate-exponentiate.js: drop lines 7–9 (bits,x,y).bigint-terminate-parse.js: drop lines 7–9 (bits,x,y).bigint-terminate-tostring.js: drop line 9 (y).
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len: 1044938in 161 ms here, 200 ms on Node v25.6.Thresholds
Measured, not copied from V8, since JSC's Comba base case is faster than V8's schoolbook. Below a threshold the existing path is taken unchanged.
x ≫ yshapesx > 100yneedsy ≥ 1150toString(digits)BigInt(str)(digit-sized parts)Performance
Interleaved baseline/patched, best of 5, Release, Apple M4, 64-bit digits. Full grids in the review comment below; a selection:
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bigint-paillierre-run alone with alternating order gives identical best scores (42.4 vs 42.4).Correctness
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Built Bun against this branch's JSC (head
4d4e09b) and ran a differential +metamorphic fuzzing campaign against the rewritten BigInt paths (~320k cases,
0 failures). Oracles: Python big integers (ground truth) and pre-PR JSC
(same semantics); every harness was validated to have zero false positives first.
cutoff (Karatsuba 44, Toom-3 480, FFT 2300, Burnikel-Ziegler 57, Barrett 13000,
toStringFast 38, fromStringLarge 165), incl. division at operands up to ~1.3M
bits. Identities:
(a*b)/b==a,q*b+r==awith|r|<|b|, distributivity,base 2–36 round-trips: all hold
RangeError, large-but-legalvalues correct: 17/17
stays correct
No correctness or limit-handling bugs found. Run on a release build (no ASAN);
wrong-answer memory bugs are caught by the oracles, but silent heap corruption
that doesn't change the result value would not be — an ASAN re-run is a
recommended follow-up.