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Exit(ing) through the YJIT

Exit(ing) through the YJIT

When optimizing code for the YJIT compiler it can be difficult to figure out what code is exiting and why. While working on tracing exits in a Ruby codebase, I found myself wishing we had a tool to reveal the exact line that was causing exits to occur. We set to work on building that functionality into Ruby and now we are able to see every side-exit and why. In this talk we’ll learn about side-exits and how we built a tracer for them. We’ll explore the original implementation, how we rewrote it in Rust, and lastly why it’s so important to always ask "can I make what I built even better?"

Eileen M. Uchitelle

December 01, 2022
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  1. EXIT(ing)


    Through


    the YJIT

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  3. Eileen M. Uchitelle
    Twitter / GitHub:


    @eileencodes


    Mastadon:


    @[email protected]

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  6. EXIT(ing)


    Through


    the YJIT

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  7. What is a JIT?

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  8. What is a JIT?
    "Just in time" compiler

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  9. MJIT
    "Method-Based" JIT

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  10. YJIT
    "Yet Another" JIT

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  12. def call_method(arg)


    if arg == "hello"


    puts arg


    else


    puts "bye"


    end


    end


    YJIT only compiles


    code that is run

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  13. def call_method(arg)


    if arg == "hello"


    puts arg


    else


    puts "bye"


    end


    end


    call_method("hello")


    YJIT only compiles


    code that is run

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  14. def call_method(arg)


    if arg == "hello"


    puts arg


    else


    puts "bye"


    end


    end


    call_method("hello")


    YJIT only compiles


    code that is run

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  15. def call_method


    able_to_compile


    not_able_to_compile


    end


    call_method
    YJIT can compile


    parts of methods

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  16. def call_method


    able_to_compile


    not_able_to_compile


    end


    call_method
    YJIT can compile


    parts of methods

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  17. def call_method


    able_to_compile


    not_able_to_compile


    end


    call_method
    YJIT can compile


    parts of methods

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  18. How is YJIT
    implemented?

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  19. MJIT vs YJIT
    Which to use?

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  20. How can I use
    YJIT?

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  21. $ docker pull rubylang/ruby:master-debug-
    nightly-focal
    Docker Images

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  22. Pre-requisites
    • autoconf
    • make
    • bison
    • GCC or Clang
    • libyaml
    [email protected]
    • Rust (for YJIT)
    • Ruby

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  23. Run autogen
    $ cd ruby
    $ ./autogen.sh

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  24. Configure Ruby
    $ ./configure
    --prefix=~/.rubies/ruby-yjit
    --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix
    [email protected])
    --disable-install-doc

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  25. Configure Ruby: Set prefix
    $ ./configure
    --prefix=~/.rubies/ruby-yjit
    --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix
    [email protected])
    --disable-install-doc


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  26. Configure Ruby: openssl
    $ ./configure
    --prefix=~/.rubies/ruby-yjit
    --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix
    [email protected])
    --disable-install-doc

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  27. Configure Ruby: Disable rdoc
    $ ./configure
    --prefix=~/.rubies/ruby-yjit
    --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix
    [email protected])
    --disable-install-rdoc


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  28. Install Ruby
    $ make install

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  29. $ RUBY_YJIT_ENABLE=1 ruby my_script.rb
    $ ruby --yjit my_script.rb
    $ ruby --jit my_script.rb
    Enabling YJIT

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  30. YJIT dev mode
    $ ./configure --enable-yjit=dev
    --prefix=~/.rubies/ruby-yjit
    --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix
    [email protected])
    $ make install

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  31. "Exit"
    When YJIT is


    unable to compile

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  32. ar_demo.rb
    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(


    adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:")


    ActiveRecord::Schema.define do


    create_table :posts, force: true do |t|


    end


    end


    class Post < ActiveRecord::Base


    end


    class BugTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase


    def test_create


    Post.create!


    end


    end

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  33. Running with stats enabled
    $ bundle exec ruby --yjit-stats ar_demo.rb

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  38. But what does
    the code
    look like?

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  39. "We can totally
    make that work."
    - Aaron Patterson

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  40. Tracing YJIT
    Exits

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  42. Tracing exits
    $ bundle exec ruby --yjit-trace-exits
    ar_demo.rb

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  47. ar_demo.rb
    [...]


    class Post < ActiveRecord::Base


    def call_method(options)


    one, two, three = options


    end


    end


    class BugTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase


    def test_create


    post = Post.create!


    post.call_method("hello")


    end


    end

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  48. Fixing broken code
    $ bundle exec ruby --yjit-trace-exits
    --yjit-call-threshold=1
    ar_demo.rb

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  52. How will we
    use this?

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  53. Optimizing YJIT

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  54. yjit/src/codegen.rs
    /// Maps a YARV opcode to a code generation function (if
    supported)


    fn get_gen_fn(opcode: VALUE) -> Option {


    let VALUE(opcode) = opcode;


    let opcode = opcode as ruby_vminsn_type;


    assert!(opcode < VM_INSTRUCTION_SIZE);


    match opcode {


    [...]


    YARVINSN_send => Some(gen_send),


    YARVINSN_invokeblock => Some(gen_invokeblock),


    YARVINSN_invokesuper => Some(gen_invokesuper),


    YARVINSN_leave => Some(gen_leave),


    [...]

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  55. yjit/src/codegen.rs
    /// Maps a YARV opcode to a code generation function (if
    supported)


    fn get_gen_fn(opcode: VALUE) -> Option {


    let VALUE(opcode) = opcode;


    let opcode = opcode as ruby_vminsn_type;


    assert!(opcode < VM_INSTRUCTION_SIZE);


    match opcode {


    [...]


    YARVINSN_send => Some(gen_send),


    YARVINSN_invokeblock => Some(gen_invokeblock),


    YARVINSN_invokesuper => Some(gen_invokesuper),


    YARVINSN_leave => Some(gen_leave),


    [...]

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  56. yjit/src/codegen.rs
    asm.jne(


    counted_exit!(


    ocb, side_exit, invokesuper_block


    ).into()


    );


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  57. Optimizing our
    Ruby Code

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  58. Try YJIT
    on your app!

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  59. Help us improve
    YJIT

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  60. Eileen M. Uchitelle
    Twitter / GitHub:


    @eileencodes


    Mastadon:


    @[email protected]

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